Baklava smoothie bowl

Baklava is chock full of healthy Mediterranean diet ingredients, such as walnuts, almonds and pistachios. If you have Aegina pistachios on hand, all the better! I like to add a bit of Aegina pistachio butter to this recipe as well, since nut butters are one of the healthiest Mediterranean diet ingredients. And, of course, Greek honey, one of the world’s oldest and most delicious natural sweeteners, gets drizzled over the top!

Ingredients

• ¼ cup almond milk, or more to get desired consistency
• 2 ripe bananas, peeled and frozen
• ¼ cup walnuts
• ¼ cup almonds
• ¼ cup Aegina pistachios
• ⅓ cup Greek yogurt
• 1½ tbsp creamy Aegina pistachio butter or almond butter
• 1-3 tsp Greek honey, to taste
• Pinch of ground cloves
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp almond extract

For garnish

• 1½ tbsp raw shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped or 2 teaspoons each of pistachios, chopped almonds, and chopped walnuts
• Ground cinnamon
• Additional Greek honey, as desired

Instructions

1. Add the almond milk and bananas to a blender, and blend until smooth and creamy. Add the nuts and blend again. Add Greek yogurt and repeat. Add the pistachio (or almond) butter, honey, spices, and almond extract and blend again. Adjust the amount of liquid as needed.
2. Transfer the smoothie to a bowl. Garnish decoratively with chopped nuts, a sprinkle of cinnamon, extra fresh banana if desired, and a drizzling of honey, and serve.

Baklava is chock full of healthy Mediterranean diet ingredients, such as walnuts, almonds and pistachios. If you have Aegina pistachios on hand, all the better! I like to add a bit of Aegina pistachio butter to this recipe as well, since nut butters are one of the healthiest Mediterranean diet ingredients. And, of course, Greek honey, one of the world’s oldest and most delicious natural sweeteners, gets drizzled over the top!