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)

Protein 1g, Carbohydrates 21g, Fibre 2g.

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