Needs a colorful pick-me-up? This recipe is for you. This highlighter-pink dragonfruit smoothie bowl is guaranteed to brighten your day, the natural way.
An especially simple recipe, this pitaya bowl is made with just 5 ingredients—pitaya, banana, mangoes, cashews, and water—and it looks just as beautiful as it tastes.
Where Can I Find Pitaya?
Pitaya (also known as dragonfruit) is cultivated in tropical regions but today you can find it at many mainstream grocery stores. There are multiple types of dragonfruit—one has white flesh, and the other has the hot pink flesh we’re looking for (called “red pitaya”).
Several brands (like Pitaya Plus and Pitaya Foods) now sell frozen pitaya in the freezer aisle of supermarkets. I’ve seen it sold as convenient smoothie packets (frozen blended pink pitaya with no other added ingredients), as frozen chunks, and even as a freeze-dried powder (which is fun to add to oatmeal, frosting and anything else you want to color pink).
Without further ado, Let’s go!