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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.
Very good!!! A little bit of banana aftertaste but overall good.
I loved this one! Not super sweet which I liked and the adding of cauliflower is truly brilliant! Rawk on!
I made it with listed ingredients. For me it was too much fruit. But I understand those new to smoothies may like a more fruity mix. After sampling it, I added a Tablespoon of plain whole milk greek yogurt, 1/2 stalk of celery and 3 Tbsp of Hemp protein powder (Trader Joes). This was the first time I used cauliflower, in a smoothie. I couldn’t taste it.
Thick, creamy, delicious! Couldn’t taste the cauliflower but love it was there and that I was getting extra nutrients!
Smoothie was pretty good. Didn’t taste much of the cauliflower which was good but mine was a little loose even though I thought the cauliflower would make it thicker. Maybe I blended too long. It was still good. I added chia seeds to mine.
Adding the home made protein powder took away a lot of the sweetness. Good, but not great.
Very creamy and yummy! Adding the cauliflower was new for me, and now I will try adding it to other things. What a great idea! I think next time I’ll cut back on the banana because the smoothie was a little sweeter than I usually make.
This smoothie was really good.
Delicious! This is a great way to sneak in some veggies. I couldn’t even taste the cauliflower. I want to say it made it even more creamy!
I added 1 TB Chia seeds to the Strawberry Banana Smoothie for bone health. It was so yummy.
Yum! Love this smoothie and would have never thought of putting cauliflower in. Can’t taste that at all
This was a lot harder to make than I thought it would be. But perhaps I shouldn’t have prepped ahead. I froze all the fruit/veggie ingredients ahead. Making smoothie I put the frozen stuff in the blender with 1 cup almond milk and left for 15 mins to thaw slightly. Blending didn’t work at all really. Like ice cream and took 10 minutes of blending low speed, stirring, blending again. In the end I added an additional 1/4-1/2 cup of almond milk and it worked better. Still very thick and super cold . Tastes good but the rich flavor I was expecting is diluted some because (I think) of the extra almond milk and it being so cold. Will try again though perhaps not freezing the bananas.
I am not a fan of bananas. Surprisingly I could hardly taste them. The strawberries I had were very sweet can hid the banana taste well. I used fresh cauliflower instead of frozen. I will definitely make this again.
Loved the Strawberry Banana Smoothie. I added 1 TB. chia seeds for bone health. So yummy I drank it up before getting a pic!
So creamy and delicious! Will definitely try adding cauliflower to other smoothies.
The strawberry banana smoothie was so yummy! I love strawberries, so this was a great start to a challenge that I am really looking foward to!