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November 15, 2018

Mermaid Smoothie Bowl

mermaid smoothie bowl

This Mermaid Smoothie Bowl is one you’ll want to swim in! For decoration add coconut butter shells and a mermaid tail, star fruit, oats for the “beach” and blueberry waves, all served in a coconut shell bowl. This post is sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company

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Mermaid Smoothie Bowl

Y’all know I’ve been loving the creative smoothie bowl trends on the Internet. I just had to have some fun with the Mermaid theme!

The base is a basic Dough Boy Smoothie, which is overnight oats using Quaker Old Fashioned Rolled Oats blended into a smoothie the next morning. The flavor of the soaked oats gives the smoothie a doughy taste, and the texture is quite thick, so you’ll want to enjoy with a bowl and spoon instead of a straw!

And the toppings are completely optional but so much fun! 

For decoration and a beachy visual effect, mine included coconut butter shells and tail, star fruit, Quaker Quick 1-Minute Oats for the “beach” and blueberry waves, all served in a coconut shell bowl. More details on these below!

All about oats!

Oats are my favorite breakfast ingredient for a million reasons, and their unique nutrition profile is always a plus. 

Every half-cup serving of raw oats is a good source of fiber and can help support a healthy digestive system. 

Dietary fiber is a shortfall nutrient, which means most people aren’t getting the recommended amount. 

Fiber from a diet rich in grains, fruits and vegetables helps keep things moving through the digestive tract.

Experts recommend eating at least 25 to 30 grams of fiber a day from a variety of grains, fruits and vegetables to help support a healthy digestive system. A serving of oats (1/2 a cup) provides 4 grams of fiber.

How to assemble your mermaid bowl

Just like with overnight oats, you’ll want to mix together the ingredients the night before.

You can go ahead and mix them right in the blender and then set the whole blender in the fridge overnight. This bowl is tinted blue with spirulina, but of course you can go without that and have a cinnamon-sandy “ocean!”

Give them a quick whirl to blend before placing in the fridge overnight.

In the morning, whirl around once more before pouring into your bowl and topping away!

A few notes about the toppings:

  • For the beachy decorations, I made the shells and mermaid tail out of melted coconut butter. I poured the melted coconut into a silicone mold to freeze. Note that these will raise the saturated fat in the recipe, so that’s something to be mindful of if you are watching your saturated fat intake or, perhaps use just as a garnish for visual effect.
  • The star fruit is thinly sliced and frozen.
  • The blueberries are fresh berries that have been frozen in an air-tight container, and thaw to give them a nice frosted look after a few minutes out of the freezer.
  • The decorative colored stars and shells are cake toppers
  • And of course oats, both quick and rolled, make great sand! Also consider using popped amaranth!

Note: adding additional toppings affects the nutritional profile of the smoothie – please be cognizant of that when you’re making your own smoothie bowl!

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Mermaid Smoothie Bowl

Course Breakfast
Cuisine Mermaid
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 5 minutes
Servings 1 serving

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
  • 1/2 cup 2% milk
  • 1/2 cup plain 2% Greek yogurt
  • Half a large banana
  • 1 tsp blue spirulina 
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • Toppings: all optional! 

Instructions

  • Combine all smoothie ingredients in a blender and mix.
  • Chill and soak in the fridge overnight.
  • In the morning, blend once more and pour into bowl.
  • Top away!

Thanks to Quaker Oats for sponsoring this post!

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Comments

  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    November 15, 2018 at 7:07 am

    I love how colourful this is, Kath! I can actually see it being served from places like Starbucks, haha. Love that it’s all natural colour as well 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

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  2. Laurie Gannon says

    November 15, 2018 at 8:37 am

    That’s one of the prettiest bowls of oats that I ever did “sea.” 😉

    Does the spirulina add any flavor to the oats or just provide that awesome color? Also, do you add anything to the cocoa butter before putting it in the molds – i.e. vanilla? Thank you!!!

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    • KathEats says

      November 15, 2018 at 9:37 am

      Bwahaha. Love a good pun.

      You can’t taste the spirulina in this mixture, but if you are sensitive to it go lighter on the blue! And I didn’t add anything to the coconut butter because I find it to be on the sweeter side but you definitely could add a little sweetener or flavor or use one of the flavored coconut butters like Nikki’s!

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      • Laurie Gannon says

        November 15, 2018 at 9:43 am

        Thank you so much for the insights! I kind of want to make an above-ground pool of oats. Maybe I could make innertubes and pool noodles with the coconut butter. 🙂

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  3. Rache says

    November 15, 2018 at 8:52 am

    Hi Kath-

    Congrats on baby Birch!! Am I crazy or is this post a repeat?

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      November 15, 2018 at 9:35 am

      Nope! First time. I Insta-storied a preview of the bowl when I made it though so you might just be remembering that : )

      Reply
    • Penny says

      November 15, 2018 at 12:02 pm

      I found it! It appeared briefly in this post. https://www.katheats.com/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs I knew I’d seen it before too. I guess that mermaid bowl is so distinctive. 🙂

      Reply
      • KathEats says

        November 15, 2018 at 1:16 pm

        That was a practice one!! 🙂

        Reply
  4. Ann says

    November 15, 2018 at 9:42 am

    Fabulous and creative!

    Reply
  5. Kori says

    November 15, 2018 at 10:23 am

    You are so very creative, Kath!! This bowl is as gorgeous as it sounds delicious. Awesome job!

    Reply
  6. Lindsay Hazard says

    November 15, 2018 at 10:40 am

    My daughter loves mermaids and smoothies so this could be a great way to get her to eat oatmeal that I haven’t baked into a bar! So pretty!!

    Reply

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