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Tropical Smoothie Bowl

By Elina Basaraba

Published on:

May 1, 2024

About the Recipe

Indulge, in the joy of a smoothie bowl filled with delicious mango, ripe pineapple and creamy banana mixed with chilled coconut water and a hint of vanilla. This delightful combination of tastes provides a rejuvenating break for starting your day with a boost.

Tropical smoothie bowl with mango, pineapple, banana, and vanilla.

How it Can Help Your Fitness

Indulging in a smoothie bowl filled with mango, pineapple, banana, coconut water and a touch of vanilla can be a smart and tasty way to support your fitness objectives. This nourishing dish offers a mix of nutrients, minerals and hydration that can boost your well being and enhance your workout performance.

To begin with the foundation of this smoothie bowl made up of mango, pineapple and banana delivers a dose of sugars and fiber. These carbohydrates are excellent, for refueling energy levels particularly beneficial before or after activities. Carbs serve as the bodys fuel source during exercises; enjoying a smoothie bowl could help sustain energy levels and stave off fatigue.

Additionally vanilla not only adds flavor. Also contributes to the bowls antioxidant properties. Antioxidants play a role, in combating stress resulting from exercise induced cell damage that can lead to fatigue.

Including this smoothie bowl, in your meals can help you achieve your fitness objectives. It offers a hydrating and invigorating option that helps with speedy recovery enhances vitality and promotes general well being. This enables you to engage in regular workout sessions

Nutrition Facts

Mangoes don't just taste great, they're also rich in vitamins A and C essential for supporting immune function and skin health. Vitamin A plays a role in vision health, growth, cell division, immunity support while Vitamin C aids in protecting against deficiencies, heart issues, prenatal health complications, eye conditions and even skin aging. For those dedicated to fitness routines having an system means fewer disruptions to training due, to illnesses.

Pineapples boast levels of bromelain—an enzyme that aids protein digestion and boasts inflammatory properties. Athletes can benefit greatly from this as it helps reduce muscle inflammation and pain after workouts leading to recovery. Swift recovery is crucial, in any workout routine as it enables vigorous training sessions.

Bananas are a source of potassium a mineral that plays a role in maintaining normal blood pressure supporting muscle strength and regulating fluid levels. This can help prevent muscle cramps during exercise. Bananas also contain an amount of magnesium which's essential for muscle relaxation and contraction and has been associated with aiding in muscle recovery.

The smoothie bowl uses coconut water as its base, which's low in calories naturally free of fat and cholesterol and more hydrating than plain water due to its electrolyte content such as potassium, sodium and magnesium. It acts as an beverage making it an excellent choice for replenishing fluids and electrolytes lost during physical activity post workout.

Ingredients

  • 1 Mango (Fresh or Frozen)

  • 2 Frozen Bananas

  • 1-Inch Round Pineapple

  • 2 Cups of Coconut Water

  • 1 Tsp of Vanilla

Steps

  1. Add all ingredients into a blender.

  2. Blend together until it has reached the desired consistency. You may need to scrape the sides of the blender and blend again to ensure all ingredients are fully combined.

  3. Scoop into 2 bowls.

  4. Top with your choice of fresh fruit, granola, coconut flakes, etc.

About the Author



Elina is the founder of Fitnello Fitness, as well as the Head ISSA Certified Trainer. She graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor's in Psychology.


Originally from Latvia, Elina moved to America with her family in 1998 at the age of 10. She is fluent in three languages - English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Her excitement and passion for fitness and nutrition has been evident from a young age. At just 14 years old, Elina already had dreams of becoming a dietitian to help those like her who struggled with self-image. Now, she has created MANY recipes for meals that will help you achieve your fitness goals in a healthy and delicious way.

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