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Coping with Cancer > Nutrition During Treatment > Comfort Foods for Cancer Treatment > Maintaining Your Weight

Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Made by Maggie Hampshire, RN, BSN
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: June 5, 2009

This shake is high in calories and protein. It is ideal for folks who are struggling with weight loss and difficulty swallowing during treatment.

Ingredients

1 cup 2% milk
1 frozen banana (medium size, 7-8 inches)
1/3 cup powdered nonfat milk
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup peanut butter

Directions

Put all ingredients into a blender and mix until smooth.

Some Tips

We keep a Ziploc bag of frozen bananas (already peeled) in the freezer at all times. When my bananas are getting a little too ripe, I add them to the bag in the freezer.

Nutritional Information

Per entire recipe

• Calories: 799
• Total Fat: 35g (saturated 10g, Trans fat 0g)
• Cholesterol: 31mg
• Sodium: 458mg
• Total carbohydrates: 87g
• Dietary fiber: 10g
• Sugars: 62g
• Protein: 47g
• This dish is high in Vitamin A (26% RDA), Vitamin C (28%), Calcium (110%) and Iron (17%).