Strawberry Beet Smoothie Bowl
on Aug 11, 2018, Updated Jul 24, 2024
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This strawberry beet smoothie bowl is so bright and beautiful you just know it’s packed with all sorts of nutrients. Adding beets to your smoothies is a wonderful way to incorporate them into your diet more regularly and they work perfectly blended with strawberry, zucchini and banana in this delicious, healthy smoothie. This smoothie is vegan, high in protein and high in fibre.
Health Benefits of Beet
Beets are one of the healthiest most nourishing and detoxifying foods you can eat. I eat them often in everything from salads to soups, to smoothies and even desserts. I almost always include a few grated beets in my weekly food prep. My go-to way to prepare beets is to finely grate them to use in salads and smoothies all week. Beets are high in immune-boosting vitamin C, key minerals like potassium and manganese, as well as the B vitamin folate and of course, plenty of fibre.
Thanks to all these wonderful nutrients, beets can help to:
- lower blood pressure
- fight cancer
- detoxify the blood and liver
- strengthen the immune system
- support brain and bone health
Vegetable-Based Smoothie Bowls
Once you add vanilla protein powder, you can usually get away with a completely vegetable-based smoothie bowl but I’ll often toss in some frozen berries for added sweetness. You can check out my post on the best vegetables to add to smoothies for tips on using vegetables beyond spinach and kale in smoothies. My favourite berries for smoothies are blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.
For fruits, berries are quite low in sugar and all contain a range of important antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. I consider them all to be superfoods and try to include them in my diet as often as possible. Tossing them in smoothies is one of the easiest ways to do that, especially outside of fresh berry season.
How to Use Beets in Smoothies
I use beets in smoothies a few different ways. The 3 ways I’ll use them in smoothies, depending on what have on hand are:
- fresh raw grated beet – finely grated beet works best, simple grate a raw beet and straight to the blender or store in the fridge for adding to smoothies and salads.
- cooked fresh chopped beet – if I have cooked, chopped beets on hand in the fridge, I’ll toss those straight in the blender with whatever I’ll I’m adding.
- frozen chopped beet – frozen beet is my favourite way to use beets in smoothies, you can cook them first or freeze them raw, I usually just use raw frozen beet chunks.
Smoothie Bowl Topping Ideas
Where to begin!! You can have so much fun with smoothie bowl toppings! First, I’d head over and check out my post on the best superfoods to add to smoothies, there are some great ideas in there for adding superfoods both into and on top of your smoothies. Next, I like to thing in textures! My favourite texture is crunchy so I like adding things like nuts, seeds, coconut flakes, cacao nibs and cereal. My favourite cereal for smoothie bowls is One Degree Sprouted Brown Rice Cacao Crisps, it’s so good!
Once you’ve got something crunchy on your smoothie bowl, think about combining a few other textures. You can’t go wrong with sliced banana, chopped dates or other dried fruits, fresh or frozen berries. Once you’ve got a few toppings sprinkled on, add a spoonful of your favourite nut or seed butter and dig in with a spoon.
This strawberry beet smoothie bowl is ultra thick and creamy, perfectly sweet and packed with fibre, antioxidants, protein and tons of vitamins and minerals. Load it up with your favourite smoothie bowl toppings and dig in with a spoon!
Smoothie bowls are essential in the warm summer months when the last thing you want to do is use the stovetop or turn on the oven. With the added beet and zucchini in this bowl, this smoothie can easily work as a meal replacement when you just don’t feel like cooking!
Strawberry Beet Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 serving, 30 g vegan vanilla protein powder
- 1 cup 140 g frozen sliced strawberries
- 1 small, 100 g fresh or frozen chopped beet
- 1/2 cup 75 g fresh or frozen chopped zucchini
- 1 cup plant-based milk of choice, 250 mL
- 1/2 a frozen banana, 60 g
Topping Ideas
- fresh fruit such as sliced kiwi, banana, blueberries and raspberries
- seeds such as chia seeds, hemp seeds and pumpkin seeds
- nuts such as almonds and cashews
- goji berries
- almond butter
- granola or cereal
- cacao nibs
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a high-powered blender.
- Start blending on low then slowly increase speed and mix until smooth and creamy.
- Scoop the mixture into a bowl and add desired toppings.
This smoothie came out such a beautiful, vibrant colour! I thought it would turn brown when I added some baby spinach, but it just turned a darker shade of berry. I used plain unsweetened protein powder and it still had just the right amount of sweetness for me. I’ll definitely be making this again.
Really good smoothie bowl. I made it all with fresh, not frozen, fruits and veggies and it came out too soupy. I am going to freeze everything tonight and try again tomorrow. Regardless of consistency, this is definitely a keeper!
I am having a difficult time finding frozen beets.
I just freeze my own – no need to purchase them!
This strawberry beet smoothie bowl is bursting with the deep red color and flavors, perfect as breakfast or in the evening as well!
This looks delicious! I’ve been looking for a way to include beets in my smoothies so I’m definitely going to give this a try!
It’s the best! Let me know if you try it!
coconuts make any recipe better!
To be honest, I never thought of combining Strawberries and Beets. Perhaps Romaine Lettuce with Walnuts and sliced Avocados, but never came to mind about this combinations. One thing you left out about beets. Like Watermelon, Beets also increase flow of nitric oxide in humans and promotes natural muscle growth and expansion of Red Blood cells, thus improving cardiovascular and exercise output. Beets and Watermelon are great to consume if you’re also on an alkaline diet and seeking to slash belly fat in preparation for a 26.2 mile full marathon.
When you put Beets into your smoothie….are these Beets out of the can, or Beets from the produce market?
I use beets from the market. You could use canned, I suppose. Thanks!
This looks delicious perfect summer breakfast!
It is! So delicious and refreshing!