Carrot Cake Collagen Shake
Although I’m not religious currently and was not raised religious, Easter was always a huge deal for me growing up. Easter was really the one day a year that I would see my mother’s whole side of the family. My mother is an only child, but my grandmother was one of 11 (I think?) children born in the 1920’s and 1930’s. So as a result, those children went on to have children, who went on to have children, etc. meaning that side of the family is now HUGE. And every year on Easter we would all convene in a small house in a small town in central Massachusetts and catch up and spend the day together and all around have a wonderful time. So if you see me exclaim “HAPPY EASTAH!!!!!” anywhere, just know that that is my attempt at greeting my relatives on Easter who all have Boston accents.
Sadly all of my grandmother’s siblings (including my grandmother) have now passed away, so the house has changed hands and we don’t see each other on Easter anymore. But that doesn’t mean we’ve given up our fake Boston accents for the day or stopped seeing my immediate family. Last year was very bizarre because the pandemic was really in full swing, but Mike and I still met up with my mom and Dave at my favorite local hiking area and we did about 5 miles together. It was nice. And then Mike and I came home and ate some ham, peas, and potato salad. It was probably about the healthiest Easter I ever did have. This year we’ll be going over to my mom’s because she’ll be making a huge feast per usual and I’m sure it will be a great time. I’m sure that carrot cake will be involved in one way or another. Why is carrot cake so associated with Easter? From what I understand after 30 seconds of googling, carrots are a fall and late spring crop. But Easter is an early spring holiday. The only correlation I can reasonably see is that rabbits eat carrots, and rabbits are the official logo of Easter (I mean besides a cross I guess…gosh I hope the one person who reads my blog posts doesn’t get offended by this one). So…carrot cake because bunnies eat carrots? This seems like a real stretch to me but I’ll go with it because carrot cake anything is incredible. It took me a long time to come around to the idea of carrots inside of a cake, but I have arrived and now I live for carrot cake. Yes, for carrot cake exclusively. You read that right.
If you don’t have big Easter plans this year but still want to get down with some carrot cake, just know that I’ve got you covered. This is one of two carrot cake inspired recipes that will be rolling out on the blog in the next week with Easter in mind! I know that not everyone is comfortable leaving their homes at this point in time, so if you’re in that camp, make yourself a carrot cake shake instead! It’s almost as delicious as the real deal, and bonus? It’s a whole lot healthier too. It’s also incredibly simple to make it vegan as well. You can simply swap out the collagen for any plant based protein powder that you like the taste of, or just omit that ingredient entirely! Easy peazy.
What are your plans for Easter this year?
Ingredients
Equipment
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- Add all of the ingredients in the order listed to a high speed blender and blend until combined completely. Pour into a glass. Garnish with toppings of choice (unsweetened coconut flakes, chopped pecans, cinnamon, etc.) and enjoy!
