Easy Fruit Smoothie Bowls
This is art for foodies! This recipe for Easy Fruit Smoothie Bowls has dairy free options and tips to make it thick enough to hold all the toppings you want to try.
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Servings: 2 bowls
Ingredients
- ½ cup plain yogurt (coconut yogurt for dairy free)
- ½ cup milk (coconut milk for any plant based milk substitute)
- ½ frozen banana
- 1 cup fresh or frozen fruit (see notes for colour themed smoothies)
- 1-3 teaspoon maple syrup (optional)
OPTIONAL because you still want green in your fruit smoothie
- 1 handful fresh spinach
- ½ avocado
TOPPINGS
- chia, flax or hemp seeds
- toasted coconut or granola
- sliced fresh fruit or frozen berries
Instructions
Make Smoothie
- In a blender combine all ingredients and puree.
- Pour 1 cup of smoothie into a shallow bowl.
Garnish Smoothie Bowl
- Carefully lay fruit pieces on top of smoothie covering as much of the surface as you like.
- Sprinkle with any of the toppings and serve.
Notes
Fruits to include for a rainbow of colour themed bowls. Start with the main colour you want your smoothie. Fruits listed in brackets can be included as long as most of the amount is the colour you intended.
Red (more pink than red but I'm still trying!) - Strawberries, raspberries, red apple with peel (pineapple, mango, blueberries)
Orange - Mango, papaya, orange*, peaches, goji berries (pineapple, apple)
Yellow - Pineapple, mango, papaya (orange*, apple)
Green - Apple, kiwi, pear, avocado, a handful of spinach
Blue, Indigo and Violet - Have fun making all the colours of the rainbow and be sure to share your pictures with me.
*I used ¼ or ½ a fresh orange including the peel. Just throw it in the blender!