Healthy Butterfingers smoothie
Hiiiiii 😀 How are you? Hope your day is going fabulously.
It’s POURING here! And I love it 😀 Perfect weather for watching the Emmy’s pre-show and online shopping 😉
This morning, the Pilot wanted French toast on Pancake Sunday, so I made some for his face:
Along with organic bacon- he was a happy kid 😀
We ran errands, kept organizing and doing pre-packing blahs, I hit up the gym for cardio, then we took a break for snacktime.
Mine was a little on the random side…
Organic peach
(with lucuma and mesquite)
Greens topped with sauerkraut and Garlic Gold
(I wanted SALTY!)
and a Butterfingers Smoothie.
This smoothie is very much based on my friend Philip’s Better Than Butterfingers smoothie (in his Raw Food, Fast Food book)
The star of the show was this:
The ingredients in this extract are kinda stanky (Red 40, anyone?) but it was the only thing I could find for a toffee or butterscotch extract- Stevia makes toffee-flavored drops, which would be much better but a little of the artificial stuff ain’t no thang.
The Butterfinger breakdown:
-1 frozen banana
-1 C almond milk
-1 scoop chocolate protein powder of choice (I used the Vega To-go sample from the HLS)
-1 heaping T nut butter of choice (I used almond butter, my nut butter lovah)
-1/2-1 t toffee or butterscotch extract
-1/2 t vanilla extract
-1 T mesquite (optional)
-1 T lucuma (optional) *Philip also adds maca to his
-Stevia to taste
-pinch sea salt
-a few ice cubes
Blend in the Vita-mixalicious and devour 😀
We’re taking it easy right now and are going to make rice and build-your-own burritos for dinner, then watch the Emmy’s.
Enjoy the rest of your day!!!
See ya in the morning <3
xoxo,
Gina
Today’s workout jam: “Troublemaker” by Akon and Sweet Rush (catchy and upbeat for a steady state run, elliptical or spin sesh)
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does it really taste good? I want to try this!
it’s pretty much amazing
How funny- I mentioned artificial vanilla on my blog this morning! That smoothie looks like a great treat!
I want to give this the cocktail treatment with Butterscotch Schnapps SO MUCH! 😉
EEK. Would never use that extract, to me there’s no healthy amount of artificial crap to add to your diet. Concept looks delicious though. 🙁
when i find the stevia based toffee extract, i’ll use that instead, but i think it’s a little silly to get worked up over 1/2 t of extract for an occasional smoothie
May have to have that for breakfast tomorrow! Yum!
I love the tastes of butterfingers — thanks for sharing.
Build your own burrito night sounds fabulous! I am full of MN fair food, but that sounds like a great dinner idea for later this week.
Have a good night Gina!
Best smoothie idea evar. And also best dinner idea. Burrito/Taco night is so much more fun than regular dinner night.
haha it poured here all last week so you can keep the rain 😉
Ohhh random is good! Keeps life interesting! 🙂
Now I have decided that I’m having a smoothie today!
xx
Butterfinger is one of my favorite candies. I haven’t had it in awhile. Sure sounds good to have it in smoothie form!
Enjoy your stormy night. I wish it was raining here too! Love that on relaxing evenings in.
I am pre -emmy – ing and online shopping also 🙂
I LOVE lucuma… it is my FAVORITE thing lately. 🙂
that butterfinger smoothie sounds fab – I like your balanced attitude, too, girl. 😉 while it’s not the best, it certainly isn’t going to hurt every now and then. (although WHY do they have to do the Red 40??) 😉
have a great night 🙂
Mouthwatering. I’ll have to look for something similar to that butter and nut flavoring.
LOVING the emmys.
happy sunday 🙂
Love burrito night! And peaches right now are just so good!!! Enjoy your evening with your hubby, burritos and Emmys!
Love the Emmys! About to go watch them riiiight now 🙂
Definitely trying that smoothie soon – I love anything that is even remotely close to butterfingers!
What kind of sauerkraut do you get? I’ve been trying to find one that still has probiotics since it’s fermented –
Sabrett does not
You made some for his face! LOL! I love your Gina-isms!
“I made some for his face” hahaha I pretty much died laughing when I read that…idk why that struck me as so funny
And that smoothie sounds *so* good. I need to get me some toffee extract
I was shopping in the supermarket today and saw this! I think Quaker Oats stole the Fitnessista’s idea! Behold, the Quaker Breakfast Cookie (gasp):
http://www.quakeroats.com/products/other-products/breakfast-cookies/oatmeal-chocolate-chip.aspx
[Note: the second ingredient in their breakfast cookie is high fructose corn syrup, the fifth sugar, and the sixth corn syrup]
hahah! after seeing the ingredients, i’m not too worried about it 😉
If you ask Whole Foods next time you find one they can order almost anything for you to their store… including special extracts!
good to know- i’ll be on the prowl in orlando next weekend 🙂
I make a smoothie that tastes like butterfingers too! Vanilla protein+peanut butter+cocoa powder+milk+vanilla extract+spinach (of course not for flavor)= Butterfingers!
gah! i forgot to include the almond butter in the recipe 🙂
wow, now thats my kind of smoothie. Love it, thanks! I love making breakfast for the hubs. Its so cute to see how much they smile and love it. hehe!
A Butterfinger smoothie? yesplease!!
Have fun watching the Emmy’s:)
I pretty much need this smoothie in my life.
Any recipe of Phillip’s is a winner! Yummy lookin’.
Yummm French Toast > Pancakes in my book! I will send some goodies your way tomm 🙂
thank you!!!
I want to add a pinch of nooch to that smoothie…you know, to make it Iron Chef worthy. 😉
Seriously, though, it’d be fun to do sort of an inter-blog recipe challenge when and if you want.
Oh I love rainy days like that too 🙂 I love to cuddle up with my soon-to-be-hubby and watch movies 😀
Delish looking smoothie!!
I always forget how much I love butterscotch flavour! I bet this was delicious. 😀
oh my gosh, i adore butterfingers! i would rock that smoothie 🙂
Ooo you can never go wrong with a candy bar in smoothie form–sounds delish!
Yum! That smoothie sounds too good! I need to get my hands on some butterscotch extract and whip one up! I bet it would be yummy with a few butterscotch chips tossed in there too 🙂
oh wow that smoothie sounds so yummy! I love butterfingers 🙂
haha thanks for the butterfingerbreakdown – you rock! I love that song!
I can’t get to the yoga reviews from the reviews drop down menu….is there some trick?
here ya go: http://fitnessista.com/reviews/yoga/
Yum!! Congrats on the FitSugar Healthy Dose Link!
thank you!
just did some online shopping myself…do you ever use lulus.com?? one word: AMAZING. way better than forever21 in my opinion!
how have i never heard of this before?!? off to shop 🙂
I Love this recipe but I HATE bananas (With a passion), anyone have any suggestions for what i could use instead or if I could just leave it out?
-Larinna
iheartspandex.com
I had the butterfinger smoothie yesterday and I’m having it again today…GOOD STUFF! It really does taste like Butterfingers =D
awesome! so glad you’re a fan 🙂
Not sure how I missed this one, but thanks for reposting! YUM!!!!
I have seen that extract and LOVE me some flavored extracts from vanilla to almond to hazelnut, and I need this one now too! 🙂
I love your blog and all your healthy recipes! My guilty pleasure is definitely Butterfingers (has been since I was a slightly heavy child) so I had to finally comment on this blog. This sounds great! Thanks for always being upbeat and inspirational.
thanks berta! hope you like it! i’m a butterfinger fan myself 🙂
yummy! i’m going to try this tomorrow morning!i love peach 🙂
thanks
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