Maple Maca Cashew Smoothie & Warm Maca Milk

One of my favorite healthy snacks is nuts and when I can get my hands on them I love Navitas Naturals Maca Maple Cashews! Not sure what it is about them but I can eat a whole bag if I’m not careful. One of my favorite smoothies is a Maple Maca Cashew Smoothie that helps give me the fix when I can’t get my hands on the Maca Maple Cashews. I use to enjoy this shake before having the cashews with a banana and it had less cashew, maple, and maca flavor. Still delicious but when you take the banana out it is so good. If you want banana you can also check out Julie Morris’s Maca Milk Shake, which I use to make but can no longer get Lucuma Powder so I haven’t made it in awhile. It also reminds me of another favorite in the winter, Julie Morris’s Hot Maca. I like to blend in cashew butter to mine to make it really thick and a little cinnamon!

Maca is a superfood root that comes from Peru. As stated on the Navitas Naturals site (the brand in which I purchase and use) “The maca root was prized throughout the Incan empire for its adaptogenic-like qualities that enable it to nourish and balance the body’s delicate endocrine system, and to help cope with stress. It also energizes naturally, without the jitters and crashes of caffeine, and it can aid in reproductive function by helping to balance hormones and increase fertility.” I use Gelatinized Maca Powders that is easier for the body to digest and absorb. As far as taste Maca has a nutty butterscotch flavor, but not a sugary butterscotch many often think of. If you ask my husband he thinks it tastes like ground up corn.

*Disclaimer: Again I am not a doctor or a nutritionist. Do not use supplements such as Gelatinized Maca Powder without checking with your doctor first and never use more than what you normally would.

Maple Maca Cashew Smoothie
Makes 1 serving
1- 1 1/2c cashew milk, or non dairy milk of choice (used So Delicious Vanilla Cashew Milk)
2 TBSP cashew butter or 1/4c cashews
1 tsp-1 TBSP (or daily amount you would add to a shake/smoothie) gelatinized maca powder (used Navitas Naturals)*
1-2 TBSP pure maple syrup
Ice, optional

Protein Boost add:
1 scoop vanilla or natural protein powder, optional (used Vega Sport Performance Protein, Vanilla this time)

Also delicious with frozen banana instead of ice but you will have the banana flavor and less of the maple and maca will come through but great if you want to switch things up!

Blend everything together in a Vitamix, or high-speed blender, until smooth. Pour into glass and drizzle with maple syrup if desired and or top with chopped cashews. Enjoy!

Maple Maca Milk
Makes 1 serving
1- 1 1/2c cashew milk, or non dairy milk of choice  (used So Delicious Vanilla Cashew Milk)
2 TBSP cashew butter or 1/4c cashews
1 tsp-1 TBSP (or daily amount you would add to a shake/smoothie) gelatinized maca powder (used Navitas Naturals)*
1 TBSP pure maple syrup
1/2 tsp cinnamon, optional
1 tsp coconut oil, optional

For a warm treat warm cashew milk and blend cashew milk, maca, cashew butter/cashews and or coconut oil (optional), cinnamon (optional or you can sprinkle on top), and maple syrup in a Vitamix, or high-speed blender, until smooth. If using a Vitamix you can use the soup setting. If cashews were used and you want it to be smooth strain. Heat again if needed. Sprinkle with cinnamon, optional. Enjoy!

While I do receive some Vega products from time to time, which I used as an option in this recipe, I do purchase much of it on my own. It has been my plant-based protein of choice since before I started blogging. Even though most Vega products used are purchased by myself I do add this disclaimer. I do not make any money off any Vega sales or posts. I only write about foods I love, my blog is an extension of my hobby to make fun healthy food creations for me and my family.