Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Happy Sunday! I have a super easy recipe for you that looks so much more difficult to make than it actually is. The naturally bright pink color with an assortment of your favorite toppings makes this beautiful Strawberry Pitaya Smoothie Bowl Recipe look gorgeous. Impress your friends. Heck, impress yourself! Treat yourself! And make this Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe….

Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Hello, bowl of beautiful nutritional goodness.

Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Where to Buy Pitaya Purée

The star ingredient is this packet of pitaya purée. Pitaya is another name for dragon fruit. It comes in three colors: white, yellow, and hot pink. The fruit itself can be hard to find in stores. Lucky for you, you can easily find the puréed fruit packets in most health food stores.

I found this 4-pack of Pitaya Plus at Whole Foods in the frozen section near the other frozen fruit. It’s usually next to the acai packets, which you can use to make this easy Acai Bowl Recipe for a similar treat. I like Pitaya Plus because it’s organic and non-GMO.

Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Note: Ninja gifted me this blender, but I was actually planning to buy it before they did. You can read about why I like it on this post (click).

Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe Ingredients

You really just need the pitaya puree packet to make your most basic pitaya bowl recipe. But a few other things tossed in will take your bowl to the next level:

  • Strawberries: for flavor and nutrition
  • Collagen Peptides: for health benefits (I use Vital Proteins)
  • Honey: for sweetener and health benefits

You could of course add any other number of ingredients, but I like to keep things fairly simple.

Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Great for Collagen Peptides

I’m still working on that blog post about collagen peptides. I want to make sure it’s well researched and has great details before sharing it with you guys. But if you’re already into collagen peptides, this is a great recipe for them. If you’re not sure what they are, the collagen peptides are the white powder in the blender photo above. And I’ll tell you more about them when I have that blog post ready.

Tip: I added the collagen peptides before blending the fruit up. But this caused them to stick in a big clump in the bottom. The next time, I blended the fruit first and then added the collagen peptides. This worked so much better, so I definitely recommend this order. I’m the kind of person who likes to do things in as few steps as possible, but this added step is worth it.

Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Easy Pitaya Bowl Toppings That Look Good

Have you seen the super elaborate smoothie bowl toppings on Instagram. They’re literally like edible art. While I definitely encourage you to play with your food and make it look pretty, if that idea overwhelms you, try this. You can make your smoothie bowl really pretty with three simple toppings:

  • Strawberries: with the green tops on, sliced in half
  • Coconut flakes: I prefer organic unsweetened and use the Let’s Do Organic brand
  • Chia seeds: I used white chia seeds to match the white coconut flakes and add brightness (this bag was by Whole Foods, but I also like to get chia seeds from the bulk bins in health food stores)

How to Decorate Your Strawberry Pitaya Bowl

  1. Pour the blended smoothie into a bowl
  2. Place the strawberry halves down the middle
  3. Sprinkle coconut flakes on one side
  4. Sprinkle chia seeds on the other

Tip: for steps 3 and 4, I like to pour the ingredient into my hand and use my fingers to sprinkle each evenly.

Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

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Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

  • Author: Diana of thechiclife.com
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 mins
  • Yield: 1 1x

Description

This Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe is a surprisingly easy way to impress your friends and/or treat yourself to something that is as good for you as it looks.


Ingredients

Scale

Pitaya Bowl

  • 1 pitaya packet
  • 1 cup strawberries (about 5 large), tops removed, halved
  • 2 tablespoons almond milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon honey (or sub agave for vegan option)
  • 1 scoop collagen peptides (for Vital Proteins – other brand portion size may vary), optional (use vegan product for vegan recipe)

Toppings

  • 3 strawberries tops left on, halved
  • unsweetened coconut flakes (about 2 tablespoons)
  • white chia seeds (about 1 tablespoon)

Instructions

  1. In your blender container, add pitaya, strawberries, almond milk, and honey. Blend until smooth, adding additional almond milk if needed to get the mixture to blend (about 2-3 minutes). Taste test and add additional honey, if needed. Pour into a bowl.
  2. Place strawberry halves down the middle of the bowl. Sprinkle coconut flakes on one side. Sprinkle chia seeds on the other. Enjoy!

Notes

Tip: Run the unopened pitaya packet under water (cool is fine) to loosen it from the packaging.

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Hope you enjoy this Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe. Thanks for reading!

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Healthy Strawberry Pitaya Bowl Recipe

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