Salute Your Health! | The Birds on the Road and the Brazilian Acai Bowl
We’re on the road again!
This time we traveled south to the Florida Keys. We’ve been watching the weather…hoping the recent southern hurricane activity would dissipate and it did! We loaded up the van and hit the road!
I’ve shared a few snack preps which we thoroughly enjoy on the road like the Carmel Maca bites…we each enjoyed a single bite after lunch and dinner. You know, just a little something to clear the palate! Lol
We landed at a sweet State Park, Curry Hammock State Park. Curry Hammock is a small park with only 24 campsites. Wonderfully peaceful and beautiful, truly wonderful place to hang your hat! Our campsite faced the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Irma really hit the keys last year and caused major devastation. The wildlife and vegetation are beginning to flourish again. Stay tuned, I'll share more about our stay.
I wanted to share our first breakfast with you! The weather was hot! 82 degrees and the sun was intense first thing in the morning. I knew we needed a refreshing breakfast!
Brazilian Acai Bowl!
The Brazilian Acai Bowl begins with the Acai Palm! This palm is native to the Amazonian Basin. The fruit from the palm Acai berry along with the hearts of the palm are edible and function as a staple to the diet of those who live there .
The acai berries or drupe are small round black/purple fruit.
photo thanks to Wikipedia
Acai are considered a drupe because they contain a seed or pit. They are very high in antioxidants, in fact 3 times more than blueberries! Surprisingly they also contain heart healthy fats, and help lower overall cholesterol. And, they boost brain power! Don’t know about you but I could always use a bit more brainpower!
Anyway… during the 1970’s the health benefits of Acai pulp became known beyond the Amazonian basin and soon pulp was being transported to Brazil! There the Brazilian Acai Bowl was born! Traditionally made with frozen Acai pulp or powder blended with frozen fruit and garnished with bananas, granola, and cacao nibs.
So, shall we make one now? Are you hungry yet?
I used!
- Fresh Coconut Yogurt
- Frozen Banana
- Frozen Pineapple
- Avocado
- Frozen Blueberries
- Acai Powder
- Fresh Almond Milk
- Maca Powder
Garnish
- Fresh Granola
- Cacao Nibs
- Pineapple
- Banana
- Blueberries
- Wash and chop the fruits as needed for your blender!
Into the blender: Coconut Yogurt, Frozen Banana, Pineapple, Avocado and Blueberries, Acai and Maca Powders. Blend until smooth!!! Oh, I almost forgot, remember to save some Blueberries and Banana for garnish (Use the Almond milk if everything gets too thick!)
Pour into your favorite bowl and garnish!
Now outside …we had a visitor for breakfast! A Curly Tail Lizard! No worries, he didn’t eat much!
Enjoy my friends! A refreshing Healthy breakfast!
Salute your health my friends!
So happy you stopped by! I hope you’ll try one of these….use any fruit you wish, frozen even better! Don’t forget the granola!
And as always, blessings to you all!
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The curly tailed lizard is a great touch to this beautiful açai bowl. You make it sound so simple to put together… and these are truly one of my favorite dishes. Side note: would you believe that I only had my first açai bowl two months ago 🤷🏼♀️ It was love at first bite. Great share @birdsinparadise :)
You are so kind @puravidaville! You always know how to make me smile :) I am glad you too like the acai bowl...it was so tasty and filling too! Thank you sweet friend!
Oh they are always tasty 😋. Enjoy your weekend friend!
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe, and that lil lizard is adorable! ♥
Thanks my friend! That lizard was quick! Jetting by like he owned the place. So fun to watch :)
It looks and sounds so delicious and healthy, I've never tasted Acai! Enjoy your trip though, glad the stormy weather has settled.
Thank you my friend! Acai has a tart, fruity taste...a nice add to the smoothie :) We had perfect weather, so blessed!
It looks so good ebven the lizard was interested ;)
hehe, yes, this pesky lizard had no fear @tatoodjay...but boy was he quick!
Ohh yeah I have seen some like this and WOW they sure can speed around
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