I’ve been drinking a green smoothie for breakfast for the past 25 years or so. Yes, even before it was cool to do so. I was probably considered a nerd back than, but I didn’t care since they were, and still are, the healthiest breakfast on the planet! Plus I needed a quick and healthy breakfast after my 4:30 am run and workout so I could get to work on time ?.
Granted, now that I work out of my home, I have the pleasure of accomplishing all of this, and more, but have the leisure of running when I want to run now. On my long run days, breakfast tends to be a bit later. However, I still feel like a badass since I’ve not only completed a run and some strength training, I have consumed 2 to 3 servings of vegetables and 1 to 2 servings of fruit all before 9 am, most mornings.
Some mornings by the time I get around to my smoothie, I am feeling like something a bit more substantial. Since I don’t want to take the time to make eggs and I don’t have any oats soaked, I decided why not try a smoothie bowl. Smoothie bowls are all over Pinterest and on other blogs, but I truly haven’t experimented much with them.
I am not sure why! This smoothie bowl is absolutely delicious. Plus, it’s simple (as always), requiring just 10 minute to make. To be honest, all my smoothies I drink from a straw, could be turned into a smoothie bowl. All you need to do is make it slightly thicker by adding in more nutritionally dense foods like nut butter, or part of an avocado (which you can’t taste I promise!).
Next you get to top with your bowl with delicious ingredients like coconut, sprouted crispy nuts, and maybe a few more berries. Be creative! Try a swirl of nut butter instead of nuts. Don’t like coconut, try crumbling up one of these protein bars or bites on top.
The one thing you must never forget, in my smoothie expert opinion, is greens and a good clean protein, like this one or this one. I usually add two large fistfuls of greens like spinach and kale. If you’re vegan use our vegan protein. The options are endless.
Here is an outline of my ideal green smoothie bowl:
Greens and a small handful of berries fo bright green color
Nut butter or nuts for extra protein
Avocado for healthy fats and richness
Flaxseed and or Chia seeds for fiber and more good fat
And natural sweetness from frozen green bananas
Sometimes I add Maca Root Powder, a teaspoon of cinnamon for inflammation, and a unflavored fiber blend powder, just because it’s good for ya! I hope you enjoy making this smoothie bowl or a variation of it.
GREEN “BERRYLISHOUS” SUPER FOOD SMOOTHIE BOWL
- 1/4 ripe avocado
- 1/2 medium green banana, frozen
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen organic mixed berries
- 1 large handfuls organic spinach
- 1 small handful organic baby kale
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups unsweetened non-dairy milk
- 1 Tablespoon flaxseed
- 1 Tablespoon of chia seeds
- 2 scoops of one of my favorite Clean Protein Powder
- Optional: 1 Tbsp nutbutter, 1 tablespoon of maca root powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon etc
- Crispy Nuts
- Grain Free Granola
- Shredded unsweetened coconut
- Fresh berries
- Hemp seeds
- Add all smoothie ingredients to a blender except protein powder and blend until creamy and smooth.
- Add your protein powder and blend again. Add more milk of choice to bring to desired consistency.
- For this green smoothie I used blueberries, but if you’d like to see more green, use a lighter berry, like strawberries.
- Add an extra scoop of Whey for additional branch chain amino acids if you’re extra hungry and had a tough workout like some of mine!
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