Description
This Toasted Coconut Smoothie is like happy pillows of sunshine. Healthy, vegan, and delicious, the toasted coconut is the real star here- a beautiful beginning to your day.
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup toasted coconut, plus more for sprinkling
- 1 banana
- juice of 1 orange (or sub the whole orange, or 1 cup pineapple)
- 3 Medjool dates (pitted)
- 2 teaspoons turmeric root (or 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric)
- 2 slices ginger ( 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon bee pollen (optional, for allergies, not vegan)
- 1/2 cup nut milk
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- 2 cups ice ( please don’t leave out!!!)
Instructions
Toast the coconut flakes in a dry skillet over medium-low heat until golden and fragrant. This is key.
Place the banana, orange juice, dates, coconut, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and nut milk in a blender and blend until smooth. Add the ice, one cup at a time and blend unti smooth.
To get smoothie to mound up like the photo, add 1/2 cup more ice.
Pour into a 16 ounce glass and top with toasted coconut.
Indulge.
Notes
The ice turns this from good, to heavenly. Trust me.
I’m sure frozen bananas would work too.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7 ounces
- Calories: 258
- Sugar: 37.2 g
- Sodium: 52.2 mg
- Fat: 5.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 53.1 g
- Fiber: 6.2 g
- Protein: 3.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
