Classic Banzai Bowls
Every single time I eat something fried (i.e. sweet potatoes fries or tortilla chips or that crunchayyy topping that comes on sushi), I say, “I NEED something fresh?!” And then Andrew rolls his eyes because he gets annoyed when I say that because I say it a lot.
But sometimes you just need something fresh. According to my favorite Italian (aka my future brother-in-law), it’s a very Italian thing to finish a meal with fruit. So I think this is just me trying to be more cultured and whatnot.
So this here is like the freshest thing.
It’s filled with fruit and then topped with more fruit. So fresh. And while I used milk in the recipe, I imagine that if you used coconut water instead this would come out fresher-er.
I haven’t had coconut water in a while. I can only handle the Zico chocolate kind. What are your coconut water thoughts? I bet I would like it if I was drinking it out of an actual coconut while on a beach in Hawaii while posing for a picture to post to instagram…all the while making life look overly fabulous. Such is social media.
A couple weekends ago I went crazy over banzai bowls in a can’t stop won’t stop type of way. I think it may have had something to do with the fact that I hadn’t had granola in a while. It is so delicious. How can something be that delicious?
Now the smoothie part of these banzai bowls aren’t quite as acai-colored as your typical banzai bowl. I blame that on the fact that my grocery store only sold acai juice mixed with blueberry and apple juice…so that led to a lighter colored smoothie. Either way it’s so fresh that you’re gonna love it.
And acai has a high level on antioxidants (you know, one of the health promoting components in other dark colored fruits/veggies/legumes like blueberries, pomegranates, red kidney beans, artichokes and…umm, dark chocolate).
So if you want to had a few dark chocolate shavings to the top of this…that is fine.
If your thoughts are something like, “this is just a smoothie with toppings…I’m so over it.”
You are right, it is just a smoothie with toppings. AND I LOVE IT!!!!(!)
And now I have every intention of making eighty variations of it. But we needed to get this more classic version out of the way before we get crazy.
Classic Banzai Bowl
The most refreshing breakfast or lunch idea.
Yield: serves 2
Prep Time: 7 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Ingredients:
Smoothie
1 large frozen banana
2/3 cup milk (or more to get everything blending)
2/3 cup 100% acai juice, frozen in ice cube trays (I used a acai-blueberry-apple juice, just make sure it has no added sugar)
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/4 cup ice cubes
Toppings
1/2 cup granola (I used Nature's Path)
1/2 a banana, sliced
1/2 cup blackberries
1/4 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
1 tablespoon honey, drizzled over top
Directions:
In a blender combine all smoothie ingredients until smooth. Divide between two bowls and evenly divide the toppings between the bowls. DIG IN.
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