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This recipe unlocks the secret to the perfect strawberry smoothie! It’s deliciously thick, perfectly sweet, and bursting with fresh flavor. This is a fan-favorite recipe that hits the spot every time.
Turns out, it’s more difficult than you think to make a perfect smoothie without a recipe (we’ve tried). This strawberry smoothie recipe uses just 5 ingredients to make the creamiest texture and a pure, sweet berry flavor.
As two cookbook authors, this is our favorite spin on the iconic puree that has been made and loved by many home cooks since we posted it years ago. Make it, memorize it, and make a perfect healthy smoothie on repeat!
Why this is the perfect strawberry smoothie recipe
Together, Alex and I have created 65+ smoothie recipes focusing on fruits, vegetables, and healthy proteins like yogurt, avoiding sugary juices. We’ve made green smoothies, vegetable smoothies, and fruit smoothies. But when it comes to picking favorites, it all comes back to this strawberry smoothie recipe! Here’s why we love it:
- Light and creamy texture. It’s easy for smoothies to turn out too icy or thick. This one is light and creamy, with just the right frosty texture.
- Subtly sweet, fruity flavor. Often smoothies are too bitter or overly sweet. This strawberry smoothie is lightly sweet, with just the right berry essence.
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“Wow!! I never write reviews on anything, but this is the VERY BEST smoothie I have ever had! Bravo! You nailed it!” -Lacy
Key ingredients for this strawberry smoothie
Here’s what you’ll need to make this strawberry smoothie! Strawberries pack a nutritional punch for very few calories, making them one of our favorite ingredients for smoothies. We were careful to choose healthy ingredients for this smoothie: no sugary juices or syrups!
- Frozen strawberries: It’s easy to find frozen berries and they add a great icy texture to this smoothie. If you prefer using fresh, use a frozen banana instead.
- Ripe banana: Many smoothie recipes call for frozen bananas, but we don’t often have them on hand. This recipe uses a fresh banana at room temperature to make it easy!
- Greek yogurt: Greek yogurt gives this recipe a protein boost and helpful probiotics, and makes for a perfect creamy texture. Vanilla or strawberry yogurt also work.
- Milk: You need just the right amount of liquid in a smoothie to get it to blend. Not enough and the blender gets stuck, and too much it tastes milky. Substitute non-dairy milk as desired.
- Maple syrup or honey: Just a hint brings out the sweetness in the berries. If you eat a low sugar diet you could omit, but it doesn’t quite taste the same with no sweetener. Adjust the sweetness to taste after you blend.
🍌 Want to swap out the banana? Use double the Greek yogurt and adjust the maple syrup or honey to taste.
Add-ins and options
Of course, you can mix in whatever you’d like to customize your healthy strawberry smoothie! But if you want it to be perfect, you’ve got to use flavors that work. Here are some ideas:
- Almond butter. Almond goes well with strawberry. Use about 1 tablespoon, 2 for a stronger almond flavor (it will also dull the color a bit).
- Vanilla. Use ¼ to ½ teaspoon vanilla to heighten the flavors.
- Mint or basil. Add a few fresh mint or basil leaves for an herbaceous spin.
- Cocoa powder. Craving chocolate? Try this Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie.
What not to add to a strawberry smoothie? Handfuls of spinach! This turns the smoothie into an unappealing shade of brown. If you want a green smoothie, go to our Green Smoothie.
Strawberry smoothie variations
Don’t stop at strawberries! This versatile smoothie base can be transformed with different fruits. We’ve created separate recipes for each variation!
- Make a Strawberry Peach Smoothie by substituting half the berries with frozen peaches.
- Use frozen pineapple for a Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie.
- Swap in blueberries for a Strawberry Blueberry Smoothie.
- Blend up a Strawberry Mango Smoothie by using frozen mango for half the berries.
Storing leftovers
Smoothies are best eaten immediately. But this strawberry smoothie actually lasts 1 to 2 days refrigerated, stored in a sealed container or a mason jar with the lid on. It may separate, which is perfectly natural. Just shake it up and you’re good to go!
Dietary notes
This strawberry smoothie recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, plant-based and dairy-free, see the recipe for variations.
Frequently asked questions
For optimal blending, start with your liquids at the bottom of the blender. Smoothie not blending? Stop and scrape a few times, then try adding a hint more liquid.
For optimal blending, start with your liquids at the bottom of the blender. Smoothie not blending? Stop and scrape a few times, then try adding a hint more liquid.
Any milk you like! Dairy milk, oat milk, almond milk or even coconut milk will all work depending on your dietary needs and flavor preference.
Sure! Toss in a handful of chia seeds, up to 1 tablespoon almond butter or cashew butter, or protein powder for a more filling smoothie.
Try our Strawberry Banana Smoothie: it’s vegan and uses only 2 ingredients! Or, omit the yogurt and use oat milk for the milk in the recipe below.
Perfect Strawberry Smoothie
This 2-minute recipe unlocks the secret to the perfect strawberry smoothie! It’s deliciously thick, perfectly sweet, and bursting with fresh flavor.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 small smoothies 1x
- Category: Drink
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk of choice
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt (or plain, vanilla or strawberry)*
- 1 ½ tablespoons maple syrup, honey, or agave syrup
- 2 cups frozen strawberries
- 1 ripe banana (room temperature)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in the order listed in a blender, breaking the banana into pieces. Add ½ cup ice. Blend until creamy and frothy, stopping a few times to scrape down the sides.**
- Taste and adjust sweetness as desired (flavor will vary based on the ripeness of the bananas and brand of berries). Serve immediately or store in a covered jar in the refrigerator for 2 days.
Notes
Optional add-ins include 1 tablespoon almond butter or ¼ teaspoon vanilla.
*If using vanilla yogurt or strawberry yogurt, start with less sweetener and add more to taste. For vegan, use 2 cups frozen strawberries, 2 bananas (room temperature), ½ cup water and 8 ice cubes. Or, follow the recipe above, omitting the Greek yogurt and adding additional oat milk to get the smoothie to blend.
**For optimal blending, start with your liquids at the bottom of the blender. Smoothie not blending? Stop and scrape a few times, then try adding a hint more liquid.
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DELICIOUS smoothie I loved it!
I have tried a strawberry banana smoothie and it tasted so delicious this recipe is perfect to make at home
Can u use fresh strawberries
This is such a fast and great recipe. It tastes amazing and is healthy. Thank YOU!!!
this was so nice very pink. It was not to sweet and not to Sower. I had to make five more for my family because they loved it.
strongly recommend.
Your smoothie was the best.
It tastes like one I get from a smoothie shop called tropical smoothie.
I will continue this smoothie because it rocks
Thank you for helping me because I never knew how to make a good smoothie and now I can 😀😀😀🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩
My family, friends and I Love this strawberry smoothie!
Oh my goodness! This was so good and I’m going to keep making every day!
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Hi Sonja and Alex,
I came across your site a few weeks ago trying to find smoothie ideas for breakfast. I absolutely love the strawberry smoothie and the blueberry smoothie! The strawberry smoothie makes exactly 32 ounces so I usually drink 16 ounces for breakfast on one day, and i freeze the other 16 ounces and thaw out at night for breakfast the next morning. I can’t wait to try the banana peanut butter one next! This has helped me on my weight loss journey as I have gotten bored with eating bacon and eggs every morning! I uses almond milk when milk is needed instead of regular milk and these smoothies are very filling! Thank you both for the recipes!!
You’re welcome! So glad you’ve enjoyed.
It is delicious! Had enough for my mom dad and I!
its so creamy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I use fresh strawberries instead of frozen?
The flavor will be great, but the texture will be a little thinner.
This is absolutely perfect. I usually just throw stuff in albeit healthy stuff, but it never really taste great. I loved this one.
Can Chia seeds be added. Have colitis and heard chia seeds are good for it.
Yes, you can blend them right in.
Hey, thanks for the recipe.
Serving size is completely off. Makes for a real hassle when you have to do half the blending at a time.
My 11 year old son just said this was the best smoothie ever!
Wow!!!!!! First of all, I just have to say if you are scrolling and unsure about trying a recipe that doesn’t have a million 5 star reviews YET- just wait- because this WILL BE THE ONE soon enough!!!! I never write reviews on anything, but this is the VERY BEST smoothie I have ever had in 39 years!!!! Bravo! You nailed it!!!! 💕 I added a blast of vanilla that you recommended – and followed the rest of the recipe to a T. ❤️🙌 Thank you!!!!
What a kind comment: thank you! SO so thrilled you loved it. Thanks for trying it out!
Wow! This smoothie is absolutely delicious! My daughter is home with Covid and missing a mission trip. She is super bummed. She asked for a strawberry smoothie and I came across this one. I like that all of the ingredients are healthy (I found one recipe that used strawberry jam!). I also liked that this doesn’t use orange juice. I feel like OJ drowns out the strawberry flavor. I used almond milk because she is lactose intolerant. Amazing! Thanks for the great recipe!
So glad you enjoyed!
I have not made it yet but I know it will taste great
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For me, it might take a little more than five minutes, more like seven minutes. But this smoothie is AMAZING!! You must try it!! Immediately five stars!!
Thank you! :)
This was one of the best smoothies I have ever made or tasted. The was it’s so creamy and silky. I’m not even saying this because I think it’s okay. I actually think it’s the best smoothie. But of course this is just what I think. I recommend trying this for yourself.
Good recipe. I don’t like ice in my smoothies as it waters down the taste, so I freeze both my strawberries and my bananas before making these, that way I don’t have to add ice. I also use honey in place of the maple syrup, just personal preference. Yummy!
Can you do a chocolate shake
We don’t have a chocolate shake recipe, but you could try our Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie! https://www.acouplecooks.com/chocolate-strawberry-smoothie/
Quick, easy and it came out prefect!
Do I have to use frozen strawberries or can I use all fresh fruit?
They should work, but you might want to freeze the banana first to give it a little bit thicker texture.
Hey, love this recipe and cite i used your recipe for my communications class How to speech i searched, “How to make a strawberry banana smoothie?” and you page was my first result. Everyone in my class loved it! Thanks for such a great recipe! <3
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed.
All these smoothies are great
Hi guys. From South Africa. Has to change my diet due to heart attack 2 years ago and now prostate.
Totally new in preparing healthy stuff, even cooking. So I need guidance from somewhere.
Can you replace milk with fresh juice. So much to learn. Have a great day
Hi! Yes, that should work.
Amazing flavor! Great afternoon drink!
I made the strawberry smoothie. Delicious!!!
Thanks for the “Jump to recipe” link at the top of the page.
Dear Sonja & Alex,
I love you web site and all of those wonderful appetizing and looking recipes and smoothie drinks. In terms of your smoothie recipes, Would it be possible to obtain a “book” of your recipes, even an on-line one. Otherwise, in order to print out everything, it will be very labor intensive to do so.
Please advise & thanks very much for all of your great recipes.
One big “smoothie lover,
Ken Perry
Hi Ken! We currently don’t have any plans for making a book of smoothies, so sorry! Right now they will all be available online only. Sorry that they’re only accessible on a device! Hopefully you can still use them this way. So glad you enjoy them!
Such a great recipe as is AND as a base for customization! I just subbed pineapple for the berries and added fresh ginger and lime juice! The liquids-to-fruits ratio in this recipe works perfectly for me with just a few extra splashes of milk.
Love to hear this! Glad you enjoyed :)