More Chocolate anyone?
This one is pretty straight forward.
Like Chocolate? Check.
Like Coffee? Check.
Like sweet, iced, lusciously energizing beverages? Check.
Let’s not talk about our occasional jaunts to Starbucks, K? I won’t tell if you won’t, and for the record, they do a lot of things pretty well, and I kind of have to credit them with getting me hooked on coffee in the first place (and life is (just a little) better with coffee in it, in this girls’ very humble opinion).
In all seriousness, I consider myself very fortunate to have access to some of the very best roasted coffee in the world – check out the roaster I work for here – and I don’t really hit many Starbucks, unless I am traveling.
But who doesn’t love a decadent pick me up now and again?
Crafting this insanely delicious concoction isn’t rocket science, but you do need to be prepared (as in you have to have made the almond milk and the ice cream from the last two posts)…
Almond Iced Mocha:
- 1 cup Mindful Almond Milk
- 2 oz. fresh espresso or coffee
- 1/4 cup Almond Chocolate Ice Cream
- 1/2 to 1 cup of ice
Combine everything in your blender and enjoy!
You might also want to cover your bases with a good activity planned for after ingesting this.
(No, really).
Chances are you’ll be pretty juiced and I’d really hate to see that energy go to waste…
Got a book to finish? Write it. Gardening? Have the shovels and gloves ready! 10K time you want to beat? Now’s your chance.
Or, if you are anything like me, you might just kick back and enjoy another kind of activity that I wish I could do more often.
The joy of doing nothing.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
~ Aristotle
However you choose to enjoy your time, do it well.
And do it often!
So that will wrap the sweet stuff for a bit…(I promise)..
I am excited to share some wonderful savory recipes and an idea for a series I’ve been working on.
Here are a few shots of the Not So Fast photo shoot we did on Sunday, it was a blast!
Huge thanks to all the new readers who have shared your enthusiasm with me, you are all amazing!
- What do you do with your excess energy?
- Are you a coffee drinker too?
Happy Wednesday folks!
Yours in Less,
Ice cream! Brilliant! That sounds so good. I’m trying to decide which is worse, though–coffee at night or ice cream in the morning? I should probably wait…
Hehe! Thanks for stopping by! Yes, ice cream and coffee are indeed a match made in heaven..the beauty here is it is reasonably healthy too!! I like to have one of these on a lazy weekend…with the whole day in front of me!
This looks absolutely delicious and I love the little collage at the end of your blog. I just love the whole idea, I’m going to have to check back often.
Thanks so much, I am so happy you like the collage! (and it tastes pretty darned killer!)
Thank you for your comment!
Oh man! Now I’m going to have to go and make the almond milk so I can make the ice cream so I cam combine three of my favourite things – coffee, chocolate AND ice-cream. This looks mouth watering.
(and I’m salivating so much, I can’t spell!)
You are too cute, thanks!!! I just made a batch of almond milk tonight…I see iced mochas in my very near future too! Spelling Schmelling…..(is that a word?)..it is now!
It’s raining so hard here, I have delayed shopping for my almonds. Tomorrow…:-(
Ooh! Sorry to hear! We are sure used to that here in Vancouver..! We had snow/slush today, nasty!
Well that just looks fantastic…coffee and chocolate, do you even need to ask??
It’s a winning combo – thanks Gabby!
Our local roaster is appalling, sadly, so we are addicted to Lavazza Rossa. One cup in the morning is enough for me–and very good pre-Sunday run!
A must before a run for sure! Being in the business mean I consume a fair bit…all good though
All the beautiful peeps at your group photo shoot, this is so awesome!! Looks like fun!
Thanks Teri! It was a really great time – I hope to update the NSF website soon with the results. Hope you are well!
Chocolate and coffee. I am guilty! And it feels good! Great photo shoot!
Thanks so much! The photo shoot was a blast – hoping to use the final product on the NSF site soon! Thanks for stopping by!
Um yum! When I drink the occasional coffee I like to do it in style and this is just my style. Mmmmm mm! The photoshoot looks like fun really like what ya’ll are doing, keep up the good work!
Thank you Hillery!
Oh holy moley you have just made me drool onto my keyboard lol! I love creamy things and I’ve always wondered how to make decadent decadent chocolate protein smoothies, hot chocolates etc etc without all the cream and sugar. Using the ice cream is a great way to get that in there because honestly, almond milk ice cream is not exactly sinful now, and yet it will provide that creaminess perfectly! Ooh Shira you’re too good!
Thanks Anna! I was pretty happy to discover it worked as I had hoped – now we can satisfy those cravings and really, truly, revel in the cleanliness of the ingredients – I hope you enjoy it, you are too cute! (And funny too)!
The almond iced mocha looks and sound amazing!
Thank you it totally is! Thanks for the visit and the follow!
Yum, that looks amazing.
Thank you!