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Recipe · Smoothies & bowls

Mango-lime smoothie bowl

Thicker than a smoothie, eaten with a spoon, topped with seeds. The brightest-colored thing on this site.

Yields
1 bowl
Time
8 minutes
Spirulina
2 g

Ingredients

  • 200 g frozen mango chunks
  • Half a frozen banana
  • 60 ml coconut milk (the full-fat tinned kind, not the carton)
  • 1 heaped teaspoon spirulina powder
  • Juice of half a lime
  • Pinch of fine salt
  • Toppings: 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds, 1 tablespoon coconut flakes, fresh mango cubes

Method

  1. Blend mango, banana, coconut milk, spirulina, lime, and salt until completely smooth. Stop and scrape twice. The mixture should be the consistency of soft-serve ice cream — add 1 tablespoon of milk only if the blender is struggling.
  2. Decant into a shallow bowl.
  3. Top with seeds, coconut, and fresh mango. Eat immediately.

Why this pairing works

The deep mango orange and the deep spirulina green meet in a colour that some people find unsettling. Lime brings them into balance and brightens the spirulina; salt rounds the edges of the algae's mineral notes.

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