It’s Saturday Night and I’m doing some late night blogging — why?! Because firstly smoothie bowls and also writers block earlier today! And we roll with the writing and it decided to happen post workout and a handful of almonds! Let’s just chalk this up to Liz being Liz!
And now onto smoothie bowls! Can we please talk about how stupidly pretty these are for a minute?! I mean just looking at them makes me feel like I’m eating the most expensive treat ever. When in reality it’s super cheap and easy to make. Which means this is keeping in line with this years theme of food that feels/looks special but easy and cheap to make.
Let’s be real for a minute though – these are made of fruit, they’ve got natural fruit sugars in them. So if you’re trying to stay low on the sugar scale or you’re super sensitive to sugar be mindful of how often and what time of day you’re eating these! I can’t eat these for breakfast because my body doesn’t like a sugar hit as my first meal. But as a snack or a light lunch these are perfect and they scale ridiciously well!
Notes for the ever so pretty smoothie bowl:
I topped mine with extra banana, chia seeds and flaked coconut but honestly you don’t have to add toppings. Or you can just add one of whatever your favorite topping might be.
Use whatever frozen fruit that blends well together flavor wise that you have on hand if you don’t want to buy special! Just make sure it’s frozen so you get that smoothie vibe! I will note though that frozen banana helps give it the right consistency so you might want to generally include it in your smoothie bowl!
I personally used pre-bought frozen strawberries and mangos. It’s super inexpensive at my local grocery store and totally clean {literally the ingredients are just “strawberry” and “mango”}! For the banana though I bought fresh ones so we could have them for the week and just chopped and froze a few portions of them myself to use for smoothie bowls!
I used water to thin this out but you can totally use any kind of milk {dairy, nut, coconut, etc.} you want or even juice if you’re feeling a little sassy. But I warn you – I tried these with a splash of orange juice and it started to get a bit too sweet for our liking!
The recipe makes a lot. As in for the two of us it was kind of too much! But you can save the leftovers! Either freeze them to make more of an “ice cream” or store in the fridge until tomorrow!
AND I’m working on an extra special valentines day something with this smoothie bowl so keep your eyes peeled on the blog on Monday for it!
1 1/2 medium bananas chopped into pieces and frozen
1 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/2 – 1 cup water {or a milk of choice!}
Toppings {optional}: fresh fruit, flaked or shredded coconut, chia seeds, almond butter, nuts, etc.
Instructions
Add your frozen banana, frozen strawberry and frozen mango into a blender or food processor with 1/2 cup water and blend for a minute or so, until it starts to look like a smoothie.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and gift it a quick stir – if feels to thick still add between 1/4 – 1/2 cup extra of liquid. Finish blending until it’s the consistency of your choice! Generally though you want it to be a bit thicker than a normal smoothie so you can eat it with a spoon without a problem!
Serve in a bowl with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
