Sweet Potato Smoothie Bowl
A thick, spoonable smoothie bowl of chilled roasted sweet potato, frozen banana, dates and almond butter, blended with just half a cup of milk so the toppings stay on the surface.
Servings 2 bowls
Ingredients
For the Bowls
- 1 ½ cups roasted sweet potato flesh chilled at least 2 hours
- 2 small frozen bananas peeled and broken into pieces
- ½ cup whole milk measured, plus more only if needed
- 2 medjool dates pitted
- 2 tablespoon almond butter
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
To Top
- ½ cup granola
- 1 small banana sliced
- 2 tablespoon toasted pecans chopped
- 1 tablespoon shredded coconut
Instructions
Roast and Chill
- Bake whole sweet potatoes at 400F for 45 to 55 minutes until they slump and leak syrup. Cool, scoop out the flesh, and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Warm puree makes a soupy bowl.
Blend Thick
- Pour the measured milk into the blender first, then add the dates, almond butter, chilled sweet potato, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and salt. Add the frozen banana pieces last.
- Blend on high for 60 to 90 seconds, working the tamper down through the mixture and scraping the sides twice. Do not add more milk unless the blade genuinely cannot move, and then only 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Check the thickness: a spoon stood upright in the middle should stay put for 2 to 3 seconds before it leans.
- Spoon the mixture into two bowls rather than pouring it, and level the surface flat, filling each bowl about two thirds so there is room for the toppings.
- Arrange the granola, sliced banana, pecans and coconut in bands across the surface and eat straight away, before it softens.
Notes
- Chill the sweet potato: at least 2 hours. Warm puree is the fastest way to a runny bowl.
- Measure the milk: half a cup. Add more only by the tablespoon, and only if the blade cannot move.
- Use the tamper: most thin bowls are impatience, not a bad recipe.
- No ice: it thickens briefly and then dilutes everything.
- Fill two thirds: toppings need somewhere to sit, and a rim of bowl showing keeps them from sliding off.
- Eat it immediately: it softens within a few minutes at room temperature.