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This Strawberry Banana Smoothie is a guilt-free treat that tastes like dessert in a glass. Sweet strawberries, creamy banana, and hidden vegetable create a luscious, energizing drink packed with fiber, antioxidants, and omega-3s.
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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: 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.
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Strawberry Banana Smoothie Ingredients
Here are a few quick notes about the strawberry banana smoothie ingredients that you will need to make this recipe:
- Frozen strawberries: Look for unsweetened frozen strawberries in the frozen fruit section. Check the label to make sure no added sugars or syrups are included.
- Banana: Choose ripe bananas (yellow with a few brown spots). Riper bananas are sweeter and blend better in smoothies. if you have extras, you can freeze bananas for future smoothies.
- Almond milk: Choose unsweetened almond milk brand for lower sugar or make your own homemade almond milk.
- Frozen cauliflower: Look for frozen riced cauliflower or frozen florets—riced blends more easily. Adding a little frozen 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).
- Chia seeds: Black or white chia seeds are both fine—there’s no nutritional difference. These superfoods add omega-3s, fiber, and protein.
Recipe Tips
- Add a protein powder or try my homemade protein powder to give you long lasting energy without any sugar crash.
- Swap almond milk with any non-dairy milk like oat, soy, cashew, or coconut milk.
- Use one of my recommended blenders for smoothies to get the creamiest result.
How to Make Strawberry Banana Smoothie | 1 Minute Video
Recipe Variations
- Protein boost: Add 1 serving of protein powder or collagen peptides to make it more filling and supportive for muscle recovery and skin health.
- Extra creamy: Swap almond milk for canned light coconut milk or add ¼ avocado for a richer, creamier texture.
- Fiber-rich: Add 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed or keep the chia seeds and add ½ cup frozen zucchini for extra fiber without changing the taste.
- Green smoothie: Blend in 1 cup fresh spinach. This leafy green vegetable blends smoothly and won’t overpower the strawberry banana flavor.
- Naturally Sweeter: Add 1–2 pitted dates or swap half the almond milk for coconut water for a slightly sweeter, more refreshing finish.
Storage Tips
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!
More Strawberry Smoothies
Looking for more quick and tasty smoothie recipes that are sure to be a hit? Here are a few faves:
- Strawberry mango smoothie
- Spinach strawberry banana smoothie
- Strawberry watermelon smoothie
- Strawberry blueberry smoothie
Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup strawberries frozen
- 1 ½ banana
- 1 cup almond milk
- ¼ cup cauliflower frozen
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
Instructions
- Blend strawberries, banana and almond milk until creamy.
- Add cauliflower and chia seeds and blend again.
- Pour into a glass and enjoy!
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Notes
- If using fresh cauliflower, make sure to use one frozen fruit for a refreshingly cool smoothie.
- Swap the almond milk for the non-dairy milk of your choice.
Creamy goodness with the hidden cauliflower. Was skeptical about it but couldn’t taste it at all. I added a cup of greens and a bit more almond milk.
Day 2
The smoothie was very good. It was pretty thick so I added a little extra almond milk. I used frozen bananas so that may have been why it was thick. Anyways, loved it could not taste the cauliflower.
Sorry…I’m not loving these smoothies. Does flax seed and/or protein powder change the taste? (I added 1 T. ground flax seed & 1/2 T. protein powder.) I feel like the smoothies I made in the past with just banana, strawberry, a splash of almond milk, and a spoonful of yogurt tasted much better. I do like though, that cauliflower is an added veggie to this smoothie.
The protein powder probably is altering the taste a bit. I stopped putting it in smoothies, I opt for organic hemp hearts now for my protein. (I didn’t use any for this smoothie though)
Hi Rosie! Yes, flaxseed and/or protein powder can def change the taste of a smoothie. If you’re finding the taste a little much at first, you can increase the amount of fruit (i.e. sweetness) to make it easier to sip. Then gradually reduce the fruit back to the original recipe amount over time and voila! You’ll be used to flaxseed and protein powder in your smoothies. We love homemade protein powder in these cases, since it doesn’t have any weird gums or fillers like other powders do. It cuts out any funky taste. 🙂
I’ve made strawberry banana smoothies in the past, but not with cauliflower. This smoothie was quite tasty!
I forgot to mark the stars!
A tasty and colorful start to the day.
Great smoothie! Not overly sweet but the strawberry still comes through as a hint of sweetness. There’s an added flavor component from the cauliflower, but if I didn’t know it was in there, I wouldn’t have guessed that as the flavor. I gave some extra I had to my daughter and told her it was a strawberry banana smoothie, wondering if she’d taste it and ask me what else was in it, but she never did and drank it all!
So yummy – would never have thought of cauliflower in a smoothie. Great way to get it into the kids!
Not my favorite. I used frozen bananas though, which made it very thick. I ate it with a spoon. If I try it again, I won’t use frozen bananas.
This smoothie is a nice healthy twist on a traditional basic strawberry banana smoothie. I was skeptical at first about putting cauliflower in a smoothie, but it’s not noticeable at all!
Since I am not a banana fan I subbed mango for the banana. Can’t taste the cauliflower at all. I love the idea of adding veggies to my fruit smoothie and it’s does not impact the color or the taste. I like it almost as much as day 1, beginners luck smoothie.
I enjoyed this recipe. I made it exactly as the recipe called for. I used strawberries from my garden that I had frozen, they were extra sweet this year, very yummy!
This was very good, but i am finding that these smoothies need more liquid to blend properly. Way too thick.
Sometime the blender does not blend well
There are thick pieces
Need to blend more and then it comes out very well and delicious and nourishing
This is the first time I tried this recipe. Such a wonderful thing – to hide cauliflower in here for the kids. You honestly cannot taste it at all! I felt great giving this to my family for breakfast today, knowing all the nutrients they were getting!! A five star recipe that I will be making on the regular!!
Good flavor…thick smoothie. Thicker than I like it…added water
My smoothie this morning was my pre-workout drink. One and a half bananas is too much for me, I think it overpowered the strawberries. Other than that I liked it, I couldn’t even taste the cauliflower.
Delicious and sweet
I added spinach, hemp seeds, collagen powder, and a bit more almond milk. It’s a tasty smoothie. I think if I made it again I would cut down the banana and strawberry amounts and add more cauliflower.
Holy holy… who knew that cauliflower in a smoothie would taste so delicious. Definitely a repeat recipe
This was so good. I would definitely make it again.
Great it has cauliflower in it – cant really taste it
Day 2
Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Another win! I love this combination. I was a little curious about how the cauliflower would taste. Couldn’t taste it at all. Followed the recipe except for adding flaxseed. Super yummy!!
Day 2 Challenge of the Strawberry Banana smoothie is delicious and tangy because I used the yogurt instead of cauliflower. (I put cauliflower in my daily salads, so I get a lot of it.) I also added some cilantro to get some actual greens in my smoothie.