Description
This mango smoothie bowl is so thick and creamy. Topped with fresh fruit, coconut flakes, coconut, butter, and chia seeds it’s nutritious and delicious.
Ingredients
Topping options
- Coconut butter, melted (see notes)
- fresh mango, cut into chunks
- fresh kiwi, peeled and sliced
- fresh blueberries
- coconut flakes (unsweetened)
- chia seeds and/or hemp seeds
Smoothie bowl
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup milk of choice (I use almond milk)
- 1 banana, previously frozen
- 2 to 2 1/2 cups frozen mango chunks
- 2 to 3 cups spinach
- optional: 3 teaspoons matcha green tea powder
Instructions
- Prepare your toppings: First, prepare any of the toppings you want to use so that you can immediately add them to your smoothie bowl. If it’s a really hot day in your kitchen I suggest putting the bowl you’re going to be using into your freezer for 15 minutes to help keep your smoothie bowl nice and chilled.
- Make the smoothie: To a high powered blender add the milk, followed by the banana. Blend until mostly blended. Add half of the mango and blend again until smooth, scrape down sides as needed. Add the remaining mango along with the spinach, blend until smooth. If needed you can add extra milk, but try not to add too much so that it turns into a runnier smoothie.
- Finish: Transfer the smoothie to your serving bowls. Add as many or as little of any combo of the toppings you desire. I highly recommend the coconut butter, it hardens as it gets cold and is a nice crunchy treat that reminds me of magic shell on ice cream. I also recommend chia seeds for added protein, coconut flakes, and at least the kiwi or mango, but any combo will be delicious. Serve immediately.
Notes
Coconut butter: This is really good on a smoothie. It hardens when it’s cold and is a nice crunchy treat that reminds me of a magic shell on ice cream. To warm it up so that it is runny just gently heat it in the microwave for 30 second increments, stirring in between, until the coconut butter is melted.
Blender: If you don’t have a high speed blender then you may want to add the frozen fruit in smaller increments. It also may help if you allow the frozen fruit to defrost for 10 minutes. It will take a little more effort with a non-high powdered blender to get a thick smoothie bowl, but it’s totally doable.
I usually eat a smoothie bowl with a side of eggs, for breakfast, or turkey lunch meat for lunch. For most, a smoothie bowl is thought to replace a meal altogether. For me, I always need more protein than what a smoothie bowl provides. Of course, if you have a protein powder you like, you can add that for a complete meal, but I have yet to find a protein powder that I enjoy
Prep time includes both time needed to prepare the toppings, and time needed to blend up the smoothie.
