Sunday, May 25, 2014

Acai Bowl

Recipe from Camille here.

2 Frozen Acai Packs (found in freezer section of health food stores- I got mine at Sprouts)
3 Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Frozen Cherries (optional)
Granola/Cereal with Granola base
Honey

Step 1: Chop up your toppings. The rest goes fast, so you'll want these babies ready to go. As a side note, traditional bowls use bananas, strawberries, and blueberries, but you can definitely mix up your toppings! Try raspberries and nuts, dried coconut/mango/pineapple, cherries, etc. for different flavors. But if you're a newbie, I'd try these guys first.

Step 2: Grab the acai puree packs, and run them under warm water for a minute just so they are lose enough to come out. Cut off the tops so you can easily remove from packaging. And also note, you'll need one pack per bowl, so you can easily scale this recipe up or down.

Step 3: In your blender toss in 2 bananas, 2 acai packs, and if you opt for some frozen fruit, that too. Just go light on the frozen fruit, it can change the texture you're after. We did about 2/3rds cup of frozen cherries. Many of the stores you can buy these at also have options to add some nut butter or protein powder too. Feel free to do so if you want some protein in the mix! You could definitely just go with bananas and acai too.

Step 4: Blend it all up. You may need to mix around with a spoon, the mixture will be thick.

Step 5: Pour into bowls. Mixture will be thick. 

Step 6: Add your sliced fruit to the top of the acai. Nothing special, just place it right on top.

Step 7: Add your granola/cereal to the top. 

Step 8 (optional): Sprinkle cereal/granola on top of the fruit, and drizzle with a little honey for added sweetness.

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