Chocolate Milk “Frappé”

Serves 2

This is a great after school smoothie and kids love it! You can play around with how sweet you want yours. Add more sweetener to taste.

• 1 cup of full fat coconut milk *
• 1 cup of water
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 -2 cups of ice

Combine everything in a blender and blend until the ice is thoroughly broken up into a “slushie” like consistency. Taste check and adjust sweetness if desired.

* Here is a few of the health benefits of coconut milk;

• Improve digestion and absorption of fat soluble vitamins and amino acids
• Great for the immune system, antiviral, antifungal helps to fight off viruses, bacteria and fungal overgrowth.
• Can lesson the effects of hypoglycemia (improve the utilization of blood sugar) , improve the absorption of calcium and magnesium,
• Contain powerful antioxidants
• Will help the body absorb essential fatty acids (omega 3’s)
• Help to regulate and support healthy hormone production
• Increase the speed of the thyroid, which increases the metabolism helping with weight loss
• Help to displace hydrogenated trans-fatty acids
• Nourish the skin in the subcutaneous fat layer
• Vital to children’s growing nervous system
• Contain no cholesterol and support cardiovascular health.
• Support healthy cholesterol formation in the liver.

Reference: Superfoods by David Wolfe

Shawna Smith, RHN, CAHN-Pro