- Today, I'm gonna share with you some great tips
on how to build a better smoothie bowl,
one you can actually eat with a spoon
and cut out most of the sugar.
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Hi, guys, I'm Laura
and I'm a big fan of smoothies and smoothie bowls.
For the longest time, I didn't make smoothie bowls
because the gorgeous photos that I saw all over Instagram,
they just didn't turn out right for me.
When I tried to make them, they were often too runny.
So what I had were, well, smoothies.
The solution I read online was to add more frozen fruit
but my goal when drinking a smoothie
is not to drink a huge bowl of sugar for breakfast.
So here, I have all the ingredients
to make a delicious smoothie bowl.
I know that you'd wanna throw all ingredients
into the blender and have it ready in a minute
but today I'm gonna share with you some tips
to make your smoothie bowl so much better.
The first thing that you need to know
is that how you put the ingredients in the blender
will change the consistency of your smoothie.
You wanna start with the liquids first.
So whether you use milk, juice, coffee or yogurt,
those need to be added in the blender first.
To keep things a little lower sugar,
I'm gonna add some unsweetened almond milk in here.
Next are your powdery dry ingredients
like spices, protein powders, chia or hemp seeds or oats.
What follows are the other frozen ingredients
and other solids.
This includes frozen fruit and nuts.
So I'm going to add some blueberries and some almonds.
On top of that, you wanna put the leafy greens
and vegetables and the final step is ice.
Many people think that you need an expensive
high power blender to make smoothies thick and creamy.
While they're great, you really don't.
The culprit to funny texture
is nearly always the leafy greens
that gets shredded instead of blended
and the pieces of frozen fruit being too big.
That's why slicing your frozen bananas is always a good idea
and if your blender leaves a funny
leafy green texture behind,
try freezing your kale or spinach
and then adding it into the blender frozen.
Hard nuts like almonds and other items
that don't get blended easily by regular blenders
can be soaked overnight in the same liquid
that you're gonna use so they soften up.
These tips are a game changer
if you don't have a high power blender.
If your smoothie bowl seems to separate after a few minutes,
you can also try adding chia seeds.
They're not only nutritious
but also they absorb up to 10 times their weight in water
and when they expand, they form a gel like texture.
What this means for your smoothie bowl is a thicker texture
and the smoothie bowl
will provide a feeling of fullness longer.
If you're not gonna serve the smoothie bowl immediately
and it's still a little runny,
place it in the freezer for about five minutes
to thicken and hold a texture.
A thicker bowl is also best.
Thinner plastic bowls will not hold a temperature as well
and it'll melt faster.
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The final tips is if you wanna take the smoothie bowl
to the office and enjoy it an hour later or so
is to place it inside a thermos
and place it in the freezer while you get ready.
It'll be perfectly thick at your desk.
Of course, you'll want to top your smoothie bowls
with a few toppings for extra deliciousness.
After all,
the toppings is what makes the smoothie bowl awesome.
Some lower sugar options include oats, hemp seeds,
dried unsweetened coconut for example.
So that's it.
These tips combined
with some of the other smoothie bowl recipes in this channel
will ensure some very delicious options for you.
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See you next time.
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