Blended For Your Easter

Posted by Deanna Embury · April 12, 2020

Happy Easter weekend to you and yours from all of us.

This year it's all about at-home, so we're sharing how-to-get vibrant coloured smoothie bowls and a recipe for delicious (healthier) Easter nest cookies.

Easter Smoothie Bowls

At-home smoothie bowl-building is great way for getting in healthy foods, essential nutrients, and a little creativity.

Set up your topping stations ahead so they're ready to go as soon as you've blended your base.

The Base
1 banana, peeled, medium size
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/4 cup cauliflower
1/4 cup oat, coconut or cashew milk (unsweetened)
1/3 cup ice (or chop and freeze banana ahead and skip the ice)
optional: 1 tbsp pumpkin seed protein or other protein powder

Get a vibrant colour by adding ONE of these boosters/ingredient combos:
Marine blue: 2 tsp blue spirulina + 1/2 avocado
Vibrant pink: 1 tbsp pink pitaya or beet root powder extract + 1/2 avocado
Chocolate brown: 1.5 tbsp cacao powder + 1/2 additional banana
Yellow: combine mango (2/3 cup) + pineapple (1/3 cup)
Purple: combine rasperries (2/3 cup) & blueberries (1/3 cup)

Blend your base with of one of the above additional ingredient combos.

Tips for kids: set a creative theme like 'design a face' or 'make your favourite animal' with the toppings.

Topping Ideas
* Hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds
* Nuts (slivered or small pieces)
*Dark chocolate shavings or cacao nibs
* Frozen grapes (halved)
* Coconut, shredded or chips
* Granola (add in some dried berries for colour)
* Dragon fruit or melon balls: use a melon ball scoop for perfect bite
* Blackberries, blueberries, raspberries (fresh or frozen)

Happy bowl-building!

Skip the Bowl Base & Nutritional-Balancing Work

Blended For You smoothie packs are a great way to make delicious smoothie bowl bases in minutes. We've already done the work of balancing your carbs/proteins/fats, so you can focus on perfecting your topping art.

1. Let pack soften (so you can just break down the smoothie in pack) & add to blender.

2. Fill the empty pouch about 1/3 of the way with coconut, oat or cashew milk (or liquid of choice), add to blender, blend. Smoothie texture should be thick.

3. Thicken a little more: add any of: 1/3 cup of ice, 1/2 banana, or 1/4 of an avocado.

4. Pour into bowl or mason jar & add toppings of your choice.
Dig in!

Easy Easter Chocolate Nest Cookies

These delicious Easter-themed cookies are easy to make and for getting kids involved with mashing, measuring and mixing. They’re made healthier with bananas and oats, but still offer some chocolatey-love.

Ingredients
- 2 bananas
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup (or sub honey)
- 2 tbsp cocoa
- 150 g (5.3 oz) rolled oats
- 80 g (2.8 oz) chocolate mini eggs (or coco-whip)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a couple of baking trays with baking paper.
2. Mash the bananas in a large bowl, then add the maple syrup and mix well.
3. Stir in the cocoa and oats until evenly combined.
4. Divide the mixture into 12 (about 2 level tablespoons each) and roll into balls. Place them on the baking trays.
5. Press a teaspoon into the centre of each cookie to create a nest shape.
6. Bake for 12 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
7. Add a couple of chocolate mini eggs to the centre of each cookie. You can skip the chocolate eggs and top with a tablespoon of coco-whip before serving.

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