Dragon Fruit Smoothie – A Lovely Mess

This dragon fruit smoothie is nice, fruity, and refreshing. Its shiny pink coloration could be very interesting and the recipe is simple to whip up in simply 5 minutes.

Dragon fruit (additionally referred to as Pitaya) is a scrumptious, nutrient-filled fruit that will get its title as a result of the skin of the fruit resembles dragon’s scales. Dragon fruit has a gentle taste and tastes a bit like a kiwi.

Associated: Blueberry Smoothie, Banana Smoothie, Watermelon Smoothie, Espresso Smoothie, and Chocolate Banana Smoothie.

Dragon Fruit Smoothie Elements

• Dragon Fruit Powder – This shiny pink powder will give your smoothie a pure scorching pink coloration. It’s a helpful powder to have readily available anytime you wish to dye a meals pink.
• Frozen Mango – Makes the smoothie flavorful and tropical.
• Frozen Banana – Provides sweetness and a creamy texture.
• Milk – I used almond milk, you should use any sort of milk you’ve readily available.
• Honey – For added sweetness.
• Lime Juice – Brings out the tropical flavors.

The best way to Discover Dragon Fruit

The primary time we visited China, I keep in mind being shocked how plentiful dragon fruit is, promoting in virtually each avenue vendor we handed. Within the U.S., it isn’t as simple to find dragon fruit. Often, I’ll see it at grocery shops, virtually all the time the white selection as seen in my photographs right here.

Together with being tough to find, dragon fruit is normally very costly in the US. The perfect place to examine is your native Asian markets, which have one of the best choice and pricing I’ve discovered.

Since dragon fruit isn’t all the time simple to find, I like to recommend maintaining a bag of dragon fruit powder readily available. This powder is constituted of pure dehydrated pitaya with no added sugar.

Often, additionally, you will see frozen pitaya packets within the freezer part—these are nice for maintaining readily available for smoothies.

The best way to Make a Pitaya Smoothie

In a blender, mix all of your elements.

I began out with one tablespoon of dragon fruit powder, which created a tender pink smoothie. To get an intense scorching pink like my pictures, you have to three tablespoons of pitaya powder.

Mix till clean.

Optionally, garnish the smoothie with items of recent dragon fruit. Serve instantly.

Ideas for Making a Dragon Fruit Smoothie

• The highest flavors that come by means of on this smoothie are mango and lime. For a extra intense tropical taste, strive including extra lime juice and a few frozen pineapple when you’ve got it readily available.
• Preserve dragon fruit powder readily available for this recipe. It’s additionally nice for every other recipe you wish to flip scorching pink.
• My favourite technique to serve smoothies is with these glass straws.

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