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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.
Good smoothie! I added the only protein powder I had (my Simple Green order arrived today) which may have influenced the flavors—predominately banana and vanilla. I also used milled flax seeds rather than chia seeds. Thick smoothie—flavors blended better after a few hours of refrigeration. I’m looking forward to using the specified ingredients when I make it again!
I really enjoyed today’s smoothie (strawberry banana) which is somewhat similar to what I’ve made in the past. I thought I would need to add honey but was surprised that the smoothie is perfect just as is. The homemade protein powder truly made a big difference and is keeping me satisfied. Delicious!
The chia seeds was mushy. Will not be freezing my smoothies no more. Bad idea on my part.
Simply delicious!
Hello! My smoothie was not red like yours. It was tasty but so thick I had to add more liquid!
This was a good smoothie. I substituted 2oz of avocado for cauliflower and milled flax seeds for chia seeds. I also added the only protein powder I had—it was vanilla flavored. My subs changed the color of the smoothie to light brown. It was filling and had a pleasant blend of flavors that deepened after refrigeration for a few hours. The predominate flavors were vanilla and banana. I’ll try this recipe again when I have the specified ingredients but enjoyed the version I made today.
Really like this one. Yesterday is still my favorite so far.
I really liked this one as well! I can’t believe that I could not taste the cauliflower!!! This is so so good. Again the family members were very pleased. The only reason for the 4 stars is I can’t put my finger on it but it seemed like it could of used something more to give it some extra flavor. I guess yesterdays beginners luck really has my heart so far. Loving this can’t wait for tomorrow !
Even my kids loved this smoothie! My pickiest would never eat cauliflower and this recipe is one I will continue to make on a regular basis to try to get more fruits and vegetables in the morning! Loving this smoothie challenge!
I forgot to add that since yesterday’s smoothie was a bit sweet for me at breakfast I had this one mid afternoon after lunch. Much better timing.
Thought I would really like this one because I really like all the ingredients (except never had Chia Seeds) but compared to yesterdays smoothie I found this one a bit flat. Not sure why but it was so thick I needed to scoop it from the blender instead of pouring.
Since I’ve never had Chia seeds I thought they would soften and blend but found that they remained snappy.
Yum! Just like a strawberry shake but without the fat! A serving of veggies too! Love it!
Thought I would really like this one because I really like all the ingredients (except never had Chia Seeds) but compared to yesterdays smoothie I found this one a bit flat. Not sure why but it was so thick I needed to scoop it from the blender instead of pouring.
Since I’ve never had Chia seeds I thought they would soften and blend but found that they remained snappy.
This was very good and creamy! Wasn’t sure about the cauliflower. I hadn’t had time to freeze it and my bananas weren’t frozen either. It still came out thick and creamy.
Ok, this one surprised me! I usually don’t like the flavor combo of strawberries and bananas, so I was skeptical of this smoothie. Additionally, I use unsweetened coconut flavored almond milk (because I already had it in the house) and added collagen (my first time using in a smoothie). I didn’t know what to expect with all those flavors! Lol. But, surprisingly it was delicious! I love the pink color (so pretty) and the flavor was great. It had more of the strawberry flavor, which I appreciated. In summer, with some added ice, this would make a perfect milkshake!
I prepared this wonderful smoothie as an afternoon quick ‘snack’ and will finish it off for dessert later! Yes! It is that good!
Awesome simple easy loved it!!!!
Yummy dessert like a milkshake! I doubled the recipe using 2 cups frozen strawberries with their stems on for added greens, 2 frozen bananas, 2-3 cups frozen cauliflower, 2-3 tablespoons chia seeds, 1 cup cashew milk, and 1 cup water because it was so thick! Definitely recommend using frozen cauliflower so the flavour is less pronounced than fresh. I considered adding spinach for more veg, which I’m sure would have been good, but I’m glad I stuck close to the recipe in order to get a pretty pink smoothie!
Delicious! Very creamy and smooth. I even added a little granola on top but not sure if that ruins the “healthiness” of it but it tasted great!
Surprisingly, I enjoyed day 2 smoothie. I was leery of the cauliflower, but couldn’t even tell it was in there.
Once again, I decreased the amount of banana from 1.5 to just one and added some ground flaxseed, hemp seeds and chia.
At first I thought cauliflower, who drinks that. Looks like I Do, yum!