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Jhené Aiko's The Westside Whimsy Smoothie (Erewhon Copycat)

Easy★ 4.6Yields: 1 large smoothie
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Jhené Aiko's The Westside Whimsy Smoothie (Erewhon Copycat)

Jhené Aiko made a smoothie the color of a lavender field at dusk and named it The Westside Whimsy, which is the most Jhené Aiko thing imaginable. This isn't a bright purple or a deep purple. It's a muted, dusty, almost watercolor lavender with lighter and darker purple swirls throughout. The color comes from a combination of pitaya, blue spirulina, and butterfly pea flower, which together create this dreamy, ethereal purple that no single ingredient could achieve alone. The flavor is tropical and light: coconut, banana, pineapple, with the pitaya adding subtle berry sweetness. It's the smoothie equivalent of lo-fi beats to study to. Calm, pretty, and uncomplicated. This is the exact recipe. Same lavender color, same dreamy swirl, same chill energy. Assembly is simple. Blend, pour, cream on top. No layers, no marble, no complex technique. Just a very pretty purple smoothie that tastes like a tropical vacation in a meditation garden.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup coconut water
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks
  • 1/2 cup frozen pitaya (dragon fruit) chunks
  • 1/2 teaspoon blue spirulina powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon butterfly pea flower powder (or a few drops of extract)
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon ashwagandha powder (optional)
  • FOR THE TOP:
  • 2 tablespoons coconut cream
  • Dried lavender buds (optional, for garnish)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Blend the lavender

    Add the coconut milk, coconut water, frozen banana, frozen pineapple, frozen pitaya, blue spirulina, butterfly pea flower powder, maple syrup, and ashwagandha to your blender. Blend on high for 45 seconds until smooth. The color should be a muted, dusty lavender-purple. Not bright, not dark. Soft. If it's too blue, add more pitaya. If it's too pink, add a tiny bit more spirulina. You're color-mixing like an actual artist.

  2. 2

    Pour and top

    Pour into your cup. The purple will have natural variation and slight swirls from the different ingredients settling at different rates. Spoon coconut cream on top. Scatter a few dried lavender buds on the cream if you want to be extra about it, which you should be, because this smoothie rewards being extra.

  3. 3

    Serve

    Drink it while it's cold. The lavender color is at its best when the smoothie is fresh and thick. As it warms up, the colors shift slightly and the magic fades. Like all beautiful things, it's temporary. But the flavor lasts until the last sip.

Baker's Notes

  • Butterfly pea flower powder is the key to getting that muted lavender instead of a straight purple. It's available online and at specialty tea shops. A little goes a very long way. Start with 1/4 teaspoon.
  • If you can't find butterfly pea flower powder, you can steep butterfly pea flower tea, cool it, and use a tablespoon of the liquid instead. Same effect.
  • The ashwagandha is there for stress reduction and adaptogenic benefits. It has a slightly earthy, almost nutty taste that's masked by the fruit. Skip it if you don't have it.
  • This is one of the lower-sugar Erewhon smoothies because it doesn't have dates, honey, or excessive fruit. The banana and maple syrup are the only real sweetness sources.

Nutrition

Calories

320

Fat

12g

Carbs

44g

Protein

6g

Sugar

28g

Serving

1 smoothie

Notes

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FAQ

What is butterfly pea flower?
It's a Southeast Asian flower that produces a vivid blue pigment. When mixed with the pink from pitaya, it creates that muted lavender-purple that this smoothie is known for. It's tasteless. It's purely a color ingredient. Available as powder, dried flowers, or extract.
Can I get this color without butterfly pea flower?
Not exactly. Blue spirulina and pitaya alone will give you a brighter, more saturated purple. The butterfly pea flower is what mutes and softens it into that dreamy lavender. If you skip it, you'll have a nice purple smoothie, just not the specific Westside Whimsy shade.

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