Smoothie Bowls are better than your regular smoothies, simply because you can’t down it 10 seconds.
Smoothie Bowls are one of the biggest breakfast trends out there at the moment. Sites like Instagram, Buzzfeed and Pinterest are bursting with recipes and flavor combinations for smoothies. Of course you can go the healthy route or totally over the top.
Smoothie Bowls are also known as Açaí na tigela (“açaí in the bowl”). It is a Brazilian dish made with frozen açaí palm fruit, which is mashed. It is served as a smoothie in a bowl and traditionally topped with other seasonal fruits and granola.
I like them because they are darn pretty and if you serve it as a breakfast to a group of people you literally see people “play with their food” again.
Flavor combinations are endless, fruit and vegetable combinations too. In fact it is a good idea to sneak in a vegetable or two for those picky eaters in the family. The idea is to mix smooth, silky, crunchy, sweet, sour, cold and hot all into one delicious smoothie bowl.
Smoothie Bowl with Berries and Coconut
serves 4
Ingredients
3 x 150 g Fairview Full Fat Yogurt
+- 250 ml milk
125 g fresh strawberries – remove stalks
30 ml honey or Xylitol
1 small raw beetroot – peeled (optional)
For the toppings
chopped strawberries
coconut shavings
pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
cranberries
mint sprigs
lavender flowers
Method
Place the yogurt, milk and strawberries in a blender and pulse until smooth. If you want it slightly thicker or thinner add either more milk or more fruit.
Pour into 4 pretty bowls and start “playing with your food”.
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