One Week One Pound

One week and one pound down, now to encorporate some exercise and speed up the process a bit!  I'm staying away from sweets but have to admit I did give in to some salty cravings.

Here's a recipe for a substitute icecream dish

Freeze a banana

Take it out about 10 minutes before you want to use it and throw it in the blender.  It comes out like icecream and you can top it with fruit, nuts, cinnamon, honey or just eat it plain or with a bit of stevia.

Here's a healthy recipe for a choco cado shake:

Choco-cado Milkshake
serves 2

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups water or almond milk
1 ripe avocado
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
liquid stevia, to taste
2 handfuls of ice

*optional: 2 handfuls fresh spinach, for a green milkshake

Directions

Throw all the ingredients into a blender, and blend until completely smooth and creamy. (you shouldn’t see any flecks of avocado, or it kinda ruins the effect…) You could easily stop here and serve this mixture over ice.

But if you have a high-powered blender, throw two handfuls of ice into the blender and blend until ice-cold and creamy! It’s just like a milkshake!!

The cinnamon is like the “secret ingredient” to this drink– it really takes the flavor over-the-top, while hiding any avocado flavor.