Beach Please Smoothie

Name: Beach Please Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups frozen cubes of pineapple; 1 ¼ cups coconut water; 1 cup ice cubes; 1 banana; 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey; ½ tsp cinnamon; ¼ tsp ground ginger

Prep Time5 mins
Total Time5 mins
Makes4 servings

Photo: Erik Putz

The only answer to not being at the beach is to make a tropical smoothie like this pineapple and coconut one.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups frozen cubes of pineapple
1 ¼ cups coconut water
1 cup ice cubes
1 banana
1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ground ginger

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in blender. Whirl until smooth. Garnish with pineapple, flaked coconut or pineapple leaves.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 84, Protein 1g, Carbohydrates 21g, Fibre 2g.
Excellent source of Vitamin C.

Tip:

Make it creamier by swapping coconut water for coconut beverage (you can find it in the dairy case with the nut milk).

This recipe was originally published in our September + October 2017 issue. Photo by Erik Putz.

This article was originally published on Sep 10, 2017

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