Berry Smoothie Bowl Recipe

I don't know what rock I've been hiding under, but apparently I've been missing out on this smoothie bowl thing for quite a while. This insanely gorgeous and delicious trend is one I've been getting behind full force in the past week. I started with the Superfood Chocolate Breakfast Bowl from Tone It Up, which is amazingly good (plus you get to eat spinach for breakfast and don't even know it which is awesome). After perusing Pinterest for an unacceptable amount of time, I decided I needed to make a vibrant smoothie bowl and I needed to do it now.

Unfortunately, to make most of those gorgeous hot pink bowls, you need pitaya packets (seriously expensive) or acai powder (also pretty expensive). I did find a couple of alternatives without those ingredients, so I started trying them each morning. I started out with a strawberry mango chia bowl, which turned a delightful light pinkish orange shade. Pretty, but not what I was going for. Then yesterday it hit me while grocery shopping, what if I just used berries? Would they not create a beautiful pink smoothie? I hustled over to the frozen section and grabbed a bag of organic frozen berry mix, secretly wishing it was time to go to bed so I could wake up and try my experiment.

I'm happy to report that my hunch was good, frozen berries do indeed a gorgeous smoothie bowl make. The best part? There's four ingredients here (and one is water!). I'm a huge proponent of uncomplicated and quick recipes and this is about as quick and uncomplicated as it gets.

• 1 heaping cup frozen berry mix
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 scoop Perfect Fit vanilla protein powder
• 1 cup of water

My berry mix contained blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries, but I'm sure you would get the same result with any frozen mix. You could also use a fresh banana, but I just had some frozen ones to use up and my fresh ones aren't quite ripe yet. If you do use a fresh banana, you might need to throw some ice cubes in there depending on the consistency that you prefer. Lastly, the cup of water is approximate; you basically just need enough to make everything blend nicely.

So now you have your gorgeous pink smoothie! Pour it into a bowl and go nuts topping it with whatever your heart desires. I used granola, chia seeds, strawberries, bananas, and kiwi. You could also use nuts, flax seeds, coconut flakes, etc. Enjoy!