What to know my secret to a delicious thick and creamy smoothie bowl that can hold up your toppings? Keep reading to find out!
This post is sponsored by Natural Delights Medjool Dates. All opinions are my own, thanks for supporting the brands who support me!
Creamy Banana Raspberry Avocado Date Smoothie
Okay, I have two secrets to share with you today! First secret: air tight jars are amazing for everything! Not only are mason jars perfect for smoothies, they’re also prefect for keeping berries fresh longer! I got these raspberries from the grocery store and in the past, they’ll go bad within 2-3 days regardless of what I’d do but after leaving it (unwashed) in a mason jar, they stayed fresh! I love having berries last longer without having to freeze it. It just means I get more time to enjoy them and don’t have to eat with them the day I bring them home.
That’s actually what inspired me to make this raspberry smoothie bowl – I had raspberries for much longer in the fridge than expected and was wondering what I could make with them for breakfast one morning. I had some dates on hand and I almost always have frozen avocados in my freezer so I decided to go with a delicious smoothie bowl.
How To Make Thick Creamy Smoothies
Secret number two: how I get my smoothies to be super thick and creamy so it holds up my toppings! I mentioned before that I like making smoothie bowls as I like adding toppings to my smoothies and turning it into a meal. So what’s my secret to having a super thick and creamy smoothies? Frozen bananas and/or avocados!
Because I use frozen bananas and avocados for the smoothie, it’s best to use either a high power blender. I have a vitamix for that but if you don’t, a food processor will get the job done as well (I use this one from cuisinart).
With this Creamy Banana Raspberry Avocado Date Smoothie, you don’t need to add any additional sweeteners as there is a natural, caramel like sweetness from the medjool dates. In addition, because of the dates and banana in this recipe, it can double as not only your breakfast but a pre/post-run fuel thanks to the high amounts of potassium! And if you want to make this more fun? Freeze this smoothie recipe for 30 mins to an hour and it comes out as a nice cream aka diary free ice cream. It really doesn’t get any better than that!
Creamy Banana Raspberry Avocado Date Smoothie
Ingredients
Smoothie
- 2-3 frozen bananas
- 1 avocado
- 1 cup raspberries
- 5 Natural Delights organic medjool dates
Toppings
- raspberries
- chia seeds
- granola
- sliced banana
Instructions
- Place your ingredients into a high powered blender or food processor and blend together.
- Add additional water, milk, almond milk, etc if you want the smoothie to be less thick.
- Top with toppings of your choice
Nutrition Per Serving
OTHER BREAKFAST RECIPES TO TRY
- Freezer Friendly Breakfast Egg Sandwiches
- Make Ahead Breakfast Taco Egg Bowl
- Chocolate Chia Steel Cut Overnight Oats
- 4 Make Ahead Overnight Oats
- Instant Pot Poached Eggs
- Instant Pot Pizza Egg Bites
- Freezer Friendly Spinach and Cheese Hand Pie
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Coach Henness says
It is so nice when your toppings don’t sink right through! Haha. This looks thick and sweet!
Abbey Sharp says
This smoothie looks AMAZING. I’m obsessed with all of those flavours.
Rachel Frutkin says
This almost looks like it could be dessert instead of a smoothie! All your toppings look delicious, too.
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner says
Avocado and dates?! I’m in
Esther says
This sounds amazing and looks gorgeous!
I used to add avocados to my smoothies all the time but I have not done that for a while! Thanks for the reminder!
Love the tip about berries in a jar! I will have to try this :)
Natalie says
Wow this smoothie bowl looks just amazing. It’s perfect breakfast. Love the addition of avocado. I bet this smoothie gives you like tons of energy heheh PS Thanks for that tip about keeping berries in air tight jars. That’s awesome! :)
Jessica @Small Bites by Jessica says
So many great things in here!Sounds absolutely delicious!