Vegan Piña Colada Smoothies

A few simple favorites.

Brown butter & sea salt chocolate chip cookies. An absolute sweet and salty favorite.

Getting my aggression out. Kickboxing, cycling, yoga is all good… plus then I can eat more of the above.

My new camera. It MIGHT  be more important to me than cookies. It’s certainly more important than a boyfriend.

Grandma’s buttermilk waffles. Crispy with a lovely fluffy texture. Don’t worry I snatched up the recipe to share.

Peanut butter and banana (and chocolate chips sometimes) sandwiches. Forget the jelly; I’m all about diversity.

Maxi dresses and big sunglasses. I live in this.

Smoothies made with coconut milk. It’s like I’m drinking a tropical vacation!

We all know I’m big into margaritas and all things spanish inspired. I eat spanish food more than anyone I know. And of course I love a good cocktail type beverage during the warm summer months.

Piña Coladas are the official beverage of Puerto Rico (where my family is from), and I thought that I would share with you a lightened up version that you can slurp down whenever! Typically made with coconut creme, pineapple juice, and rum–these tropical beverages can be super high in calories. To make them lighter, I removed the coconut creme and replaced it with coconut milk, added frozen bananas, and said adios to the rum.

Buttttt where did the rum gooooo?

I’m all about the goodness of coconut milk; it’s creamy, rich, and full of nutrients. I’ve been putting it in cupcakes. I pour it over my oatmeal. I’d take a straight shot of it.

Look I don’t know where my heads at, but I do know that blending up this healthy smoothie made me feel like I was in Mexico on spring break. Until I realized I actually wasn’t… annnnd the fact that this drink didn’t actually have any alcoholic in it– which meant I still needed to go to yoga because I was completely capable.

I say after hitting the gym we add the rum and say hello to Summer!

Just a simple favorite.

Vegan Piña Colada Smoothies

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byby :Monique Volz of Ambitious Kitchen

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Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

ServesServes 2

Refreshing vegan piña colada smoothies made with four simple, healthy ingredients like pineapple and delicious, light coconut milk.

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh or frozen pineapple chunks
• 1 cup coconut milk (I like Silk coconut milk, unsweetened)
• 1 large frozen banana (chunks)
• 1/2 cup ice cubes
• Directions

Instructions

• Place pineapple chunks, banana, coconut milk, and ice cubes in blender. Puree until smooth and creamy. 
• Pour into two glasses. Top with pineapple for garnish, whip cream (vegan if desired), or drizzle with honey (sub agave if vegan).

Recipe Notes

For frozen banana chunks, simply cut up banana, place in small ziploc bag and place in freezer.

Recipe would be great using coconut milk ice cream or yogurt instead of coconut milk.