Pina Colada Smoothie

Substitutions

Depending on your lifestyle or taste preferences, you may want to swap out ingredients. Here are a few substitutions and suggestions.

• Yogurt: If you are vegan or dairy free, use a plant based yogurt. Lower carb plant based yogurts are cashew yogurt, coconut yogurt or almond yogurt. This ingredient could also be omitted; however, it won’t be as creamy as the original smoothie recipe.
• Nut milk: Coconut milk is a key ingredient to achieving that coconut flavor; however, you could substitute with another nut milk like almond milk or cashew milk if needed. Coconut cream will also work in this smoothie recipe if you wanted a thicker smoothie. Using coconut milk makes a thinner smoothie.
• Fresh or frozen fruit: In place of the pina colada extract, you could add a small amount of fresh or frozen pineapple; however, this will increase the carbs and sugar. You could add some berries to this smoothie.

Storage information and meal prep

Smoothies are meant to be enjoyed right away as the texture will change the longer it sits out; however, you can do a few things to prep this smoothie the night before.

Consider adding all of your ingredients, except the ice, to the blender and placing it in your refrigerator the night before. The next morning, add the ice and blend!