A thick smoothie bowl is an almost instant breakfast, lunch, or snack! This is a simple basic banana smoothie bowl recipe with just 4 ingredients. Topped with homemade granola, it gives a nourishing and filling start to the day.

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I start smoothie bowls with a dense fruit as base so banana or avocado or even mangoes (when they are in season). Banana is my favorite base fruit for this. Frozen banana lends both flavor and texture to make creamy, thick smoothie bowls. But use a ripe fresh banana if you don’t have frozen. Banana also goes well with a wide variety of other fruits like berries, apples, peaches and also cereals like millet flour or oats to make different combinations.

What’s the difference between a smoothie and a smoothie bowl?

The difference between a smoothie and a smoothie bowl, in my opinion, is simply its consistency. It is much more thicker and more filling than a smoothie. Almost feels like eating smooth creamy fruit yogurt!

A thick smoothie bowl makes a great base for adding granola and other toppings like fresh or dried fruits, nuts, cacao nibs, seeds, almond butter and/or any other elaborate toppings you may want to try!

In this banana smoothie bowl recipe, I use dates as a natural sweetener and low-fat oat milk for liquid. Since I eat my smoothie bowl with granola, which has a lot of nuts and seeds in it, I keep the base simple. This smoothie bowl is made with just bananas and blueberries but smoothie bowls can be as intricate as you want.

Boost your Smoothie Bowl with

Nuts and seeds
Superfoods like spirulina, cacao, maca powder, nutritional yeast etc
Oils like coconut oil, almond oil, or walnut oil
Butters like almond butter, cashew butter, or peanut butter

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