Banana Dates Smoothie

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 1. Take 2 over-ripe bananas (they should be extremely soft and dark brown from outside) and freeze them for 2-3 hours. Take 4 dates (I used kimia dates) and soak them in lukewarm water for 2-3 hrs. Also place two cups of milk in the freezer for it to become “chilled-icy” cold.

2. In a mixer/blender, put the frozen bananas cut into small pieces. Add the dates after de-seeding them and throw away the water in which the dates were soaked.(Now if you do not like your smoothie thick you may add a little bit of that water)

3.Add 1tbs of creamy peanut butter, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1 tbs coffee powder, 1tbs cinnamon powder and 1 cup of milk to it and churn nicely. Then add the second cup of milk and blend well. (you will have to blend this mix a little more then your regular milkshakes)

4. If you like your smoothies to be a little extra sweet you may add 1tsp of honey but I skipped this step as it tasted fine without it too. The measurements here will serve two people. You need to make sure that all the dates are blended into the milk well and you are good to go!

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