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We are about to make four different acai smoothies
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You've probably had an acai bowl before, but I wanted to do something a little different
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If you want to follow along, I'll link all the recipes in the description below
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And let's get started. The first smoothie is a pineapple ginger acai smoothie
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All three of those main ingredients all have compounds that might help with inflammation
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and boosting your immune system. So I actually have arthritis, so I make this smoothie a lot
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We just need four ingredients for this smoothie. We need one packet of frozen acai
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This is the unsweetened kind. Make sure you don't get the sweetened kind. One cup of chopped pineapple
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This could be fresh or frozen. Doesn't matter. One tablespoon of peeled and chopped ginger and half a cup of coconut water
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We're just going to blend that all together. If you have a weak blender like mine, the ginger might take a little longer to blend up
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So be patient. The ginger can also be a little strong if you're not used to it
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So you might want to use a little bit less of it until your taste buds adapt to the flavor
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All right, next I'm going to make another light and refreshing smoothie
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This one is kind of expected, but it is still so good
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It's a strawberry and acai smoothie. So we're just going to blend up one packet of frozen acai, a cup of strawberries
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They can be fresh or frozen. Half a cup of coconut water and two tablespoons of maple syrup
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And there you go. Perfect summer treat. This next smoothie is made with peanut butter and cashew milk for a creamy acai smoothie
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that has 19 grams of protein. First, I'm going to make some cashew milk
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I have a quarter cup of cashews here that have already been soaked
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And I'm going to blend that up with a cup of water, a teaspoon of maple syrup, and a
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tiny pinch of salt. Now that that's nice and creamy, I'm going to measure out three quarters of a cup of
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the cashew milk and put it back in the blender along with one packet of frozen acai, one
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cup of strawberries, a quarter cup of creamy salted peanut butter, and four teaspoons of
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maple syrup. And blend it up and serve. This last smoothie I consider a dessert smoothie because it is so rich and chocolatey
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For this one, of course, I've got my unsweetened acai packet. I'm also going to add one banana, a quarter cup of cacao powder, half a cup of vanilla
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non-dairy yogurt. This is the sweetened kind, not the unsweetened kind. And four teaspoons of maple syrup
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That's it. Just blend it up and serve. This one is just so unexpectedly good
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You wouldn't think that these flavors go together, but they really do
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It reminds me, before I was vegan, I used to make a chocolate and raspberry cheesecake
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The flavors just go together like that. It's so delicious. Well, there you go
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Now you have four new smoothies to make with your acai packet. Let me know in the comments which one of these you think you're going to try first
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Or if you made them, let me know how it went. And if you want more vegan recipes, the subscribe button is right there
