Keiki Chef Smoothie Bowl Winner

We’re excited to announce the winner of our Keiki Chef Smoothie Bowl contest: Lacey’s Monkey Bowl! 

Photo: Keiki Chef Monkey Bowl

We loved the creativity of her bowl right down to the cute monkey face design. Lacey will receive a $100 Down to Earth gift card as her grand prize.

Lacey’s Monkey Bowl

  • 1 frozen banana
  • ½ cup soy milk
  • 2 teaspoons peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • ¼ cup vanilla protein
  • ½ cup ice
  • Toppings: 4 slices of banana, whipped cream & chocolate syrup

Instructions

  1. Blend all ingredients except toppings together
  2. Get creative and use toppings to create a monkey face

Here are the recipes for our 2 runners-up, who also created nutritious and ono-licious smoothie bowls!

Shino’s Honua Bowl

  • 1/2 banana
  • 1/3 cup frozen mango chunks
  • 5-7 drops blue food coloring
  • 1 tbsp almond butter
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup soy milk
  • Toppings: Kiwi, banana, berries, seeds

Instructions

  1. Blend all ingredients except toppings together
  2. Get creative and use toppings to create a cute pattern

Sibel’s Hibiscus Bowl 

  • ½ cup fresh banana
  • ½ cup frozen mango
  • ½ cup fresh melon
  • ¼ cup ice
  • Toppings: Coconut shreds for hibiscus flower, local honey drizzled on top

Instructions

  1. Blend all ingredients except toppings together
  2. Use a pancake mold to create the hibiscus shape with coconut shreds
  3. Drizzle honey on top

We loved seeing our Keiki Chefs get creative in the kitchen! We hope you’ll try these recipes and encourage the keiki in your life to get into the kitchen too.

What should our next Keiki Chef contest theme be? Let us know your thoughts by emailing socialmedia@downtoearth.org or send us a DM on instagram @downtoearthhi!