Tropical Superfood Açai Smoothie

A delicious, berry smoothie, featuring the South American super fruit Açai. This healthy Açai Smoothie is fruit sweetened and uses a sugar free puree.

Also try this Keto Acai Smoothie, or learn how to make the perfect Acai Bowl.

A Healthy, Sugar Free Açai Smoothie Recipe

Smoothies can be sugar bombs, if loaded up with high sugar fruits, juice, and other sweetened additions, like yogurt or flavored milks.

Because açai berries are quite tart, companies who sell pouches of frozen açai puree often add sugar. However, sugar free options are available! Be careful when buying acai and look for the sugar free pouches.

Açai berries look similar to a blueberry, but have 3 times the antioxidant content. They are native to South America and grow on the açai palm.

You’ll love this smoothie because:

• Açai berries are high in antioxidants, very low in sugar, and high in fiber. They are a healthy addition to your diet, and perfect for adding a pop of tart flavor to smoothies.
• This refreshing blend of frozen fruit blends up like a tropical sorbet!
• Keeping Acai berry packs, and other frozen fruit, like bananas, mangos, and berries, in your freezer makes it’s simple to make this 5 minute breakfast or snack!
• Smoothies are a great way to add a pop of protein and fiber to your diet. This has 22 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber.

What You’ll Need

This simple smoothie recipe uses just 5 ingredients!

• Acai Berry Puree (you can but this frozen in pouches. I always buy the sugar free ones!)
• Frozen Mango (or use frozen banana!)
• Frozen Blueberries (strawberries and raspberries are great too!)
• Almond Milk (unsweetened)
• Coconut Milk (Full fat, I buy it in a paper carton for the best flavor!)
• Protein Powder (I recommend grass-fed whey protein isolate, or collagen protein. Use your favorite plant based protein powder to keep this a vegan smoothie.)
• Optional: Make this a Acai Green Smoothie by tossing in a few handfuls of spinach or kale!

If you can’t find frozen acai where you live, you can use this freeze fried acai berry powder in place of the frozen puree!

I buy Sambazon açai puree at Whole Foods, but there is a brand that can ship açai puree to you off Amazon as well.

Once you have your frozen açai puree, choose a fruit to add sweetness, like mango or banana, and another berry to double down on the antioxidant power. I use blueberries, but strawberries and raspberries are delicious as well!

How to Make an Açai Smoothie

Step 1: Add all your chosen ingredients to a blender. I recommend not using ice in açai smoothies, because the puree is very tart and you’ll want the sweetness of the mangos or bananas to come through. Use frozen fruit to make a thick and cold smoothie.

Step 2: Process your fruit and non dairy milks in a blender, until thick and creamy. Add additional almond milk to thin to the desired consistency, if necessary.

Make this the Best Superfood Smoothie

We all have different tastes, and different nutritional needs. Here are some ideas for modifying this smoothie to make it perfect for you!

Mix up the Fruit: I recommend having 1 sweet fruit in here, so if mango isn’t your thing, try banana. Blueberries are awesome in here, but I’ve also made this with frozen raspberries and frozen strawberries. Any frozen berries work here!

Add Protein: I use BioChem Whey protein isolate. It’s from grass-fed dairy, tastes great, and doesn’t have any other ingredients. It gives smoothies an extra creamy and light texture, so I love adding it to smoothies.

Substitute your favorite protein powder, or try one of these options:

• 1-2 tablespoons chia, hemp or flax seeds
• 1/3 cup Greek yogurt (reduce amount of almond milk)
• Soy or hemp milk to replace the almond milk

Add more Healthy Fats: Need more calories in your smoothie? For additional healthy fats, add 1 tablespoon of nut butter, coconut oil, MCT oil, or 1/4 of an avocado into your acai smoothie.

Add Veggies: Try this healthy açai smoothie with 1/2 cup of riced cauliflower, or a couple handfuls of fresh spinach or kale to make this a green smoothie.

You can try this as an Açai Smoothie Bowl, but I prefer to make smoothie bowls extra thick using this method!

Add an Açai Berry Boost without the puree: If you can’t find the Acai Puree from packages where you live, try Acai powder. Add 1-2 tablespoons into your smoothie to benefit from all the antioxidants!

Other Superfood Smoothie Recipes

• Dragon Fruit Smoothie
• Blueberry Avocado Smoothie
• Metabolism Boosting Smoothie

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