I have another delicious acai bowl recipe for you with mango and banana. This one is similar to my Acai Banana Berry Bowl Recipe , but it’s perfect for summer with this tropical twist. Basically you can top your acai bowl with anything you want, but I know some of you have never had one before and are unsure how to make them at home.
Acai is usually sold in a frozen puree for use in smoothies, acai bowls and frozen desserts. You can also buy acai juice, powder and supplements, but I stick with the puree because it’s delicious and a little less processed.
Acai bowls are made up of frozen acai puree, apple juice or soy milk, frozen fruit, granola, fresh fruit and sometimes honey. If you do not have acai frozen puree in your country (I found it at the health food store in Canada and the USA) you can substitute about 1 cup of frozen blueberries.
Tropical Mango Banana Acai Bowl
Serves 1
Bowl Ingredients:
4 oz/ 1/2 cup apple juice (unsweetened if desired)
2 100g packets of frozen Acai (I used Sambazon Original Smoothie Packs)
3/4 cup frozen mango (sub a fresh mango if you do not have a high powered blender such as a VitaMix or Blendtec)
Garnish Ingredients:
1/3-1/2 cup low fat granola of choice (I like Galaxy Granola as it’s oil free)
1/2 -1 ripe banana, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup fresh ripe ataulfo mango, diced
handful of blueberries or other berries
Drizzle of honey or agave *optional
Directions:
1. Remove packets of acai and frozen bananas from freezer.
2. Slice the mango, slice the banana and wash the blueberries and set aside.
3. Add apple juice to your blender. Break up the frozen acai into smaller pieces and cut the plastic open and pour into blender. Add the mango. Blend on low or pulse to break up the frozen fruit. If you have a VitaMix use the tamper to puree into a soft serve. If you have another type of blender you may have to stop and stir and keep pulsing to combine. Stop blending when smooth.
4. Scrape acai mixture into a bowl.
5. Top acai with granola.
6. Top with bananas, strawberries and blueberries.
7. Serve.
Have you ever had an Acai bowl? What’s your favorite topping?
Good recipe, but I would recommend using another acai than the sambazon stuff. I lived in Brazil for many years and their acai just doesn’t have the same flavor or texture of the real stuff in Brazil. Maybe because they are adding soy lecithin, which is a completely unnecessary additive for frozen acai. I’ve also heard they are not using as fresh of acai fruits as others because they put their factory to far away. These fruits need to be pureed and frozen within hours not days. Either way, I recommend trying other brands. I’ve found a few online that are much better than Sambazon, but my favorite is Amafruits, http://www.amafruits.com. They are organic and have more fiber and omegas, plus thicker texture and true flavor just like in Brazil. It appears they use more acai fruits and less water in their purees than Sambazon.