This healthy plant-based smoothie bowl is prepared with carob powder, unsweetened cocoa and dates. Vegan and naturally gluten-free, it’s a wholesome breakfast recipe with many health benefits!
I can’t get enough of smoothies and smoothie bowls. They are very easy and quick to prepare, look stunning and are healthy most of the time. Plus I like that you can be so creative with the recipes. You can’t get tired of them!
Actually, my smoothies recipes are among the most popular on the blog. Among them, my favorite ones are my classic and decadent peanut butter smoothie (to die for!), my vegan vanilla cashew smoothie (a huge favorite), my raw chocolate almond smoothie, my blackberry chia seed smoothie and my avocado coconut smoothie bowl (my favorite healthy one). There are many more smoothie recipes on the blog, but these ones come back regularly for breakfast or as a healthy snack for recovering after training.
Today I’d like to suggest a new creation – it’s already become a favorite of mine – a lovely vegan smoothie bowl, made with carob powder! Healthy, filling and extremely tasty.
At this point, you might ask what carob is, where it comes from, and what it tastes like. So let me say a few words about it. Carob is a tropical pod that contains a sweet, edible pulp and inedible seeds. After drying, the pulp is roasted and ground into a powder that is similar to cocoa powder, with a slightly different texture and flavor. Hence, it is often used as a substitute for chocolate.
Now grown all around the world, carob trees plantations were first mentioned by the ancient Greeks. Knowledge of carob’s health benefits go back 4,000 years. It has a number of advantages over cocoa powder and as such is often referred to as “healthy chocolate”. With a slightly different taste from chocolate, carob has only one third of the calories, is virtually fat free (chocolate is 50% fat), is non allergenic, has abundant protein, and has no oxalic acid (which interferes with absorption of calcium).
Apart from health benefits obtained by substituting carob for cocoa, carob also has excellent nutritional value. Along with up to 80% protein, it contains Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium Manganese, Copper, Nickel and vitamins A, B, B2, B3, and D. And that’s not all! Carob also naturally contains polyphenols, which help lower blood cholesterol levels, and is a natural antioxidant, protecting your body from damage from free radicals and environmental toxins.
In this smoothie bowl recipe, I mixed carob powder with a little bit of unsweetened cocoa powder (100% cocoa) to make it a little bit sweeter and even more flavorful. Both adults and children will enjoy this delicious treat with many health benefits. Give it a try and do feel free to give me your feedback!
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Vegan Carob Smoothie Bowl
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 1 bowl 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Healthy
Description
This healthy plant-based smoothie bowl is prepared with carob powder, unsweetened cocoa and dates. Vegan and naturally gluten-free, it’s a wholesome breakfast recipe with many health benefits!
Ingredients
For the smoothie:
- 1 ripe banana, sliced
- 3 Tablespoons rolled oats
- 1 Tablespoon carob powder
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder, 100% cocoa
- 1 Tablespoon nut butter (almond or cashew butter)
- 1–2 pitted dates (optional)
- ½ cup (120 ml) cold almond milk (or other vegetal milk)
For topping:
- ¼ banana, sliced
- 1 teaspoon linseed
- 1 teaspoon rolled oats
Instructions
- In a blender, mix together all the ingredients for about one minute, until smooth. Adjust the quantity of milk if needed (the texture must remain quite thick to handle the topping). The ripe bananas naturally sweeten the smoothie but you might want to add pitted dates until you reach the desired sweetness.
- Pour the smoothie into a bowl and top with sliced banana, linseed and oats.
Je ne suis pas une grande adepte des smoothies bowls, mais quand je vois toutes les recettes ultra alléchantes que tu proposes, j’ai juste envie de changer mes habitues !!
Pour être honnête, celui-ci s’apparente presque plus à un dessert qu’à un smoothie bowl de par ses saveurs extrêmement gourmandes et sa texture onctueuse 🙂
Bonjour,
Je suis free gluten pourriez vous me conseiller pour remplacer les flocons d avoine. Merci
Bonjour Ady! Bonne nouvelle pour toi : il existe des flocons d’avoine sans gluten, il suffit de regarder dans des magasins bio ou rayons spécialisés pour les trouver. Bonne chance!
J’ai le même problème et j’ai fait cette recette en remplaçant par des flocons de sarrasin…Cétait délicieux! Je ne tolère malheureusement pas l’avoine sans gluten mais pour quelqu’un qui en es capable, c’est une très belle alternative.
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Oh c’est une super idée en effet, je vais tester aussi! Merci de partager ton petit twist avec nous Suzie, et ravie que la recette t’ait plue! 🙂
Everyone is making these smoothie bowls. maybe it is time I join in. This looks so good and so good for you. It is funny you gave background on the carob because I was wondering what it really is. Thx for sharing.
I’m glad you enjoyed my description about carob. It was fascinating to read about it actually! And it’s so good 🙂
I would love this for breakfast! I’m all about bowls! 🙂
You should definitely try, this bowl is the best way to be in a good mood already in the morning! 🙂
Un smoothie parfait, et que je fais également souvent. Un régal au petit-déjeuner !
Cependant je mets davantage de dattes et amandes sur le dessus car j’adore ça :p
Ah, tu es une vraie sweet tooth alors 😉
Oh my, what a perfect way to start the morning!! I am really looking forward to trying this recipe!
Yes, smoothie bowls are a very good way to start morning with a smile. And especially this one, which tastes like a decadent dessert but is still very healthy!
Very nice recipe, smoothie bowls are so popular these days.
Yes I know they are very popular these day, and we understand why: both healthy and tasty at the same time, we couldn’t dream better 🙂
This is my kind of breakfast. Lovely recipe.
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Same here. Love smoothie bowls for breakfast, and this one is among my favorites!
I’ve never done a smoothie bowl but i think it is a great idea.
It’s basically the same as a smoothie, you just need to make a little bit thicker and top with some nutritious ingredients! 🙂
Looks like an amazing!
Thanks, Michelle! 🙂
This really is so stunning – and I love that’s it’s totally filled with great nutrition, too! So excited to pin this to share! And you sure had me drooling over your smoothie recipes, too! Mmmmmmm … that blackberry chia sounds so refreshing, and the avocado coconut just sounds so creamy-dreamy delicious! I’m absolutely in a smoothie mood now!
Oh, I’m so happy to see you so excited about my smoothie recipes! I think we like the same kind of healthy and sweet breakfasts, to help us start the day with a smile 🙂
Thank you for sharing all of the information about carob – always love learning something new. And your smoothie bowl….it’s a gorgeous work of edible art! Can’t wait to give it a try.
I’m happy if my article gave you some useful information regarding carob! And wow, thank you for your nice words, you make me feel like an artist 🙂
What a gorgeous smoothie! Nettie
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Thank you, Nettie, I’m glad you like it! 🙂
Gosh this looks so delicious and nutritious! A perfect way to start the day!
Yes it is both delicious and nutritious. Love smoothie bowls!
Je rêve de ça pour mon petit déj de ce matin ! Tes photos sont top, j’aime beaucoup !!
Oh, merci beaucoup, je suis ravie que mon petit déj te plaise. Merci pour tes compliments sur les photos aussi, ca me fait très plaisir!!
Dear Del, I completely agree! Smoothie bowls are big in my house…this looks and sounds wonderful. xo, Catherine
I’m glad we agree. Smoothie bowls are such a nice way to start the day healthy and still in a very tasty way!
This is so pretty and I love the combination of flavors!!
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Thank you very much, Tara!
Looks delicious, Del!
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Thank you, Michaela. Delicious and healthy, what else? 😉
The best way to start your day! Looks delicious!
Dans la même idée que les smoothies bowl, il y a aussi les bowl cakes qui sont rapides et dont on devient vite accroc si on aime les flocons d’avoines !!!
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Cela doit être parfait pour bien démarrer la journée. Et quel présentation, cela donne envie. Cela parait encore plus gourmand 🙂 🙂 🙂
Bonjour,
J’ai essayé aujourd’hui et je me suis régalée. Merci pour la recette que j’ai adaptée :
– J’ai mis un peu plus de flocons et j’ai mis une cuillère à soupe de trois flocons différents (avoine, seigle et blé complet).
– Je n’ai pas mis de beurre d’amande, je n’en avais pas, j’ai mis trois noisettes.
– Je n’ai pas mis de dattes, mais une demie cuillère à café de quatre épices pour rehausser le goût.
– j’ai mis du lait de vache.
C’était délicieux! J’en refait demain pour mon ami!
Oh super Caroline, merci pour ton retour avec ta version modifiée. Je vais tester aussi 🙂 Il me tarde déjà! Très bon week-end à toi!
Merci de la réponse. Qu’est-ce que je pourrais mettre à la place des dattes? Des figues ou abricots secs conviendraient-ils?
Bon week-end également!
À la place des dattes j’opterais plutôt pour un sucre naturel type miel, sirop d’agave ou sirop d’érable. Cela changera légèrement la texture mais le résultat sera mieux qu’avec des figues ou abricots secs à mon sens. Sur ce, je te souhaite un très bon week-end gourmand 🙂
Merci de votre réponse.
Je n’ajouterai pas de sucre car je trouve que c’est déjà largement assez sucré. La caroube, la banane et les flocons d’avoine sucrent déjà. Je l’ai refait ce matin, avec un peu plus de cacao (1CS) pour mon ami qui s’est également régalé! J’avais pensé sinon remplacé le lait de vache par du lait de coco, ça fonctionnerait aussi?
Oui cela fonctionnerait très bien aussi 🙂