Mmmm…so I had another acai bowl this afternoon.  I am hooked.  Have you ever had one?  It is all the rage lately.  You see signs all over for these things.  They are sold in all sorts of healthy food places;  Yogurt Fancy, Vitality Bowls, SoBowl, Bango Bowl, Jamba Juice, and at practically every healthy food shop you can think of.  The bowl has an acai berry mixture on the bottom in the consistency of pudding, with fruit such as bannanas, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi on top, followed by coconut drizzled with honey, and sometimes granola in there too.  You can have other fruits added as well in addition or instead.  

 My husband and I were in Florida recently and I decided to try one of these since I see them advertised all over, and WOW.  So delicious, healthy, fruity, filling, and refreshing.  I am so full after eating one but I don’t feel bad because it is all healthy ingredients, and I feel like I am getting my fill of fruit.  I think it has a lot of natural sugars due to all the fruits, but I’m ok with that.  I’d rather have an açaí bowl than a personal pizza or an ice cream sundae.  

 I have tried them at all different places, just to see if there was any difference in taste or price.  The price varies from place to place, and sometimes the thickness of the base does too as well as the granola.  I need gluten-free granola and all the places had that, some better than others.  One place charged about $12 a bowl, while I paid only $4.00 (half price) at another when I pre-ordered with the app.  Deals can be found if you are in the know!  It seems that the price is generally around $8 – $10.  If I lived closer to the half price store I would have it more often.  I will tell you, however, that my favorite place to get one was Vitality Bowl, which was also the most expensive.  They have you though, being the best I will pay more for it, just not all the time.  That place will be a once in a while treat. 

 I hope you at least get to try these amazing bowls.  Thanks for stopping by and be on the lookout. 

Until next time….

Photo by Brigid Victorson