Pomegranate Blueberry Acai Bowl

Welcome to our weekly Foodie Friday link up! I’m linking up with Annmarie from the Fit Foodie Mama + Esther from Chocolate Runner Girl to create awesome healthy recipes each week!

I’m partially in denial about summer ending (nooooo), so this week’s theme is Smoothie Bowls!

Random life update–my 4th-year schedule has been somewhat of a catastrophe lately, mostly due to a very sudden and random “hey, let’s bar all osteopathic medical students from rotating in this state!” decision made by the state of North Carolina, but…if there’s one thing I’ve learned from medical school, it’s to learn to just roll with the punches, lest you give yourself a [mini-]meltdown.

I’d love to have my 4th year schedule set into stone, especially some of these have been pending since January, but life doesn’t always work out the way you’d like it to, so I’m doing the best I can. Fulfilling all the random requirements would be lovely, because I’d really love to get to graduate on time.

I’m counting my blessings though, because someone I met at North Carolina Family Medicine Day caught wind of this when I was forced to cancel my rotation at their hospital, and is helping me to figure out a way to still go there! <3! She even offered to treat me to dinner when I got there to compensate for all the troubles I’ve been facing, which is insanely kind of her and way, way beyond what she had to do, because it definitely was not their program’s fault. I am definitely super-grateful for the awesome people in my life! :]

Anyway!

I had my very first acai bowl back when I went to San Diego for an Emergency Medicine conference, and since then, I’ve been hooked! I searched high and low for the Sambazon unsweetened acai smoothie packs when I was back home in California, but the only place where I could locate them was at Sprouts, in a rather limited quantity.

During the snowpocalypse, Sprouts restocked, and my mom sent me several packs because she is awesome. Due to the bitter cold, they were actually still pretty much frozen by the time they got here. (She’s also a master at tetris-ing things, which helped a lot. :O )

Pomegranate Blueberry Acai Bowl

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup pomegranate juice concentrate
• 1/4 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 package unsweetened Sambazon acai smoothie pack
• ~1/4 cup granola or trail mix of your choice (I used Naturebox’s )
• 1-2 strawberries, sliced (for garnish)
• 1/2 banana, sliced (for garnish)
• 1 tbsp toasted coconut chips (for garnish)

Instructions:

1. Combine pomegranate juice, blueberries, banana + acai smoothie pack into blender and blend.until just combined (or smooth, depending on your preference).
2. Top with sliced bananas, granola or trail mix, toasted coconut chips, and serve!

End-of-Week-ish Recap!

• Learn more about Project Velociraptor (FM Student)–otherwise known as a side project that I started up with two of my friends from medical school! If you know of anyone who’s a medical student and/or interested in Family Medicine, please send them our way! <3
• Up for another DIY skin care product? :D Check out this 3-ingredient Green Tea Toner!
• I’m part of the Lady In Blue book tour! Check out my review and enter the giveaway to win a free copy of your own!
• Make sure you stop by tomorrow (or tonight at 11 p.m. EST) for September’s Ultimate Coffee Date! :] Past coffee dates can be found here!

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