Raw Cacao Energiser for a Power Breakfast

This recipe for a raw cacao energiser smoothie produces a delicious creamy and chocolatey breakfast drink that will keep you going for hours. It’s delicious, healthy and a breeze to make. A perfect way to start the day or drink it as a post workout boost.

Raw Milk

Our supply of raw milk is back and we are stupidly excited about it. We lost it over a year ago when our Cornish food shop closed. We can now buy it again at our local pannier market. This means I am at last able to make raw food smoothies. These feel like a nice healthy start to the day.

It also means we can make kefir with raw milk once again. We think it gives a better result than pasteurised milk.

The jury is still out as to whether raw milk is safe or not. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) advises “raw or unpasteurised milk and cream may contain harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning”. We’re prepared to take the risk because we trust the hygiene of the organic farm that provides it.

Cacao Energiser Smoothie For Breakfast

Start the day as you mean to go on. That’s what I tell myself when I have this raw cacao energiser smoothie for breakfast anyhow. It doesn’t, sadly, always work out like that though. I have a sweet tooth and invariably end up eating something that isn’t quite so good for me.

The smoothie makes for a nice breakfast treat and a change from our normal toast. “It’s silky smooth, but it won’t bite back”, quipped CT as he drank his first raw cacao energiser smoothie from a Cobra glass.

If you’re vegan or not drinking dairy for whatever reason, you can easily substitute the raw milk for a non-dairy milk of your choice. Almond or cashew are both good in this raw cacao energiser smoothie.

You can also swap the milk for kefir.

I add various ingredients to a basic smoothie mix, but this recipe involves an organic raw chocolate and almond spread. This may not be the easiest thing to get hold of, so in the recipe I’ve suggested using raw almond butter instead along with cocoa nibs or raw cacao powder.

Despite my sweet tooth, I’m not too keen on sweet stuff for breakfast, preferring to keep that for later in the day. I find the banana in this raw chocolate smoothie makes it plenty sweet enough for me. CT agrees. But please do add an additional sweetener such as maple syrup, agave nectar or raw honey if you feel the need.

Other Smoothie Recipes You Might Like

• Berry & rose kefir smoothie
• Carrot smoothie with ginger & orange
• Chocolate avocado smoothie (vegan)
• Orange kefir smoothie
• Spring tonic nettle smoothie
• Sunshine grapefruit smoothie

If you’d like to find even more smoothie recipes, head over to my Super Smoothies recipe board on Pinterest. You’ll find absolutely loads to choose from there.

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Choclette x

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I’m entering this raw cacao energiser recipe into Javelin Warrior’s Made with Love Mondays. It may not have taken long to make, but the smoothie was certainly made with love.