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Here’s our favorite satisfying, easy blueberry smoothie recipe! This smooth purple puree is full of wholesome ingredients and tastes refreshingly sweet tart.
Good smoothies can be tricky whip up on the fly: when we make them without a recipe, they often turn out too tart, overly thick, or too liquid. So as two cookbook authors, we put our heads together and created this simple blueberry smoothie recipe!
This recipe one hits all the right notes. It’s got the perfect creamy texture, tastes like pure blueberry, has no added sugar, and is full of real, whole food ingredients (read: no fruit juice) The best part: it’s got a hint of cinnamon, too.
Why make this blueberry smoothie recipe?
This blueberry smoothie was made from a challenge. You see, I tried to make a tasty blueberry smoothie recipe by throwing a few things into a blender. It needed a lot of milk to come together, and the flavor tasted kind of “meh”. So Alex challenged me: he said he could make a better blueberry smoothie, with healthier ingredients. He went to work, and came up with a perfect blend of ingredients. Here’s what makes this the best blueberry smoothie:
- Wholesome ingredients. This smoothie uses whole food ingredients that are heavy on the nutrients but big on flavor. No fruit juice, no added sugar!
- Sweet tart texture and thick texture. The flavor is perfect: pure blueberry, just sweet enough, with a frosty, creamy texture.
Ingredients you’ll need
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to blend together make this blueberry smoothie. Simply blend in a blender and enjoy!
- Frozen blueberries
- Carrot
- Banana
- Greek yogurt
- Cinnamon
Tips for how to properly blend smoothies
It might sound deceptively simple to blend smoothies. Don’t you just throw it all in the blender and press go? There are actually some nuances to this process. Here’s what we recommend:
- Use a high speed blender if you have it. This best blueberry banana smoothie is easiest to make with a high speed or powerful blender.
- If you’re working with a blender that’s not top shape: Dice the carrot very small. Also, place the liquid items in the smoothie toward the bottom of the blender. If you put the frozen items towards the bottom, they can easily freeze solid and make it hard for the blender blades to turn.
- Add slightly more liquid if necessary. Liquid helps to blend a smoothie, so we’ve added a range for the liquid here (water). Scrape down the bowl of the blender and add a little bit of water at a time until you get the desired texture.
Blueberry smoothie variations
Alex and I like this blueberry smoothie as written: but of course you’re welcome to add your unique spin on it! Here are a few variations:
- Can you use fresh blueberries in this smoothie? Frozen blueberries make up most of the icy texture here; you could use fresh blueberries, but we’d do that with a frozen banana.
- Can you make it vegan? Sure can! We like the thickness that Greek yogurt brings, so the best substitute would be vegan yogurt. Or you could use just enough almond milk to bring it together.
- Do you need the carrot? Not necessarily, but we liked the added nutrients and sweetness.
- Can you make it a chocolate smoothie? Yes, go to this Chocolate Blueberry Smoothie recipe.
Dietary notes
This blueberry smoothie recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free, use vegan yogurt or almond milk.
Blueberry Smoothie
Here’s our favorite satisfying, easy blueberry smoothie recipe! This smooth purple puree is full of wholesome ingredients and tastes refreshingly sweet tart.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 smoothies 1x
- Category: Drink
- Method: Frozen
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 medium carrot
- ½ cup Greek yogurt*
- 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup water
- 1 large ripe banana, broken into pieces
- 2 cups frozen blueberries
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Dice the carrot. Place the Greek yogurt and water in the bottom of the blender, followed by the carrot, banana, frozen blueberries, and cinnamon.
- Blend on high until a smooth purple puree forms, scraping and adding a bit of additional water as needed. Serve immediately.
Notes
*For vegan, use vegan yogurt. Or omit the yogurt and water and substitute with enough almond milk to bring it all together.
More blueberry recipes
Outside of this blueberry smoothie recipe, here are a few more of our favorite blueberry recipes:
- This Blueberry Salad is a delicious way to eat berries , covered in a tangy dressing.
- Light and fluffy, these Lemon Blueberry Pancakes have just the right citrus zing and sweet bursts of berries! Serve with easy blueberry compote.
- These Blueberry Waffles are everyone’s favorite, topped with a quick blueberry sauce.
- This Blueberry Cake is fluffy, lightly sweet, and scented with lemon.
- Try these Banana Blueberry Muffins, made with oats and sweetened lightly with maple syrup.
I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did haha I thought it would be sour without any added sweetener but it was perfect with the carrot and banana. I used whole milk plain yogurt instead of Greek since I had it. Thank you
Tried this and it came out very liquidy. Was very good but not the consistency of a smoothie. What can be added or changed to make it thicker?
Hi there! This should come out pretty thick — did you use the 2 tablespoons water, or 1/4 cup? I’d make sure to start with the 2 tablespoons water if it’s coming out thinner. Also Greek yogurt should provide a very thick consistency. Did you use Greek yogurt (not plain yogurt)?
The recipe at the top states 1 cup of yogurt but the bottom one states 1/2 cup? Which one is correct?
It should be 1/2 cup. Updated: sorry for the confusion!
So, so good!! Added a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and ironically tasted the apple but not the vinegar! Definitely is a keeper!! Have you made a big batch of it to have over a couple of days? Would like to be able to do that.
Hi! We haven’t tried storing it, let us know if you do!