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Sneak more veggies into your day with this sweet + creamy strawberry banana smoothie recipe. Loaded with nutrient-rich cauliflower and vibrant strawberries, this healthy veggie-packed smoothie works well as a filling breakfast or healthy mid-morning snack.
Let’s talk about how to make a strawberry banana smoothie that everyone will love, and hope that the blender can keep up with the demand for this delicious treat!
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.
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Using Veggies in a Smoothie
First I wanna talk about the cauliflower in the room. If you already read the ingredients for this smoothie and that one threw you off, don’t fear! I know adding cauliflower to fruit smoothies might sound odd, but it is a super mild veggie that adds nutrition + creaminess.
When using frozen cauliflower, I don’t even notice the flavor of it in my smoothie! While using fresh can produce a different taste, this smoothie tastes like bananas and strawberries all the way.
I often throw veggies in my smoothies like carrot, sweet potato, cauliflower, leafy greens, cabbage and celery. They each provide a whole host of health benefits, as well as blend seamlessly into smoothies with a variety of other ingredients.
Try tossing one of these vegetables into your next smoothie, and then let me know how it worked out!
How to Make a 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.
Ingredient Swaps
If you want to make this smoothie a little lower in sugar, then swap the measurements for the banana and cauliflower. Using 1/2 a banana and 1 cup of cauliflower will lower the sugar by 5 grams.
Looking for a berry smoothie with no strawberries? Swap in blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, etc to blend up an equally delicious smoothie.
Oat milk, cashew milk, or hemp milk are great stand-ins for the almond milk, as well as refrigerated coconut milk.
If adding cauliflower to this strawberry banana smoothie isn’t possible, then add a half cup of vegan yogurt instead.
Protein boost for smoothies
If I’m blending this smoothie for breakfast, then I want to make sure it has enough protein. I like breakfasts smoothies that keep me full for the morning.
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!
Strawberry Banana Smoothie Benefits
Regular consumption of fresh strawberries has been linked to less inflammation and lower risk of heart disease. The antioxidants in strawberries are a great defense against various types of cancer. Cauliflower contains vitamin C, folate, and potassium. It’s definitely not just for looks in this recipe!
Chia seeds are a superfood with protein as well as healthy fat. These tiny seeds gel up when added to liquid, and help thicken a smoothie as well as provide additional nutrition.
More Fruit Smoothie Recipes
Whether you’re out of greens for the week, or just want a change, I’ve got several smoothie recipes without greens for you to try:
- Tropical smoothie bowl
- Banana oatmeal smoothie
- Caramel protein shake
- Mango smoothie
- Cinnamon date smoothie
- Mocha coffee smoothie
- Blueberry smoothie
- Peach smoothie
- Immune boost smoothie
- Vanilla protein shake
Smoothies don’t need leafy greens to be chock full of whole foods, yet feel free to add greens to any of these smoothie creations. 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
- 1 serving homemade protein powder 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.
Loved the creaminess and couldn’t even taste the hidden cauliflower.
Strawberry Banana is always a favorite … adding frozen cauliflower was a first for me. I will be sneaking cauliflower in more often!
While this smoothie is very creamery the banana taste is a little overwhelming. Next time I will use less banana.
I don’t have a high powered blender so the cauliflower didn’t get completely mixed in. Other than that, I loved it and it kept me full until lunch.
Very creamy and yummy!
First time trying cauliflower in a smoothie and I didn’t even notice it was there! Taste was super light and refreshing. I also added frozen cherries, collagen, and inositol to mine. Yum!
Good stuff. Easy to make and tastes great. Added vanilla protein powder (Optimum Nutrition).
Love the creaminess of the smoothie and it doesn’t taste too much like banana
LOVED IT! So creamy and satisfying. Added protein powder and made it a meal replacement about 9:30 this morning… still not hungry 3 hours later.
Since it’s like 9 degrees outside, I really appreciated the refreshing fruit flavors. So disappointed when it was gone!!
Good flavor and I always enjoy this one. Today, the frozen bananas, strawberries and cauliflower froze my cup of almond milk so I had to add more almond milk and water to actually get it to blend, even using the tamper. Also added my homemade protein powder and collagen, which usually thickens it as well.
Everyone says they like it. I wasn’t very careful about the proportions but used all the ingredients except used lactose free chocolate milk for part of the “milk”. The rest of the milk was strawberry mooala. My son is more likely to drink it if I add some of his chocolate fairlife milk.
Unfortunately, I am battling Covid-19 for the very first time. I swear that my Simple Green Smoothies helped me through my journey of illness this past week!! I began guzzling green smoothies right after the new year, and I am convinced that my symptoms were lessened and my immunity surged because of my healthy choice in drinking a smoothie a day again. Today’s STRAWBERRY BANANA smoothie is so creamy and fabulous! I added turnip greens to my recipe and omitted the cauliflower because I didn’t have it on hand. It’s still sweet with the added greens, and since my sense of taste and smell came back today, it especially made me grin from ear to ear! Cheers!!
It was a delicious! It yielded about 20 oz of a creamy but not thick smoothie and I felt satisfied.
This recipe is a keeper! The frozen cauliflower made it thick and creamy, and I couldn’t taste it at all. My strawberries weren’t very flavorful, so I tasted more banana, but you could add more strawberries without making it too watery.
I added a few frozen cherries and collagen protein powder to make mine a meal replacement. I also used a slightly green banana so it wasn’t too sweet and oat milk as my nondairy milk. Couldn’t tatse the cauliflower at all. Nice and creamy, not too sweet.
The strawberry banana smoothie was really tasty and blended nicely