Dark Chocolate Tahini Smoothie Bowl with Blueberries & Walnuts
👨🍳 Chefy Tip: If it doesn't move, stop adding liquid — that means the blades are stalled. Let it rest 30 seconds, then pulse. Fresh blueberries on top, not in the blender — blended they're just color. 🍳 Chefy Tip: Slice bananas before freezing. Whole frozen bananas deadlock any blender.
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Blend frozen banana slices, cocoa powder, tahini, oat milk, and honey in a high-speed blender until thick and smooth. It should be the consistency of soft-serve — thicker than a smoothie. Add milk a tablespoon at a time if it won't blend, but keep it as thick as possible.
Divide between two bowls. Work quickly — the frozen banana starts melting the moment you stop blending.
Top each bowl with blueberries, toasted walnuts, cacao nibs, and chia seeds. Drizzle tahini over the top. Finish with a pinch of flaky sea salt.
Eat immediately with a spoon.
Blueberry anthocyanins are one of the few dietary compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier, accumulating in brain regions associated with learning and memory. Walnuts are the only common tree nut with significant alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a plant-based omega-3. Tahini provides magnesium, which plays a role in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body including neural signaling. Dark chocolate flavanols have been studied for their ability to increase cerebral blood flow.