Açai Bowl: the complete recipe for a rich and tasty breakfast

Açai Bowl: the complete recipe for a rich and tasty breakfast

The Açai Bowl is an ideal recipe for a rich and nutritious breakfast.

power bowls are the latest trend in healthy food, they are beautiful to to see and delicious to eat, and what's more they are rich in highly nutritious and beneficial substances that nourish our body.

The Bowl, which means "bowl", is nothing more than a large bowl to be composed with the ingredients you like most.

Power bowls are made up of many ingredients such as oats, blueberries, yogurt... and can be enjoyed for breakfast or they can replace a lunch or dinner.

A single dish, without distinctions between first and second courses, because it can contain, for example, quinoa, avocado, chicken, fish, vegetables.

The Açai Bowl is certainly one of the most famous and its main ingredient are the Açai berries, let's find out together what it is.

Açai: what it is and why it's good

TheAçaí is a blue-purple colored berry which has originates in the rainforests of the Amazon.

Always used by Brazilian natives for its extraordinary nutritional properties, it is today considered a superfood capable of giving energy and resistance.

The high antioxidant content due to the presence of its vegetable dyes, the anthocyanins, but also the presence of fibre, vitamins and minerals, makes Açaí an excellent food.

How is the Açai Bowl prepared?

This recipe is really simple and tasty.

Ideal for a rich breakfast or a nutritious snack, but also as a snack after a hard workout, in short, it's always time for a delicious Açai Bowl!

TheAçai Bowl is a bowl whose main ingredient is Açai berry powder.

The organic Açaí berry powder is considered an excellent way to integrate this precious fruit into your diet.

The açai fruit has a good flavour, similar to blueberry and chocolate, and can therefore be consumed just like any other fruit.

This dish is then garnished with chopped exotic fruit, chopped dried fruit, crunchy cereals.

It is very important to obtain the right fine and delicate consistency, very similar to that of the classic Sicilian granita, the flavor is reminiscent of a fresh fruit ice cream.

Açai Bowl Recipe

In reality, there is no perfect recipe for theAçai Bowl.

You can start from a base obtained by blending half a banana with a few tablespoons of vegetable milk, or alternatively some natural or Greek yogurt to which you add a few teaspoons of Açai powder.

The thing that makes it very attractive and inviting is the topping, i.e. the garnish that is added at the end.

It is possible to garnish the Açai Bowl with slices of banana or other fresh fruit of your choice, coconut flakes, dried fruit, goji berries, but also cocoa nibs raw, chia seeds, dark chocolate or cocoa raw powder.

In short, it can be prepared in all the most various combinations, changing from time to time!

Açai Bowl Tips and Substitutions

If you don't like coconut, you can replace coconut milk with any other vegetable, soy or almond drink.

You can choose the fruit you prefer and enrich the bowl with the dried fruit you like most, muesli or seeds.

Açai Bowl

Preparation time: ~5 min

Ideal to enjoy for a rich and nutritious breakfast, tasty fruit salad enriched with cereals and dried fruit. All embellished with açaí powder with blended fruit or yogurt. The consistency will be soft and creamy and the flavor delicious.

Ingredients
  • 5g açaí powder
  • 250g Greek yogurt
  • 30g coconut milk
  • 15g manuka honey
  • 30g coconut
  • 1⁄2 banana
  • 30g whole grains or muesli
Preparation

Mix the yogurt with the coconut milk in a bowl. Add the açaí powder and continue mixing until you reach a smooth and uniform mixture. Sweeten with honey and continue mixing. Cut the coconut into thin strips and after peeling the banana, cut it into slices. Distribute the fruit over the mixture and finally add the cereal or muesli. This dish gives a lot of energy and is perfect for athletes and lovers of healthy eating.

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