Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Content Contributor: The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie By Maggie Hampshire, RN, BSN, 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
Instructions
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.
Nutrition Facts
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%).