Right now we are smoothie bowl CRAZY over here in Jolly Tomato land. And our road to smoothie heaven has been much smoother (see what we did there?) thanks to our new Hamilton Beach Wave Action blender. Each day, we’ve enjoyed different combinations – and we’ve been thrilled with how well the blender smooth-ifies everything without frozen chunks getting stuck.
The Wave Action blender does such a good job because instead of just spinning the content around the walls of the blender, it forces the mixture down into the blades. When you watch it humming away, you can see all of your fruits and milks diving from the top straight down into the blades and getting pureed into perfect little smithereens. (For example, see how the yellow arrow below shows you how things move through the blender.)
Want to give it a try? Here’s a recipe for a great smoothie bowl:
Basic Smoothie Bowl Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk or almond milk or soy milk
- 1 cup yogurt
- 2 cups frozen fruit berries, bananas, mango, pineapple, etc.
- 1 cup leafy greens optional
- Toppings optional; choose your favorite:
- Fresh fruit
- Granola
- Chia seeds
- Nuts
- Hemp seeds
Instructions
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Place all ingredients in a blender. Puree until smooth. Add toppings if desired.
Editor’s note: The blender giveaway has ended.
Even better, you can change it up however you like. Got a favorite fruit? Got a favorite veggie? Add it in there! And even if it’s frozen, it’ll still smooth out nicely.
P.S. Want to try something different? Check out this Cinnamon Persimmon Smoothie.
Blogger disclosure:Hamilton gave me a Beach Wave Action Blender and an opportunity to give one away. I did not receive any other compensation for this post. Additionally, all opinions expressed are my own.
Loves me some blending!
I like to substitute frozen acai berries for the strawberrries to the rest of the ingredients posted in the recipe above.
I’ve also made a peachy one that uses (recipe above adapted for peach):
1 cup milk (or coconut or almond milk)
1 cup yogurt
2 cups frozen fruit (Peaches, banana mango, etc.)
1 cup leafy greens (optional)
Toppings (optional; choose your favorite):
Fresh fruit
Granola
Chia seeds
Nuts
Hemp seeds
I love to put hemp protein powder and berries in smoothies.
My favorite thing to put into smoothies is blueberry.
I like to make mango smoothies.
Mango/Blueberry/Oatmeal/Chia Seeds/Juice/Yogurt/Ice – yum! In a glass with a wide glass straw; I’m sorry I can’t quite see the point of putting a smoothie in a bowl, seems like inviting a big mess.
I like to put bananas in a smoothie.
I love blueberries and kiwi in smoothies!
I love berries! Especially marionberries! Thanks 🙂
Berries for sure
I love adding peaches to my smoothies.
I like strawberries and bananas. My wife likes to add yogurt to all of her smoothies.
I like to put bananas, peanut butter, and cinnamon in my smoothies.
I love to add frozen mango & coconut water!
I like to put various flavors of yogurt in my smoothies
I love to add kale & ginger to my smoothies.
Strawberries and Banana’s! YUM