This easy peasy Strawberry Banana Smoothie Bowl only requires 3 simple ingredients and you can whip it up in under 5 minutes. Bonus, it has no extra sugar added – this yummy bowl is sweetened with just fresh fruits. It’s so refreshing and perfect for busy mornings.
If you’re tired of a big green kale banana smoothie for breakfast, every single day, I like did for so long… change it up with this pretty in pink strawberry banana smoothie bowl! It’s even simpler to make with just 3 ingredients, and the strawberry banana flavor is a classic combo.
You can serve it in a cup and sip it on your drive to work or serve it in a bowl with extra toppings of fresh fruits, nuts, maybe even some tropical macadamia coconut granola for crunch, or layer it with a yummy coconut chia pudding for an even more substantial breakfast.
Table of Contents
Helpful tools
You will need a blender or a food processor to make your smoothie. I’ve been using my Ninja blender with the single serving cup for years.
Ingredients and substitutions
As always, you’ll find the complete list of ingredients and quantities in the recipe card at the end of this post. Below are some notes and substitution tips:
- Banana – you can use fresh or frozen bananas. I like mine really ripe for strong banana flavor. I recommend slicing and freeze your bananas ahead of time. Frozen bananas give smoothies a creamy ice-cream-like consistency.
- Strawberry – you can use fresh or frozen strawberries. And of course you can also substitute other berries too to change up the flavor to your liking.
- Milk – I used almond milk in this recipe but regular milk will also work, coconut milk will add a nice tropical flavor, you can also use yogurt for more protein.
- Garnishing: this is optional, but I used fresh strawberries, fresh bananas and almond slices in this recipe. Feel free to use a variety of berries and different nuts, granola, toasted coconut, etc. to make your smoothie bowl more interesting.
How to make strawberry banana smoothie bowl
Simply blend all your ingredients together in a blender until smooth. You can adjust the consistency of your smoothie by adding more or less liquid. Transfer to a cup or a bowl, garnish your bowl with sliced strawberries, bananas and almonds and serve immediately.
Tips
- To make a strawberry banana smoothie bowl, you’ll want a thicker consistency. You can achieve this by using all frozen fruits and less liquid. But you’ll still need some liquid for your blender to work.
- If you just want to make a thin smoothie that you can sip through a straw – convenient for your morning drive – you can use all fresh fruits or use frozen fruits with more liquid added to thin out the smoothie. The advantage of using frozen fruits is that your smoothie will be super cold!
- If you like your smoothie sweeter, add a drizzle of honey or maple syrup.
Storage and making ahead
This strawberry banana smoothie is best enjoyed immediately, but you can save any leftover or additional servings in airtight containers in the fridge for up to 2 days or in the freezer for a few weeks. Just take one out the night before and let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight.
Alternatively, instead of blending the smoothies and freezing individual serving pre-made, you could prep the fruits ahead of time, freeze each portion in ziploc bags. Then simply blend it fresh in the morning with the liquid of your choice.
More easy smoothies
- 4-Ingredient Tropical Peach Mango Smoothie
- Strawberry Orange Smoothie
- Orange Pear Smoothie
- 3-Ingredient Pina Colada Smoothie
📖 Recipe card
Strawberry Banana Smoothie Bowl
Equipment
- Blender or Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 banana (sliced, fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup strawberry (chopped, fresh or frozen)
- ½ cup almond milk (use up to ¾ cup as needed)
- Sliced fresh strawberry (optional topping)
- Sliced banana (optional topping)
- 1 tablespoon slice almond (optional topping)
Instructions
- Put 1 banana, 1 cup strawberry and ½ cup of almond milk in the blender and blend until smooth. Add more almond milk if the mixture is too thick and cannot blend.
- Pour smoothie into a cup or a bowl, garnish with slices of fresh strawberry, banana and slice almond for crunch if desired.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- I have a Ninja blender with individual cup and I find the big blender doesn’t do a good job with a thick smoothie like this, the smaller cup attachment is better.
- I sliced and froze the banana and fresh strawberries the night before for this smoothie. You could also use fresh fruits, but I prefer the ice cream like texture with the frozen fruits.
Nutrition
This post may contain affiliate links. For more details on how we utilize affiliates, ads, and sponsored content, see our full disclosure policy. Thank you for your continued support, which enables us to keep bringing you delicious recipes, at no extra cost to you.
I love the presentation. it looks very delicious and smooth. I think my kids would love this one so I will try this over the weekend.
Thank you, I hope they’ll enjoy it!
looks smooth and delicious