Cherry Smoothie Bowl | Summer Breakfast Recipe

If you have been following my blog for a while, you´ll know how much I LOVE a smoothie bowl for breakfast! They are so quick and easy to make, taste amazing and are just a lovely refreshing start to the morning – especially on a hot summer´s day! I have been experimenting around with flavours a little recently and have come up with this Cherry Smoothie Bowl!

This cherry smoothie bowl is a twist on my usual blueberry smoothie bowl, just made with cherries instead of blueberries, and a few different toppings! If you like cherries, why not also check out my Cherry Yoghurt Breakfast Bowl?

What ingredients do you need to make this Cherry Smoothie Bowl?

You only need 4 ingredients to make this cherry smoothie bowl: avocado, banana, cherries and almond milk!

Adding half an avocado (about 60-70g) adds some healthy fats to this breakfast, but don´t worry, you don´t taste it at all! The banana adds some protein and sweetness and makes this smoothie bowl thick and creamy! I like to use as ripe a banana as possible (when it is nice and sweet) and slice it the night before. I then freeze it overnight, as adding frozen banana slices the next day helps keep the smoothie bowl nice and cold.

In terms of cherries, I used frozen cherries which add a lovely tartness to the flavour of this smoothie bowl! I´m sure using fresh cherries would also work well in this (you could also freeze some fresh cherries yourself) – just remember to remove all of the stones!

To blend all the ingredients for my cherry smoothie bowl together, I like to use almond milk. It has a very subtle flavour and I just think it works really well in this (I also love using almond milk to make my Apple and Cinnamon Porridge). You can though, of course, use any other dairy or plant-based milk of your choosing! It might just alter the flavour slightly.

If you use a very ripe banana you shouldn´t have to add any additional sweetener to this smoothie bowl. However, if you taste it and think it needs it, you can add a teaspoon or two of either maple syrup or honey!

Toppings

This is probably the best part about making smoothie bowls: going wild with the toppings! Now, you can add absolutely anything you like to your smoothie bowl, but I like to go with two main types of topping. One being some fresh fruit, and the other being something that adds a little crunch!

In terms of fresh fruit, I used some more banana and fresh cherries to top this cherry smoothie bowl, but I think some raspberries, strawberries or blueberries would go really well, too! For the crunch, I usually opt for two or three of my go-to options: Chia seeds, granola, desiccated coconut or some crushed nuts.

I love making my own granola, and I sprinkled some of my homemade Chocolate and Hazelnut Granola over this smoothie bowl. If you want to try out some of my other homemade granola recipes, why not try this Mixed Nut Granola or Orange, Cinnamon and Pecan Nut Granola?

More Healthy Breakfast Recipes

I think breakfast is possibly the best meal of the day – it´s definitely the most important! Breakfast is the last thing I think about before I go to bed and the first think I think about when I get up! I absolutely love it, and have loads more of my healthy breakfast recipes on this blog. So make sure to go check some of those out for some breakfast inspiration!