Acai Berry

Go Natural With Acai Berry Recipes

November 25th, 2008

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old duffer I want to say that I find all recipes suggestions on packets and in cook books and on those endless TV cooking programs simplistic and insulting. It is mildly interesting to know for instance how the Brazilian natives eat their acai berries but take a look at this smoothie recipe. They not only tell you the ingredients they tell you the exact quantities in both metric and imperial units.

7 Oz (200 grams Acai Juice)
½ Cup Soy Milk or Juice
Fruit (one banana, ½ half apple, or 1 cup of other fruit)
Directions:
Blend all ingredients together. Serve in a bowl and top with granola, sliced fruit or whipped cream.
Variants:
Add ½ cup yogurt or ½ cup ice. Also, frozen acai pulp may be used in place of the juice.

I showed this to my 17 year old daughter and she had two questions. Firstly what is acai juice and secondly what is an ‘oz’? Then I tried this recipe and ended up throwing half the concoction down the dispoal unit because it was too much for me alone. I loved the taste of the acai juice though. I certainly don’t need to be told that next come the directions and ‘oh by the way’ you can use this or that instead. And do they really think I’m going to lick it off the table top and my fingers?

What is it with people today that we need detailed instructions on how to feed ourselves? My mother was great cook and never looked at a recipe in her life. We don’t need to depend on others to find interesting ways to get the nourishment of the acai berry into us. We just need to follow our instincts and put together what appeals to us in the amounts that we need, The first Amazon tribesperson to eat the lovely purplish fruit has done all the dangerous work for us by not dropping dead with food poisoning. We have all got far too sophisticated and fancy when it comes food.

So here is the classic Brazilian way to get the tremendous nourishing effects of the amazing acai:Some acai roots blended with soy milk, yogurt, ice cream or juice and any other fruit you like but bananas are popular in Brazil.

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