Tropical Fruit Breakfast Smoothie

Here’s the thing with smoothies. I love them, but one, they sometimes can give me a headache. I have no idea why this is, but it has always been the case and to be honest I still prefer eating my fruit whole. So I can really only ever drink half a glass before handing it off to my brother Brendan who is the Smoothie King.

Two, smoothies are really not a recipe. Or at least when I make them. See, I just throw whatever fruit I have on hand into the blender and maybe a little milk or a lot of time greek yogurt and call it a day. Sometimes, for my younger brother Red, I will swap the yogurt for ice cream because he loves it that way and he is literally a twig and needs the fat.
With that said though, I really wanted to make a smoothie full of summer fruits and heavy on the tropical flavors.

This smoothies is full of summer fruits and heavy on the tropical flavors.

 prep time 10 minutes
 total time 10 minutes
 servings 2 servings
 calories 1745 kcal

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup frozen raspberries or strawberries I used a mix
• 1 medium banana fresh or frozen
• 1/3 cup raw coconut meat chopped (optional)
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup frozen mango chunks
• 1 - 1 1/2 cups fresh pineapple juice
• 1 vanilla bean seeds scraped
• 1/2 a pineapple cubed (optional)
• 1 kiwi sliced (optional)
• 1-2 tablespoons ground flax optional

SIMPLE COCONUT GRANOLA (OPTIONAL)

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened
• 1 cup raw whole almonds
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 3/4 cup pure maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon instant espresso
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons honey

INSTRUCTIONS

• SMOOTHIE

In a blender add the raspberries (or a mix of raspberries and strawberries), banana, coconut meat and coconut milk. Blend the mixture until smooth. Pour the smoothie into two glasses.
Wash the blender out and add the mango chunks, 1 cup pineapple juice and vanilla bean seeds. Blend the mixture until smooth. If desired add more pineapple juice to thin the smoothie out. Pour the mango smoothie over the the raspberry smoothie and use a long spoon to mix them together just a little.
If desired thread some pineapple cubes on wooden skewers and place in each drink. Add a kiwi slice to the rim. Sprinkle with flax and granola if using. Use a spoon or straw to drink/eat this!

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