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
Equipment
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!
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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.
Love, love, love this smoothie. The bright flavor of the strawberries brought me back to summer. 5 + stars
Never had a smoothie with cauliflower but was pleasantly surprised with this tasty addition. My smoothie came out a big thick so it became a smoothie bowl with a few blueberries, hemp hearts and sliced almonds on top. What a way to start the day!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!! And, best of all, I finally tried it in my new Vitamix that I got for Christmas and was afraid to try. Today’s smoothie is a nice change from yesterdays in that there is no green. Instead it has a smidge of cauliflower, which you can’t even taste. These smoothies are all amazing. It’s so nice to know I can make these and get in all these good/healthy nutrients. Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings 🙂
Yesterday I couldn’t drink it all so I put half in the fridge for later. When I had it later it tasted just as amazing!!! Thank you for this challenge and all the recipes.
So thick and creamy! I love this one.
This on is delicious! But I only put one small banana so it wouldn’t be too sweet.
This one was ok for me not a big fan of banana so used avocado.
This one was tasty even with the hidden cauliflower. I substituted coconut milk for the almond milk as I keep that in my pantry.
Simply delicious. My 11 year old reall enjoyed this one. He kept saying mmm as he was drinking it.
Love the cauliflower addition! Either my strawberries weren’t very “strawberry-ee” or I need more. I used less banana because it’s not my favorite and a mix of almond, cashew, macademia nut milk because that’s all I could find at the time. Will definitely try again. Great texture!
Day 2 Strawberry Banana Smoothie. Always a great combination. Never thought about cauliflower. A must used going forward. Chia Seed has been sold out at my local grocery stores but substituted ground flax seed. Still tasting amazing!!
I followed suggestion to reduce banana and increase cauliflower for lower sugar count. Added the protein powder and found it too thick. I added more almond milk and am enjoying it now.
Day 2
I love that is keeping me full!! I made a recipe for 3 of us this morning and although I did not add the right amount of strawberries it still tasted amazing.
I have to admit it was odd not having a “green” smoothie, I’ve been following and blending SGS recipes for a few years now and I think this is my first without spinach, kale or some green stuff, lol. That said it I have to admit as I’m writing this review that I even forgot it had cauliflower in it, you seriously won’t taste it. The smoothie turned out super thick, I used all frozen fruit and frozen cauliflower, I had to add some extra liquid to help my vitamix keep blending. I would have loved more strawberries, so next time I think I’ll do more berries and less bananas. YUM!
Day 2
This is one of my favorites with strawberries and banana!
I added a little acai, flax and chia, and a vegan protein powder.
We used 1/2 the banana since ours were super ripe but it was still sweet and refreshing! Weird to not blend in greens, but still delicious.
Like others mentioned ..I was nervous about the cauliflower..and I’m not a huge banana person, so the fact that this has lots of bananas was not super appealing. Mind changed!! I will keep this one at the top of my rotation get all the nutritional benefits of bananas! YUM.