Recipe: Blueberry Smoothie Bowl

Our Blueberry Smoothie Bowl — which you enjoy with a spoon, not a straw! — is loaded with delicious, good-for-you ingredients, starting with blueberries, bananas and spinach. Almond butter, flaxseed and hemp seed hearts, with their protein and good-for-you fats, give this smoothie “staying power,” so you won’t be hungry a half-hour after eating it.

Ingredients

• 1 banana, sliced and frozen
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, plus a few more for serving
• 1/2 cup fresh baby spinach leaves
• 2 tablespoons almond butter
• 1 tablespoon flax seed meal
• 1/4 cup coconut water or tap water, plus more if necessary
• 2 teaspoons hemp seed hearts

Directions

1. In a blender, combine the banana, blueberries, spinach, almond butter, flax and coconut water. Puree until smooth and creamy (it will be thick). If it’s too thick to blend completely, add a little more coconut water.
2. Spoon the smoothie into bowls and top with a few extra blueberries and the hemp seed hearts.

Nutrition information (per serving)

Makes 2 servings

Calories: 226
Total fat: 12 g
Saturated fat: 1 g
Protein: 6 g
Carbohydrate: 26 g
Dietary fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 14 g
Added sugar: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 8 mg

— Developed by Sara Quessenberry for Cleveland Clinic Wellness.