My Earth Bowl Smoothie

What should I do when I want rice pudding, an acai smoothie, a magic bar and I want to use my coconut bowl made from an actual coconut? This.

The smoothie bowl has an earthy, tangy, and bright zingy flavor that is both light and filling. Worth the mention, sure is pretty. And most certainly satisfying.

The Earth Bowl

Ingredients you’re going to need:

• Forbidden black rice
• Plant milk (unsweetened vanilla almond and low-fat coconut milk, my choice)
• Water
• Fine pink Himalayan salt
• Vanilla extract
• Vanilla bean (optional usually ok almost always necessary if you ask me)
• Turmeric (ground)
• Cayenne pepper
• Coconut palm sugar
• Brown sugar
• Mangos (frozen and fresh, if you can)
• Original Açaí frozen packet by Sambazon
• Walnuts (don’t forget to clean them)
• Roasted toasty coconut flakes
• Agave syrup
• Goji berries (optional)
• Cocoa Nibs (optional)

Black Rice Pudding:

1. Rinse 1 cup of black rice at least twice. If desired, soak overnight at room temperature and strain with a fine sieve. (I use Lotus Foods brand)
2. In a rice cooker, combine the black rice, plant milk (unsweetened vanilla almond milk or low-fat coconut milk), vanilla extract, and water.
3. Set the rice cooker to the brown rice setting.
4. Once cooked, add coconut palm sugar, brown sugar, and fine ground Himalayan pink salt to taste. Stir well to combine. Add more milk if a more fluid consistency is desired.
5. Remove from the rice cooker and let the rice pudding cool. Refrigerate until ready to build the bowl.

Mango Açaí Freeze:

Ingredients:

1. 1-2 frozen packet of açaí
2. 1 cup of frozen mangoes
3. 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk
4. 2 tablespoons of agave syrup
5. 1/4 teaspoon of ground turmeric powder + dash of black pepper
6. Dash to 1/4 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper
7. Dash of Himalayan pink salt for good luck
8. In a blender, Magic Bullet, or Vitamix, combine the frozen packet of açaí, frozen mangoes, unsweetened almond milk, agave syrup, turmeric powder, dash of black pepper and a dash of cayenne pepper.
9. Blend all the ingredients until well combined and smooth
10. Pour into a bowl (coconut bowl pictured here)

Toppings:

1. Toast coconut flakes in the oven or toaster oven on the broil setting until golden brown. Alternatively, toast them on a stovetop or single burner in a pan if an oven is not available. They should be slightly brown.
2. Chop walnuts
3. Remove edible flowers from the refrigerator
4. (Optional) Add goji berries

Method:

1. In a bowl (I use a bowl made from an actual coconut) add the black rice pudding and the mango açaí smoothie mixture side by side.
2. Sprinkle roasted coconut flakes and chopped walnuts on top.
3. Garnish with edible flowers.
4. (Optional) Add goji berries if desired. Gojis become crunchy. Extra texture and crunch bonus.
5. Take a picture, or several and enjoy!

Note: Please adjust the quantities and ingredients according to your taste preferences. Black pepper helps with turmeric absorption/activation.

Where to buy the goods? You know coconut bowl and Cuisinart, a spoon and maybe goji berries..

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