4 Ideas for How to Make a Lower Carb Smoothie Bowl

Smoothie bowls are a terrific way to get more nutrients into your diet. Unfortunately, many low-carb smoothie bowl recipes are loaded with dairy and sugar, which is usually something you try to avoid when you are on a low-carb or keto diet. These low carb smoothie bowl ideas will allow you to have this fruit and vegetable bowl in the morning, without adding too much to your carbs for the day.

Are you ready to have a pretty, filling breakfast you can be proud of?

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• 💖 Why You'll Love This Low Carb Dragonfruit Smoothie Bowl?
• 👩‍🍳 How Do You Make a Low Carb Smoothie Bowl?
• 💡 Low Carb Smoothie Bowl Ideas
• 🥥 1. Use Almond Milk or Coconut Milk in Your Smoothie Bowl
• 🙅 2. Skip the Yogurt in Your Smoothie Bowl Recipe
• 💪 3. Add Low Carb Protein Powder to Your Smoothie Bowl
• 🥗 4. Go Heavy on the Veggies
• 🥣 Keto Mixed Berry & Dragonfruit Low Carb Smoothie Bowl Recipe
• 🧡 Learn to Make a Vegan Berry Pitaya Low Carb Smoothie Bowl Recipe
• 📖 Recipe
• 💚 How Many Carbs are in Dragon Fruit?
• ❓ How Do You Thicken Up a Smoothie Without Bananas?
• 😀 Let's Discuss Low Carb Smoothie Bowls!
• ❤️ You Might Also Love These
• 💬 Comments

👩‍🍳 How Do You Make a Low Carb Smoothie Bowl?

It's actually quite easy to make a simple low carb smoothie bowl. The only key difference between a regular smoothie and a smoothie bowl is how thick a smoothie bowl is compared to a regular smoothie. Use a blender or food processor, and blend fruits with some liquid to create a smoothie.

💡 Low Carb Smoothie Bowl Ideas

Add some protein powder, coconut milk, or unsweetened almond milk for extra creaminess, along with a little bit of stevia for sweetness. If you are looking for some fat in your low carb smoothie recipes, try adding avocado, flaxseed, or whole nuts.

🥥 1. Use Almond Milk or Coconut Milk in Your Smoothie Bowl

The first option for your low carb smoothie bowl is to replace the regular milk with almond milk. One cup of low-fat milk has about 12 grams of carbohydrates, while a cup of unsweetened almond milk has 0 net carbs.

Just make sure you choose the unsweetened variety, as there will be some carbs in the sweetened version. You can also try using a little bit of unsweetened coconut milk if you prefer the taste of that to almond milk.

🙅 2. Skip the Yogurt in Your Smoothie Bowl Recipe

Another ingredient that smoothie bowls typically have that will be a little too high in carbs is the yogurt. Yogurt is not always added to smoothie bowls, but it frequently is to make it nice and creamy, and to thicken it up a little.

If you see yogurt in a recipe and simply want to replace it, you can try a low-sugar yogurt, like the Triple Zero yogurts from Oikos. These do have some carbs, but at 6-8 net carbs each, they are considerably lower than your traditional yogurt. 

💪 3. Add Low Carb Protein Powder to Your Smoothie Bowl

One of the reasons you have ingredients in a smoothie bowl that are not low carb-friendly, like bananas and yogurt, is because you are struggling to thicken it up.

The smoothie bowl needs to be thicker, so that you can pour it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon, rather than a thinner smoothie you eat with a straw. To accomplish the thickness without the banana, which is about 25 net carbs each, you can try some low-carb protein powder instead.

There are unflavored and flavored varieties, giving you many options. I personally like the Eat Your Nutrition plant-based protein powder. It's plant-based, dairy free, gluten-free, and soy free.

🥗 4. Go Heavy on the Veggies

While there are many delicious fruits that taste wonderful in smoothies and smoothie bowls, many of them are too high in carbs to make this a worthwhile breakfast for you. The best low-carb fruits to use are berries, like strawberries and raspberries. Most other fruits you should skip.

However, you can turn it into a green smoothie with veggies low in carbs like avocado, kale, and spinach. Try replacing any smoothie recipe that contains banana with cauliflower, zucchini, or squash. It will add that creamy factor without extra sugar.

🥣 Keto Mixed Berry & Dragonfruit Low Carb Smoothie Bowl Recipe

🧡 Learn to Make a Vegan Berry Pitaya Low Carb Smoothie Bowl Recipe

This thick and creamy low carb smoothie bowl is made with dragon fruit (pitaya) and topped with super food ingredients.

📖 Recipe

💚 How Many Carbs are in Dragon Fruit?

There are about 17 grams of carbohydrates in a single dragon fruit. The good news is that dragon fruit is a low-carb fruit, so you can eat it and enjoy it without worrying about the carbs.

If you're not sure where to buy dragon fruit, you can usually find it in the frozen fruit section of your grocery store, or you can order them online from Amazon.

❓ How Do You Thicken Up a Smoothie Without Bananas?

You can use bananas to thicken up a smoothie, but if you want to avoid excess sugar, there are other options. For example, you can add frozen fruit like dragon fruit, blueberries, strawberries, or raspberries.

You can also use zucchini, sliced squash, or cauliflower to thicken up low carb smoothies. Try my recipe for my low carb smoothie made with cauliflower and dragon fruit.

😀 Let's Discuss Low Carb Smoothie Bowls!

I hope you found value from these tips for making low carb smoothie bowls. So hurry, and give this low carb smoothie bowl recipe a try today. Let me know in the comment section below.

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