25 Days of Christmas: Food Edition Episode 3

I hope you're enjoying these recipes and ideas from the past few days.
Today's recipe is one that might get you a little bit more in the Christmas spirit.

How many of you LOVE shakes from Chick fil A? I know I do. However, have you ever looked at the nutrition facts for them? Yeah...not so good! My siblings and I have dubbed them "cups of lard". They are delicious cups of "lard" but not something that one can afford to indulge in while trying to stick a healthy diet.

So I decided to try and make a "healthy" version :) And I am excited to say that it turned out AMAZING!!!

So I started by putting 1 cup of unsweetened coconut milk in to my blender bottle.

Then I added the good stuff!! 1 scoop of vanilla Shakeology (if you don't have Shakeology, you should get it, lol. But if you can't, you can use another vanilla flavored protein shake. It just won't be as nutritious.) And 1 cup of ice.

Then I added 1/4 tsp of pure peppermint extract. BE CAREFUL! You don't want to add too much of this stuff because it's SUPER potent and you don't want your shake to taste like toothpaste :( YUCK!!

Then, look what I found!!! This is the part of the recipe where I go out of the nutrition plan but it's ok :) It's not an every day splurge. Found these at Target in the Christmas candy aisle. I only used 2 tsp. worth in the shake too. The serving size is 1/4 cup, YIKES!! NO WAY!! 2 tsp. is plenty!!

Next, blend it all together

Of course I had to try it and see if it was any good!!

GREAT NEWS!! It is :)

TRY IT, you won't be disappointed. It tastes like CHRISTMAS!! YAY :)

Thanks for reading and share below if you try and enjoy this!

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Peppermint Chocolate Chip Shakeology

1 Cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 scoop Vanilla Shakeology (or shake of choice)
1/4 tsp pure peppermint extract
2 tsp chocolate covered candy cane pieces (if you can't find these, you can always use 1 tsp of dark chocolate chips & 1 tsp crushed candy cane pieces)
1 cup of ice

Combine all ingredients in blender until smooth. ENJOY!!!

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