Low-Sugar Green Smoothie Bowl

I refer to them as a “smoothie person”. You know the type of person I’m on about. That colleague that bundles into work full of energy, boasting about their positively glowing skin, carrying their empty nutribullet cup. Self-righteously listing off more superfood powders in their morning smoothie alone than you think you've had in your entire life, and how they’ve “already had 4 of their 5-a-day and it isn’t even 9am yet!”

Yeah, I’m not one of them.

And that’s not to say I don’t want to be one. I’ve always wished I was a “smoothie person”. I’ve tried countless recipes, but in all honesty, I don’t find them satisfying, satiating or even that great tasting. That is, until I tried my first smoothie bowl. Now whose amazing idea was it to blend a smoothie so thick you have to spoon it out of a bowl like yogurt?  

Packed with 16g of plant-based protein and heart-healthy fats, this low-sugar green smoothie is a perfect post-workout meal. And with only 9g of sugar, it makes a great everyday alternative to the smoothies you can pick up on the high street that can punch a hefty 26g of sugar per serving - that’s equal to a can of red bull! Just don’t be scared off by the addition of turmeric powder, you can’t taste it, but it does serve as a great natural anti-inflammatory.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

250ml Oatly Organic Oat Milk (or milk/milk alternative of your choice)

30g Almond Butter

100g Spinach

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Turmeric

20g Pulsin Protein Raw Sprouted Rice Protein

1/2 Ripe Avocado

1/2 Frozen Banana

Topping Suggestions:

• Raw Buckwheat Groats
• Fresh Fruit (raspberries, blueberries, kiwi and grapefruit are great choices as they are low in fructose)
• Nuts/Nut Butters
• Desiccated Coconut
• Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Chia Seeds
• Cacao Nibs

Place all ingredients into a blender, adding liquids and softer items first and then the harder items like your frozen fruit last. 

Blend for a couple minutes until it is all combined and a thick creamy mixture. You may want to add a dash of water in at this point to loosen it up, depending on personal preference. 

Spoon into a bowl and top with whatever takes your fancy.

Now dig in you “smoothie person” you.

K

Save yourself on the sugar-bomb (you're sweet enough already).