Makes 2 servings

This smoothie is chocolatey enough for dessert, but with banana and sunflower seed butter, it makes a great snack, too.  When bananas are getting very ripe, I peel them and put them in a freezer bag until I need them for smoothies.  Sunflower seed butter is available commercially, or there is a recipe to make it in the book.

1 1/2 frozen bananas
1/3 cup sunflower seed butter
1/3 cup apple juice
2 cups rice milk
4 teaspoons cocoa
1 teaspoon granulated sugar