Dragon Fruit Smoothie – A Lovely Mess

This dragon fruit smoothie is nice, fruity, and refreshing. Its vibrant pink shade may be very interesting and the recipe is straightforward to whip up in simply 5 minutes.

Dragon fruit (additionally known as Pitaya) is a scrumptious, nutrient-filled fruit that will get its identify 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 Components

• Dragon Fruit Powder – This vibrant pink powder will give your smoothie a pure sizzling pink shade. It’s a helpful powder to have available anytime you need 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 need to use any kind of milk you might have available.
• Honey – For added sweetness.
• Lime Juice – Brings out the tropical flavors.

Easy methods to Discover Dragon Fruit

The primary time we visited China, I bear in mind being shocked how plentiful dragon fruit is, promoting in virtually each road 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 images right here.

Together with being troublesome to find, dragon fruit is normally very costly in america. One of the best 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 protecting a bag of dragon fruit powder available. This powder is made out of pure dehydrated pitaya with no added sugar.

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

Easy methods to Make a Pitaya Smoothie

In a blender, mix all of your substances.

I began out with one tablespoon of dragon fruit powder, which created a smooth pink smoothie. To get an intense sizzling pink like my images, you’ll need three tablespoons of pitaya powder.

Mix till clean.

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

Suggestions for Making a Dragon Fruit Smoothie

• The highest flavors that come by on this smoothie are mango and lime. For a extra intense tropical taste, attempt including extra lime juice and a few frozen pineapple you probably have it available.
• Preserve dragon fruit powder available for this recipe. It’s additionally nice for every other recipe you need to flip sizzling pink.
• My favourite option to serve smoothies is with these glass straws.

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