Superfood Papaya Boats {vegan, nf}

Superfood papaya boats with loads of topping options! Pack your fruit with unsweetened coconut yogurt and enjoy this healthy dairy-free, paleo breakfast.  Papaya is a sweet, juicy fruit super fruit.  This breakfast is also gluten-free, whole 30 compliant, and sugar-free.

Papayas are a glorious fruit. And when in season its flesh is filled with sweet hydrating flavor.  The taste is familiar like healthy cotton candy!  Papaya boats are even more fun and paired with coconut yogurt, sliced tiger nuts, chia seeds, hemp seeds, blueberries, and strawberries.

It's hard to believe I once hated this fruit.  In fact, I couldn't understand why anyone liked it.  As it turns out each time I had this fruit in the past it wasn't in season, and that makes all the difference.  Instead of going into a long story about hating this fruit, I'll tell you when I first fell in love with it instead.

HOW I FELL IN LOVE WITH PAPAYA

I was in Puerto Rico with the family back and every morning we would head to the breakfast buffet where they always had a running stream of fresh papaya juice.  I always walked past it.  I just genuinely thought papaya juice would be gross.  I was so wrong.

The juice was so sweet but at the same time ridiculously refreshing.  It tasted so pure I couldn't get enough of it.  I also noticed that my acid reflux was well maintained that weekend and I was surprised to learn that the papaya fruit {is also known as the Angel Fruit} had LOTS of healing benefits.  Benefits that aid in the reduction of acid reflux, and indigestion.

Benefits of Papaya

• Loaded with vitamin C, beta carotene, potassium, folate, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin E, and Lycopene
• Papayas are known for their enzyme papain which helps in aiding digestion
• Soothes acid reflux, indigestion, and symptoms associated with reflux
• Helps calm nausea
• High in fiber and water content so it can prevent constipation and promotes regularity
• Used in skin face masks because it hydrates the skin, refreshes the skin
• Reduces acne, fades skin spots, and more!

I soon found papaya delicious in salads, with frozen desserts, like an ice pop, as a juice, in smoothies, and topped with all kinds of superfoods and especially paired with coconut yogurt!  P.S. Eating it ripe and fresh is number 1!  But if you need to keep it in the fridge longer and want to bring out its beautiful flavor, simply sprinkle some lime juice on it and store it for a day.

ADDITIONAL PAPAYA BOAT TOPPINGS

• kiwi
• pineapple
• mango
• blueberries
• strawberries
• blackberries
• granola
• nut and seed butter
• almond slices
• cashews
• pumpkin seeds
• sunflower seeds
• chocolate drizzle
• chocolate chips

MORE PAPAYA RECIPES

• Tropical Papaya Popsicles
• Watermelon Papaya Popsicles

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Superfood Papaya Boats

Superfood papaya boats with loads of topping options! Pack your fruit with unsweetened coconut yogurt and enjoy this healthy dairy-free, paleo breakfast.  This breakfast is also gluten-free, whole 30 compliant, and sugar-free.

Prep Time10 mins

Total Time10 mins

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Snack

Cuisine: American, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Vegan, whole 30

Keyword: papaya, papaya boats, superfood, yogurt

Servings: 2

Author: Julie Rosenthal

Ingredients

• 1 large papaya, large
• 2 cups dairy-free coconut yogurt
• 2 tablespoon chia seeds
• 2 tablespoon hemp seeds
• 3 tablespoon peeled Tiger Nut slivers or almond slivers

Instructions

• Slice the ripe papaya in half with a knife.
• Remove and discard papaya seeds.
• Fill each half of papaya with coconut yogurt or yogurt of choice and an equal amound of all toppings.  Use as much as you want, and add whatever you want like dried fruit, seeds, nuts, other superfoods, gluten-free oats and even additional fresh fruit.

Notes

For the nuts and seeds, I use Nuts.com gluten-free section because they are measured at 5ppm and are certified gluten-free. //  For Tiger Nuts my favorite brand is I used Organic Gemini // I also use Anita's Coconut Creamline Vegan Yogurt

Love & Whole Foods,