I've been making a lot of Chocolate Cherry Bomb smoothies lately based on Kristen's Raw Vegan Recipe but decided last week that I needed a bit more of a kick to I made a version with espresso - it was so yummy I have to share! Plus I had the day off work waiting for Sky to appear between 8am and 5pm so had plenty of time on my hands and took lots of photos!

Those are chocolate covered espresso beans sinking in on top!

Serves 1:

• 200ml rice milk
• glass of water
• 2 shots espresso
• 1/2 frozen banana
• 80g frozen cherries
• 1 scoop chocoalte protein powder
• 20g Dark Chocolate dreams peanut butter
• 10g Linwoods flax, cocoa and berry mix
• 1/2 tsp Xanthan gum (plus guar gum if you have it)

Put all the ingredients in a blender (liquid first) and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

Calories: 554, Carbs: 57, Protein: 48, Fat: 17

I should probably add, after reading Tamzin's comment that I had about 2/3 for breakfast and the rest as a snack before dinner! And I did several hours of walking that day! Normally a breakfast smoothie would be around 300 cals to fit in with my weight loss.