Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sweet potato and strawberry smoothie

I think I have used my NutriBullet daily since its purchase. It has produced a lot of smoothies, a few batches of frozen banana soft serve, and some ground almonds. The small size and easy clean up (aided by being able to drink smoothies from the jars they are blended in!) are fantastic perks, and make it really appealing to use. Plus, we seem to have brought a bit of Western Australian heat to the UK. Smoothies and frozen bananas are just right.



This sweet potato and strawberry smoothie is one of my favourite new creations. It makes a nice change from green smoothies and bananas, both of which feature in my smoothie routine regularly (and often together). The sweet potato provides a creamy texture and slight sweetness, which the strawberries enhance beautifully. Of course, it also means that you are still getting a hit of vegetable nutrition despite the lack of greens.

Much as I like the NutriBullet, you don't actually need a high powered blender for this. All of the ingredients are soft, so any blender should work, although you may want to de-hull your strawberries if you are concerned they won't be adequately blitzed. You will, of course, need to allow time to pre-cook sweet potato, but I find it easy to throw an extra potato or two in the oven if I am baking some for dinner.


Sweet potato and strawberry smoothie
A creamy smoothie that delivers on taste and nutrition
Vegan
Serves one

Author: Bite-Sized Thoughts


Ingredients
1/2 cup cooked, cooled and mashed sweet potato
1 cup strawberries (I left mine whole and with stems on)
1/2 cup chilled almond milk
1/2 - 3/4 cup cold water (or more milk if preferred)
1 tsp chia seeds

Method
Combine all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth. 


What smoothies or drinks are you enjoying at the moment?

14 comments:

  1. Sounds delicious - I've never thought to leave on strawberry leaves but it makes sense. We have been having strawberry, pear and banana smoothies this week - I'd love to add in sweet potato or pumpkin but need to move softly softly with such things with sylvia. By the way I was amused at the Age's headline for the heatwave in Britain - 'Britons brace for a (sort of) heatwave"

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    1. That Age headline is perfect :-) I am quite amused by what constitutes a heatwave here, but at the same time, I am always amazed how much hotter 30'C is in a big inland city like London compared to the coastal (and not very humid, mostly) capitals of Australia. 30'C really does feel very uncomfortable, especially without air conditioning being standard! Thankfully, 30'C is also tipped to be the hottest summer gets, and probably not happen very often, so it is manageable in that context.

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  2. Yum! I've had sweet potato and lemon juice. So this combo is right for me!

    Julie
    Gourmet Getaways

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    1. Sweet potato and lemon juice sounds fantastic too!

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  3. I love the colour of this smoothie - so pretty!

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    1. The colour was one of my favourite features too :)

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  4. Never thought to use sweet potatoes or the stems of the strawberries in a smoothie, great idea, love the color!

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    1. Thanks Cheri! Sweet potatoes are a great smoothie addition I've found - they work well as the base for a thick chocolate smoothie too ;)

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  5. Sweet Potato and strawberry? What an amazing and healthy smoothie combo!! Such a unique and brilliant idea :) I love my daily smoothie and have to give this one a try next time I have some extra cooked sweet potato in my fridge!

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    1. I'm glad it appeals Ceara! I really like sweet potato in other smoothie mixes too - it can substitute banana if you want to change things up :)

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  6. Yum. I love sweet potato pudding so can't see why a sweet potato smoothie wouldn't work too!
    My all time favourite smoothie is banana, blueberries, cocoa, dates, flax & spinach. I rarely alter from that!

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    1. I think it's getting to the stage that I could put sweet potato in pretty much anything! It's such a versatile vegetable :-)

      I love the sound of your standard smoothie. Yum!

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  7. I am so jealous of your blender! The smoothie looks really good. I don't think I've ever thought of putting sweet potato in a smoothie, but I'll try this one - if my kids like it, I'll be forever grateful to you :)

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    1. Does it make you feel better to know my last blender was basic in all senses of the word?! However, I honestly think even that would have coped with making this (probably minus the strawberry stems) so I hope your own blender gives a smooth result that your children enjoy!

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