Beets & Veggie Smoothie Bowl

Hey There Friends! How’s it goin?

Today I tested out my creativity and tried to come up with cool ways to not eat meat. I’m going meatless today as part of the MoveNourishBelieve Challenge hosted by Fit Approach and Lorna Jane but I’m not really a salad person so a bowl of greens just wouldn’t cut it for me 😕

I’ve also been slacking in the veggie intake department recently so I decided to take the meatless challenge one step further and try to incorporate as many vegetables as possible into every meal 😀

I stocked up on the essentials over the weekend and also grabbed some beets along the way, which I added my post workout smoothie this morning. The final product was chocked full of veggies but tasted awesome so I had to share 😀

Beets & Veggie Smoothie Bowl

After my workout this morning I was super hungry and needed something in my belly FAST! My first thought was a smoothie so I started pulling out the usual ingredients for a green smoothie. I also spied the beets hiding in the back so I decided to add those too and make a red smoothie instead 😀

Then I thought of the sad carrot I had in the crisper and rationalized that if carrots and beets went well together when juicing, they should work in a smoothie…so I grabbed that too.

I added everything to my large NutriBullet cup and narrowly avoided going over the ‘MAX’ line. I also threw in some oats and a scoop of chocolate protein powder at the last minute. I usually don’t use the chocolate flavour in my smoothies but the beets just called for it (red velvet anyone? 😉 ) so I made an exception this morning 😆

Once everything was nice and smooth I poured it into a bowl, topped it with some homemade granola I made last night and dug in…YUM! 😀

Beets & Veggie Smoothie Bowl

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

 

A great way to hide veggies in your morning smoothie...and the awesome red colour doesn't hurt 😀

Author: GiselleR

Ingredients

• 1 medium banana
• 1 generous handful spinach, kale or combo of greens
• ½ cup frozen berries
• ½ cup frozen mangoes and pineapple
• ½ beetroot, chopped*
• 1 carrot, chopped
• ½ - 1 cup almond milk**
• ¼ cup rolled oats
• 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
• 1 dash cinnamon (optional)
• ice

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until desired consistency is achieved.

Notes

* If you do not have a high speed blender, you may need to use roasted beets
**Add more or less milk as needed

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Want more smoothie bowls! Try this one:

Orange Kale Quinoa Smoothie Bowl

What about you?

Do you like beets?

Have you ever added beets to a smoothie?

Have you ever gone meatless for a day or more?

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