A Banana Kale Almond Phenomenon

July 28, 2011

I really like kale, I do. I’ve eaten loads of it raw, steamed, stir fried, sautéed, in soup, in lasagna, the list goes on. Lately, however, my favorite use of kale is this;

Chocolate Almond Milk/Steamed Kale/Plain Yogurt/Banana Smoothie.

Combine

3/4 cup of unsweetened choc. almond milk

1 banana

3-5 leaves of lightly steamed/rinsed to cool kale

large dollop of plain balkan style yogurt

a few ice cubes for assured cool temperatures

Now, I have a vitamix, and I know this is a large part of the smoothie success equation (thanks Dad, best-most used gift ever) But even if you don’t the smoothie will turn out, I think. I don’t really know though.. since vitamix is the only blender I will use ever again!

The point of this post is that kale is amazing and you should eat it. If you don’t like the taste, you’re not alone. With this recipe, or a variation of it, you can’t even taste it and of course you get many of its benefits nonetheless. Fibre fibre fibre fibre fibre. It looks like a swamp but it tastes like a banana chocolate smoothie.