Vegan Super Food Chocolate Ice Cream Shake! Get Your Delicious and Nutritious Feast On!steemCreated with Sketch.

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Greetings!



Firstly I want to clarify that I am not a vegan and respect instead of judge everyones personal choices, but health and sustainability have been of the utmost importance to me for some time. With that being said it is quite obvious that generally speaking especially in a consumer corporate culture a more vegan diet is conducive to, not only health, but sustainability. I would love to write a whole post on this and maybe will do so shortly. 

I know how important food is for people, not just the nutrients to sustain, but how much people enjoy it for pleasure. I often see people eating food though that is not either very nutritious or delicious. 

My life has been quite a feast for many years now. Living at The Garden of Eden is constantly the place with the most food and feasting I have ever seen ANYWHERE. Plus we have lots of competent chefs so its not only nutritious and abundant, but super delicious!

Today I am sharing a fast, simple and delicious treat you can enjoy every day and feel good about!


Step 1 is the ingredients:

I really am not a recipe guy. I am a food alchemist. I can basically make anything taste good and I have made delicious dishes out of many ingredients and combinations people have never even herd of before. So what I would like to do is to give a rough estimate and also talk about variations that can be made to this so that it does NOT have to be exact but still good. I will discuss the aspects of it that make it what it is and different variations that can take place. 

So to start out the title is "Vegan Super Food Chocolate Ice Cream Shake" so because its vegan that means no animal products. So to replace that we are using coconut milk in its stead. This is my favorite vegan milk substitute but there are many types of vegan "milk" out there. 

For this recipe we are using 1 can of coconut milk. 

To make it "ice cream" we are adding frozen bananas to give it the ice factor! It is truly amazing how well this works because not only does the frozen banana in the right amount give it the exact ice cream shake consistency but bananas are also very healthy and very sweet so there is little need for added sugar!

For this recipe we are using a 1/2 to 3/4 blender full of FROZEN bananas



You can see here that we have some hemp protein which is one of the super food factors. Hemp protein is super duper healthy and easy to find. You can basically add as much of that as you want but we use a heaping spoon full. You can pretty much add any kind of nutrition/supplement/super food powder to this in small amounts and it will still taste great!

As you can see there is a can of hot chocolate of which we are using for this recipe simply because we have it. I have not bought any food at a grocery store market or anywhere in over a decade. So I use what I can harvest, salvage, or is donated. This has chocolate and some sugar in it. Ideally for health I would recommend pure raw organic cacao powder. 

We also have a bag of xylitol and you have never heard of it before I am quite impressed with it. It is natural made from bark extract actually. It taste the closest to sugar of any sugar substitutes I have seen and its quite a bit healthier. We really didn't use any of it because the bananas are so sweet and because the chocolate powder had sugar in it,  but if you like yours real sweet you can add as much to taste as you want to make it as sweet as you want. Obviously you can also use any sweeter you like, raw honey and agave syrup are also very healthy choices!



So first we put in the frozen bananas and coconut milk. Then we add in the chocolate and hemp powder. 



QiQi almost 6, is a super helper as she is not only competent but very joyful! She makes everything more fun!
If you have not yet read my introduction about her its a MUST read. 



Now this is where the ice cream starts getting SUPER! This is my Uber Super Food Green Juice Alchemy of which has over 20 different Eden grown beyond organic wildcrafted super foods in it. Here we add a quarter of a cup (again you can add more if you want it MORE super, but the flavor will also become more prevalent).



Then we add a little bit of coconut oil maybe a tablespoon or so just to make it richer. Also coconut oil is super duper healthy and delicious!

Then we simply blend it. If you have the proper ratio it comes out perfect. If you have do many bananas and not enough liquid it won't blend. So just add some water, green juice or more coconut milk. If you have to much liquid then it won't be thick like ice cream but more watery. The great thing is if you get it wrong you can just add more of either the liquid or bananas and get it perfect!

The better the blender you have the easier it is. The cheap blenders make it a lot harder to get a really thick consistency. 

Then pour it into a cup and enjoy!



I hope you enjoyed this post and are inspired to experiment with super healthy and delicious food. Life really is better when healthy!

I want to give a shout out to @heart-to-heart for being a responsible, rational and kind vegan and for bringing people together not separating people with her vegan contest. I am entering to show support for a peaceful and loving vegan community that does not exclude but includes. The does not judge but loves and lives by example. 


If you like this post and would like to check out other posts like this then be sure to check out my epic creation "STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #39 Baby Food: "Figging Delicious" Nutritious & Delicious SUPER Baby Food 20 ingredients 100% WildCrafted HOME GROWN!"

This is not only delicious and nutritious but SUPER sustainable and a really nice holistic family post as well. 


If you would like to get a look into my personal and family life this post is a really good one. 



"An Inside Look Into My Family Life and An Introduction To My New Paradigm Perspective On Parenting and Education"



As always I appreciate your support and welcome your feedback!


SteemON!



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food alchemy is a beautiful thing! I'm going to make this next week when the 100 degree weather arrives, you've inspired me. Thank you!

Ooo this will be ESPECIALLY delicious when the hot weather is full on!

I am so thankful to have inspired, that is the true nature of art/expression and the ultimate fulfillment~*~

Thanks for recipes. I will try to make it soon👍

ok

Holy, I am not allowed to travel anymore if I am to be having an online presence. @quinneaker, I know we already talked somewhere else, but I want you to know that I am quite ashamed with myself for only upvoting you and not commenting... that is so unlike me. I know I wanted to message you privately and I was traveling with the worst internet I have had in ages (I thought we were advanced now) lol

I am so flattered that you made this entry for my contest. It was just supposed to be a fun, engaging, light loving promotion of health and ideas to form a network and it's truly surprised me.

I really do have one complaint that I must share with you however... I'm not there to enjoy it! ;) I promise I am going to rereate it and let you know how delicious it is as soon as I get settled back into RL. <3 Thanks again my friend! Remind my scattered brain that I want to talk to you! <3

Yes traveling is quite taxing even this day in age. It is easy to get distracted, stressed, tired and bad internet.

I totally understand and forgive you hehehe ;-)>

I am very grateful that this means a lot to you and that we are exchange love and real value.

I am also very glad ur only complaint is that you did not get to share it with me and the family hehehe ;-)>

Hope to continue to share here on Steemit and maybe one day in RL share some high vibe cuisine together!

∞§∞Blessings∞§∞

...and evidentially get so behind in your replies that you miss a very special one from a special friend!

Ever since you posted your delicious recipe, I have had this craving for one so I made a few the last couple of days and now that we're back at it, I am wanting another <3

I'm very excited to continue this! I'm loving the fact that through a platform which I never would have predicted myself being on, I have found such true connection.

Power of the universe, she is strong <3 XOXO

Yes!

How amazing is that? The connection, information and opportunity are priceless and I am grateful for it. Yet what makes it even MORE awesome is that we get paid to make friends and share with each other!
Wow what a dream come true!

Awww, you must miss me as much as I miss you. I must get a shirt with your name on it since you have that red one with my name on it. The little guy is looking so good.

This post is making me homesick and miss my family. Nice piece.

Meat from the local small scale family rancher who uses only methods of love is a great option to labeling oneself as vegan or vegetarian. I don't understand why this option is not as promoted as the "V" words. Of course this statement is for your readers since you already got it goin' on.

@loveon slaughtering an animal is not a method of love, therefore one cannot label oneself as vegan or even vegetarian while supporting this.

This is a really great post! You pack so much value into it!!

I like to contribute on many levels and bring as much value to the post as I have time for.

omg! You're kids are soo cute! What a cute family :)

Thanks =)>

~💖~

It looks yummy indeed, and you have a beautiful family, wow. Bless you all and more success.

Thank you very much!
Wish you much happiness and success in life!

SteemON!

Thanks, same to you bud

Yes SteemON!

Welcome, always . Feel free to see my new post, thanks a lot.

Ok will check it out now!

Thanks a lot for your support

Nice recipe my friend, always you bring healthy food, this vegan dish looks lovely the way you prepared it! I would love to taste it!

Yes give it a try its very easy!

If your ever in the area I can surely host you an EPIC EDEN FEAST!

Blessings~*~

Hi Quinn,

I am definitely going to be trying this out - I am attempting to go vegan for September and need little snacks like this to get me through the month.

Like you, I recognise the importance of individual choices in diet but I do also know that we need to eat less animal-based products to be sustainable!

Please check out my blog on my Vegan Month - and any more tips/easy recipes would be most welcome!!

A great choice! I hope it goes well for you, if you can stick to it I am sure you will fell quite a bit healthier! This is a really easy to make, delicious and nutritious snack of which you can eat every day! It will help you indeed!

SteemOn!

This sounds and looks like a great and yet guilt free treat to enjoy. And let's be honest - there aren't ever enough of those around!!

Exactly!

Thats why I am sharing. Hope it inspires and fulfills you!

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