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This Strawberry Banana Smoothie is a refreshing, guilt-free treat that supports your health—and tastes like dessert in a glass. Sweet strawberries, creamy banana, and hidden cauliflower create a luscious, energizing drink packed with fiber, antioxidants, and omega-3s.
Before I lose you, let’s talk about the cauliflower in the room. Don’t fear! This will change your life (and your health!). I’m on a mission to make healthier smoothies that still taste amazing. Adding cauliflower to fruit smoothies adds fiber + extra creaminess and doesn’t ruin the taste. Promise this is a winner (and you’ll never go back to a straight fruit smoothie).
Why This Smoothie Rawks
This Strawberry Banana Smoothie is a delicious way to fuel your body with powerful health benefits.
- Brain & Heart Support: Get some omega-3s from chia seeds, potassium from bananas and antioxidants from strawberries
- Sustained Energy & Satiety: Enjoy those natural carbohydrates from banana and strawberries, fiber from chia seeds, banana, and cauliflower and plant-based protein from chia seeds
- Immunity Boost: Boost your Vitamin C with strawberries and cauliflower and enjoy these antioxidants that help fight inflammation
- Digestive Health: The high fiber content promotes regularity and gut wellness
If your kids are new to the world of smoothies, this is a great starter. Smoothies for kids are typically a bit sweeter yet still full of whole foods that will give them energy and boost their servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Frozen Strawberries
- What to buy: Look for unsweetened frozen strawberries in the frozen fruit section. Check the label to make sure no added sugars or syrups are included.
- Tips: You can also buy fresh strawberries and freeze them yourself—just wash, hull, and slice before freezing.
- Storage: Keep in the freezer in an airtight bag or container.
Bananas
- What to buy: Choose ripe bananas (yellow with a few brown spots). Riper bananas are sweeter and blend better in smoothies.
- Storage: Store fresh bananas on the counter. Freeze peeled bananas in a sealed bag for smoothie prep.
Unsweetened Almond Milk
- What to buy: Choose unsweetened almond milk for lower sugar. Any non-dairy milk like oat, soy, cashew, or coconut milk will work.
- Tips: Look for options with added calcium and vitamin D for extra nutrients or make your own homemade almond milk.
- Storage: Refrigerated cartons usually last 7–10 days after opening. Shelf-stable options can be kept unopened in the pantry.
Cauliflower
- What to buy: Look for frozen riced cauliflower or frozen florets—riced blends more easily. Fresh cauliflower also works, but it will alter the flavor (and not in a good way).
- Tips: You won’t taste it in the smoothie, but it adds fiber and nutrients. Great hidden veggie!
- Storage: Store in the freezer and use as needed—no need to thaw.
Chia Seeds
- Storage: Keep in an airtight container in a cool, dark place or the fridge to maintain freshness.
- What to buy: Find chia seeds in the baking aisle, health food section, or bulk bins.
- Tips: Black or white chia seeds are both fine—there’s no nutritional difference. These add omega-3s, fiber, and protein.
Protein Smoothie Boost
Adding 1 serving of my homemade protein powder will give this strawberry banana smoothie recipe an additional 10+ grams of plant-powered protein, as well as 4 grams of healthy fats. That turns this smoothie into long lasting energy without any sugar crash!
How to Make Strawberry Banana Smoothie
This smoothie is even easier to blend up than a traditional green smoothie, because you don’t need to blend the liquid and leafy greens first. Just toss all the ingredients into your blender and blend! A high-powered blender will break down the chia seeds as well as the strawberry seeds.
- Prep Your Ingredients
- Peel and slice the bananas if they’re not already sliced.
- Measure out frozen strawberries and cauliflower. (No need to thaw!)
- Give your chia seeds a quick stir to break up any clumps.
- Add to Blender in This Order
- Almond milk first (helps everything blend more easily).
- Then add banana, cauliflower, strawberries, and chia seeds.
- Blend Like a Rawkstar
- Start on low speed and gradually increase to high.
- Blend for about 45–60 seconds, or until completely smooth and creamy.
- If the smoothie is too thick, add a bit more almond milk (1–2 tablespoons at a time) and blend again.
- Taste and Adjust
- Want it sweeter? Add a small drizzle of maple syrup or an extra ½ banana.
- Prefer it colder or thicker? Toss in a few ice cubes and re-blend.
- Serve
- Pour into a glass or smoothie jar.
- Optional: Top with a sprinkle of chia seeds, sliced banana, or a few extra berries for a beautiful finish.
Smoothie Storage Tip
Drink immediately for the best texture and flavor. Or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 24 hours—just give it a good shake or stir before drinking!
6 More Healthy Smoothie Recipes
Get creative when blending strawberries and bananas together with these three recipes.
Smoothies don’t need leafy greens to be chock full of whole foods, yet feel free to add greens to any of my smoothie recipes! Now, don’t forget to blend this strawberry banana smoothie, then leave a rating + review to let me know how you liked it!
Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup strawberries frozen
- 1 ½ banana
- 1 cup almond milk or other non-dairy milk
- ¼ cup cauliflower frozen
- 2 tbsp chia seeds optional
Instructions
- Blend strawberries and non-dairy milk until creamy.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend again.
- Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Equipment
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Notes
- Top with chia seeds for an extra boost of omega-3’s
- If using fresh cauliflower, make sure to use 1 frozen fruit for a refreshingly cool smoothie.
- Swap the almond milk for the dairy-free milk of your choice.
- Feel free to add up to 1 cup of leafy greens for even more nutrients.
Hello! My smoothie was not red like yours. It was tasty but so thick I had to add more liquid!
This was a good smoothie. I substituted 2oz of avocado for cauliflower and milled flax seeds for chia seeds. I also added the only protein powder I had—it was vanilla flavored. My subs changed the color of the smoothie to light brown. It was filling and had a pleasant blend of flavors that deepened after refrigeration for a few hours. The predominate flavors were vanilla and banana. I’ll try this recipe again when I have the specified ingredients but enjoyed the version I made today.
Really like this one. Yesterday is still my favorite so far.
I really liked this one as well! I can’t believe that I could not taste the cauliflower!!! This is so so good. Again the family members were very pleased. The only reason for the 4 stars is I can’t put my finger on it but it seemed like it could of used something more to give it some extra flavor. I guess yesterdays beginners luck really has my heart so far. Loving this can’t wait for tomorrow !
Even my kids loved this smoothie! My pickiest would never eat cauliflower and this recipe is one I will continue to make on a regular basis to try to get more fruits and vegetables in the morning! Loving this smoothie challenge!
I forgot to add that since yesterday’s smoothie was a bit sweet for me at breakfast I had this one mid afternoon after lunch. Much better timing.
Thought I would really like this one because I really like all the ingredients (except never had Chia Seeds) but compared to yesterdays smoothie I found this one a bit flat. Not sure why but it was so thick I needed to scoop it from the blender instead of pouring.
Since I’ve never had Chia seeds I thought they would soften and blend but found that they remained snappy.
Yum! Just like a strawberry shake but without the fat! A serving of veggies too! Love it!
Thought I would really like this one because I really like all the ingredients (except never had Chia Seeds) but compared to yesterdays smoothie I found this one a bit flat. Not sure why but it was so thick I needed to scoop it from the blender instead of pouring.
Since I’ve never had Chia seeds I thought they would soften and blend but found that they remained snappy.
This was very good and creamy! Wasn’t sure about the cauliflower. I hadn’t had time to freeze it and my bananas weren’t frozen either. It still came out thick and creamy.
Ok, this one surprised me! I usually don’t like the flavor combo of strawberries and bananas, so I was skeptical of this smoothie. Additionally, I use unsweetened coconut flavored almond milk (because I already had it in the house) and added collagen (my first time using in a smoothie). I didn’t know what to expect with all those flavors! Lol. But, surprisingly it was delicious! I love the pink color (so pretty) and the flavor was great. It had more of the strawberry flavor, which I appreciated. In summer, with some added ice, this would make a perfect milkshake!
I prepared this wonderful smoothie as an afternoon quick ‘snack’ and will finish it off for dessert later! Yes! It is that good!
Awesome simple easy loved it!!!!
Yummy dessert like a milkshake! I doubled the recipe using 2 cups frozen strawberries with their stems on for added greens, 2 frozen bananas, 2-3 cups frozen cauliflower, 2-3 tablespoons chia seeds, 1 cup cashew milk, and 1 cup water because it was so thick! Definitely recommend using frozen cauliflower so the flavour is less pronounced than fresh. I considered adding spinach for more veg, which I’m sure would have been good, but I’m glad I stuck close to the recipe in order to get a pretty pink smoothie!
Delicious! Very creamy and smooth. I even added a little granola on top but not sure if that ruins the “healthiness” of it but it tasted great!
Surprisingly, I enjoyed day 2 smoothie. I was leery of the cauliflower, but couldn’t even tell it was in there.
Once again, I decreased the amount of banana from 1.5 to just one and added some ground flaxseed, hemp seeds and chia.
At first I thought cauliflower, who drinks that. Looks like I Do, yum!