Five-Minute Smoothie Bowls Built on Banana Powder

The problem with most smoothie bowls is that they are fruit, ice and more fruit — a large volume of fast sugar that leaves you hungry within the hour. Each of these adds a protein and a fat source so the bowl actually holds, then uses a dried-fruit topping for crunch.

The base formula

• 1 frozen banana (the body)
• 2 tbsp Tropijoy Banana Powder (the flavour)
• 150ml milk or plant milk, added slowly
• 1 tbsp nut butter or 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt (the staying power)
• A pinch of salt — it makes fruit taste more like fruit

Blend thick. You want it to hold a spoon upright. Add liquid a splash at a time; it is far easier to thin a bowl than to rescue a smoothie.

1. Banana-apple crunch

Base as above, topped with broken pieces of Dried Apple for a caramel-adjacent crunch. Simple, and the closest thing to eating a bowl of banana bread with a spoon.

2. Banana-orange sunrise

Swap the milk for orange juice, add the base powder, and top with torn Dried Orange slices. The citrus cuts through banana's sweetness in a way that wakes the whole bowl up.

3. Banana lassi bowl

Swap the milk for full-fat yoghurt, add the base powder, a cardamom pod's worth of ground seeds, and a teaspoon of honey if your yoghurt is sharp. Tastes like a lassi you can eat with a spoon.

4. Tropical banana-pineapple

Base as above, topped with chopped Dried Pineapple and a squeeze of lemon. The pineapple's tang against the banana powder's sweetness is the closest this bowl gets to dessert.