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Immune-boosting, creamy, and delicious! These gluten-free vegan smoothie bowls were made to share with your best friend, no matter how “opposite” they may be! Share the love, share the wellness, share the health!

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They say opposites attract. From sweet and savory, naughty and nice, even between food-loving friends. But that’s a good thing. Differences allow us to grow, learn, and see things from another perspective. Opposites “fill the gaps”, so to speak. My dear friend, Natalie of Feasting On Fruit, who I call my “Fruity Friend”, is my opposite. First of all, she is smoothie OBSESSED! This girl could live (or does…) off of smoothies! If this girl doesn’t have at least 2 smoothies a day, I think she would spontaneously combust! Me? I could do without!

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Maybe it’s because bananas aren’t my thing, so I never have them on hand for freezing and turning into smoothies. Bananas are so iconic to smoothies, right? Well, that’s the second thing. Natalie loves bananas too. She loves all fruit and that’s why she’s a high-carb vegan! Don’t get me wrong, I love fruit too. But where she is a banana and date kinda girl, I’m more of an apple and Asian pear girl. She doesn’t like to eat mango and kiwi skin. However, I think that’s the best part! When it comes down to it, if we were on a deserted island and we only had bananas and Brussels sprouts to eat. I would take the sprouts, she would take the nanners.

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That brings me to the greatest “opposite attraction”, yet. Fruit and veggies! You’d think they don’t like to mingle, but I’ve shown you numerous times that they can and are one of the best food marriages. Lucky for us, this combo is becoming more mainstream and accepted. Dole® Fruit & Veggie Blends are bringing this sweet and savory couple to life in 3 varieties of frozen smoothie mixes (Fruit & Greens, Mango Carrot, and Orange Medley)! Ready to use fruit and veggie combos that pack great taste without the guess work. Just natural, non-gmo frozen fruit and veggies full of fiber and Vitamin A & C. Found at various retailers, including Stop ‘n’ Shop.

Immune-Boosting Friendship Smoothie Bowls | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Immune-boosting, creamy, and delicious! These gluten-free vegan smoothie bowls were made to share with your best friend, no matter how "opposite" they may be! Share the love, share the wellness, share the health! #BestBlendsForever ad

Since you know it’s always my goal to make food fun and always be trying new ingredients and techniques to cook with, stepping out of the common foodie routine is a must. Where Natalie is making me more inclined to rekindle my long-lost smoothie blending and I’m challenging her to develop more savory dishes, this immune-boosting smoothie is dedicated to our foodie friendship. One thing I know for certain is that we both love potatoes. Now if potatoes were the only thing we had on our deserted island, there would be a problem. (Natalie better be ready to fight!). “Hypothetically” 😉 Since the Dole® Fruit & Veggie Blend, Orange Medley, is a beautifully orange-filled nutrient-packed combo of mangos, mandarin oranges, pineapple, bananas and sweet potatoes, I thought it would please us both rather nicely. She gets her bananas in the deal, while I’m adding some of my favorite savory immune-boosting additions!

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An immune-boosting smoothie will keep us at our best for our foodie endeavors this year. Just like friends boost each other up, no matter their differences, this smoothie will boost you up as well! Quickly whipped up in the NutriBullet (which I was gifted!) and which you can get 15% off when you use the code “BESTBLEND” at check-out on the NutriBullet site (expires 3/31/16).

Immune-Boosting Friendship Smoothie Bowl

Immune-Boosting Friendship Smoothie Bowls | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Immune-boosting, creamy, and delicious! These gluten-free vegan smoothie bowls were made to share with your best friend, no matter how "opposite" they may be! Share the love, share the wellness, share the health! #BestBlendsForever ad

Immune-Boosting Friendship Smoothie Bowls
 
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Immune-boosting, creamy, and delicious! These gluten-free vegan smoothie bowls were made to share with your best friend, no matter how "opposite" they may be! Share the love, share the wellness, share the health!
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Recipe type: Smoothie, Beverage
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Add all ingredients to your blender and blend!
  2. Divide into 2 small bowls and top each with ½ a tablespoon of coconut and 1 tablespoon of golden berries!
  3. Now enjoy this sweet immune-boosting treat with a dear friend!
Notes
A little smoothie tip from the "Smoothie Queen" herself: "Blend it for at least 30 seconds after it's all moving so its SUPER creamy!"
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1

Immune-Boosting Friendship Smoothie Bowls | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Immune-boosting, creamy, and delicious! These gluten-free vegan smoothie bowls were made to share with your best friend, no matter how "opposite" they may be! Share the love, share the wellness, share the health! #BestBlendsForever ad

The perfect small sweet snack of immune-boosting power to share with a friend (and maybe have a good old debate on some of your differing opinions!)

Are you ready to share the health, vibrancy, and love with your most opposite friend?

So tell me?

+ What’s your favorite fruit/veggie combo? How about this sorghum salad? Or these pancakes?

+ Do you have an “opposite” friend that you still mesh well with?

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  3. You are the master! I loved reading this post, the smoothie bowl looks incredible and I will be trying these blends, I had no idea they existed! I do use the fruits as they are a great price and a quality product, I need to look a bit further and purchase some of the blends. I love the story, friendship in a bowl, we are all so unique and we don’t have to be alike in order to be the best of friends!

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  5. That is probably the only way you’d get me to eat sweet potatoes 🙂
    I think I’m more like your friend although I’m not a big smoothie drinker.

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  25. This is an awesome post. I’ll be pinning it to try at home. You had me at gluten free, and even moreso when I saw the Nutribullet in your picture. I’m such a huge fangirl of those things! Thanks so much for the recipe and the great post!

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  31. We are opposites – but, like you say, opposites attract =) I think Natalie and I have a ton in common (yay carb-loving vegans!). Differences aside, it looks like we can all enjoy this smoothie bowl! Sounds awesome =)

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  33. I have yet to jump on the smoothie bowl wagon. They are everywhere though, and this one sounds delish! I love smoothies for breakfast, they are fast, simple, and so filling when made with the right ingredients. I love the idea of the fruit and vegetable blends, and I’ve never seen them in the store, yet! I hope to soon though, so I can give them a try. I’ve been blending spinach leaves in my smoothies before it became cool! 😉

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    • I’m an advocate for any and all veggie blending into smoothies 😉 Veggies in everything! Pancakes are of course my favorite! Hello zucchini!

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  38. Ha, awesome post! 🙂 You guys do have very opposite and wonderful palates, and that’s leading to beautiful fruit and veggie smoothie magic! I’ve been resistant to combining fruits and veggies but you’re helping me rethink that. These smoothie bowls look awesome btw. Love that you snuck some apple cider vinegar in there too!

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  39. Too cute! You and Natalie are both rockstars. Love that this Friendship Smoothie Bowl is dedicated to your foodie friendship. 🙂 I, for one, will not be eating any mango skins….can’t even touch them. I’m allergic to the oils in the skins. Yikes!! It’s a shame too because I love mangos! I can eat the “meat” as long as someone else takes the skin off and washes it well for me. 🙂 But, this smoothie bowl sounds awesome!

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  43. Sounds so good! I’ve put spinach, kale, lettuce, beet greens, cucumber, and zucchini in my smoothies, but I’ve definitely never tried anything like sweet potato. I’m very intrigued!

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  57. This is such a cute post! Natalie creates the most awesome fruit-sweetened desserts and you are the bomb in gluten-free savory recipes 🙂 I didn’t even know one could eat the mango skin… I thought they were poisonous like avocado peel 😀

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  59. I haven’t tried a smoothie bowl before – I suppose that I am a purist, and prefer mine from a glass. I’m going to give this a try soon though!

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  68. I love my smoothies! I am always adding ginger and turmeric to mine, but I’ve never tried apple cider vinegar. On my list for next time!! And it’s so true… opposites do attract. *cough* my husband and I 🙂

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    • Just load in all the good immune-boosting extras!! ACV is great!
      Hahahaha! Opposites attract!! 😉

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  71. What an awesome post! I am a lover of smoothies…and keep fruits in the freezer to make them. I haven’t seen the fruit/veggie combo ready-made, but will be looking for them. I’m a lover of sunshine too…and so appreciate your perspective on healthy eating…and opposites. =)

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  72. I go through smoothie phases. We’ll have them for a few weeks, then I’ll get bored of them and go onto something else!

    However, when I do make them, I find them easier to make at the weekend, and usually prepare the ingredients for blending as soon as we get in the from our early morning gym workout.

    This smoothie recipe I love, and it would be ideal for our return from the gym. Mainly because its in a bowl and would be like eating another breakfast before lunch! 🙂

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    • I was like that too! But now, I’m more “not at all or very rare”!
      I think anything in a bowl is more fun! Smoothie bowls are just like soft serve ice cream 😉

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    • Haha! Well there are gallons of ways to make no banana smoothies!!! My favorite, frozen butternut squash or frozen cucumber!

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  77. These look so good, I definitely need an immune system boost! I’m not a fan of bananas either – and if I was stuck on a desert island, I’d live off the brussels sprouts, I LOVE them. I’m not sure they would work in a smoothie though would they?! 🙂

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  78. Smoothies are too smooth for me ????. I need plenty of food to chew on to get satisfied. However, that friendship story in your post is so sweet. Natalie is fabulous and I hope the two of you will get to meet up soon! And possibly share smoothies and a bowl of Brussels sprouts …

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  81. This is such a sweet idea! It’s so nice to see that you’ve become close friends with another foodie/blogger even though you have different tastes. Smoothies are amazing, but they never fill me up so I rarely make them, but during summer I do crave one every now and then, and yes, they must have bananas! 😀 PS how amazing are golden berries!!!!!

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    • I think that’s why I’m not a smoothie person either! I need to chew my sustenance to feel satisfied!
      I love them!!! Like “better” cranberries 😛

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  82. I could live off of smoothies too! 😉 My favorite fruit/veggie combos are using fruits like bananas and berries with sliced zucchini, squash, and greens in my smoothie bowls. Dose of veggies with only the fruity taste!

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  83. Awe, love the name! SO sweet! In the summer smoothie bowls are a daily thing over here, we love them. I always try and sneak in the spinach, but the orange banana combo is yum! We love loading them up with nuts, cacao nibs, goji berries, mulberries…you name it! My kids ask for them from time to time in winter too…so maybe I’ll have to make another soon!

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  84. LOL friendship smoothie bowls huh?! What a cute little name! I could see little 6 year old girls enjoying these 😉 Not sure why that image comes to mind but it does.

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  86. Awwwwww I don’t even know what to say <3 <3 <3 You are the best smoothie bowl making, mango skin eating, surviving on sprouts, not so fruity but getting better by the day friend EVER!!! And you know me so well it's like you can see into my house 😮 You know all about my multiple smoothies a day habit 🙂 We are rather opposite in many ways, but I like to think that that means we just compliment each other well 🙂 And yes I would happily give you all of the wild island brussel sprouts for the bananas any day, but if it was potato island we would come up with some sort of sharing arrangement. Or apple island, we'd have to share then too (and both feel like crap the whole time because of the FODMAPS thing hahaha) The smoothie part of this bowl makes me VERY happy! And so do the toppings, of course chia seeds had to be on there, and look at you pulling out the exotic dried fruit with golden berries!! Bravo! I've wanted to try them for a while. We would have the best smoothie bowl party with these <3 Thank you so so so so so so so much my not-so-fruity-but-amazing-me-with-all-these-smoothies friend! XOXOXO

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    • Hehehe! I’m so glad you approve! I was worried this wouldn’t be great enough! I wanted to make you smoothie-proud 😉
      Let’s hope it’s not an apple island…but if it were a mango island, that could work! I could eat the skin, you could eat the flesh!
      And omg! I was going to send you golden berries in that box of fun for Christmas! Now I’m mad I didn’t!!!
      xoxoxoxoxo

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    • They are so new! (Not even on the Dole site yet 😛 hahaha!)
      Gotta keep your own mommy stash 😉

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  92. I am smoothie and fruit obsessed and this sounds like a great, healthy treat. You could use any frozen fruit instead of bananas to make the smoothie thick. Btw, you can eat Mango and kiwi skin???

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    • Yes!!!! You can eat any fruit skin, haha! But mango and kiwi are just the best!! Never ever waste them!

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    • O goodness! Sending my wellness!!! Once everyone’s “food-ready” load them up on the immunity!

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  94. These look so delicious! I recently got a better blender so I’m suddenly all about smoothies (I was definitely like you before and could go for months without so much as thinking about them!) Those ready-made packs look so useful too 🙂

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