Healthy Chocolate and Peanut Butter Smoothies

 "A cheerful heart is good medicine." Proverbs 17:22

It's no secret that I have a pretty big sweet tooth (blame my Papa, he is worse than I am!), and so when I'm trying to be healthy and lose weight, my Achilles heel is my cravings for something sweet. Fortunately, there's this thing called smoothies. Personally, I don't care if mine is icy or not, but I know a lot of people do, so there's plenty of frozen fruit and ice cubes in the world to achieve that frosty mug you desire.

Here are two completely different chocolate and peanut butter kinds of recipes for your sweet tooth, and since I'm counting WW points, I'll share those too:

Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Banana Smoothie
1 Banana, frozen, sliced (0pts)
1 cup of Chocolate Almond Milk (3pts)
1 tbsp of Better’n Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter (1pt)
3 Ice cubes*
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Total pts: 4
*Depending on how frozen your banana is, you may or may not need the ice cubes.

Chocolate and Peanut Butter covered Strawberry Smoothie
1/2 cup of frozen strawberries (1 pts)
1 cup of Trader Joe's unsweetened Almond milk (2pts)
1 tbsp of PB2 w/ Chocolate (1 pt)
1 tbsp of Hersey's unsweetened cocoa (0 pts)
1 pack of Equal
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Total pts:4

The first recipe is an older one. It takes a little prep, considering how most people don't just have bananas in the fridge. But on that particular day, I did. It was delicious, and satisfied my craving for something with chocolate.

The strawberry one is the one I made today. It was really good, and helped me make a little snack that would tide me over until lunchtime. I will say, though, that these are not husband approved. He's not a fan of smoothies or health food in general and so I tend to leave him out of it if I make one. His motto is if it tastes too healthy, it's going to make him sick. (Sure it is!) Fortunately, I just made enough for one today. :)

Thanks for tuning in, I'm off to have lunch and do some housework! I've got a bet with myself on how much I can get done today, so wish me luck.

Blessings to all of you on this very important Tuesday!

Love,
Casey