Description
This healthier vegan shamrock shake is made with frozen bananas and cashews instead of ice cream. It's less indulgent than the traditional recipe, but it's equally rich and delicious! Our recipe also uses fresh mint and a bit of spinach for all-natural color and fresh flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw, unsalted cashews, soaked in water 1-2 hours
- 2 frozen bananas
- 5.3 oz container nondairy vanilla greek yogurt (~1/2 cup)
- 3 tbsp maple syrup or agave
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 tsp matcha powder (optional)
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- For serving: dark chocolate, sprinkles & nondairy whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
- Soak cashews in room temperature water for 1-2 hours, then drain and rinse. If you're super short on time, you can soak in hot water for 15-30 minutes.
- Chill 2 glasses in the freezer for 15-20 minutes.
- Melt a few ounces of dark chocolate in microwave. Dip rims of glasses in chocolate, then coat in sprinkles. Return to freezer for a few minutes (until solid).
- Add frozen bananas, cashews, yogurt, maple syrup or agave, mint, spinach, matcha, peppermint and vanilla extract to a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.
- Pour into chilled glasses. Optional: top with whipped cream and more sprinkles. Enjoy cold!
Notes
Cashews: be sure to use raw, unsalted cashews in this recipe. They're not meant to add much flavor, but instead a super rich, creamy texture to replace the ice cream.
Peppermint extract: we wanted to make these shakes just with fresh mint to simplify the recipe, but it just didn't add quite enough minty flavor. A small amount of peppermint extract adds that super minty freshness you expect in a Shamrock shake (without overpowering the other ingredients).
Spinach: spinach is actually an optional ingredient, mostly used for color in this recipe since we're not using artificial food coloring. Feel free to leave out if you don't care about the color. (But it's also a great nutritional boost and you definitely can't taste the spinach!)
Matcha: same goes for the matcha powder - it's mostly used for color here. Feel free to omit.
If the bananas have been frozen for several days or weeks and are rock hard, let them thaw for a few minutes before blending.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 771
- Sugar: 43.2 g
- Sodium: 46.1 mg
- Fat: 40.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 79.6 g
- Fiber: 6.6 g
- Protein: 20.1 g
