It has been quite a while since I last posted a recipe…..Spring is a crazy time in our house! We have four out of five family members celebrating birthdays, happy birthday to me! Yay!

While planning for birthday parties, class parties, dinner and lunch with friends, and our regular crazy family schedule, I have not had time to post anything new!

Lately I have been having loads of fun experimenting with smoothie bowls, check us on Instagram @blissbalancehealth for some fun smoothie bowl pictures. There is one smoothie I have had everyday for the last two weeks, my green smoothie. Most of you are familiar with my green juice and my reinvented version of green juice, but this is a bit different. I wanted to have a smoothie that was creamy and think enough to serve in a bowl.

Avocado seemed like the perfect ingredient to add great flavor and texture to my smoothie. I also wanted to sweeten up the smoothie a bit, use the avocado in a way the brought me back to my roots. In Brazil we use avocado as a fruit and is mostly served with sugar. This is a health blog, so don’t worry I won’t be adding sugar to my smoothie, but my next best substitute! Dates!

There is a good combination, of greens, protein, and healthy fats in this smoothie. This well rounded smoothie can keep you full for a long while. If you want to serve it as a meal replacement just add your favorite plant based protein powder and enjoy!

To make it into a smoothie bowl play around with your favorite toppings. Some of my favorites are seeds, nuts, coconuts, fruits, dried fruits, bee pollen, cacao nibs, etc…. The version in the picture above has goji berries, coconut, and cacao nibs.

Ingredients:

1 small avocado

1 banana

2 handfuls of spinach

1/2 cucumber

1 tablespoon of nut butter

2 inch piece of fresh gingerpur

2 dates (3 if you like it sweeter)

Juice of 1 lemon

8 oz of water

Mix it all in a blender and enjoy it by itself or with your favorite toppings!

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Receita em Português :

Ingredientes:

1 abacate pequeno

1 banana

2 punhados de espinafre

1/2 pepino

1 colher de sopa de manteiga de amendoim

Pedaço de gengibre fresco de 5 cm

2 tâmaras (3 se você gosta dela mais doce )

250 ml de água

Suco de 1 limão

Misture tudo em um liquidificador e apreciá-lo por si só ou com seus ingredientes favoritos !