Green Smoothie Bowl Recipe
A healthy Green Smoothie Bowl packed with mango, pineapple, avocado and spinach. These smoothie bowls are naturally sweet, energizing, rich in antioxidants and fiber. Learn the secrets to blending a thick and irresistible smoothie bowl.
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Homemade Smoothie Bowls:
I love the concept of smoothie bowls. They are so pretty and impressive yet easy (think Mother’s Day Breakfast!). Blended smoothie bowls are the fancy way to serve a thick, nutrient dense smoothie as a refreshing summer soup, dessert, snack or breakfast since it is topped with homemade granola, seeds, chia and berries. It is an amazing way to start your day.
We recently visited a new smoothie place that serves “healthy” smoothie bowls and it was so bad…
The blended fruit on the bottom was nice but they had an equally thick layer of painfully sweet granola over the top and then covered in honey. I ended up scraping off all of the granola into a big heap and tossing it. The 24 oz bowl I ordered had 97 grams (24 teaspoons) of sugar. At $10 a bowl you could make 2 better bowls at home.
BUT WHY?! Why would you take a healthy smoothie bowl and turn it into such a mess. I knew I could do it better and sure enough, these green smoothie bowls were born! With this smoothie bowl recipe, you can have it all; the feel good energy from something healthy, and satisfying your sweet tooth without the processed sugar.
Make Ahead Smoothie Bowl Option:
Since most of these ingredients should be frozen (banana, pineapple, mango) – you can absolutely prep these out into freezer bags in advance and your smoothies will take just minutes to make! Also the homemade granola can be made in advance and stored in an airtight container at room temperature for at least 2 weeks.
Tips on How to Blend Smoothie Bowls:
- Add the ingredients in the order listed
- You will need a high powered blender (we use this blendtec)
- You want smoothie bowls to be THICK in consistency so you can eat it with a spoon and your toppings don’t sink to the bottom.
- Add half the liquid in the recipe and start on low speed, scraping down the bowl with a spatula as needed and adding more liquid if it gets stuck. Once thick and creamy, set the mixer to high speed until it reaches a sorbet-like consistency.
- With the Blendtec blender: start on low speed then select the ice cream button.
Now you know how to make a smoothie bowl that is better than what’s on the menu in smoothie shops. Everything about this smoothie bowl is good; gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan and paleo!
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Green Smoothie Bowl Recipe
Ingredients
Smoothie Bowl Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup coconut milk or almond milk, (use 1/2 to 1 cup to reach desired thickness)
- 2 cups green spinach
- 1/2 avocado, (ripe)
- 2 Tbsp flax seeds
- 1 ripe banana, peeled, sliced and frozen
- 1 cups pineapple, peeled, sliced and frozen
- 1/2 ripe mango, peeled, chopped and frozen
Smoothie Bowl Topping Options
- 1/2 cup homemade granola, divided*
- 1 Tbsp Toasted Coconut or pumpkin seeds, divided, optional
- 2 tsp chia seeds, divided
- 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, blueberries and or raspberries
Instructions
- Add the ingredients in the order listed to a high powered blender, and adding only 1/2 cup liquid to start.
- Start on low speed, scraping down the bowl as needed and adding more liquid if it gets stuck. Once thick and creamy, set the mixer to high speed until it reaches sorbet-like consistency.
- Divide smoothie mixture between 2 bowls and garnish with smoothie bowl topping options (granola, chia seeds, fresh berries, etc).
Nutrition Per Serving
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Create a smoothie bowl for someone you love and it will make their day! My children loved this also. There’s something fun about eating a smoothie with a spoon 😉
QUESTION: Have you discovered smoothie bowls? Do you have a favorite variety? We are always looking for new ideas and I would love to hear from you in a comment below.
Natasha Kravchuk
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I made this recipe and it turned out so good! I only had to use 1/2 a cup of milk! It turned out so thick and creamy!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Wondering how if you can make this ahead and leave off the toppings. Would it keep in the fridge for a day?
I haven’t tried that yet to advise. This is our Make-Ahead Smoothie Bowl Option:
Since most of these ingredients should be frozen (banana, pineapple, mango) – you can absolutely prep these out into freezer bags in advance and your smoothies will take just minutes to make! Also, the homemade granola can be made in advance and stored in an airtight container at room temperature for at least 2 weeks.
can you make in bulk, freeze, and scoop out servings over time?
Great question, Marty! I have note tried freezing the entire smoothie. I worry it will become a block of ice. If you experiment please let me know if you like that.
Love this post! And thanks for the tip on the Blendtec to make it thick. First time I tried it wasn’t as thick so I’m excited to try the ice cream option.
I hope you love this recipe!
Are the flax seeds necessary? I just never buy them
Hi Tanya, it is only a nutritional boost and the smoothie will still work great without them 🙂
Thanks you for the recipe! I’m addicted to smoothies! 😀
I’m so happy you enjoyed the smoothie, Nina!
Currently eating this goodness and can I just say IT’S AMAZING!!!! Thanks so much for the recipe Natash!
You’re welcome Lena! I’m glad you love the recipe, thanks for sharing!
So fresh! I might start trying this for breakfast.
It really is! I hope you try it Becky!
Wow. This is one of my favorite smoothie bowl I’ve tried. Thank you
Natasha
You’re welcome Margarita, I’m glad you enjoy the recipe so much! Thanks for sharing your excellent review!
Perfect one to bring to work ! Thank you !
You’re welcome, I hope you love it!
I love green smoothie so much! In fact, advocado is the dispensable ingredient in every my green smoothie. I often mix it with only milk, sometimes with mango, strawberry, etc.
omg, I made this wrong!! Advocado is my indispensable part of green smoothie! 🙈🙈
I got what you meant, lol! 😉
I’m glad you love it Natalie, thanks for sharing!
Wow just saw this recipe in the Costco magazine today
Ha! It definitely did not come out of the Costco magazine! 🙂 Now I’m curious to see it!
Thank you Natasha for all of your amazing recipes. I LOVE your everything I have tried:-) I actually jumped on-line to print out a recipe before heading to the store when I saw this post. Regarding the Costco comment, although a few ingredients are similar, your recipe is definitely NOT from their magazine – and I only know this because their magazine just arrived in the mail and I’m looking at it now LOL. Here is theirs…1/4 c packed baby spinach leaves, 1 frozen banana, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 apple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks and 1/2 unsweetened vanilla almond milk – Toppings – 1 package raspberries and 1/4 toasted sliced almonds.
Keep doing what your doing! You’re awesome!
Thank you so much for sharing that with me!! 🙂 I’m so glad you are enjoying our recipes 🙂
Oh! I know this is a good, healthy recipe. I’ve used many of these ingredients in smoothies, but never served in such a “fancy” way. If you look at the nutritionals, it’s obvious this smoothie bowl is packed with healthy ingredients and definitely meets a large part of our daily nutritional requirements. Thanks again, Natasha. You ROCK!
You are so welcome Zina! Yes it is a really fun and fancy way to serve a smoothie but still so easy. I love that it looks so impressive without much effort 😉
this is more sugar than one should even have in a day. This comment is not about the recipe but about these smoothie bowls in general…. i would rather have a slice of cake 🙂
Keep in mind natural sugars are very different from processed sugars like you would have in a slice of cake, but of course I’d have the smoothie bowl and the slice of cake 😉