Strawberry Smoothie Bowl

I look forward to having a leisurely breakfast on Sunday mornings. I am not a big fan of fry up breakfasts, instead my my favorite is coffee with pastries and having yoghurts with fruits and nuts. There are so many combinations of flavours you can create by combining different flavours of yoghurts and fruits that you would never be bored.

This simple strawberry smoothie bowl is so tasty and delicious and it really looks so pleasing to the eye served in this beautiful Sainsburys Home Bloomville range of dinnerware. The Bloomville range comes in a pretty floral design in pastel colours, it is really cheerful and would grace any breakfast or dinner table beautifully. Available in the range are dinner plates, side places, pasta bowls, mugs, cake plates, coasters, trays, spatulas and wooden spoon  and matching tea towels and oven gloves.

The dinnerware is made from porcelain and is dishwasher and microwave safe. It is reasonably priced as most items start from as little as £3.00 each and you can purchase as many pieces as you want to make a set for two place setting to six place settings depending on your family size. You can also buy separate pieces should you need replacing anything.

Back to my Strawberry smoothie bowl recipe, actually there is no set recipe!!! All you need is some yoghurt and fruits.

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Strawberry Smoothie Bowl

by Nayna Kanabar September-2-2017

Creamy strawberry yoghurt garnished with fruits, granola and honeyed almonds.

Ingredients:

• 100 g Strawberry Yoghurt
• 1 Kiwi peeled and sliced
• 8 Strawberries hulled
• 15 Blueberries
• 1 tablespoon Granola
• 10 Honeyed Almonds
• 1/2 teaspoon Chia Seeds

Method:

1. In a blender add three strawberries and the yoghurt and blend it for a minute.2. Pour the strawberry smoothie into a serving bowl .3. Garnish with the remaining strawberries, blueberries, kiwi fruit, granola and almonds and sprinkle with chia seeds.

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: Total time: 5 mins Yield: 1 serving

** The dinnerware featured in this post was sent to me by Sainsburys Home, all opinions expressed in this post and pictures are my own.

Persimmon and Mango Smoothie Bowl

Mangoes and Persimmon are two of my favourite tropical fruits. I really enjoy eating them in fruit salads, smoothies, milkshakes and even in baking. This is one of my regular smoothie bowl recipe that I make when both these fruits are in season.

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Persimmon and Mango Smoothie Bowl

by Nayna Kanabar September-1-2016

Sweet Persimmon and Mango smooothie bowl with strawberries and figs perfect for breakfast.

Ingredients:

• 2 Persimmon (sharon fruit)
• 1 Mango
• 6 Dried Figs slices
• 8 Strawberries
• 10 Blueberries
• Few slices Apple
• 1 Teaspoon Chia seeds
• 1 Tablespoon Honey (optional)

Method:

1. Peel and dice the mango and add it to the Optimum 9400 blender.2.Cut the persimmon and add it to the blender.3. Blend the persimmon and the mango to a puree.Taste the puree it should be sweet enough, however if you require it to be sweeter than add a spoonful of honey to sweeten to taste.4. Spoon the puree into two shallow serving bowls.5. Slice the strawberries and arrange them on the smoothie bowl, add some blue berries and garnish with figs. Sprinkle with chia seeds and serve immediately.

Details:

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: Total time: 5 mins Yield: Serves 2

I created my smoothie bowl in my Optimum 9400 blender, it is really powerful and it is able to grate, grind, blend pulse and create soups and ice cream at a flick of a switch.

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Blueberry, Peach and Apple Smoothie Bowl

We all know that smoothies are the latest craze at the moment. There are hundreds of combinations of ingredients that you can get in a smoothie.There are smoothie bars popping up in malls, shopping centres, railway stations all encouraging people to drink them. Now the smoothie craze has taken another turn as smoothies are served as smoothie bowls.This is the latest trend and it even made headlines in the Telegraph last year as an upcoming food trend.

A smoothie bowl is basically a thicker version of a smoothie served in a bowl with different toppings on them such as fruits, granola, seeds etc. They are often thickened with protein powders, nuts, seeds, frozen fruit and vegetables. Unlike the classic smoothie that is generally served  in a bottle or glass, the smoothie bowl is a work of art. It is served in a bowl and is dressed very artfully with various toppings and eaten like soup with a spoon. Those of you that are instagram fans will be mesmerised at the beautiful art work of these smoothie bowls.

Although my smoothie bowl is not an art masterpiece, it certainly is delicious and healthy and I am really liking this idea and hope to get my creative juices in action for my next attempt.

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Blueberry, Peach and Apple Smoothie Bowl

by Nayna Kanabar May-5-2016

Delicious combination of fruit smoothie garnished with granola, chia seeds and fresh blueberries.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Blue berries
• 1 Apple cored and diced
• 1 Peach stoned and diced
• 1 tablespoon (or to taste) Honey
• 1 cup Ice cubes


For Garnishing:
• 12 Blueberries
• 2 tablespoons Mixed fruit Granola(or anyof choice)
• 1 teaspoon Chia seeds

Method:

1. Add the blueberries, peaches and apple to the Optimum 9400 blender and blend for 30 seconds.2. Add the ice cubes and honey and blend again until the mixture is totally smooth, since this is a smoothie bowl I kept the mixture quite thick, however you could add coconut water or plain water to get the consistency you like.3. Spoon the mixture into two bowls and garnish with blueberries, granola and chia seeds.

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time:None Total time: 5 mins Yield: 2 servings

NB You can use any blender that is capable of crushing ice, however I used my Optimum 9400 which is a powerful blender that grinds, pulses, chops, grates, cooks and makes icecreams at a flick of a switch. You can read a review about my Froothie Optimum 9400 here.

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