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Blueberry Coconut Smoothie Bowl

Smoothies

Blueberry Coconut Smoothie Bowl

This extra thick, low-sugar blueberry coconut smoothie features two secret healthy ingredients: cauliflower and zucchini! This smoothies tastes like blueberry ice cream but its packed with loads of nutrition and health benefits.

Blueberry Coconut Smoothie Bowl

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 serving Flourish Health Plant-Based vanilla protein powder
  • 1 cup frozen zucchini chunks
  • 1/2 cup frozen cauliflower
  • 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of sea salt

directions

  1. Add the coconut and liquid into a high-speed blender and blend on high fro about a minute.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until thick and creamy. To prevent it from thinning out, don’t over-mix or let run too long as the heat from the blender will melt it.
  3. Scoop the mixture into a bowl. add your favourite toppings and enjoy with a spoon!

Notes

To make this a drinkable smoothie, increase the liquid to 1 cup, slowly add more as needed to reach desired consistency. 

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Green Protein Power Smoothie

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Green Protein Power Smoothie

This green smoothie is the perfect pick-me-up to get the day started off right. The mix of natural sugars, vitamins, and minerals from the banana + mango + spinach combo really help to perk you up while the healthy fats and protein from the pumpkin seeds and hemp hearts keep you feeling satiated. 

Green Protein Power Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (250 ml) unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 ripe banana, frozen
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped mango, frozen
  • 1-2 large handfuls of baby spinach
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) pumpkin seeds (pepita seeds)
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) hemp hearts (hulled hemp seeds)
  • 1/2 scoop vanilla Flourish Health protein powder + 1/4 cup water

directions

  1. In a blender (or large tumbler if you’re using an immersion blender) layer the spinach, banana, mango, pumpkin seeds, and help hearts. Add the almond milk and blend until the pumpkin seeds are really smooth. This recipe makes 1 large smoothies (2 cups).

Notes

Nutrition Info:

Almond milk: Unfortified almond milk is a good source of vitamin E & calcium, many varieties are often fortified with vitamins A, D & B12, riboflavin, & zinc.

Banana: A great source of vitamin B6, bananas also contain moderate amounts of potassium, vitamin C, and manganese.

Mango: High in vitamin C & A and contains moderate amounts of vitamins E, K, B6 & B9 in addition to potassium and copper.

Baby spinach: Loaded with vitamin K, A, C

Pumpkin seeds: Pumpkin seeds are a good source of protein, iron, zinc, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, and potassium.

Hemp hearts: Packed with high quality protein and a great source of essential fatty acids.

 

 

For a nut free option, substitute the almond milk with a certified nut free oat milk, rice milk, hemp milk, soy milk, or coconut milk.

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