Vegan Cacao & Ginger Smoothie / Overnight Oats
It is no secret that I love eating desert for breakfast, which is why I always make my ‘smoothies’ extra thick - when you add oats and leave them in the fridge overnight, they come out the next morning basically as a mousse (ugh yum). This creation is one rich in chocolate with hints of spicy ginger, undertones of almonds and perfectly whipped with chocolate crunch. Even if you think you won’t like ginger in a drink (which I also did), you will love this.
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Serves: 1 | Total Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Base Ingredients
1 frozen banana
Unsweetened almond milk* (see notes for quantity)
1 tbsp (10g) cacao powder
15g smooth almond butter
1 thumb-sized knob of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
1 tbsp cacao nibs
To make overnight oats
50g Jumbo oats
(optional) 1 tbsp flaxseeds
Optional nutritional extras:
15-20g vegan vanilla or unflavoured protein powder (linked is the one I use. Code ‘VEGAMBS’ will also get you 10% off sitewide)
1 scoop creatine
Notes
*if making a smoothie, then start by having 200 ml milk and building up until you reach your desired consistency. If having overnight oats, then have 125ml milk
Instructions
Place all the ingredients, apart from the cacao nibs into a blender and blitz until smooth.
Now add in the cacao nibs, and pulse to break up the nibs a little. This gives the smoothie a delicious crunch.
If making a smoothie then simply drink up and enjoy! If making overnight oats, then place in the fridge overnight in a fastened jar and allow it to thicken. Open it up in the morning and enjoy!
Enjoy! Lots & lots of love.
P.S Please share with me on social if you made this, it really helps me a lot and I appreciate it more than you ever will know x
