Shake 'n' Date For 1

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 dates, pitted (i used two medjool and two deglet nours)
• 1 pinch ground cardamom
• 1 small banana, peeled and cut into chunks (a partially frozen banana is okay to substitute)
• 3 drops almond extract
• 1 cup milk (i use whole milk but you can use another milk alternative ( almond, rice, coconut milk, soy, etc.)
• 2 -3 tablespoons tahini or 2 -3 tablespoons plain yogurt
• 1/2 tablespoon honey, to taste (or other sugar alternative such as agave, unbleached cane sugar, etc.)
• 1/4 teaspoon orange blossom water
• cinnamon, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 take a sharp knife and run it under hot water. remove the pits and cut the dates up into very small pieces.
• 2 place the dates and the remaining ingredients *except* for the cinnamon in a blender. blend on high speed a full 1 minute. (some of the date pieces will not blend and that is okay and to be expected.).
• 3 pour shake into a tall glass. the small dates pieces that didn't blend will sink to the bottom. have a long sundae spoon handy to eat them!
• 4 if desired, [lightly] sprinkle cinnamon on top.
• 5 enjoy!