Caring Foodie: Sweets For My Sweetie: Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Smoothies (Soy, Wheat, Nut, Egg and Fish-Free, Can Be Milk-Free)

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Sweets For My Sweetie: Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Smoothies (Soy, Wheat, Nut, Egg and Fish-Free, Can Be Milk-Free)

Welcome to the second day of

with Natural and Free, Glued To My Crafts and Vanessa's Place!

I hope you all are enjoying this link-up as much as I am! Have you been over to Stacey's and Vanessa's blogs to check out the Valentine awesomeness they are sharing, too? I hope so!

I hope you are linking up your amazing Valentine-themed posts, as well! Remember there are NO LIMITS on how many posts you can submit, so the more the merrier! And each post you link-up is another chance to win our amazing giveaway! Pretty cool, right?

Anyway, here's what I've shared with you so far:

1. Chocolate Syrup

And now, for today, I'm going to show you an amazing way to use that syrup recipe from yesterday with a recipe for: Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Smoothies!

When my kids and I were talking about what recipes I should make for the link-up, my oldest piped up and said I most definitely should have a recipe with chocolate and strawberries in it and it should be a smoothie. Thus, Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Smoothies were born! It was a rather brilliant idea on his part, and oh so yummy, too!

This recipe is soy (if you use all soy-free ingredients), egg, fish, nut and wheat-free and can be milk-free (see variations). Now that's what I'm talking about!

Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Smoothies

1/4 to 1/2 Cup soy-free vanilla or plain yogurt

2 Cups frozen strawberries

1/2 to 1 Cup Chocolate Syrup

Combine all ingredients in the order listed in a blender (amount and type of yogurt and amount of syrup based on personal preference, though I recommend you start with the lesser amount and add more if desired) and blend until smoothie mixture is to the desired consistency. (Note: You may need to pulse the mixture on an "ice crusher" mode until it breaks down a little before going full boar.)
Pour into glasses and enjoy!

Makes 2 to 3 servings.

Variations:

Milk-Free: Substitute a dairy-free yogurt such as SoDelicious for the yogurt.
Chocolate-Covered _____ Smoothies: Substitute frozen mixed berries, blueberries, cherries, bananas, etc. for the strawberries.
Top with sweetened whipped cream, more chocolate syrup, heart-shaped sprinkles, mini chocolate chips and/or strawberry slices...Whatever you want to do to fancy it up and make it festive and fun!