{"id":2204,"date":"2013-08-13T23:36:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifebod.com\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2013-08-13T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:36:40","slug":"chocolate-banana-smoothie-with-medjool-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/13\/chocolate-banana-smoothie-with-medjool-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate-Banana Smoothie with Medjool Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you avoid eating something that&#8217;s bad for you the morning? Make your breakfasts interesting and full of flavor. Fruity and tart one day, spicy and earthy another. Today I&#8217;ll share an original smoothie recipe with you. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2205\" alt=\"chocomedjooldats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifebod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chocomedjooldats.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SERVINGS 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 ripe medium banana<\/li>\n<li>4 medjool dates, pitted<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp of cocoa or dark chocolate powder<\/li>\n<li>5 tbps of plain unsweetened yogurt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup of soy, almond or rice milk<\/li>\n<li>1-2 tbps of whey protein powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp of cinnamon powder<\/li>\n<li>2-3 cubes of ice<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp of LSA (linseed and almond meal) (for taste and omega-3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><B>Instructions<\/B><br \/>\nJust add all the ingredients in a blender, control the consistency of the smoothie with the non-dairy milk, and once it&#8217;s all blended, enjoy your earthy smoothy for the fall.<\/p>\n<p><B><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthdiaries.com\/eatthis\/10-health-benefits-of-cinnamon.html\">Cinnamon<\/A><\/B> &#8211; Helps to regulate blood sugar, lowers cholesterol, and helps with yeast infections (among other benefits).<\/p>\n<p><B>Chocolate<\/B> &#8211; You have heard that moderate amounts of dark chocolate is good for your heart, but now there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/fdc\/welcome_mjx.shtml\">studies done<\/a> in the field of neurology that is pointing to the chocolate-brain health connection.<\/p>\n<p><B>Medjool Dates<\/B> &#8211; They are mostly carbs, but these are high in potassium, which helps in regulating your electrolyte levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you avoid eating something that&#8217;s bad for you the morning? Make your breakfasts interesting and full of flavor. Fruity and tart one day, spicy and earthy another. Today I&#8217;ll share an original smoothie recipe with you. Enjoy! SERVINGS 2 1 ripe medium banana 4 medjool dates, pitted 1 tsp of cocoa or dark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,29,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","category-recipes","category-smoothies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifebod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}