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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.
This smoothie was good, but I like it a bit sweeter, so I ad a bit of maple syrup and it comes out nice. This one tastes like a strawberry milkshake and is very creamy too. I also added some pumpkin seeds and some collagen powder as well.
Mine was a pretty color, but not near as vibrant as the ones in the blog. Surprised at the cauliflower! Great addition, though; could not taste it. Used riced frozen cauliflower so it was easy to measure. Consistency was thick and creamy. Speaking of taste, I would prefer more strawberry taste to this one, so it would match the beautiful color!
Very smooth. First smoothie with chia seeds. Vitamix did it’s job and not a seed in sight. Cook
The banana strawberry smoothie was great. It filled me up and kept me satisfied until around 5pm. The taste and consistency was perfect and I loved knowing I was receivign so many nutrients for lunch! Thanks for the recipe; will definitely be keepin it.
The strawberry banana smoothie tasted light and airy. This was the first time I made a smoothie with cauliflower. I couldn’t taste the cauliflower which was good while adding texture and extra nutrients.
This was yummy, but alot! I added a scoop of rolled oats, 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder and a cup of spinach!
I prepared last night by freezing fresh cauliflower, then woke up early this morning so that I could make this for the hubby before he went off to work. With the addition of a little cinnamon and doubling the recipe, I followed it down to the T….It was wonderful and a success! My toddler drank everything today, the full 5 ounces I gave him! Whereas yesterday he only drank 2 ounces of the green smoothie. I don’t think he noticed the cauliflower at all. With the weight of the chia and banana I think we will stay full for a while. What a wonderful synergy of ingredients. Thank you! ♥️
Hi foodie friends!
I tried this drink and was shocked at how the cauliflower blended so well into this drink. Perfect way to sneak in veggies into my kids diet. I substituted the almond milk for vanilla oat milk which made it creamier and more flavorful.
I like this smoothie a lot, but the chia seeds may be a bit much for some people (like my husband )
This smoothie was surprisingly delicious and filling. I was skeptical about the cauliflower but I did not taste it at all. It was a tasty, lightly sweet treat.
Tastes very good, but next time, I will use frozen bananas to make it more icy. I am also missing the high sweet flavor from retail shops that sell strawberry banana smoothies. I may add a date to sweeten it up next time … or, summer strawberries may be sweeter!
OMG..so good! This hardly tastes like it is good for you
Another yummy one. As mentioned before, I would probably use only one banana. You can’t taste the cauliflower and the chia seeds are a great way to help you feel full. This is really good one for breakfast!
Another great smoothie. Didn’t notice the cauliflowers at all.
This is my second day of the smoothie challenge. I liked this one but not as much as the first one which was so tropical tasting. Going forward, I would decrease the banana a little bit as that was the predominate flavor and it is not my favorite fruit flavor. Besides ground Chia seed I also added ground flax and some psyllium as I find that combo keeps me feeling full the longest. As I am always looking for ways to get more greens in my diet I did add a handful of baby spinach. This altered the color a bit but not really the flavor as I tried it before and after adding the spinach.
I think maybe my frozen strawberries were lacking flavor. I’ll have to try this recipe again another time. The cauliflower is a great addition to give this smoothie a nutritional boost!
This was good.. I did add some vanilla protein to it.. I needed it a littler more sweet.. .
I loved this one! My hubby tried a sip of mine and said “eh, I would drink it if I had to. I probably would’ve liked it better if I hadn’t known there was cauliflower in it”. He doesn’t eat many veggies AT ALL and is usually opposed to trying any new ones unless they are snuck in something and he doesn’t know about it lol!
Yum another delicious smoothie. You wouldn’t even know there is cauliflower in there.
So yummyyyyy!! Couldn’t even taste the cauliflower and was nice and thick!!