I cannot resist sweets.

The worst thing I have to deal with every day is how to avoid sweets, especially chocolate. My relationship with anything with sugar has always been one of my top priorities. I have always remembered craving some sugar after long hours at work or even after my workout sessions.

Unfortunately, we all know the health risks of eating large quantities of sugar daily, especially when we need to keep a balanced diet. Sugar is addictive; sugar is great; sugar must be eliminated from our daily intake. These are some of my controversial thoughts every time I finish eating a whole bar of chocolate or a nice and tasty donut. Well, here is some good news! We can still enjoy our sweet moments without all the extras from processed sugar. How?

By trying this homemade smoothie! It’s nutritious, it causes satiety so that you don’t want to eat more, and it’s as sweet as needed not to seek sugar. Also, it contains fruit, which is an excellent source of natural sugars.

This smoothie is ideal as a post-workout snack or for a quick breakfast if you don’t have enough time for a complete breakfast or when you feel you need to dive into a whole cake!

Ingredients:

1 small frozen mature banana*

3 strawberries

1 cup of almond milk or plain milk

2-3 almonds

½ scoop of whey protein (I use flavored dark chocolate protein)

½ teaspoon of honey (optional)**

**When the bananas are mature enough, I cut them into slices and put them in portions in the freezer. The more mature the banana, the sweeter.*

**If you don’t use mature enough fruit, the smoothie won’t be very sweet, so you may need to add just a bit of honey.

Preparation:

Blend all the ingredients in your blender for 3 minutes until thoroughly mixed. Your smoothie is ready!

The best part of the trick with the frozen bananas is that the mixture is exactly like a milkshake but without the extra sugars and fat, more healthy and as sweet as you need to satisfy your cravings!

So, what do you think? Are you going to give it a try?

Go, freeze your bananas and enjoy!