Healthy, 3 Ingredient Date Shake(Naturally Vegan and Grain/Gluten Free)

 A healthy date shake with only three ingredients!  You’ll never go back to the calorie heavy version after you try this healthier version!

I’m taking a little time to unplug this week but I thought I’d pop in with at least one recipe.  A super simple, cold dessert type drink for you.  Have you ever had a date shake?  If you haven’t, let me tell you they’re amazing.  But there’s something about putting a whole ton of dates with another ton of ice cream that kind of bothers me.  I’ve been eating way too much sugar lately, so this is a still amazingly sweet, but way less sugar version of a date shake.

And did I mention this shake is so simple?  Any other moms feeling a little worn out this time of year?  I definitely need some simple recipes right now.  For us school starts in less than two weeks.  We’re packing in a few things we wanted to do this summer but haven’t done yet plus a little bit more back to school shopping and I desperately need a little time to unplug and then it will be back to regular schedule.  Yay!

So I hope you’ll enjoy this super simple sweet snack or dessert and enjoy the rest of your summer!  I’ll be back next week with a roundup of school lunch ideas for your little ones including lots of snacks, granola bars, larabar style bars, healthy cookies(including some nut-free ones) and some healthy lunches you can send with or without a thermos.

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Healthy, 3 Ingredient Date Shake

Author Erin Dooner

Servings 1 -2 servings

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Ingredients

• ▢ 2-3 soft Medjool dates pits removed
• ▢ 1 cup unsweetened almond milk plus more to blend if necessary
• ▢ 1 large frozen banana chopped
• ▢ dash vanilla optional

Instructions

• If using harder dates, roughly chop, cover with almond milk and let sit 20-30 minutes before blending.
• Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until as smooth as possible(there will still be some small date pieces left).
• Serve immediately.

Notes

Vanilla is optional, I like to use a vanilla unsweetened almond milk(omit the maple syrup) but if you use a plain almond milk, add a touch of vanilla if you'd like.

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