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This easy Acai Bowl, is just 5 ingredients (plus toppings) and ready in minutes! It’s a healthy homemade spa-day treat that tastes as good as it looks.
You can buy Acai bowls in smoothie shops all across the country, but the prices aren’t for the faint-hearted. A better option is to track down Acai at the grocery store, then enjoy an at-home spa day, every morning, for breakfast.
You start by making a smoothie with the frozen fruit, a splash of juice, and yogurt. Then you pour it into your prettiest bowl and go crazy with ingredients. Toasted nuts, granola, coconut, cacao, micro greens, flower petals, the list goes on. This is your spa day, after all!
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Ingredient notes
- Acai (ah-sigh-EE): Açaí berries are the fruit of a tropical palm tree and are dark purple in color. In the United States it is sold as frozen “smoothie packets” (that’s what you want for this recipe), freeze-dried, or as a powder. The flavor is a cross between a raspberry or blackberry and dark chocolate, without the sweetness.
Step-by-step instructions
- In a high-speed blender, add apple juice, banana, frozen berries, yogurt, and açaí puree.
- Blend until thoroughly combined and smooth.
- Divide between 2 deep bowls (1 ½ cups smoothie each). Arrange desired toppings over smoothie and serve.
Recipe tips and variations
- Yield: This recipe makes 2 servings, 1 ½ cups each (3 cups total). For 4 cups total, add a second cup of Greek yogurt. It won’t affect the flavor or consistency in a noticeable way.
- Storage: Store leftover smoothie bowl covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days (without toppings).
- Drink your greens: Add a handful of fresh spinach or kale to your blender. You won’t even know it’s there!
- Toppings: Fresh fruit, especially berries. Toasted walnuts, almonds, or coconut. Granola, chopped dates, edible flowers, cacao nibs, or fresh mint.
- For peak blender performance: Always put the liquids in the bottom of your blender. Next add soft foods, and finally, add frozen or hard foods and ice on top (if applicable).
Recipe FAQs
Acai bowls can be healthy depending on what you put in them. Look for recipes containing protein such as Greek yogurt or silken tofu. Avoid recipes with added sugar.
For a thicker smoothie, freeze ripe, peeled bananas ahead of time and use in place of the fresh banana.
Add a couple dates, honey, or maple syrup to the blender for a sweeter Acai bowl.
For a vegan Acai bowl, use a plant-based yogurt (my favorite is Cashewmilk Yogurt by Forager) or silken tofu.
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Easy Acai Bowl
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1 large banana
- 1 cup frozen berries
- 1 (7 ounce) container plain Greek yogurt
- 3 1/2 ounces (1 packet) frozen açaí berry purée broken into pieces (see note 1)
- Assorted toppings such as: fresh fruit, nuts, seeds, shredded coconut, granola, etc.
Instructions
- In a high-speed blender, add apple juice, banana, frozen berries, yogurt, and açaí puree. Blend until thoroughly combined and smooth.
- Divide between 2 deep bowls (1 ½ cups smoothie each). Arrange desired toppings over smoothie and serve.
Notes
- Acai (ah-sigh-EE): Açaí berries are the fruit of a tropical palm tree and are dark purple in color. In the United States it is sold as frozen “smoothie packets” (that’s what you want for this recipe), freeze-dried, or as a powder. The flavor is a cross between a raspberry or blackberry and dark chocolate, without the sweetness.
- Yield: This recipe makes 2 servings, 1 ½ cups each (3 cups total). For 4 cups total, add a second cup of Greek yogurt. It won’t affect the flavor or consistency in a noticeable way.
- Storage: Store leftover smoothie bowl covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days (without toppings).
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Easy indeed- and tasty! Thanks!