Make an acai bowl with berries & beets. This banana-free smoothie bowl is ready in minutes.
🍓 Easy Acai Berry Bowl
If you're looking to switch up your morning routine, this acai berry bowl is a nice alternative to your usual smoothie. Thick, creamy, and served in a bowl, it's everything you love about a smoothie, but more satisfying to eat.
Made with antioxidant-rich acai puree, frozen berries, and red beets, this colorful breakfast is as beautiful as it is delicious. Unlike drinkable smoothies that are gone in a few sips, smoothie bowls feel more like a meal.
🥄 What Is an Acai Bowl?
An acai bowl is a thick, spoonable smoothie made with frozen acai berry puree, blended with fruits and served in a bowl with toppings like granola, seeds, or fresh fruit.
What sets it apart from smoothies is the thicker consistency and added toppings which make it more filling.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Berry Acai Bowl
This healthy acai bowl is:
- Loaded with antioxidants from acai, beets, and berries
- More satisfying than drinkable smoothies
- Plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free
- Perfect for layering with your favorite toppings
- Quick and easy, just blend, top, and enjoy
🛒 Ingredients for Acai Berry Bowl
| Ingredient | Purpose / Benefits |
| Coconut milk | Creamy, helps everything blend smoothly |
| Chia seeds | Adds texture, fiber, and helps thicken the smoothie |
| Raw beet | Natural red color |
| Frozen mixed berries | Tart-sweet flavor, red color, and rich in antioxidants |
| Frozen acai puree packet | Deep berry flavor and signature acai bowl ingredient |
| Optional toppings: coconut flakes, hemp seeds, fresh berries | Crunch, healthy fats |
✅ How to Make an Acai Bowl
Making your own acai smoothie bowl at home is quick and easy. Here’s how:
Step 1: Prep the Chia Base
In a small bowl, stir together the coconut milk and chia seeds. Let it sit for about 10 minutes to thicken.
Step 2: Grate the Beet
Peel and grate the beet (use a box grater). If your blender is powerful, you can chop it instead.
Step 3: Blend Everything Together
In a high-speed blender, combine the thickened chia mixture, grated beet, frozen berries, and acai puree. Blend until thick and smooth. You may need to stop and scrape down the sides.
Step 4: Serve and Top
Pour the blended mixture into a bowl. Add toppings like coconut flakes, hemp seeds, and fresh berries. Enjoy immediately!
🔄 Acai Bowl Variations
Switch up your smoothie bowl with these ideas:
- Tropical Version: Use pineapple and mango instead of berries for a tropical twist.
- High-Protein Acai Bowl: Add a scoop of protein powder.
- Green Acai Bowl: Blend in spinach or kale for extra greens!
🫐 Wrap-Up
This berry acai bowl is more than just a pretty breakfast, it’s a nutrient-rich, flavor-packed way to start your day.
It’s easy to make, easy to customize, and a delicious addition to your routine!
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Acai Berry Bowl
Make a thick, antioxidant-rich acai bowl with berries, beets & coconut milk. This banana-free smoothie bowl is vibrant, plant-based & ready in minutes.
Ingredients
For the bowl:
- ½ cup/120ml light coconut milk
- 1 Tablespoon/12g white chia seeds
- 1 small raw beet, peeled and finely chopped (or grated if you don’t have a high speed blender)
- ½ cup/75g frozen mixed berries (I like a blend with both raspberries and blueberries)
- 1 3.5oz/100g package of %100 frozen acai, run under warm water to thaw slightly
For the toppings:
- 1 Tablespoon/5g unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1 Tablespoon/10g hemps seeds
- Sliced fresh fruit and berries to top
Instructions
- In a small bowl mix together coconut milk and chis seeds and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile peel and grate the beet coarsely on a grater.
- Place the coconut milk chia seed mixture, grated beet, frozen mixed berries and slightly thawed acai packet in the blender, blend on high until thick and smooth.
- Serve immediately in shallow bowls with toppings or as a smoothie in a tall glass.
Notes
Variations:
- Tropical Version: Use pineapple and mango instead of berries for a tropical twist.
- High-Protein Acai Bowl: Add a scoop of protein powder or a spoonful of almond butter.
- Green Acai Bowl: Blend in spinach or kale for extra greens!
Dietary Info:
Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Paleo, Refined Sugar-Free
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 277Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 69mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 12gSugar: 20gProtein: 7g
Nutritional information for recipes contained on this website, such as calories, fat, carbs, etc. are only estimates and are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Sylvie Shirazi is the recipe developer and food photographer behind Gourmande in the Kitchen. For the last 10 years she's been making eating more healthfully easy and accessible with gluten-free, grain-free, paleo and vegan recipes that are free from processed ingredients.
Ivory says
This dish is amazing. Yummy!
EPICurean M. says
Can I use fresh fruits instead of frozen fruits for these recipes?
Sylvie says
I call for frozen so that the final texture is thick and sorbet-like, you won't get that if you use fresh fruit.
Susan says
So glad to see you posted an açai recipe. I first encountered it in Brazil almost 3 years ago, and fell in love. The bowl I make for our breakfast uses frozen strawberries and mango (or papaya), & vanilla protein powder, and I top it with homemade granola. This one sounds delicious, too, so I'll have to try it.
Lynette says
This looks really wonderful! When I entered the recipe into MyFitnessPal, it came up as 1577 calories for one bowl. That's an awful lot of calories for a breakfast! Does that sound right? If so, then I think this will have to be one of those splurge breakfasts. I had hoped it would be something I could enjoy on a more regular basis. Darn.
Sylvie says
Hi Lynette, that doesn't sound right at all. It's a filling breakfast for sure, but I would say it's more like between 500-600 calories depending on whether you use light or full fat coconut milk.
Susan says
I just calculated the nutrition using light coconut milk, frozen unsweetened blueberries, and adding a scoop of Designer Whey, and it came out to 392 calories. I used http://www.nutritiondata.self.com.
gretchen | kumquat says
i love the idea of combining beets with something sweet. what a nutrient-packed bowl that is... and beautiful too!
Nami | Just One Cookbook says
I'm very inspired. I just bought a nutri bullet and started making healthy smoothies. I'll come back here more often to get all your healthy drinks you've posted earlier. 🙂 And this sounds not only healthy, but how gorgeous. My morning is brighten by looking at this dish!
Christine from Cook the Story says
This is absolutely gorgeous, and I bet it's beyond delicious!
Kitchen Belleicious says
all those berry colors alone is enough to make me want to eat it let alone it is both healty and delicious! i love it