Fruit smoothie recipes are easy to make, and perfect for an easy breakfast or snack! You only need a few ingredients and a blender and you’re ready to go!
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I love fruit smoothies. I love making them up for a healthy breakfast, for a snack, or for something healthier when I’m craving something sweet.
One of my best friend’s and I bonded the first time over drinking smoothies together. She and I had class together my first semester at BYU, it was a freshman English class, and I hadn’t gotten my meal card yet (where I was allotted money each day for food at the different food places on campus) so after class she offered to buy me a smoothie from Jamba Juice on campus. We were best friends ever since. 🙂
Smoothies are great because they are so easy! And you can you can whip them together with just a few ingredients. You can choose what kind of fruit, juice, yogurt, etc to have all types of different flavors of smoothies.
You can have it be a berry smoothie, a tropical smoothie, banana orange, strawberry pineapple, etc. Try different kinds of fruits and yogurts to change the flavor.
Easy Fruit Smoothie
I usually like using orange juice in my smoothies (love the extra vitamin c too), but mango juice, pineapple juice, apple juice, or any other fruit juices will work, the possibilities are endless. You can also use milk or almond milk or even water if you have nothing else, but the juice helps to keep the smoothie extra sweet.
I left this recipe a little vague so you can change the ingredients how you want to fit your flavor choices or the ingredients you have on hand. I almost always use this same ratio for smoothies, no matter what flavors, but this is the perfect basic recipe for a starting point.
Smoothie Ideas:
- Pineapple Juice + 1 cup pineapple + 1 cup mango + vanilla yogurt + 1 ripe banana + 1 cup spinach
- Apple juice + 2 cups mixed berries + huckleberry yogurt
- Orange Banana Juice + 1 cup pineapple + 1 cup peach + vanilla yogurt + banana
- Orange Juice + 2 cups strawberries + strawberry yogurt + banana
Optional Mix Ins:
- Protein Powder – Add a scoop of your favorite protein powder to make the smoothie more filling. Think about what flavor combos would taste yummy before mixing.
- Chia Seeds – Add up to 2 TBS of chia sheeds for a great way to get extra fiber, protein, and omega 3 fatty acids.
- Flax Seed – Add 1 to 3 TBS of flax seeds to get some healthy fats, help your digestive health, and lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
- Hemp Seeds – Add up to 3 TBS of shelled help seeds for 10 grams of protein, plus healthy fats and fiber in your smoothie.
- Peanut Butter – Add about 2 TBS of peanut butter or almond butter to your smoothie to boost your heart health, and add a yummy flavor. My favorite combos are a strawberry smoothie for a peanut butter and jelly flavor, or a banana smoothie!
- Maple Syrup – Add a small amount of pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup) to your smoothie to help sweeten it up a bit.
- Honey – Honey is also a great sweetener for smoothies if you think it’s not sweet enough already.
- Spinach – Add 1 to 2 cups of spinach or other leafy greens for so many added vitamins and benefits in your smoothie. With the banana you won’t even taste the added greens.
Tips and Tricks:
- I love the sweetness that fresh fruit juices add to my smoothies, but you could also substitute that for your milk of choice, try coconut milk, coconut water, almond milk, cashew milk, soy milk, cow’s milk, etc.
- Add 1/2 to 1 cup of ice cubes to make your smoothie a little thicker. This makes it even better for a smoothie bowl too!
- I don’t recommend using plain greek yogurt because it doesn’t add any sweetness to your smoothie. Add a vanilla greek yogurt or other low-fat yogurt that has just a little sweetness, but is still high in protein and low in fat.
- Don’t add too many of the above mix ins at once, mix and match your smoothie flavors and add ins to get your favorite combination. Too many mix ins will dry out your smoothie and you’ll need more juice added in.
Now grab your juice, favorite fruits, yogurt, and a blender and get blending!
What’s your favorite smoothie flavor?
How to make Smoothies (Easy Fruit Smoothie Recipes)
Ingredients
- 1 cup fruit juice
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 2 cups frozen fruit
- 1 small banana (optional)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender.
- Blend on high until desired consistency is reached. Add a little more juice or a little more frozen fruit (or ice) as needed to get desired consistency.
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Recipe first published on March 7, 2014. Photos and text updated on April 30, 2018
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Mary Ohenewa boafo says
Nice
Carissa says
This smoothie is sooooooo delicious!!
Rohit chaudhary says
Hi Aimee,
Your smoothie recipe is really tasty and delicious 🔥
I loved them, I hope you’ll provide us with such more tasty contents ❤
Thank you so much ✌
Remy Harding says
I make a smoothie every morning and I put so much in it!
Here’s a good recipe for people who love peanut butter;
2 bananas
2 apples ( make sure you take the stem off)
1 or 2 cups vanilla yogurt
grapes
strawberries or blueberries (or both)
half a cup of flax seeds
1 cup of regular oatmeal
some ice
1 or 2 cups of milk
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
( you could also add in so much more or juice instead of milk)
Aimee says
Looks delicious, thanks!
Lisa B says
Wow!! Sounds so yummy, I’ve never made a smoothie!
Ellen says
you should. smoothies are so good
Olivia says
I drink these smoothies everyday and they are amazing! The only thing I add is two spoons of sugar at the end because the use plain yogurt.
Azomaukwu Nneoma says
please send me the procedure of how to make fruit juice and smoothies
Ellen says
I don’t make my own fruit juice. Without a juicer of some kind I wouldn’t know how. There are a variety of juicers available for purchase but if you don’t live where you can purchase one then all I can recommend is to use citrus juice and squeeze.
I am able to purchase my juice from the store when I purchase the fruit.
If you have a blender of kind, then you can make the smoothies according to the instructions in the recipe. I hope that helps.
Joanne Patel says
I like to make smoothie drinks for summer hot weather
Aimee says
Me too, but they are a great healthy option all year long too
Kristy says
Made my first smoothie today… Fresh strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, lowfat milk, dash of raw pure honey , little ice. It was ok a bit sour any ideas how to sweeten it without sugar…
Aimee says
You could use some sort of juice, find 100% juice so it doesn’t have any added sugar and it should be sweeter than milk. I always add yogurt too though that obviously has added sugars
Lynn says
I use sweetex
Candi says
Honey works really well.
Fallon Such says
The blackberries are giving you the sour taste. Banana is also a good natural sweetener that goes well in literally any smoothie.
Glamcrazze says
The Pineapple Juice + mango and spinach in it absolutely the winner I liked the combo will definitely try it soon really liked your recipe.
Ellen says
I love that combo too, it is one of my favorites.
M says
How would you shift the ratios if you only had fresh fruit on hand? And what about quantities if you want to add peanut butter? Thanks!
Aimee says
I’d probably add a cup of ice, you might need a little more juice, depending on the power of your blender. I usually add 2 TBS to 1/4 cup of peanut butter to my pb banana smoothies, it shouldn’t change the other amounts needed. I have a yummy pb banana smoothie recipe you can try https://lmld.org/peanut-butter-banana-smoothie/
EMMA REYNOLDS says
I often have smoothies for breakfast I use fruit and like spinach or kale peanut butter powder flax seed and chia seed I’m watching my carbs and calories so I generally use water
Ellen says
I love smoothies for breakfast. I have only tried spinach in my smoothies, do you find the kale a strong flavor or do you not notice it too much. Peanut butter powder, flax seeds and chia seeds really do add good nutrition. I imagine just water let’s the fruit flavor really shine.
Richard says
I did the first one without the spinach.
These are without any smoothie mixes, picked, etc.
S Angelo says
thanks great ideas for an easy exit in the morning
Stephanie says
I absolutely love the way you break the ingredient ratios down here to make these so easy to customize! Smoothies are delicious!
Shiho says
Hello, how cute the story bonded with smoothie. My daughter can relate it so much, she is a uni student and can find friend with smoothie. My favourite smoothies is any berries and kiwi.
Arsalan says
looking really awesome. Going to try this right now.
Sandi Berrett says
This looks so good. Definitely going to try:)
Ashley Bell says
Okay, this looks good and sooo easy. Thanks!
Jesseca Hallows says
Do you think I could just use strawberries instead of the mixed fruit?
Aimee Berrett says
Oh for sure. I actually picked out so that most of the fruit in mine was just strawberries 🙂
Belle Lovelace says
Would peaches be okay to put in?
Aimee says
Yes of course! One of the suggested recipes I said has pineapple, peaches, banana and orange juice. But add whatever you want/ have on hand!