Blanquita Bites:: Shakeo Smoothie Bowl

A little over a week ago, I had my first ACAI smoothie bowl. It was nothing short of amazing! But at $10 a pop, I knew it wasn't something I was going to be adding to my routine often.

I began researching some of the ingredients and found most in my grocery store and bought a few last weekend. I did not, however, buy the smoothie packets that you would use as the base. Well, Monday, I saw a fellow coach make a smoothie bowl with Shakeology and I thought, "why didn't I think of that?!!" So even though it was cold, I was craving one again and NOW, all the ingredients were available to me. I literally threw it together in about two minutes and that included time to cut the banana.

You can use this as an inspiration and go wild with infinite amount of options so you don't get bored with it. And while I couldn't blend the smoothie itself this time, I will be trying it blended too and I'll let you know which is better.

Shakeo Smoothie Bowl:

- 1/2-3/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt (I had a little vanilla leftover from a recipe I made for Super Bowl, but I would probably use plain next time since that is what I keep stocked in my house)

- 1/2-1 scoop Shakeo (depending on your dietary needs and how big of a portion you'd like)

- 1/2-3/4 cup unsweetened almond/coconut milk (any non-dairy milk will work here)

**Combine these three ingredients and whisk together until smooth.

This is the fun part- top with whatever you'd like!!

I topped my with 1/2 banana, frozen pineapple/oranges/strawberries and coconut chia granola.

And enjoy!!!

I'd say the cost was cut down to about $5.50 as opposed to $10 AND I made it so that it is 21 Day Fix APPROVED! A double win in my book!!

Smoothie: 1-2 Reds (depending on amounts of Shakeo and Greek yogurt) and 1/2 Yellow (if you were to use sweetened/regular almond milk)

Topping: 2 Purples and 1 Yellow

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