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Blueberry & Basil Smoothie Bites

By: Lee Holmes

These bites are a creative and refreshing take on the traditional smoothie. By freezing the smoothie mixture into bite-sized portions, you create a convenient and playful snack that’s perfect as a quick energy boost


Servings

12

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe

Vegan


Ingredients

  • 155g frozen blueberries
  • 150g frozen dragon fruit (pitaya) chunks
  • 250mL coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp coconut yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp Love Your Gut powder (optional)
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 6 basil leaves
  • Pinch sea salt
  • Coconut oil spray
  • Granola, for topping (optional)

Method


  • Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
  • Pour the mixture into a silicone mould with 12 small spheres. If you wish, you could top the smoothie bites with granola if using. Place in the freezer until frozen, about 1–2 hours. Keep frozen until ready to grab as a delicious snack!

  

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Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

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