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
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
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Place pineapple chunks, banana, coconut milk, and ice cubes in blender. Puree until smooth and creamy.
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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.
15 comments
Hi Monique, this is awesome- love your presentation by the way. 🙂 Gotta grab the ingredients and this try asap. 😉
Ahhh thanks Lisa! Glad you love.
I love, love smoothies, but I think my degthuar’s love them even more! Mango smoothies are at the top of the list at my house, but I hadn’t thought about putting unsweetened coconut milk in there! Brilliant idea and most likely give the recipe a great depth of flavor. Thanks for sharing!
Love your list of favorites! Looks like we have a lot in common. 🙂 Have a great weekend!
OBSESSED!! These look awesome! And love that they’re vegan 🙂 I need to hunt down some pineapple, I’m totally giving these a try tomorrow!!
Hey Monique sent you a message earlier but had to reply to this post and let you know that yes your camera is more important than a boyfriend. I feel the same way about a girlfriend only its my road bike right now that is more important:)
Your hilarious by the way, really enjoyed reading about you and what you love about life. Thanks for the laughs (Buttttt where did the rum gooooo? LOL) and the great eats…very impressive-
Bart
Thanks Bart!
Super cute!!! Looks so delicious!!! I absolutely LOVE your blog!!!!
Thanks Amanda. They are delish.
Sounds yummy! 🙂
Just made this smoothie tonight to celebrate a warm January night… Used frozen pineapple and left out the ice – it was so refreshing and delicious!
(First time to your blog, but I bookmarked it!). Thanks!
About how many calories would one smoothie be. I’ve been in bed for 11 days with the flu. So I gained 2 pounds!
Now I have bronchitis, but getting better. I power walked around the mall!
Hi there! I hope you don’t mind, I have featured this recipe in my latest blog post with some other great non-alcoholic drink recipes. It looks so delicious, I can’t wait to give this a try!
Grace | http://www.eatwriteexplore.com
Very quick and easy, and really delish. I added a scoop of protein powder and I am having it for lunch! Yum!
Glad you liked this one!