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Dragon Fruit Smoothie

September 25, 2017 By Lorena Grater

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Dragon fruit is a low-calorie fruit, high in fiber and packed with vitamin C. A dragon fruit smoothie is a great way to add dragon fruit into your diet.

Dragon fruit is a low-calorie, great tasting fruit, high in fiber, packed with vitamin C and several antioxidants. A dragon fruit smoothie is a great way to add dragon fruit into your diet.

Dragon fruit smoothie

Have you ever tried dragon fruit? It tastes amazing and it’s sooooo pretty! Don’t you think? The fruit is also called Pitaya and is actually the fruit of several cacti.

You recognize it by its gorgeous hot pink peel and green “flames” that make it look like a fruit on fire.

I created this smoothie for my series of “rainbow smoothies without yogurt”. I’ve made a pink Strawberry Smoothie and a green Avocado Spinach Smoothie so far. Now we have a purple Dragon Fruit Smoothie and next I have to come up with a blue smoothie. Only, how do I achieve that without food coloring? You wait and see, it’s a surprise ;)

Glass filled over the rim with dragon fruit smoothie topped with a strawberry, blackberries, and a ball of dragon fruit

How to make dragon fruit smoothie without yogurt

So, many non-yogurt smoothies require all frozen fruit but the problem with dragon fruit is the same as banana. They oxidize once peeled and become brown. Putting one brownish banana in a smoothie full of tons of ingredients isn’t much of a problem, but putting a brownish banana AND a greyish/brownish dragon fruit in… uuum, meh!

The trick here is to use coconut milk and freeze that! Freeze it in an ice cube tray. First, it’ll be faster and second, your blender will be able to blend it, as opposed to a big block of coconut ice.

Tall glass filled to the rim with dragon fruit smoothie topped with strawberries, blackberries and balls of dragon fruit

Dragon Fruit Smoothie with Blackberry is “gritty”

Mind you, that a Dragon Fruit Smoothie with Blackberry is “gritty” or “sandy” or however you want to call it. The dragon fruit has little black seeds and the blackberry has yellowish seeds. What I do to reduce that is blend and blend and blend. I blend this smoothie for a good 3-4 minutes once it’s already all blended together to bread down the seeds. You could potentially pour it over a sieve but honestly, I didn’t think it tasted bad at all. The texture was actually very nice!

Dragon Fruit Smoothie Video

Dragon fruit smoothie

Dragon Fruit Smoothie

Prep Time: 6 minutes
Total Time: 6 minutes
Servings: 2 smoothies
Dragon fruit is a low-calorie, great tasting fruit, high in fiber, packed with vitamin C and several antioxidants. A dragon fruit smoothie is a great way to add dragon fruit into your diet.
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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup light coconut milk
  • 1 dragon fruit
  • 1 cup blackberries
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Instructions

  • The night before put coconut milk in an ice cube tray and freeze until solid.
  • Peel dragon fruit with a knife or by hand (as shown in video).
  • Add dragon fruit, frozen coconut milk cubes and blackberries to a high speed blender and blend until smooth.
  • Serve and enjoy immediately.

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 36mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 3.3mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.5mg
Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack
Cuisine American, International
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