Mixed Berry & Plum Christmas Smoothie Bowl

- Serves 1 (makes 1 1/2 cups)

Ingredients

  • 2 blood plums, quartered & stone removed1 cup (125 g) frozen mixed berries
  • 1 orange, zest finely grated & 1/ 3 cup (80 ml) juice
  • 1 1/ 2 tablespoons almond butter
  • 1 teaspoon GLOW Inner Beauty Powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Topping

  • Fresh raspberries
  • Fresh strawberries
  • Strawberry flowers & leaves

Cacao Clusters

  • 2 tablespoons buckwheat groats
  • 2 tablespoons flaked coconut
  • 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped hazelnuts
  • 2 teaspoons cacao powder
  • 1 teaspoon cacao nibs
  • 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon coconut oil
  • 1/ 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  2. To prepare the cacao clusters, place all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl and toss to combine. Spread out onto a baking tray, clumping together to form clusters. Bake, stirring frequently for 10 minutes, or until crisp and golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
  3. To prepare the smoothie bowl, place all of the ingredients in a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth.
  4. Pour smoothie into a shallow bowl. Top with cacao clusters & fresh berries to decorate as desired.  

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Carla Oates
Carla Oates Carla Oates is the founder and CEO of The Beauty Chef, and a pioneer in the ingestibles and gut health space. A former beauty editor turned wellness innovator, Carla created The Beauty Chef's first product Glow® in 2009—a groundbreaking fermented supernutrient powder with pre, pro & postbiotics. Today, she works alongside a team of naturopaths, nutritionists and microbiologists to develop The Beauty Chef's range of probiotic formulas, fermented for potency at their state-of-the-art Probiotic Lab in Sydney. Carla is also the author of three books, a longtime natural beauty columnist, and a sought-after speaker who has been featured at VOGUE Codes, WWD Beauty Summit and various international events and media.

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