Strawberry Smoothie

Dairy-Free Strawberry Smoothie is perfect for the plant-based diet. It has only 4 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes. There’s even a bit of maple syrup for this fruit-packed strawberry smoothie recipe.

A nutritional breakfast is always first on my list. If it consists of four of my favorite ingredients, then I’m all in. Children can even make this. How do I know?

My niece makes it almost daily. They have one of those single-serve $15 blenders that also makes cleaning up easy.

Fresh strawberries are in the store right now but Kaelin uses frozen because fresh strawberries aren’t always there. Either way, the smoothie is perfect.

Packed full of nutrients coming from strawberries, banana, and dairy-free milk.

Did I say breakfast? It also fills you up when you are starving and need a snack. In just 5 minutes, you can be enjoying the flavors and having a wonderful pick-me-up.

Healthy, flavorful, quick, and last but not least, pretty. Well, maybe even gorgeous.

That might be a fun agenda. Whenever you have a nondairy smoothie, make sure it is a gorgeous one. I forgot! They already are. Hahaha.

So now I can say, “I’ve never had an apple I didn’t like, and I’ve never had a smoothie that wasn’t gorgeous”. Drink up!

This recipe makes two nondairy smoothies so just cut back on some of the ingredients if you want one just for yourself. You can still use a whole banana, but put in half the strawberries and maple syrup.

You can play around with the dairy-free milk too. Just start with 2 tablespoons and add a tablespoon at a time if you’d like it thinner.

How to Make Strawberry Smoothies

1. Combine. In the pitcher of a blender, combine all of the ingredients: fresh strawberries, sliced banana, dairy-free milk, and maple syrup. You could also use a food processor if you don’t have a blender, but the blender does work a bit better here. 
2. Blend. Start the motor and blend all of the ingredients at high speed until the mixture is smooth and cohesive. You may need to stop the blender once or twice and use a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides to make sure all of the ingredients are mixing evenly. 
3. Pour and garnish. Pour the smoothie into a glass. I like to use stemless wine glasses for this smoothie but any shape will do! To make a strawberry garnish, simply slice a whole strawberry–starting at the tip–and stop about halfway through the fruit. This will allow the berry to rest on the rim of your glass without falling off. 
4. Serve! For maximum enjoyment, serve your dairy free strawberry smoothies right away.

What are the best fruits for smoothies

• Mango and banana – don’t forget to take out the big mango pit!
• Mango and peach with or without the maple syrup.
• Pineapple and banana is a delicious combo and it gives a real zing to your taste buds.
• Raspberries and cherries are spectacular together.
• Kiwi and Pineapple will wake you up, and they make great POPSICLES, too!
• Watermelon and peach make a great duo.
• Oranges and sweet ruby grapefruit are refreshing.

These are only a few fruit smoothie combos that are out there. You can always add a banana to anything and every single berry works great too.

Notice that vegetables weren’t even mentioned in this post. A handful of spinach or kale would take you a long way, too. But that’s a whole other story.

Here is another great dairy-free fruit smoothie! This one, the Workout Blueberry Protein Shake, is packed with protein!