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Chocolate Mocha Fudge Protein Smoothie! Get your caffeine fix with a plant based smoothie. Made with just 5 ingredients this smoothie is perfect for post workout recovery or a quick energy boost. Gluten Free + Low Calorie + Vegan + Paleo
This Chocolate Mocha Fudge Protein Smoothie was originally published in June 2015. I've retested the recipe and republished it. Hope you enjoy it!
Strange looking back 4 years writing this post. I was talking about my battle with estrogen and frustration with the medical community. I had 3 stress fractures in a year and yet every medical professional I saw told me missing periods were fine "as long as you're not trying to get pregnant."
Missing periods are not fine. Hormone problems are not fine. Many doctors are blowing it off telling people to take birth control as a bandaid to fix these problems. Birth control is not a fix. I got off hormonal birth control last year and feel so much better!
I talk to women every day in my nutrition practice who struggle with hormones and unfortunately, traditional doctors aren't doing enough to help these women. It's a shame. If you're struggling with this, just know there IS a way!
Chocolate Mocha Fudge Protein Smoothie
First step in healing is nourishing foods like this chocolate mocha fudge protein smoothie! Everyone loves a caffeine fix, but instead of heading to Starbucks for a sugar filled coffee, whip up one that's just as sweet and better for you!
Made with just 5 ingredients, this smoothie is refined sugar free and balanced with protein. Adding protein to a smoothie is KEY. Otherwise you're basically drinking a smoothie sugar bomb. Protein keeps blood sugar regulated and if you're using this as a post recovery drink, you need the protein to repair muscle.
This smoothie's sweetened with a banana and vanilla extract. It has the perfect amount of sweetness to the compliment coffee and protein powder. It's forgiving too! You can add other ingredients to this. I often add collagen for a thicker, milkshake smoothie.
What You Need
- Banana
- Chocolate Protein Powder
- Almond Milk
- Coffee
- Vanilla Extract
Helpful Tips
Find a chocolate protein powder you like to drink with just milk or water! Your protein powder will make or break the smoothie. I like this one. It's low carb, high protein and the ingredients are very clean. The flavor is also neutral so it's neither strong nor bland.
As a reminder, it's just as easy to overindulge in a smoothie as it is with cookies and chips. Look for ways to add veggies and protein to balance the sugar from the fruit. More info on how to lighten up a smoothie here for you.
Cheers to smoothie drinking!
Chocolate Mocha Fudge Protein Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 banana frozen
- 3/4 cup almond milk unsweetened
- 1/2 cup coffee chilled
- 1/2 cup chocolate protein powder for Paleo, use a Paleo compliant powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a blender together until smooth.
- Transfer to a glass and drink!
Notes
- The banana should provide plenty of natural sweetness, but if you need more you can add stevia too.
- My Amazon shop has more products similar to those used for this recipe and that I recommend to my nutrition clients.
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What I Used For The Recipe
Hey! I am a new reader on your blog, and I see that you're going through HA... I HAVE TOO! I actually recovered from it 6 months ago after having it for 2 years! I would love to connect and talk sometime! Please feel free to shoot me an email!
I would love to swap stories and experiences.
Thank Hannah, connecting would be great!
Oh the medical field. It all depends on which doctor is looking at which body part. I'm dealing with early menopause symptoms and am having 20+ hot flashes a day. Not mild ones either and getting any doc to take you seriously is so frustrating. Thank you for sharing your story with us. It does help to hear what challenges other women (and runners!) are going through. Would love a smoothie like that right now!
I'm sorry to hear you're going through that. I hope you find a good doctor who will listen. It's hard to find those kind anymore.
I'm not a protien powder person, but th e name of this alone makes me want to be one!! This looks amazing!!
I used to not like protein powder either, but this Vega one is dreamy.
Oh man, Megan. You can't get a break. I hope you start to feeling better soon! And this smoothie looks completely delish. I enjoy all types of protein powder and have it in a smoothie or shake usually once a day. May need to try this one out!
Hi Ashley! Hope you try the Vega. This flavor is too good to be true.
Of course I love this because I LOVE Vega! This looks so delicious!
Another Vega fanatic yeah!
That's why I love my Growing Naturals stuff too - super clean, never bothers me at all. Having this smoothie right now wouldn't bother me at all.
I should've named this a milkshake because that's what it taste like. I didn't think of it though until after I had the post up. Grr...
This looks delicious! It's been so hot that I'm craving lots of smoothies!
Right? Smoothies are my dessert in the summer!
I too dealt with HA. It's hard. I did the pills/vitamins/natural medicines and none of that works. As hard as this may be to hear, the only real way you can overcome HA would be to either 1) Gain weight and/or 2) Stop exercising so much. I know it's a hard pill to swallow. You have to ask yourself - do I want to regain my health back.. or continue down the same path. Try to keep your head up though. Stress will only make things worse - as you know. If you ever need ANYTHING please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail. I'm always here for you xo
I appreciate your love friend. I'm sorry to hear you've been through this. I sort of suspected with your issues getting pregnant. I have gained weight & cut way back of my workouts this year. I know the real cause is stress from work all these years. I will be emailing you, could use a friend!
Looks delicious! I think it is really amazing you shared your story. It could truly help people who are struggling with the same issues.
I hope so Lauren. I hope it helps me too.
I have all of these ingredients immediately on hand!! That never happens! I will be whipping it up for dessert tonight (if work lets me come home :/). How long do you usually keep your frozen bananas for? I noticed mine turning a little brown but they still taste fine!
I don't know officially how long they're good for, but I toss after two weeks. I feel they're weird after that. Hope work lets you go home tonight so you can give it a whirl!
I hope you are feeling better soon! I Love making smoothies in the morning and often times I add espresso or cold brew coffee to them so get more bang for my buck! : ) Thanks for sharing your recipe! Hope you have a great Monday!!
Coffee is genius! You just gave me 3 new recipe ideas Jamie!
First off - your recipe here is basically what I craved all weekend. Something cool, milkshake like, but also healthy. So, thank you for solving my craving problem as I definitely plan to get some Vega and try this out! Your pictures are beautiful. Also - I plan to check out the post you wrote last week. I can imagine that it was scary to write it, but good for you for putting yourself out there. I think that sharing vulnerable things like this makes the world a better place and helps others feel like they're not alone.
Thank you again for joining the link-up and I hope you have a great day and feel better soon!
Thanks Meghan! I really enjoyed your post today. It's always nice meeting another "Meghan" there's not many of us!
You're right, you can't go wrong with chocolate! This looks delicious! I love Vega!
Thanks Lisa! Have you tried the mocha Vega? If not, you really must!
This looks delicious 🙂 hope you start feeling better and you're not getting sick! And I totally agree about doctors needing to take hormonal issues more seriously and consider the root causes rather than just pills/ more hormones for treatment. In the long run it makes it worse to ignore what's underlying.
I don't think I'm coming down with anything. I just feel off. It could be the foot pain messing with th rest of my body.
I am gonna check our your estrogen post now, that is brave of you for sharing, but I am not surprised you got positive results from it. By the way, did you listen to my podcast a few weeks ago about this? I think you will enjoy it as it is about all kinds of women's issues: http://runnersconnect.net/rc60
Okay, so on to today, holy yummmmmmm! What a recipe, that sounds amazing!!!! Thanks for linking up 😀
No I didn't hear your podcast thanks for sharing. I look forward to it!