Backyard Bowls

I have been wanting to post about Backyard Bowls for awhile for now. It's an Acai bowl place, probounced Ah-sai-ee, here in Santa Barbara. This Brazilian traditional sweet treat is popping up everywhere in the states now. This place is really healthy, they have great options such as bee pollen, hemp and cashew milk, ground flaxseed and goji berries! I took my mom here and she really enjoyed it as well.

Acai berries are little purple berries that come from the Amazon Rainforests. raved about for their extremely high anti-oxidant content. Antioxidants are so important because they help protect your bodies cells against damage from unstable molecules like free radicals, which can lead to cancer formation. Blueberries have been widely heralded for being high in antioxidants, but the acai berry outranks them by far. The unfortunate thing is that they can be grown here in the U.S., they are imported and during the processes preservation and traveling they loose many valuable nutrients. The other unfortunate side of the acai berry craze is that here in America we almost always ruin a good thing by adding sugar. Which is exactly the case with acai. The great thing about Backyard Bowls is that you can ask for pure acai because they have two options! So be sure to that when you go in there!

I tried the Green Bowl for the first time last week and it's delicious. You might be scared because it's green but the acai is so sweet it overpowers all the broccoli and spinach that are thrown in there also. I always ask for flaxseed instead of granola because I feel like there's so much sugar from all the fruit anyways. Try this one, I dare you! This bowl is SUPER healthy :)

The original Backyard Bowls is downtown Santa Barbara but a newer location opened up in Goleta so be sure to check this place out if you haven't already!!

Blessings,
<3 Dani

p.s. If you really get into acai bowls, they can easily be made at home. You can buy pure acai juice, freeze it, then blend with bananas and whatever else you choose then slice some strawberries and add your favorite toppings like flaxseed or bee pollen! The possibilities are really endless!