How To DIY A Chocolate Soy Banana Smoothie
Chocolate is a useful ingredient for making smoothie as I tend to use it quite often in my smoothie making. Chocolate has excellent taste and texture that can blend with a wide range of ingreditents. Personally, I like to use chocolate for my smoothies as it allows me to experiment with new favors. This article will give you an easy to follow recipe that teach you how to make a tasty chocolate soy bean smoothie.
For making this drink, the basic things you will need is: blender or smoothie maker , chocolate soy milk, vanilla ice cream and frozen banana. I want to keep things easy so that we don’t need to spend much time preparing it. The only thing you might have is the smoothie maker but I can buying one is a good investment.
If you don’t have one, do get a good smoothie maker or blender. When you are buying a smoothie maker, go for those with bigger mouths so that you can throw more ingredients into the mix. They are also easier to clean, compared to blender with small mouths. I recommend brands like Kenwood or Back-to-basics as they affordable, a breeze to use and very convenient to clean.
Add in two scopes of vanilla ice cream. If you want to increase the richness of the smoothie, you can buy premium brands such as Ben & Jerrys and Haggen Daz. I used vanilla here rather than other ice cream favors as vanilla can complement any favor of smoothies well as they have a neutral base. If you used other favors like coffee or macedemia nut, they will tend overpower the main ingredients and dilute the taste.
Add in 3/4 cup of chocolate soy milk. This is the main ingredient for the drink so be sure to buy one that has a fuller taste. If you dislike the soy milk taste, rest assured that it will not be noticeable as the vanilla ice cream tend to cover over it. The resulting taste will be mainly from the chocolate. I use soy milk to increase the nutritional value of the drink as soy beans are found to contain important vitamins for our body.
Add in 2 frozen bananas. I always freeze the banana first and take them to defrost 10 minutes before making the smoothie. This is to give the extra icy texture to the drink. Simply slice the bananas and toss them into the mixture.
Once all the ingredients are in, just switch on the smoothie maker. Allow the smoothie maker to blend until you see a nice, silky smooth texture. Once it is done, the drink is ready for consumption. Enjoy!