Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

Got up and went for a run this morning, and then tried to make something healthy that tastes like dessert. I think it turned out pretty well.

Ingredients:
1 cup chocolate hemp milk
1/2 package lite silken tofu
1 frozen banana, cut into chunks
2 or 3 tablespoons natural peanut butter (I used the kind you grind yourself at the store, with no oil)
1 tray ice cubes

Put everything in a blender and blend till smooth. Makes two servings (about a cup each).

It's not extremely chocolaty, but it is tasty and refreshing. No picture cause it just looks like pale chocolate milk. :)

Brownies (mmmmmm, chocolate)

This recipe (like so many things I make) comes from Isa Chandra Moskowitz, found on the ppk website.

Absolutely fantastic. As the recipe says, they're somewhere between cake-y and fudgy, definitely more cake-like than the brownies of my youth (which came from a box). They're like really really really rich chocolate cake squares. I think they'd be even better with a little chocolate icing on top.


While not as simple as your basic brownie, I had no trouble making these, and since I've already admitted to butchering baked tofu (repeatedly) that's saying something. I used light firm tofu instead of the extra firm called for, cause I had 3 boxes of it sitting around. I also added the rest of the bag of chocolate chips into the batter at the end. Holy mega chocolate bliss, batman! I brought these to work, and no one guessed they were vegan.

I used Trader Joe's chocolate chips. They're not specifically marketed as vegan, but they are, and WOW. I like these even better than Tropical Source and Ghiradelli, both of which cost way more. They are seriously rich and chocolate-y.