Bubble Tea Smoothie Recipe
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Recipe type: Drink
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Serves: 4 - 6
 
A great smoothie enhanced with tapioca "bubble" make this a kid friendly, nutritious drink!
Ingredients
  • Tapioca
  • ¼ cup dry large tapioca pearls
  • ¾ cup water (or more)
  • Simple Syrup
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar, organic
  • Smoothie
  • 1 banana
  • 1 cup ice
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 scoop vanilla protein powder sweetened with stevia
  • 1 handful fresh spinach
  • 1 carrot
  • 5 strawberries
  • 1 Tbs natural peanut butter (optional)
  • additional fruit as you like (optional)
Instructions
  1. To make the tapioca bubbles place the tapioca and ¾ cup water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
  2. Simmer for 30 minutes or until the pearls become soft, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
  3. While pearls are cooking, make the simple syrup.
  4. In another sauce pan heat 1 cup water and sugar, do not boil, until sugar dissolves.
  5. Once tapioca pearls have cooked and gotten soft and translucent, drain and immediately store in enough simple syrup to cover.
  6. Refrigerate until needed.
  7. In a blender or VitaMix blend all ingredients for the smoothie.
  8. Divide into glasses.
  9. Spoon 1 to 2 teaspoons of tapioca "bubbles" into the glasses and enjoy with a straw large enough for the tapioca bubbles to pass.
Recipe by Matthew's Puzzle - Autism Recovery, Gluten Free, Green Living Mom Blog at https://www.matthewspuzzle.com/2012/08/bubble-tea-smoothie-recipe.html