A Different Date Shake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2 to 4

    (makes 4 cups
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation

By Zaynab Issa

Published 2025

  • About

A shake worth getting out of bed for.

A date shake, akin to a milkshake, in its traditional preparation, consists simply of dates, milk, and ice cream. While it’s delicious, it doesn’t exactly scream “balanced breakfast.” So, to make this dessert-for-breakfast a little more fruitful (pun intended), I’ve reimagined the classic with the addition of blueberries, bananas, and coffee.

Even though this is technically a smoothie, I didn’t want to use the name because it is so much