Coffee Bananas Foster Smoothie

At first I wanted orange juice this morning, then I felt like coffee. Then I noticed half of an unused banana laying on the kitchen counter. So then I started think about making a coffee banana smoothie. I felt like there was a name for something like that but I couldn’t figure it out. After scratching my head for about 5 minutes, it came to me: Bananas Foster. I kind of wish I didn’t stick so close to the recipe because it was rather bitter and dry. I know, how can a liquid be dry? But it left my tongue and mouth dry so I had to do something. Think about it, bananas tend to absorb a lot of liquid and the texture of yogurt isn’t exactly velvety. So I added the vanilla ice cream because I found the coffee flavour to be a bit too strong and the smoothie had an overall bitter and dry taste. I believe in a well balanced and smooth flavour. One ingredient shouldn’t overpower the rest. Going forward, I would suggest not using the original 1 ½ cups of coffee (because that’s a lot of coffee) and maybe 3 oz. of yogurt instead of 6. I also used decaf coffee for dietary restrictions.

Coffee Bananas Foster Smoothie

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 (558 g)

Servings per Recipe: 2

AMOUNT PER SERVING

Calories 234

Calories from Fat 36

Total Fat 4 g

Saturated Fat 2.4 g

Cholesterol 14.2 mg

Sodium 139.2 mg

Total Carbohydrate 46.6 g

Dietary Fibre 3 g

Sugars 32.8 g

Protein 5.9 g

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cups strong brewed coffee, chilled

• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar

• 2 small ripe bananas

• 6 ounces cups vanilla yogurt

• 1⁄2 cup almond milk

• 1 cup ice cube

• 3 scoops vanilla ice cream (optional)

DIRECTIONS

• Combine all ingredients in a blender container.

• Process until very smooth and frothy.

• Pour into two glasses and serve.

Xox,

Olivia

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