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High Fiber Chocolate Mocha Pinto Bean Smoothie

Beans in a smoothie? Sure! Pintos are mild and the coffee and chocolate mask them. Packed with fiber, protein and vitamins, they should have a place in everyone’s diet, and when it comes to heart health, pinto beans have additional advantages. In a recent study, researchers found that having just ½ a cup of pinto beans a day for eight weeks was linked with up to 19% reduction in total cholesterol levels.

chocolate mocha bean smoothie

This smoothie is awesome for anyone looking to add fiber to their diet. You can make this with a number of liquids, vanilla flavor is best. Avoid water as that makes this one too bland.

Fill the Nutribullet cup, add low fat vanilla milk to the max line and blend.

High Fiber Chocolate Mocha Pinto Bean Smoothie

High Fiber Chocolate Mocha Pinto Bean Smoothie

A high fiber and high protein smoothie recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of low sodium pinto beans
  • 1 banana
  • 4 dates
  • 2 tbsp. of raw cocoa
  • 1tsp. of instant coffee

Instructions

  1. Fill the Nutribullet cup, add low fat vanilla milk to the max line and blend.

Nutrition Information:


Amount Per Serving: Calories: 418Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1.9gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 180mgCarbohydrates: 91.7gFiber: 17.6gSugar: 54.7gProtein: 14.3g


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Alicia Ogard

Monday 2nd of April 2018

Hi was wondering I could just add more coco powder in place of the coffee? Or what could I substitute? If I am not using a nutribullet, and I am going to use my vitamix and was wondering what amount of milk to use.

Carleen

Monday 2nd of April 2018

Yes you could sub additional coco powder. With the vita mix, I tend to recommend enough liquid to come up to about half way of the ingredients to start, then add more if it is too thick or not blending well.

Beth

Monday 20th of February 2017

I would suggest less cocoa powder as this was overwhelming.

Hayley

Thursday 6th of August 2015

I am a coffee addict but since the dreaded menopausal hot flushes started my morning coffee just brings me out in a sweat so I thought I would try this instead. It works a treat and is delicious too! I substituted a tbsp of hemp protein for 1 of the tbsps of cacao. Thanks for this, I've had it 2 days running. Love it!

Carleen

Monday 5th of October 2015

Glad you liked it! I have the same issues with hot flashes. Adding soy milk to smoothies can help with those. I should do a post on that!

Silvia

Tuesday 6th of January 2015

Is there a banana alternative due to an allergy.

Carleen

Tuesday 6th of January 2015

This one does have banana which gives it a milder flavor and adds smoothness. But you could try some substitutes. It might sound like a weird mix, but avocado will give a smoothie the same smoothness and milder flavor. You could also try apple and some greek yogurt (I often use vanilla) so see if that gives the same effect.

Noemi

Saturday 13th of December 2014

is the raw cocoa a powder or nibs? thanks

Carleen

Sunday 14th of December 2014

It anticipates using powder, but you could use nibs instead. I think powder gets the flavor blended in better though.

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