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Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie and Ginger Cashew Shake-Punto Final

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This is the last recipe in my ode to sweet potatoes–a sweet potato pie smoothie. I’m realizing that you can throw just about anything into a blender with a banana and it tastes good! Also, a few weeks ago, I posted about a ginger-cashew shake that I was trying to ‘perfect.’ I think I got it down…

Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie


six ice cubes
1/2 mashed cooked sweet potato
1/2 banana
3 tablespoons vanilla soy creamer
1-2 tablespoons honey (or 1/2 to 1 tablespoons agave)
1/3 cup vanilla almond milk
cinnamon/nutmeg to taste

* Blend and sprinkle cinnamon/nutmeg on top (it’s nice to inhale the spices as you sip the smoothie).
*I served the smoothie over ice.

Ginger Cashew Shake-Final Take

1/2 cup raw ginger juice (see below)

1/3 cup raw cashews
5 ice cubes
2 tablespoons of honey (or 1 tablespoon of agave)

*Blend

Raw Ginger Juice

3/4 cup peeled, sliced fresh ginger
1 cup water

*Blend, strain

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Tiffany M. Griffin is the woman behind Como Water, Washington DC’s premiere veg-centric cuisine consulting company. Through cooking classes, demonstrations, catering, and consultations, Como Water gives people the opportunity to learn how to prepare veg-centric cuisine that boasts maximum flavor, with minimal effort. Tiffany is quickly becoming a go-to expert on the future of veg-centric cuisine, and is a regular contributor to Como Water, the blog, as well as to vegetarian and vegan sites across the Internet. For over a decade, this self-taught, entrepreneurial expert has developed a set of tried and true techniques for making simple, delicious, and sometimes decadent veg-centric dishes. Featured on the Steve Harvey Show and other leading media outlets, Tiffany was born and raised in Springfield, MA. She then earned Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Communications from Boston College and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. She now resides in Washington DC, where she has worked in the US Senate and at a federal agency on issues around health, food, nutrition, and international food aid/development, and of course, as the owner of Como Water. Tiffany gets culinary inspiration from the food she grew up eating, and from her travels throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. She is dedicated to sharing her wealth of knowledge on veg-centric cuisine with others and to help others live by her mantra—love life, live long, and eat veg-centric cuisine!

Comments

  1. Carolyn

    Wow, the ginger cashew shake sounds just wonderful! I think I will have to try that.

    October 12, 2010
  2. Tiffany and Keyla

    I hope you like it! Let us know when you try it!

    October 12, 2010
  3. The Sweetest Vegan

    I never thought about putting sweet potato in a shake before. Ginger will spice up anything

    October 13, 2010
  4. Tiffany and Keyla

    Me either! I thought of my favorite desserts and sweet potato pie came to mind. I figured… turn it into a smoothie! Now, I have to figure out a way to turn fruit tart (my all time favorite dessert) into a smoothie 😉

    October 13, 2010