Vanilla-Date Breakfast Smoothie

With the amount of sugar from the dates, this is not very healthy, it has little fiber. I'd cut the amount of dates, add a handful of spinach, 1 tablespoon of flax seeds, 1/2 a banana, a pinch of cinnamon and a scoop of protein powder.

• sfliz

• San Francisco

• 8/15/2017

Quite good!

• Sandie67

• Cleveland OH

• 9/12/2014

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• Rachelle123

• France

• 3/10/2014

There are 50-65 calories in one medjool date.

• lizabethj2

• San Diego, CA

• 2/25/2014

.). It made 3 tall glasses, and given that I'm drinking 1, it's far less fat than the cup of greek yogourt I've been having the past couple days. So I'm good with that.

• BlueMona

• 3/12/2013

I really love recipes with Medjool dates, but they really a problem with diabetics. Two dates are almost 2 carbs. As a diabetic, I am allowed 2-3 carbs for breakfast. This recipe is almost 6 carbs. I would have this sometime for a rare indulgence, but not for a frequent breakfast. It's such a shame too; I could eat a whole box of Medjool dates.

• RC1956

• Elkins, WV

• 7/16/2012

So easy, and so tasty. I added a tablespoon of flax seed, a scoop of vanilla protein powder, and about 1/4 cup of old fashioned oatmeal (uncooked). Delightful.

• irishyogini

• Nashville, TN

• 2/11/2012

i followed the recipe to the tee and it came out awful! it wasn't sweet at all! i was so looking forward to this wonderfully sweet smoothie everyone was raving about but got nothing but a thin, yogurt tasting cup of nothing! i was very disappointed! i won't waste my time with this one again.

• slipps

• san diego, ca.

• 7/24/2011

Yum! Quite sweet but that can be easily adjusted. A tip for making it smooth: soak the dates in (warm) water for an hour or more ahead of time, and blend the dates with a bit of the soaking water first, then add the other ingredients. I like to keep date paste on hand as a healthy sweetener, so if you have a lot of dates, it might make sense to do a bigger batch and keep it in the fridge. This smoothie is also good with cinnamon.

• Anonymous

• Houston

• 7/19/2011

Wonderful smoothie, nice change from fruit/berry/banana types. The dates are sweet but in a mellow energizing way and are a natural with the milk and splash of vanilla. Made sure I got fresh, soft dates and no pits ! Also delicious with hemp seed milk.

• faithej

• San Diego, CA

• 10/18/2009

I thought this was way too sweet. Used 9 ounces of dates. I would start out using a smaller amount and adding more if I thought it was needed.

• pbmi

• 5/31/2009

DUDE!!!! I do not eat dates - I only have them in the house cuz my 3 year old luvs 'em! so as a treat i made him this & there was extra & I couldn't stop sucking it back! I didn't have any yogurt or ice cubes so I put in 1/3 cup o cream & didn't quite put in a cupful of dates. YUM-O!

• coldcupcake

• the cold white north

• 3/6/2009

My husband used to work the date festival while going to college and has fond memories of the date shakes the other reviewer mentioned. To make this lighter smoothie more like the real deal I pureed the dates in the food processor and froze the yogurt before adding both to the blender.

• Anonymous

• San Diego, CA

• 1/12/2009

I have found this easy and addictive. For health reasons I need to eat a very low fat diet and it can get boring. Not only was this a welcomed, refreshing start to my day all summer, but all my aides and other helpers who were around in the morning wanted the recipe. In response to another reviewer: things don't have to be complicated to be good! The simplicity of ingredients marrying well is part of what makes this such a success, and also an easy, doable and reliable treat. Regarding the coarse residue in the blender: Not a problem for me when using fresh, plump Mejdool dates, but indeed a problem with older or dried dates. As much as I would love to experiment with bananas and perhaps dried apricots or other dried moist fruits, this may be one of those times when following the recipe as written is the only way to achieve the desired results. Its art may be in its simplicity, which may not allow for a lot of variation.

• Anonymous

• Baltimore, MD

• 10/11/2008

I liked it alot but I used strawberries and blackberries instead of dates

• ChipEater

• Dallas TX

• 10/5/2008