Saturday/Sunday Smoothie: The Lady Gaga

Grab your blowtorches people because this smoothie is HOT HOT HOT!!

It is:

• Spicy
• Nutty
• Blond
  

For those who might not be familiar with Lady Gaga, you could nickname this smoothie the Britney Spears (remember the shaved head and driving with baby on lap?) or the Melanie Griffith (some outbursts and demanding everything around her be yellow?). Your generation, your blender, your choice.

Truth be known, this smoothie is similar to one of my favorites, the Holy Mole Smoothie, but without the chocolate.

Here is the lineup of usual suspects:

• Water, ice
• Scoop Protein powder- vanilla
• Tablespoon of Sunflower or Peanut butter
  
• Few drops of almond EXTRACT (If you want to go chemical- use your Torani Peanut Butter but don't say I didn't warn you that it's addictive)
• Sprinkle of stevia or other sweetener
• Sprinkle of Xanthan gum (~1/8 tsp)
• Sprinkle of Guar gum (~1/4 tsp)
• Dash of Chipotle powder
• Lots of cinnamon powder (if you have a Vitamix- use a whole piece of cinnamon)

I use a lot of water and ice- this amount makes one huge smoothie or two smaller ones

The cast of characters

Whole lotta smoothie. Incidentally, I felt the need to leave myself an Operation Beautiful Note, just because...

This is how much nutty spicy goodness came out of the one recipe. Total calories = 250, not including Beek's ridiculously delish Maple Cumin almonds- uh, yes please!

• Blending while wearing torpedo bras, spandex pants, platform stilettos: optional. But could be fun.
• Setting your blender (or lovers) on fire: highly discouraged.

If you want something spicy & sweet from south of the border, check out my guestie over at Pimp My Protein Shake coming out tomorrow, Monday 1/11/10 (oooh, cool number). *****