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    Home » Drinks » Smoothies » Dragon Fruit Breakfast Bowl

    Dragon Fruit Breakfast Bowl

    Sep 27, 2018 · Updated: Dec 30, 2021 by Dee Dine · Affliate links disclosure.

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    A dragon fruit bowl both vibrant and healthy with antioxidant dragon fruit and fiber-filled figs. A perfect breakfast or snack, especially when topped with fruit fruits.

    Dragon fruit Fig Fruity Nicecream (vegan, dairy-free)

    Dragon Fruit Breakfast Bowl

    I made these dragon fruit breakfast bowls. In fact, I used to make a lot of other things too.

    Table of Contents For this Post
    • Dragon Fruit Breakfast Bowl
    • About Finishing Things
    • How Nutritious is Dragon Fruit?
    • But What is Dragon Fruit or Pitaya?
    • How Does Dragon Fruit Taste?
    • How to Eat Dragon Fruit
    • How To Make Easy Breakfast Bowls
    • Try My Other Dragon Fruit Recipes
    • Dragonfruit Bowl

    I used to make hooked rugs; actually murals. For instance, I once hooked a 3-foot by 4-foot rug of a former boyfriend's family log cabin in Norway off of a dog-eared photograph. And I made a co-worker's new baby nursery a rug with each letter of the alphabet represented by a thing - "V" was a volcano, my favorite, and I used really long bits of red and orange yarn to spill out of the crater - yarn, I might add, made of recycled plastic.

    And then I moved on to quilts. I made a lot actually, and even sold a few in a small craft store in St. Louis, MO. (yes, I once lived there.) But after a while I realized I was spending more money time collecting fabrics than I was making quilts. So, with 3 large boxes of unused colorful quilting fabrics stored carefully in an upstairs closet, I discovered embroidery.

    So presently, tucked safely in my dining room cabinet, I have a carefully wrapped embroidery of a giant flower bouquet spilling out of a soft grey and white basket. Is it completed? Hardly. Only the basket is. In a surge of effort, I decided to "get the boring basket part" out of the way before doing the "fun part" which I decided was all the dozens of colorful flowers. But years later, the basket is still the only completed part. I burned myself out on the basket, haha.

    About Finishing Things

    So why am I sharing all this? To show you how I don't finished things? Well, that's not entirely true. I DO finish complex web projects. I have a great reputation as a project manager who gets things done, often early. And I am great at creating recipes - for the moment, mostly for a book due out this year it's out now! See it here!.

    So I don't think I have a fundamental problem with getting things done - except maybe with craft projects?

    I thought of this chapter in my life because looking at this picture I realize it would make the perfect hooked rug. Okay, well, before I go down that road again, let me tell you how healthy it is.

    How Nutritious is Dragon Fruit?

    Dragon fruit, or pitya, is high in magnesium, fiber, iron and antioxidants and a great boost to the metabolism so good at weight-control.

    Figs have sweeping nutritional properties, including potassium, calcium, and magnesium, are anti-fungal, have antioxidants and much more.

    Put them together, throw in some high-fiber and high-anti-oxidant berries and potassium-rich bananas (for the nicecream part of course) and you have a fruity nutritional bowl!

    But What is Dragon Fruit or Pitaya?

    Pitaya, also called dragonfruit or even dragon fruit, is the fruit of a cactus. It is now grown in California, Central and South America.

    Nutritionally the fruit is full of antioxidants which battle aging and disease. And it also has fiber and heart-healthy fats.

    How Does Dragon Fruit Taste?

    Like a mild kiwi. There are dark pink-fleshed versions and white flesh. I can only find white flesh here in DC so I use frozen pink pitaya when I want that gorgeous color.

    How to Eat Dragon Fruit

    If eating fresh, wash the fruit, cut in half, and scoop out the edible flesh. Cut into cubes for use in a smoothie, salad or to eat like a melon. A simple smoothie with dragon fruit is just the fruit of one blended with 1 cup coconut water and 1 cup mango. Spice it up with fresh ginger.

    I added figs to my dragon fruit bowl, but you can really customize smoothies easily. Do you want to here my easy smoothie creating technique?

    How To Make Easy Breakfast Bowls

    My favorite breakfast bowl is a smoothie. I used it to make this dragon fruit smoothie bowl and so many other smoothies on my blog.

    It goes like this.

    Into a blender toss a cup of a fruit, a handful of greens, some chia or hemp seeds or nut butter or avocado, a few tablespoons of lemon juice or chopped ginger or turmeric.

    Then add a cup of coconut water or plant milk or yogurt. Blend and drink. If you keep it overnight, place cellophane on the surface so no air gets to it in the fridge, oxidizing the nutrients. Enjoy!

    Try My Other Dragon Fruit Recipes

    dragon fruit smoothie
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    dragon fruit pink cookies
    dragon fruit pink ice cream
    dragon fruit protein bites
    pitaya protein cups
    dragonfruit pina colada popsicles

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    Dragonfruit Fig Fruity Nicecream (vegan, dairy-free)

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    Dragonfruit Fig Fruity Nicecream

    Dragonfruit Bowl

    Created by Dee Dine
    Dragonfruit bowl both vibrant and healthy with antioxidant dragonfruit and fiber-filled figs. A perfect breakfast or snack, especially when topped with fruit fruits.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 5 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Cuisine vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free
    Servings 4

    Ingredients
     

    • 2 frozen dragonfruit packet (I find the brand linked in the freezer section of Wholefoods and fine grocery stores)
    • 2 bananas ripe, cut into 2-inch lengths, and frozen overnight
    • 6 fresh figs (scoop out the meat for this smoothie and eat the skins, haha! The skins just don't have esthetic appeal in this light-pink smoothie)
    • 1 cup frozen raspberries
    • 1 cup whole fat coconut milk (frozen into cubes overnight)

    Useful Equipment

    • covered ice cube trays

    Instructions
     

    Prep

    • Chop up the ripe bananas into 2-inch lengths and freeze (not touching) overnight.
      Shake up a whole fat coconut milk can and pour into ice cubes and freeze overnight.

    Make the Smoothie Bowl

    • Blend up all ingredients.
    • Pour the smoothie into bowls and adorn with fresh figs and fresh pitaya triangles and more...Enjoy !

    Nutrition

    Calories: 124kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 431mgFiber: 6gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 144IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword dragonfruit smoothie, dragonfruit smoothie bowl, figs, pink pitaya
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    Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based recipe blog, and author of two recent cookbooks, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients and the immunity-boosting smoothie /juice/wellness shot book, 4-Ingredient Smoothies + Juices . On this blog you'll find incredibly healthy easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in sciences and journalism, is editor at The Feedfeed and a nutritional expert at WikiHow. More about Dee Dine here.

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    Comments

    1. David

      April 24, 2022 at 2:52 pm

      5 stars
      Incredible smoothie flavor!

      Reply
    2. Ela

      October 09, 2017 at 11:33 pm

      So in love with your pink nicecream bowl! I should really make more nicecream bowls, but every time I make one it melts within seconds and I have no time to make a photo, haha. Teach me how you do it, your pics are wonderful! 😀

      Reply
      • Debbie

        October 11, 2017 at 11:18 am

        Ela, nicecream is SOOOO hard to photograph, I agree! Seriously, for every photo I "approve" and post, there are dozens I toss and just eat bowl, haha. Thank you for stopping by! Dee xx

        Reply
    3. Nadia

      October 04, 2017 at 9:04 am

      These nicecream bowls are so stunning! I love the vibrant pink colour the dragonfruit gives. And the star shaped toppings are too cute! 😀

      Reply
      • Debbie

        October 04, 2017 at 12:38 pm

        Nadia! Thank you sweet pea! So happy you like my pink treat! Dee xx

        Reply

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