summary

When you are craving a fast and nutrition-packed breakfast, a smoothie bowl is a fantastic go-to. It’s basically a very thick smoothie poured into a bowl so that you can pile on toppings like granola, fresh fruit, shredded coconut and a drizzle of honey. Two tricks for a great smoothie bowl are to use really ripe fruit for great flavor, and to freeze the fruit first for perfect texture and consistency.

ingredients

2 cups very ripe and fresh mango, cubed and frozen
1 small frozen banana
1½ cups almond milk
2 teaspoons honey
½ cup sliced fresh mango
⅓ cup granola
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
Honey drizzle (optional)

directions

Place two bowls in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Add the mango, banana, almond milk and honey to a blender and process until smooth. Divide the smoothie between the frozen bowls and top with sliced mango, granola and coconut. Drizzle with honey if desired. Serve at once.

notes

Smoothie bowls are meant to be very thick so that you can arrange ingredients on top. Placing your bowls in the freezer will help to keep this mango smoothie bowl recipe frozen and holding its shape.

This does take a bit of advanced notice because you need frozen fruit. Yes, you can use store-bought frozen mango but it will not be as flavorful. Yes, you can use fruit that isn’t frozen but you will need to add ice cubes to get the frozen consistency.

Other toppings: a drizzle of maple syrup, sliced mango, sliced banana, raspberries, cocoa nibs.

You can substitute the almond milk with coconut milk for a tropical flavored bowl.