Berry Peary Smoothie Bowl

What a refreshing summery bowl of goodness! Alright, it looks like summer is never going to come, but right here, right now, it's summer in my kitchen!

Smoothie for 2 :

3/4 cup frozen strawberries
3/4 cup frozen blueberries
1 frozen pear
1 frozen banana
1  1/2 cups plain yogurt
2 tbsps honey
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsps ground hemp seed

Toppings:

coconut
ground flax seed
chia seeds
pumpkin seeds
mango slices
kiwi slices
strawberries
oats

Whirl the frozen berries, pear and banana in your blender to chop. I had a frozen Bosc pear whose skin is naturally light brown and upon freezing became more brown, so I peeled it. But if you aren't afraid of making a weirdly brown smoothie then by all means don't peel your pear.  As you can see the banana is still in the skin. That's how I freeze my bananas, peel and all.....but I did remove this one before whirling. Apparently banana peel is a good source of nutrition, but I haven't tried it yet. 

Next add the yogurt, honey, vanilla and hemp seeds.

I've got to tell you about this yogurt. It's Halal 3% fat probiotic plain yogurt. Nice and thick like Greek yogurt, which of course you could use as well.  I saw this yogurt in the grocery store, regularly priced at $2.79 for 750 ml but it was marked down to $0.25!!  Then an additional 30% OFF and there were still 6 days left before the expiry date !! So it only cost me $0.17....I love a good sale!

Anyways, once everything is blended together pour into serving bowls and top with your favourite things!

I sure hope the sun comes out soon!