Go get 'em smoothie

Usually when the alarm goes off in the morning, I dread it. I snooze a few times, but eventually know that I need to get out of bed. Being that I'm from the age of technology, naturally I pull out my smart phone to do something to wake me up. Check facebook, play words with friends, or check twitter. I follow a ton of foodies on there like Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, Rachel Ray, etc. I also follow the food network, epicurious, and many others that put up recipes.

This morning was no different. However, the food network posted a link for a pretty good looking morning smoothie so I decided to try it out...

GO GET 'EM SMOOTHIE
Ingredients

1 peeled banana, cut into 4, from the freezer
2/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon honey
4 teaspoons malted chocolate drink powder (recommended: Ovaltine)
1 teaspoon strong coffee or 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder

Directions

Put all ingredients into a blender and whiz to mix.

Pour into a tall glass and drink before dashing out of the door.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/go-get-em-smoothie-recipe/index.html


So, I had some difficulties with this one. I first realized that it calls for strong coffee or instant espresso powder. Does it call for the Starbucks via instant powder coffee or actually brewed coffee? I also didn't have malted chocolate drink, so I used hot chocolate as a substitute. I used a little extra just regular brewed coffee instead of milk as well as the tablespoon because well, I am addicted to coffee.

I also ran into one more tiny problem... I don't have a blender. I have a bazillion other kitchen appliances (crock pot, grittle, rice cooker) but no blender? Really? SO instead I used my food processor.

I think this recipe may have turned out differently had I had the blender. In the food processor some of the honey stuck to the bottom and didn't distribute into the smoothie. Also, without knowing exactly what kind of coffee to use, I just went with what I had. I didn't realize it would be that difficult!

So here is the final product...

It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't awesome. I think I can definitely either make it better with a blender or find a new recipe.