Strawberry Banana Nice Cream Breakfast Bowls

These Strawberry Banana Nice Cream Breakfast Bowls are essentially an upgrade and super tasty smoothie bowl! The bananas are frozen which creates a creamy nice cream base along with some strawberries and collagen for added protein. The rawnola is a simple topping that’s just a raw granola, but you can also use any granola you love to save time. They’re gluten free, dairy free, paleo, and vegan friendly if you use a vegan protein powder. They’re extra perfect for those days when it’s just too hot to cook!

I often find myself craving something sweet for breakfast, so I’m always working on new recipes to satisfy this craving and still be healthy. Nice cream is always a good place to start because it has the texture of ice cream and satisfies my need for something sweet, but it’s completely made from fruit. And really who doesn’t want ice cream for breakfast, or is that just my particular fascination?

I’ll definitely admit to being a hard core ice cream fan, so getting to eat it for breakfast always seems like a treat. However I don’t know about you, but I definitely do better with some protein in the morning. So to solve this slightest of problems, I decided to add some collagen to my nice cream. (You can also use an vegan protein powder to keep this vegan.)

Adding collagen was just simply to add protein to the mix. But it turned out to be a great idea, because it made the texture even more silky smooth than straight up fruit. From there, I made a quick ‘rawnola’ which is granola that hasn’t been baked. If you haven’t made it before, you’re definitely in for a treat. My version is completely grain free and cinnamony good!

Now let’s make these Strawberry Banana Nice Cream Breakfast Bowls step by step!

I like to make small batches of rawnola in my mini food processor, but you can use a normal sized one with the small bowl insert as well. Rawnola keeps in the refrigerator for 4-5 days, or frozen for at least a month.

Next up it’s time to assemble all your toppings before you make the nice cream. Nice cream is like soft serve in that it melts super fast, so you want your toppings ready to go. If you don’t have fresh berries on hand, you can make a fruit sauce like the one in my recipe for Fruit and Yogurt Granola Cups.

To freeze bananas for nice cream, I like to slice them into around 1″ slices and freeze them in a single layer. This helps to keep them from clumping, and makes it easier to process into nice cream.

I like to make nice cream in my food processor rather than my blender just to be on the safe side, (as it can be tough on blenders). The only downside so far is it tends to stick in the machine, (pictured above) and you will need to scrape down the sides several times before it becomes nice cream.

You’ll know it’s done when there’s no more pieces of fruit visible, and it’s silky smooth in texture.

Then add the nice cream to your bowls and pile on all the toppings!

More smoothie bowl recipe inspiration:

• Chunky Monkey Smoothie Bowls
• Cinnamon Crunch Apple Pie Smoothie Bowls
• Green Smoothie Breakfast Bowls
• Acai Berry Bliss Bowls
• Cherry Berry Acai Bowls
• Cranberry Orange Smoothie Bowls
• Banana Cream Pie Smoothie Bowls

And one final tip for presentation, if you happen to have any freeze dried strawberries or raspberries around. Crush a few to sprinkle over the top to add an extra pop of color and flavor.

I really hope you enjoy this Strawberry Banana Nice Cream Breakfast Bowls! And if you do get a chance to make them, I hope you’ll leave me a comment/rating below. I always love hearing from you here! Also for more breakfast recipe inspiration, head on over to the recipe index.

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