7 Strawberry & Creamy Smoothie Recipes

7 Strawberry & Creamy Smoothie Recipes

Strawberries are a classic smoothie ingredient. They mix well with most fruits, add vibrant color and provide sweet flavors that can cool the heat of summer instantly. They are also a very nutritious fruit with the ability to remove harmful toxins in the blood.

Your smoothie will be a lot more delicious if freshly picked strawberries are used. Strawberries that are frozen, however, are still used as the main ingredient in some smoothies. If it’s required to use frozen ones, you may freeze your freshly picked strawberries and it will work the same way. Strawberry smoothies also go great with strawberry ice cream and yogurt.

Do you have your own favorite strawberry-based smoothie recipe? Share them with us! For the meantime, here are seven of my favorites. These concoctions are healthy, fast and mostly fat-free.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

10 ounces strawberries, stems removed
2 ripe bananas
3 tablespoons sugar or honey
1 cup ice cubes
3/4 cup yogurt

Wash strawberries and remove banana peels. Blend everything above. You may add a couple of drops of vanilla or almond extract for a little extra flavor.

Strawberry Blackberry Smoothie

6-8 strawberries (can be frozen or fresh)
6-8 blackberries (can be frozen or fresh)
2.5 cups low-fat or non-fat milk
8 cubes of ice
1 scoop whey powder

Rinse and cut tops of strawberries, and rinse blackberries. Blend everything above. For a more creamy drink, substitute whey powder for ice cream. Makes about 4 cups

Mango-Strawberry Smoothie

1 cup strawberries (can be frozen or fresh)
Half a cup – mangoes
Quarter cup – orange juice
8 cubes of ice
A teaspoon honey

Slice strawberries. Cut mangoes into cubes. Blend everything above.

Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie with Equal Sweetener

1 cup vanilla low fat yogurt
4 medium sized kiwis, peeled, chopped
Half a cup orange juice
12 packets of Equal sweetener
2 cups strawberries (can be frozen or fresh)

Blend everything above except the strawberries. Puree until creamy. Add strawberries. Blend again until creamy. Makes about 4 cups

Strawberry Soda Smoothie

1 (10 oz) package of strawberries (can be frozen or fresh)
6 ounces frozen pineapple-orange concentrate
1 (2 liter) bottle ginger ale or lemon-lime soda

Blend the first two ingredients. Add ginger ale or lemon-lime soda. Blend again until creamy.

Strawberry Vanilla Crush

2 cups of vanilla ice cream
1.5 cups of strawberries (can be frozen or fresh)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups crushed ice

Blend everything above. Add additional strawberries as garnish. Makes about 4 cups

Strawberry and Dates Smoothie

1/2 cup strawberries (can be frozen or fresh)
1/4 cup almonds, soaked
3 dates, pitted and soaked
1 cup water

Soak the almonds and dates separately (for at least several hours). Rinse. Blend everything above. Serve.