Tropical Pineapple Smoothie

Tropical Pineapple Smoothie, makes one.

1 mango
1 cup pineapple (if you use a fresh pineapple, you can get about 3 cups out of it)
1/4 cup toasted coconut flakes*
1-2 tablespoons almond butter
3/4-1 cup coconut water

Used sweetened coconut flakes. If you use unsweetened, you may want to add a tablespoon of honey. But the mango and pineapple are plenty sweet as well, so you may not. Feel free to make it how you like it.

Remove the skins of the mango and pineapple, and cut into small chunks. Toast the coconut in a dry pan over medium heat until it begins to brown.

In a small ziplock bag, add the mango, pineapple, and coconut flakes. You don't have to label the bag, but if you end up getting into smoothies, you can make lots of different kinds over the weekend, freeze them all in small bags with labels, and have smoothies for weeks on end with no extra work in the morning. Just FYI.

Once the contents of the bag are frozen, dump them in the blender, add the almond butter and coconut water, and blend away.

You can top with a little more toasted coconut or some granola. Enjoy!