Chocolate Halva Smoothie

Chocolate...one of the five food groups!

I'm not much of a breakfast person (heck, I'm not much of a morning person!), and this Hormone Diet exacerbates that issue. One of the principles is that you have to eat breakfast within an hour of rising. And what breakfast, you may ask? Well, Dr. Turner's suggestion is a smoothie, preferably made from berries. Or eggs, which is even less appealing.

So on smoothie days, I wind up not doing quite what she recommends. I'll do a smoothie, but I'll do it MY way, with spinach and chocolate instead of berries.

Chocolate Halva Smoothie

• 2 Tblsp. cocoa powder
• 2 Tblsp. tahini
• 1 packet stevia powder
• 1 large handful of raw spinach
• 1 scoop protein powder
• 1 cup water

Put everything in a blender (we have a Vitamix that we LOVE!) and whiz it up. Add ice and whiz some more until it's smoothie-like.

The cocoa keeps you from tasting the spinach at all, and it really does taste an awful lot like chocolate halva (don't ask me about my halva issues, you don't want to know).

Have a great morning!