This has become one of my favorite meals. It’s so versatile, you can really make a million trillion different combinations 🙂 Sweet potatoes are one of my all time favorite foods for their taste as well as their nutritional profile. They’re full of fiber, easy on digestion, help balance blood sugar levels and do a fantastic job keeping glycogen stores full for all of you active living folks out there!
1. Start with your carbohydrate:
- 4oz sweet potato steamed then frozen
2. Choose a fat:
- 2 tbsp of your favorite nut butter (about 18g fat – 6g protein depending on your choice)
- 1 tbsp coconut butter (14g fat)
- 1 Kite Hill Plain Yogurt (14g fat – 6g protein – 5g carbs)
3. Choose a protein:
- Rootz Protein Powder
- Vega Sport Protein Powder
- or your favorite
4. Add some spices and superfoods:
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Turmeric
- Cacao
- Maca
- Lacuma
- Goji powder
- Matcha powder
5. Optional yet recommended…Pick a veggie:
- handful of baby spinach
- 1/2 cup zucchinin
- 1/2 cup summer squash
6. Depending on if you added the yogurt or not, add a liquid:
- almond mylk
- vanilla extract
- maple extract
7. Top with more superfoods or fresh fruit:
- peanuts
- cashews
- granola
- fresh strawberries slices
- Fresh banana slices
- cacao nibs
- bee pollen
Instructions: Add everything to a blender, blend until smooth, scoop into a bowl, throw your toppings on and viola! Sweet Potato Smoothie Bowl in under 5 minutes.
There are so many different combinations you can come up with on this one which makes it even more worth the make! Feel free to choose more than one from each category. Get creative and show off you bowl packin’ skills by tagging #nourishingnelli on Instagram or Facebook.
Pack Away,
-Nelli
Here’s what I used for my latest one:
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