OK, so I was feeling a little bit of a slump this afternoon as I sat at my computer (multitasking as usual). So I asked myself…what IS IT that I want anyway? What I needed was a 30 minute yoga session or a brisk walk, but today I wasn’t giving myself that treat–too much to do–I can be quite the taskmaster when I have to.
Here is the scene: I am facing out to a sparkling sea from my perch at the big rustic table set in the center of my living room, which has now become my office/conference room/studio and listening to nice jazz on the Stan Getz Pandora station. It’s all good. Except I’m using up my mojo and I have so much more to do, PLUS I want something yummy, but still reasonably healthy. Must be sweet, caffeinated and VERY cold. I access my inner Starbucks and decide to improvise.
Here’s the recipe:
1/2 cup cold coffee ( I use Barista’s Beans espresso, specially roasted for my by my son Erik)
2 cups unsweetened almond milk
2 Tbs cacao powder
2 tbs pure maple syrup
1 frozen banana
12 ice cubes
BLEND until frothy. Drink with abandon. Get back to work.
Note: Anyone who has been to Italy, might know the actual source of my inspiration…the delicious icy “frappe’ di caffe’” my Mama introduced me to in Naples. Mine is a vegan, sugarless version, substituting maple syrup for sugar and Sarasota Bay for the Bay of Naples.
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