Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie!

Another really easy and healthy breakfast smoothie I've been enjoying.

 In this smoothie I blend together: banana, cocoa powder, yogurt, peanut butter, oats, chia seeds, a little honey and spinach. Add water or milk along the way to get to your desired consistency.

And there it is...my yummy (somewhat more indulgent than my usual) chocolate banana smoothie. It's still pretty healthy though, with the spinach and chia seeds. I also always use my own homemade yogurt so I know that's healthy as well... and Daphne LOVES it!

Quick tip: I froze my banana (peeled) overnight and that helped this smoothie be closer to a milkshake texture....yum.

Working the camera at lunch time...

Oatmeal and Banana Breakfast Bars

I found this recipe online for a really easy no bake breakfast bar and in my house the faster a recipe takes the better. This one took about 4 minutes of prep time and 40 minutes in the freezer.

(This is Shelley googling recipes...)

For this batch I used approx. 1.5 cups quick oats, .5 cup peanut butter, 2 ripe bananas, 2 pinches of flour and chocolate chips. Blended in the stand mixer and pressed into a lasagna pan. 

I froze it in the pan until it was solid enough to cut and then stored them in the fridge. I enjoyed how quick and easy they were. 

It was agreed that they should have a little more peanut butter in them. They would also taste great with nuts or dried fruits. I think I will have some fun experimenting with the recipe...and I'm sure my husband wont have any issues "testing" my creations.

--Siobhan

Fudgetasmic Fudgetastic Fudgegasm

I don't have a candy thermometer *AHEM HUSBAND AHEM* so I had to search around for some fudge recipes where one wasn't needed. Thankfully my mother had one for chocolate fudge and I found one for peanut butter fudge online.

I added milk chocolate chips to the peanut butter fudge, cause...cause I can.

And I used mint chocolate chips for the chocolate fudge, again, because why not?

Melt 1 can of sweetened condensed milk with 2 cups(ish) of chocolate chips.

I used mint chocolate chips but I think in the future I would use dark chocolate and add peppermint extract. It's very minty.

Added in the vanilla once its all melted and mixed together.

Put in an 8x8 pan and cool for 2 hours before cutting.

It makes a lot...well a lot for a normal person. My fudge obsessed husband will mow threw these pretty quickly.

For the peanut butter fudge I melted 1 cup of peanut butter and one cup butter together and added a splash of vanilla once they were mixed.

Add to 4 cups of sifted icing sugar. I also added a small (large) amount of milk chocolate chips.

Press into baking pan and cool in the fridge for 2 hours.

Never having made fudge this way before I'm not sure how the peanut butter one is going to turn out. It was a strange consistency going into the pan. It's cooling now and I'll let you know what it's like when I get it out and cut it up.

--Siobhan xo

UPDATE:

They taste AMAZING!!!! So addictive! I think without the chocolate chips in it and instead a layer of chocolate on top they would taste identical to Reese's.