Chocolate peanut butter. Strawberry vanilla. Chocolate covered cherry. Basically friends, I’m totally smoothie crazed. And those are a few of my favorite smoothie creation combos.
But sometimes, instead of just making a smoothie to drink in a glass, I like to put my blender to work to make something a bit thicker. I then pour my creation into a bowl and eat it with a spoon, because I’m fancy like that.
Recently I nabbed some frozen green figs for the first time from Trader Joe’s. I know that fresh figs are in season, but I wanted to use frozen ones to make some sort of smoothie since frozen fruit is the best for making creamier creations.
Chia seeds and honey seemed like complimentary ingredients to my frozen figs, and I also included cashew butter because it’s my new obsession.
My mother-in-law flew into SoCal today from Jersey to visit for a bunch of days, and earlier she commented on how many nut butters I have. I believe her exact comment was, “I’ve never seen so many peanut butter jars in one cabinet.”
Good point, I think I may have nut butter hoarding issues! But seriously, I could eat this cashew butter with a spoon and call it lunch. And I have a very logical explanation for my dozen nut butter jars: There’s a nut butter for every mood I have. Obviously.
I topped my smoothie bowl with more honey and granola – but not just any granola, one that I created myself from MixMyOwn. MixMyOwn allows you to create your very own healthy breakfast cereal mix using premium, wholesome ingredients. Recently the company reached out and offered to have me customize my own bag of breakfast cereal.
It was fun to play around on their website and decide what ingredients to choose – with options of everything from apple chips, figs, and freeze dried oranges, to cashews, coconut and pumpkin seeds. My granola creation included oats, dried blueberries, honey, almonds, chia seeds, cacao nibs, bee pollen and vanilla bean, among other yumminess. It made a great addition to my smoothie bowl, and I’m sure I’ll be topping other yogurt and smoothie bowls with more of my MixMyOwn cereal!
Fig Honey Chia Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
- 4 frozen green figs can use fresh figs and add ice
- 1 TBSP honey
- 2 TBSP cashew butter
- 2/3 cup almond milk
- 1 TBSP chia seeds
- 1/4 TSP vanilla extract
- Optional: Toppings such as honey, granola, fruit, chocolate chips, coconut, etc.
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor, and pulse until smooth.
- Pour into a bowl, add your toppings of choice, and enjoy while it's chilled!
Tell me… Do you eat smoothie bowls? What’s your favorite kind of smoothie? Do you like green figs?
Disclaimer: I did receive MixMyOwn granola to try, but as always, all opinions expressed are my own.
So much about this post is blowing my mind right now! First, I hope you are singing “I’m so fancy” while making this smoothie combo!
Second, their is OBVIOUSLY a nut butter for every mood! Love!
And third, glad you enjoyed MixMyOwn! I think their stuff is good!
Oh and fourth, the frozen figs totally blew my mind! Whaaat!? I need to get some of those.
Hehehe, I LOVE that song and obnoxiously sing it around my house ALL THE TIME. My hubby just shakes his head and laughs! And yes – you must nab frozen figs when you see em at TJs or elsewhere.
MyMyOwn sounds like so much fun and I love your combo! I bet it was scrumptious on top of that fig smoothie bowl. I had no idea TJ’s sold frozen figs either!
Yes, you should try nabbing some frozen figs! MixMyOwn definitely is fun 🙂
Lol- I pour stuff from blenders into bowls too! #superfancy 🙂 I’ve actually never tried cashew butter, and I think that needs to change pronto.
Ah yes, you should totally try cashew butter. I finished my jar today and was like NOOOOOOO!
I should start eating my smoothies with a spoon! That does sound fancy. 🙂 Also, I’ve actually never tried figs, frozen or fresh, but now I want to!
Smoothie bowls = awesomeness! Try it!! I just make the smoothie thicker by using less soy/almond milk.
this smoothie bowl looks & sounds delicious.. i am a massive fig fan so i definitely need to try the recipe!
Thanks, I hope that you do! 🙂
I love smoothies, so I’d probably love smoothie bowls too! My favorite is strawberry banana.
Strawberry banana is a great combo!