One of my favourite combinations (ok I think I say that with all my smoothies, don’t I? 
)…. I just felt like a treat with my smoothie this morning…et voila!! A treat was born!!
Ingredients:
Yields 1.5 litres
- 3 cups water
- 2 banana
- 2 cups raspberries
- 2 Tbsp raw cocoa powder (although not raw I love Cuisine Camino Organic Cocoa Powder, and it’s prepared locally in Ottawa!!)
- 4 Medjool dates, pitted
- 2 large handfuls spinach
Add all ingredients to the blender. Blend on low speed and gradually increase speed. Blend on high until smooth and frothy. To learn more about how I create smoothies visit My Smoothie Approach.
Sounds heavenly! How many smoothies a day are you having? Any solid food as well?
Hi Jaquelyn,
I normally drink smoothies in the morning. I usually have about 1.5 or 2 litres – sometimes more. I do also eat solid foods for lunch and dinner. I have however done a 3 or 4 Green Smoothy Cleanse before, when I do that I only drink smoothies and will often have 6+ litres in one day – I drink as much as I need to not be hungry. I hope that helps? Do you also drink a lot of smoothies? Catherine xox
Yes, we love smoothies. My son is a kale monster. Lol. He takes one to school in his lunch each day.
Above my vitamix is a cupboard filled with our little tweaks…. Goji berries, spirilia, maca, bee pollen, a host of super goods, etc.
We try to keep everything as organic as possible as well.
Nice job with the blog!
All the best,
Jaquelyn
Oh wow, you sounds like a smoothie queen
and your soon too. That’s fantastic!! I do love your little tweaks list as well 
so nice to meet like minded people! And thanks for your kind words about my blog. Cheers & Happy New Year!! Catherine xox
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I didn’t have/know where to get raw cocoa powder, so I used unsweetened baking powder. Is there a taste difference between the two? Because it tastes a little bitter. I also didn’t have dates, so I used dried apricots. But it tastes ok, other than the bitterness, thanks!
Hi there… yes, apricots are a great substitute for dates, you might need a couple of extra, but you can start with a few and have a taste to decide if you want to add more. As for baking powder, I won’t recommend it for any of the smoothies. For this smoothy it would be good even without the cocoa, so I would recommend skipping it. Although you could also add either a handful of almonds or a tablespoon of raw almond butter.. that would also be yummy!! I hope that helps. Catherine xox