It’s February and I’m all about self-love this month. What better way to show my body a little self-love on Valentine’s Day than by nourishing it with a healthy breakfast packed with superfoods and antioxidants?
You know I’m always trying to hide vegetables and other vitamin-packed goodness into my smoothies to integrate a few extra nutrients into my picky eaters’ diets. This smoothie bowl is no exception: Its brilliant Valentine-perfect color comes from the combination of cooked beets, pomegranate seeds, and berries.
I was a beet hater for most of my life, including my adult life, until the very recent past. I couldn’t handle their texture or taste. (Why is a vegetable strangely sweet?!)
Then I changed my diet and started watching my sugar intake, which has led to a total overhaul of my taste buds. Now beets are one of my favorites: a great source of fiber, folate and Vitamin C while being low in calories with that little bit of sweet I crave.
As always, I’m a throw-everything-into-the-blender kind of girl, so you can be eating this smoothie bowl in less than 5 minutes. For best results, top it with my paleo apple pie granola. The recipe makes enough to share a serving, but when you taste it, you might just want to keep it all for yourself.
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Red Superfood Antioxidant Smoothie Bowl
Clean | Antioxidant-Rich | No Added Sugar
Ingredients
- 1 large banana (frozen)
- 1 cup frozen mixed berries or raspberries (any red berries will do)
- 1 medium cooked beet
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt (or non-dairy yogurt of choice)
- 2 Tbsp ground flax seed
- 2 Tbsp pomegranate seeds
- 2 Tbsp pomegranate juice
- 1 clementine, segmented (check and discard seeds)
Topping
- 1/4 cup granola
- 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
Instructions
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Add frozen banana, frozen berries, beet, yogurt, and flex seed to high-speed blender or food processor.
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Blend until combined, scraping down the sides as necessary.
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Add pomegranate juice, pomegranate seeds, and clementine segments.
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Blend again until desired texture is achieved. If mixture is too thick, add a splash of milk of choice and blend again.
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Top with granola and pomegranate seeds and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Anything goes in the berry department. My go-to is a bag of frozen mixed blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries. If it’s red, it’ll work in this recipe.
- Beets are messy, but packaged cooked beets take the work out of it. I buy mine at Trader Joe’s or look for the Love Beets brand at major grocery chains.
- Beets have a strong enough flavor that you will want to watch your smoothie additions on this one; don’t just throw in handfuls of them and expect a miracle. One medium-size cooked beet was the right ratio of vegetable to fruit for my taste.
- If you taste and find you’ve overdone the beets, add an extra frozen banana and frozen berries, then divide into 3 servings (or 4 depending on how much you added).
- Similarly in the mess department, pomegranate seeds. I buy the PomWonderful cup of seeds so I don’t have to stain my fingers and my kitchen extracting them myself.
- Adding pomegranate seeds to the smoothie itself adds some tart sweetness, but if you don’t have a high-powered blender, the seeds and skins might create an unpleasant texture issue. I’m awaiting the arrival of my Valentine gift to myself: a certified refurbished Vitamix. I’ll report back if it takes care of this problem.
- Pro mom tip: I store my extra smoothie servings in those cheapie Take and Toss straw cups that my kids use. I put them in the freezer, lid on, no straw. Then when I’m on the go, I can grab one out of the freezer, let it defrost, and enjoy wherever I’m at — in between errands, on the way to a workout, at a playdate…
Now to whip up another batch of apple pie granola to go with my frozen leftovers this weekend…
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P.S. If you’re looking for more frozen concoctions to sneak veggies into your kids, your husband, or yourself, check out the PB&J Smoothie Bowl (with baby spinach) , Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal smoothie or Gingerbread Cookie smoothie bowl (both with frozen riced cauliflower).
