Banana and Nutella Smoothie with Chopped Almonds
Mark Boughton Photography / styling by Teresa Blackburn
- Yield: 6 servings
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 0 mins
This smoothie is rich from Nutella—a spread made from chocolate and hazelnuts—and healthy from bananas, soy and yogurt.
Ingredients
- 1cup Nutella spread (found in the peanut butter aisle)
- 1/4cup creamy peanut butter
- 2cups vanilla yogurt
- 1 1/4cups soy milk
- 4medium frozen bananas
- -- Chopped almonds (optional)
Instructions
- Combine Nutella, peanut butter, yogurt, soy milk and banana in a blender. Process until smooth. For a thinner texture, add 1/4 cup more soy milk and 3 or 4 ice cubes and process until ice is crushed.
- Pour into glasses. Garnish with chopped almonds, if desired.
Recipe courtesy of Camp Beckwith, Fairhope, Ala.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 500
- Glycemic Load 8
- Fat 22g
- Saturated Fat 16g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
- Monounsaturated Fat 3g
- Cholesterol 5mg
- Sodium 150mg
- Potassium 790mg
- Carbohydrate 65g
- Fiber 6g
- Sugars 51g
- Protein 12g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 2%
- Vitamin C 10%
- Calcium 20%
- Iron 15%
