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A broccoli smoothie makes eating this nutritious vegetable easy as pie! Blended with fruit and yogurt, it’s a deliciously healthy snack.
Want to eat more broccoli? Here’s an interesting way to use it: throw it into a smoothie! This magic broccoli smoothie makes nutritious vegetable taste sweet and creamy. You can barely even taste that it’s there!
Of course, there are lots of delicious ways to eat broccoli that we’ll cover below (like this Parmesan broccoli that makes it taste like French fries). But if you want to throw it into a beautifully green smoothie as a healthy breakfast or snack: here’s your best bet!
Ingredients in a broccoli smoothie
This broccoli smoothie combines fruit and yogurt with the green florets to make it taste amazing! Our son sucked this down quickly and immediately demanded more. Of course, there’s no real trick: this smoothie is mostly comprised of fruit like apple, banana and pineapple. (If you want to eat lots of broccoli without the fruit, keep reading for all our ideas.). Here’s what’s in this broccoli smoothie:
- Broccoli: Chop it into small florets and throw it in.
- Apple: We like using green apple for its sweet tart flavor and green color, but any apple will do.
- Banana: Banana is key to getting a creamy texture.
- Frozen pineapple: Frozen pineapple adds just the right frosty texture and sweetness. You can substitute frozen mango if desired!
- Greek yogurt: Greek yogurt is great for smoothies because it loads on the protein, and it also has probiotics that are helpful for digestion and gut health.
Broccoli smoothie variations
Want a bright green smoothie? Or like it super cold and icy? Here are a few variations on this broccoli smoothie:
- Spinach: Add 1 cup baby spinach to make an even darker green smoothie!
- Ice: Add ½ to 1 cup ice for a fluffier, icier smoothie.
- Cinnamon: Spice it up with ¼ teaspoon cinnamon.
- Berries: Love berries? You can use those too. Substitute frozen strawberries or blueberries for the pineapple: keep in mind this will alter the color. It will also make it slightly more tart, so you may want to adjust by adding a little maple syrup as necessary.
Make it dairy free: a few pointers
Like vegan smoothies? You can make this broccoli smoothie vegan by doing the following:
- Omit the Greek yogurt and use almond or oat milk instead of water. Start with ½ cup and increase as necessary to get the right blend and texture. You also may want to add a little ice to make it frothier.
- If desired, add protein via nut butter. Greek yogurt packs on the protein, so you may want to add a nut butter like cashew butter or almond butter.
More ways to make broccoli taste amazing
As we noted above, this broccoli smoothie is a great way to eat a small portion of broccoli that’s covered by fruity flavors. But want to eat a lot of broccoli and make it taste great? Here are our favorite ways:
- This roasted broccoli is a complete revelation that’s as good as French fries, we think.
- This pan fried broccoli or blanched broccoli are great basic recipes for weeknights: crisp tender and full of flavor!
- Both Parmesan broccoli and roasted broccoli and cauliflower step up the standard.
- Or go fresh with broccoli slaw or broccoli salad, or make it into dinner with a broccoli stir fry.
Broccoli nutrition
This green vegetable is one of the healthiest you can eat! This cruciferous vegetable is part of a vegetable family that includes cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and kale. Here’s why to throw broccoli into smoothies:
- It’s a great source of fiber. 1 cup of raw broccoli has 2.3 grams of fiber, or about 5 to 10% of your daily need (source).
- It’s very high in Vitamin C. ½ cup has 70% your daily value of Vitamin C (source).
- It’s relatively high in protein for a green vegetable. 1 cup has 3 grams protein (source). That’s a similar level to asparagus and potatoes.
Dietary notes
This broccoli smoothie recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. For plant-based, dairy-free and vegan, see the notes above.
Magic Broccoli Smoothie
A broccoli smoothie makes eating this nutritious vegetable easy as pie! Blended with fruit and yogurt, it’s a deliciously healthy snack.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 large or 2 small smoothies 1x
- Category: Drink
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: Smoothie
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- ½ cup Greek yogurt*
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup chopped small broccoli florets
- 1 large green apple, chopped
- 1 banana (room temperature)
- 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to the blender, adding the liquids first and breaking the banana into pieces. Blend until smooth. Eat immediately or store up to 1 day refrigerated in a covered jar.
Notes
*For a vegan smoothie, you can omit the Greek yogurt. If you’d like a creamy, texture, use almond milk or oat milk instead of water, and add additional water as necessary to get it to blend.
More smoothie recipes
Want more healthy smoothie recipes? There are so many to try:
- Greens & veggies: Kale, Celery, Carrot, Pumpkin, Avocado, Green, Beet or Spinach Smoothie You’ll forget you’re eating all those healthy ingredients. (Go to Veggie Smoothies.)
- Berries: Strawberry, Mixed Berry, Strawberry Blueberry, Fruit, Blueberry, Strawberry Banana, Strawberry Mango, or Blueberry Banana Smoothie Tart and full of sweet fruity flavor!
- Creamy: Yogurt, Coffee, Vanilla Protein, Chia Seed, Chocolate Banana or Peanut Butter Smoothie Lusciously creamy and packed with flavor.
- Fruits: Banana, Peach, Apple, Acai Berry, Watermelon, Orange, Mango Pineapple, Mango Banana, or Pineapple Smoothie Juicy and lightly sweet: perfectly refreshing. (Go to Fruit Smoothies.)
delicious! I used 1 cup frozen riced broccoli and cauliflower. I have a jaw injury from car accident and can not chew and miss my daily dose of broccoli. now I can add it back into my diet! thank you!
This smoothie recipe is absolutely delicious!! I make with all the suggested ingredients and also add a small handful of baby spinach leaf. I buy fresh fruits and flash freeze them so that’s what I used which only tends to make the smoothie a little more “slushy”. Thank you for sharing!!
Both myself and hubby are turning over a new healthy leaf in life and we are very interested in your smoothie recipes
Let us know which ones you enjoy!
Sounds good, but if I may: almost all the iron will be lost because of the dairy.
Make it cruelty-free and healthier, and update the recipe to a plant-based yoghurt. Most have probiotics too, so there really is no reason for the dairy (and the smoothie will be cruelty-free, too).
Hi Sonja en Alex.
Me and my wife tried this smoothie.
Its very good and refreshing.Not to sweet. Thnx for the recipe
We will try many more.
Greeting from The Hague NL ✌️