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Project Acai’s Easy

Acai Bowl

Benjamin Tang’s favourite go-to Project

Acai gives us this straightforward snack

bowl of goodness with low G.I, fairly-

traded Sambozan acai and chia seeds

that will keep you sustained until your

next meal. It’s also dairy-free.

Ingredients:

For the Acai blend:

2 Sambazon Acai Packs (2 x 100g), original

or unsweetened

1 ripe banana (frozen preferred)

1/4 cup coconut water or non-dair y milk

A handful of frozen blueberries

1 tbs chia seeds

For toppings:

fresh fruit

granola

Directions:

1. Let the frozen banana and blueberries
   thaw for two to five minutes.


2. Blend frozen fruit and choice of liquid
   in a high-speed blender. Break two
   Sambazon Acai smoothie packs into a
   blender. Keep blending and stirring until
   you get a nice, thick consistency.*


3. Add chia seeds and continue until all
   ingredients are well blended together.


4. Top with fruit, granola, and other
   favourite toppings – go crazy here, the
   fun part about making your own bowls
   is decorating them!

*Add a little more liquid if the mix is not

blending well

complete an hour’s strength training, so she

varies her diet accordingly. After strength

work, she opts for a nutritious combo of

fish, vegetables and carbs like quinoa. After

a long run, she is often not hungry, but to

keep her blood sugar level will blitz up a

fruit juice or a protein/recovery shake.

the Year’ winner posted a favourite post-
workout smoothie recipe. Frozen organic
acai pulp, avocados, bananas, and organic
dark chocolate go into his blender, with
unprocessed honey, peanut butter and
matcha powder making up a feel-good
combination of superfoods.
Avocados and peanut butter offer
good natural fats, and green tea provides
antioxidants. Bananas give a protein
injection and potassium, while acai, that
oft-touted superfood, contains free radical
fighting anthocyanins and plant sterols that
are good for the heart, and happens to be a
fruit Tang adores.
“I actually chanced upon acai when
at the Filex fitness convention in Sydney
seven years ago and have not looked back
since. When Project Acai opened up in
my hometown Singapore, I rejoiced. And
when my neighbourhood organic grocers
Mahota started selling organic acai pulp,

I nearly cried with joy. I throw anything

and everything into my blender with acai,”

he says.

Ta n g a l s o c a r r i e s a r e a dy s u p p l y o f

bananas, nuts and eggs, which contain all

nine of the essential amino acids the body

needs to create protein and aid tissue repair.

He advises eating a snack between two

hours to 30 minutes before according to

how fast your body metabolises food.

You can vary what you eat by the

exercise you do. Not all sports burn as many

calories as high-impact circuit training and

other endurance exercise, so you might not

need to replenish as intensively. Hong Kong-

based Nadine Bubner teaches up to 25 yoga

classes a week, and relies on bananas and

nuts after class when she wants to keep her

energy levels even.

But in an average week she might

spend two to three hours cycling, three

hours running, two hours swimming and