I’m a little late to the smoothie bowl scene (as I was with avocado toast and podcasts). At first, I sort of didn’t get it. Eat a smoothie out of a bowl? With a spoon?
Yes. And yes. And top it with all manner of yummy stuff that gives great texture and boosts the nutrition even more.
This Wild Blueberry Blast Smoothie Bowl is from The Smoothie Bowl Coloring Cookbook from the Meal Makeover Moms. It’s a FREE download on their site, so head over and get your copy.
The cookbook features ten recipes for smoothie bowls–like a Peanut Butter & Jelly Smoothie Bowl and Tropical Twist Smoothie Bowl–and ten pages of “calming” mandala designs for adults or kids to color. (Apparently, coloring has become trendy for adults–and I’m late, as usual.)
These smoothies are thicker than the ones you drink, so they can stand up to toppings and be eaten with a spoon. You add less liquid than you do with regular smoothies and include thickening ingredients, such as chia seeds, yogurt, or banana.
Sky’s the limit for toppings. I grabbed what we had on hand for this blueberry smoothie bowl–granola, fresh berries, and unsweetened coconut–but you can use whatever you and your kids like, including nuts, seeds, frozen fruit, or even chocolate chips.
Wild Blueberry Blast Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup 100% orange juice
- 3/4 cup frozen Wild Blueberries
- 1/2 cup 2% vanilla Greek-style yogurt
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
Instructions
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Place the orange juice, frozen Wild Blueberries, yogurt, pineapple, and chia seeds in a blender and blend until smooth.
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Pour into individual bowls and garnish with your choice of optional toppings, such as frozen Wild Blueberries, pineapple, strawberries, and granola.
Head over to Meal Makeover Moms to get your free copy of The Smoothie Bowl Coloring Cookbook.
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I hadn’t heard of smoothie bowls before but it seems like an interesting concept.
Amy–they are fun! Much thicker than a regular smoothie, so kind of like fruit soup will whatever toppings you love.
yummy, I love thick smoothies! Give me all the toppings!! I already Dl’ed this book and I can’t wait to color! I’m also giving it to my friends as a gift, cheap I know, but some of them told me they really wanted an “adult” coloring book, haha
Heather–I haven’t done coloring in years but I’m guessing I would find it very therapeutic and soothing. 🙂
Thanks for a great version of our WBB smoothie bowl and for sharing the book with your readers!!! Have fun w/ the book and thanks again for all your support this year. Oh, btw, I just read your newsletter and checked out the Instagram Husband video. So hilarious! Now if I could only get my husband to get on the bandwagon 🙂
Glad to spread the word about your book, Liz! Instagram Husband made me laugh and laugh…
We love these. I bought some Acai puree packets from Trader Joes after reading about smoothie bowls on Weelicious. I added some other fruit and banana and my boys added raisins, a few chocolate chips, Uncle Sam’s cereal (my 5 yr olds favorite cereal). They pretend they are eating frozen yogurt in the summer. It is a little hard in the winter to eat something so cold but this will be more of a hit on summer mornings where they can eat outside!!!! I love your website, your podcast, and cook book. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication
Diedre–smoothie bowls are really fun and a nice way to serve smoothies in a new way. Thanks so much for your comment and your kind words!