St Patty's Day - Shamrock Shake

Ingredients

• ½ Frozen Banana
• 1 cup Ice (optional)
• 1 cup Coconut Milk (or other milk of your choice raw goat milk if you can get it)
• 1 large handful of Spinach
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract or vanilla bean powder 
• 1-5 drops Peppermint Essential Oil to taste or (a few fresh mint leaves are nice too)
• Garnish with Coconut Whip Cream 

Instructions

1. Combine banana, ice, spinach, vanilla, peppermint essential oil and/or mint leaves,  coconut milk throw it into your blender and blend until smooth.
2. Garnish with Coconut Whipped Cream, if you really have the time to make it.

 vanilla extract- 

get your vanilla beans , split them in 1/2 lengthwise to expose the seeds, and your vodka, now just combine them and let them sit for 8+ weeks 
 use 3-4 vanilla beans per cup of vodka, the whole half-pound bag of vanilla beans will mix will 1 gallon of vodka, so liter of vodka and about 15 vanilla beans.

coconut whipped cream - 

1. Place the can of coconut milk in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours (or overnight). This will cause the cream to separate from the milk.

2. Open the can of coconut milk and scrape out the cream into a medium sized bowl.You can use the saved milk for smoothies and other recipes.
3. Add the vanilla, cinnamon, raw honey and cardamom (optional).
4. Whip the cream with a hand mixer until fluffy. Place the bowl of whipped cream in the fridge until ready to serve.

 adapted from http://www.paleocupboard.com/

 and  http://www.healthstartsinthekitchen.com/