man. yesterday i was having some crazy butter-sugar-concoction cravings. i warded them off for the day (yay) and as i went to bed, resolved to whip up some yummy sweet smoothie for myself in the morning. 

initially i had planned to make the banana-date smoothie that i think i have somewhere highlighted in another post here, but alas, no bananas are to be found at my house at the time. and so, i came up with the blueberry-date smoothie instead.

its 133 calories for one serving (the recipe makes 2)— instead of the two tablespoons of honey the link calls for, i used one tablespoon of honey and three deglet-noor dates (the smaller ones). (DATES ARE MY MAGIC SMOOTHIE INGREDIENT NOW!) and as usual, used soy milk instead of skim milk, and non-fat plain yogurt instead of yucky refined sugar filled low-fat vanilla as in the recipe. in my culinary opinion the tartness of plain yogurt goes well with the blueberries anyway… so yeah ignore all the weightwatcher whiners in the comments of the link because we aren’t following the same recipe anyway…

My next endeavor is to dust off our ice cream maker and try out these smoothies in ice cream form. I’ll let y’all know how it goes :)

btw- my smoothies turned out even brighter and bluer than the picture! SO DELICIOUS with the eyes and the mouth. 

For those who want to skip the link altogether and just check out my transcendant recipe:

Ingredients

Makes two 8-ounce servings

• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 1/2 cup non-fat plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 3 deglet noor dates

Directions

1. Place all ingredients in the jar of a blender, and process until smooth. Serve immediately in tall glasses.