Each year, I’m shocked by the steady march of the seasons—offended, almost, by their nonchalance in encroaching upon the blank slate of my year. Summer? I scoff. Already? Impossible! And yet here are the peaches, the cherries, the ripe warmth of sunshine early in the day that extends its luminous fingers into the evening. Whether or not I approve, summer has arrived.
I seem to come into my prime with breakfasts in this season, when fruits are abundant and dripping with the invitation to be eaten. Cherries, blueberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches, a cacophony of sumptuous taste almost deafening in its sugary pitch. So much fruit to eat! So little time.
And so we preserve and jam and pie and crumble and pop tart and all other forms of kitchen revelry that makes the inevitable decline of such sweetness just a bit easier. In my kitchen, when I want something in between the sticky perfection of eating fruit hand-to-mouth and the sophistication of a baked good, I turn to my Vitamix.
Enter the Chocolate Cherry Smoothie Bowl: Packed with superfood fuel and bursting with succulent cherry sunshine. Raw hemp seeds are filled with perfect plant protein and omega-3 fatty acids, cacao nibs trigger major dopamine rushes and support the heart, and the vibrant cherries are packed with antioxidants and vitamins. Our toppers include spirulina—blue green algae full of protein and antioxidants, bee pollen—mega source of vitamins, antihistamines, and amino acids, and coconut—healthy fat central.
If you’re on the hunt for these specialty items, you can easily find them on Amazon, and they’ll be to you in just a couple days. (FYI, if you use this link to Amazon—or that handy widget in the sidebar on our desktop site—it’ll help support Kale & Caramel at no cost to you—an easy way to spread the K&C love!) An easy search for hemp seeds, cacao nibs, and bee pollen will have you going in seconds.
Ready for summer in a breakfast bowl? Get the recipe for this Chocolate Cherry Smoothie Bowl on today’s Intuitive Eating with Kale & Caramel at Sonima.com.
CHOCOLATE CHERRY SMOOTHIE BOWL.
Ingredients
Smoothie
- 1 cup peeled frozen banana chunks
- 6 cherries pitted
- 2 tablespoons raw cacao nibs
- 3 tablespoons hemp seeds
- 2/3 cup pure water
- pinch ground vanilla bean, or 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch sea salt
- 4 ice cubes optional for a thicker smoothie
Garnish
- 1 tablespoon cacao nibs
- 1 tablespoon bee pollen
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened toasted coconut flakes
- 2 teaspoons spirulina powder
Instructions
- Place all smoothie ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Pour into your favorite bowl, and top with superfood garnishes. Dip in with a spoon, and feel the renewal flood every cell of your body.
