If you're looking for easy fruit smoothie bowls, we have three delicious recipes you're going to love!
Smoothie bowls are a great way to start the day or a great afternoon snack. We have three smoothie bowl recipes that have just five ingredients each. Whether you're looking for a mango peach flavor, strawberry banana flavor, or a creamy green smoothie bowl, we have something for multiple days this week.
These three smoothie bowls use frozen fruit, eliminating the need to wait until fresh fruit is in season. These fruity smoothie bowls are vegan and use coconut milk, but you can use your favorite dairy or non-dairy milk.
What You'll Need
Each bowl contains the following ingredients:
- Banana - you'll use frozen banana. To freeze your banana, cut into rounds or four pieces, lay on a sheet of parchment paper, place on a tray and freeze for a few hours. You don't want to freeze a banana with the peel on. It will be difficult to peel and cut once frozen.
- Frozen fruit or greens - depending on which flavor you would like, you'll use frozen fruit or fresh greens. Most grocery stores carry a fantastic variety of frozen fruit year round.
- Coconut milk - we love the flavor and creaminess coconut milk adds to these smoothie bowls, but if you prefer a different milk, any milk will do, and oat milk would also be delicious.
- Maple syrup - just a bit of maple syrup is added to enhance the sweetness in these bowls without making them overly sweet.
- Vanilla extract - vanilla extract adds a tasty flavor to these bowls. If you have a vanilla flavored milk on hand, you can half or eliminate the vanilla extract, but it's highly recommended you add some vanilla flavor.
You can top your bowl with your favorite toppings.
How to Make Easy Fruit Smoothie Bowls
No matter the flavor you choose, you can make each bowl by adding your smoothie ingredients to the blender. Blend on high. It will take about 3 minutes and a few times of stopping to press down on the fruit before the smoothie will be completely blended and is soft serve ice cream consistency.
You can use a food processor to make this smoothie bowl, but you may end up with little bits of fruit that aren't fully blended.
Once blended, pour into a bowl and top with your favorite topping(s).
What are the Best Smoothie Bowl Toppings?
The sky is really the limit with smoothie bowl toppings! You can add whatever you have and love. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Chia seeds - they add a fun crunch.
- Fresh fruit - fresh berries, dragon fruit, pineapple chunks and pomegranate are a few ideas.
- Granola - granola is a great way to add extra crunch, nutrients and heartiness to your smoothie bowl.
- Nuts, seeds and dried fruit- hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, goji berries, cacao nibs, coconut flakes, almonds and cashews are all healthy toppings that are tasty and add an extra bang to your smoothie bowl.
- Nut butters - a little almond butter or peanut butter is a nice treat to a smoothie bowl and adds healthy fats.
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Easy Fruit Smoothie Bowls
Ingredients
Strawberry Banana Smoothie Bowl
- 1 banana quartered and frozen
- 1 ½ cup strawberries frozen
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Peach Mango Smoothie Bowl
- 1 banana quartered and frozen
- 1 ½ cups mango & peaches frozen
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Green Smoothie Bowl
- 3 bananas quartered and frozen
- 2 cups mixed greens
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Add your smoothie ingredients to a high-speed blender. Blend on high for about 3 minutes. Stop occasionally to scrape down the sides of the blender. Blend till wholly combined and at a soft serve ice cream consistency.
- Once blended, pour the smoothie into a bowl and top with your favorite toppings, including sliced fresh fruit, nuts, nut butter, seeds, cacao nibs, coconut flakes, or granola.
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