Comments on: Happy Valentines Day! Dark Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie

By: barbara

barbara — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:14:49 +0000

I do not know how other people feel about this drink
but for OMG!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:01:21 +0000

I like this one,too. And it seems easy to make.

By: beryle

beryle — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:09:07 +0000

I put half vanilla almond milk and half dark chocolate almond milk …yum!

By: roni

roni — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:14:36 +0000

I would use weeklies if I wanted it. This was a special treat for the holiday. I wouldn’t drink it daily just like I wouldn’t have a slice of birthday cake daily.

Sometimes you just have to indulge.

Not to mention I was pregnant when I made it.. I wasn’t on plan.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:25:49 +0000

I have a question. How do you work a 8 point smoothie into the plan. Most of us only geat 29 points for the day. do you take it out of your weekies.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:15:39 +0000

I just tried this smoothie today – I added a couple of dates to sweeten just a touch and some protein powder so I don’t fall asleep this afternoon before I finish working. :-) It was delicious! Thanks for all of your awesome ideas and inspiration!

By: roni

roni — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:53:30 +0000

Hellooolife – Here’s a comment where I link to my blenders… link to greenlitebites.com

It’s a pretty common question I get!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:23:53 +0000

I made this the other day but didnt have chocolate so I subbed a tbsp of hershey’s chocolate powder. Still really good and full of chocolate/strawberry goodness! Thanks for the awesome idea!

By: hellooolife

hellooolife — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:34:00 +0000

Hi Roni, Besides the bullet, can you share the brand of the other blender you use? Also, is it good for blending green/veggie smoothies?

I can’t afford the vitamix so, so i’ve gotta look for other options. :)

thanks!

By: Paige

Paige — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:57:32 +0000

Oooh! Going to have to try this one. It reminds me of a smoothie/ice cream thing I used to make all the time. It’s chocolate cherry rather than strawberry. So good!

• 1 10 oz. bag of frozen cherries (cheapest at Trader Joe’s, I’ve found)
• About ½ a cup of almond/soy/cow/whatever milk
• 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (can be omitted if using vanilla milk)
• 1 or 2 dates, pitted, can be added for sweetness (or 3-6 raisins) (or a couple of drops/dashes of stevia, or nothing)

Probably better to make in a food processor since it’s so thick, though you could probably double the liquid and get a more smoothie-like consistency.

I haven’t had this in a while and I’m realizing now that it would be like 1 PP for the entire thing if I used stevia/no sweetener. Hmmmm… I’m going to have to see how things like this affect my weight loss. I definitely like the free fruit thing. Definitely helps me make better snack decisions. But for something like this it might be too much. I suppose if it does turn out that things like this stall out my weight loss a bit (which I haven’t experienced yet, thank goodness!), I could count them as maybe half of the points that their nutrition information would give me? I definitely want there to be an incentive to eat fruit rather than junk, but when you can make fruit taste this good, I might never stop!

By: roni

roni — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:36:34 +0000

Took me awhile too! I started at chocolate, then vanilla, then unsweetened vanilla, now unsweetened. It was like a year long process! lol

By: Karen Chatters

Karen Chatters — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:32:27 +0000

This is goood. I wish I had vanilla almond milk. I’m trying to get used to the unsweetened almond milk but it’s taking a while. But I was thinking about this shake as I stood in line at the checkout at Whole Foods, fortunately they had a dark chocolate bar right there for me. The good thing is that I now have more dark chocolate so I get to make it again!

By: Jonna

Jonna — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:08:05 +0000

Just made these this morning for my sweetie & myself, and boy are they yummy! I used Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate syrup in mine, because neither of us like little chunks in ours. The taste is quite nice, and it blended in very well.

I love your site, and while I still haven’t found the courage to try a green smoothie, the makings are in the fridge!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:49:17 +0000

OMG , where to start :)
Thank you

By: roni

roni — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:45:25 +0000

TONS! link to greenlitebites.com

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:43:24 +0000

Thanks Roni, this is great, i just bought a Magic bullet(similar) and i can’t wait to try new smoothie drinks
do you have an other favorite you would like to share :)
I love your blog, ever since i have been reading it i have been trying many of your receipies, I love to cook

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:38:39 +0000

I’m so making this for dessert….

By: roni

roni — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:05:49 +0000

It doesn’t bother me either. We have are own ways of celebrating. :)

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:58:47 +0000

SOUNDS and LOOKS DIVINE!!! Happy Valentine’s Day Ronnie – I too am not married to Mr. Romance… and we have been together for 23 years – what he lacks in romance, he makes up in other areas! He trys though! :O)

By: Alysa (Inspired RD)

Alysa (Inspired RD) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:03:13 +0000

Yum! That sounds perfect and not too sweet, just the way I like it :)

By: DEb

DEb — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:59:59 +0000

oh use melted chocolate, it will work better!

By: DEb

DEb — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:59:21 +0000

MEANIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHA Im scared I will have too many smoothies if I make that!