This Strawberry Smoothie recipe is thick, refreshing, and packed with fresh strawberry flavor. It has just 4 ingredients: strawberries, bananas, and pineapple blended together with coconut milk or your favorite base.
This strawberry banana smoothie will give you some serious feel-good energy in the morning!
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Strawberry Smoothie Recipe:
We love summer strawberries when they are at their peak of sweetness because they really shine in smoothies. There is nothing like a Strawberry Smoothie in the morning to give you a cool and refreshing jolt before your day starts. Since the main ingredient is strawberries, it has an intense strawberry flavor that our whole family loves.
This has the classic taste of a strawberry banana smoothie, but you can change up your smoothie based on what you have on hand. For a different flavor twist, check out the Apricot Strawberry Smoothie, or our popular Strawberry Cherry Smoothie Recipe. You could also serve this as a smoothie bowl with fun toppings.
Ingredients for Strawberry Smoothies:
- Strawberries: The main ingredient! I love using fresh strawberries, but frozen strawberries are an option. Remove strawberry tops to preserve the pretty pink color.
- Coconut Milk: My favorite base giving this smoothie a tropical flavor. See below for other options.
- Bananas: A staple ingredient for many smoothies, gives a nice creamy texture.
- Pineapple: More tropical flavor for this delicious treat and the frozen chunks serve as a flavorful “ice” so this smoothie is packed full of flavor!
How to Make a Strawberry Smoothie:
- Combine all of your ingredients in your blender.
- Blend until smooth and serve to the folks who have probably formed a line behind you.
Smoothie Pro Tip: Be sure to put the liquid ingredients in first, and then the frozen ingredients. The liquid helps with the blending process and prevents your blender from locking up on the hard frozen fruits!
Can I use a Different Kind of Milk?
Smoothies are so versatile! You can make them using just about any milk or liquid base. My favorite option is to use Coconut Milk for Strawberry Smoothies, which adds a slight tropical taste and is a great dairy-free option if you have allergies or other health concerns.
Other liquid options include:
- Regular Milk: Creamy traditional smoothie base
- Nut Milks: Almond, Cashew, etc – add a nice nutty flavor and are a great dairy-free option
- Fruit Juice: An extra punch of sweetness without needing to add sugar
- Water: If you are counting those calories!
Can I use Frozen Strawberries for Smoothies?
Frozen strawberries work great for smoothies so you can enjoy strawberry smoothies year-round. Using frozen fruit in your smoothies helps keep them chilled and thick. If we have leftover fruit or a bumper crop of berries, we often store them in freezer-safe bags to make a quick smoothie another day.
How to Hull Strawberries:
The hull is the green leafy cap at the top of a strawberry. We hull strawberries to keep the color consistent in the smoothie. Hulling a strawberry is easy – using a small pairing knife, make a circular cut around the top, aiming towards the center to remove the top like a cork.
A strawberry huller makes this job really quick and easy with minimal waste since you remove the hull with one circular motion and you don’t have to cut away any portion of the strawberry flesh.
More Summer Strawberry Recipes:
- Strawberry Pretzel Salad: always a hit at parties!
- Strawberry Sauce: delectable 3-ingredient topping
- Strawberry Shortcake: classic and easy
- Easy Strawberry Cake: soft and moist bursting with flavor
- Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes: perfect for summer entertaining
Strawberry Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut milk, original (or almond milk, or regular milk)
- 1 cup strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1 banana, peeled and quartered
- 1 cup pineapple chunks, frozen
Instructions
- Combine all of your ingredients in the order that they are listed (liquid on the bottom and frozen on top).
- Blend until smooth and serve right away.
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hey i know it’s pretty rare but i hate bananas can u give me some banana alternative for my smoothies to get that creamy heavy texture thank!
Hi Alicia, I haven’t tried it with this recipe but avocado works well in smoothies.
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Hi Hannah!
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You’re welcome, Theresa! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my recipes!
Hi Natasha, my sister and I made this recipe today for breakfast. It was so good and refreshing. Our family loved it! Definitely our go to smoothie recipe now. Thanks for the recipe Natasha!
That’s just awesome! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review, Zoie!
Very refreshing and tasty. I like using oat milk and chia seeds as well. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing that with me, Laura! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe.
Easy and tastes great! I also like to add some flaxseed.
That’s a great idea! Thank you for sharing that with me Mickey!
The recipe calls for 236.59 ml of coconut milk – surely you are joking; no-one measures to 5 decimal places
Hi! This recipe calls for one cup of coconut milk since we are in the US. That is the metric conversion of one cup. You will be fine to use 236ml.
Fantastic, our favorite kind of drink on a hot day. Your E-Mail just came in as we poured the creamed coconut
(more intense flavor)into the blender. To your recipe we added 1 cup of vanilla ice cream, 1 cup crushed ice cubes and a cup of dark rum (for therapeutic purposes only) Your recipes are out of this world. Thanks again. Grampa Joe
You’re welcome, Grampa Joe! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe!
that is so delicious Natasha I want to try it
Yummy!! I love a good strawberry smooth recipe. So refreshing!
Isn’t it the best Matt! I’m so glad you enjoyed that!
This strawberry smoothie recipe is my go-to breakfast! So easy to make and so delicious!
We love our morning smoothies!
What a delicious and refreshing smoothie! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
You’re welcome, Toni! I hope you love it!
The smoothie looks amazing! I’m going to try and make my own. Do you by any chance have a recipe on how to make açai bowls?
Hi Lucy, thank you for that suggestion! We have a Green Smoothie Bowl here. There’s no açai in it, however.
Ok thank you! I’ll try that instead. It looks delicious!!!!!
Please, your recipes are so excellent, BUT I cannot copy them from your text. So very
frustrating for I spend a long time trying to copy them. Please make them user friendly.
My whole family liked this smoothie. It’s simple, healthy and delicious. Who could ask for more? 5 stars!
That’s so great, Melissa! It sounds like you have a new favorite!
May I share my banana milkshake recipe: pour a pint or more of milk in the blender with 1 cut up big banana vanilla, 3 ice cubes, and sugar to taste. Froth up the drink until all is mixed well. So easy and so rich tasting!!
That sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing that Barbara!
Hello Natasha! Can I substitute pineapple? My younger daughter doesn’t like it – it gives her stomach aches. Can I omit it or add more strawberries instead? Thank you!
Hi Zarina, we love it in this smoothie but you can definitely omit or substitute.
Great smoothie 👍👍 you gotta balance between the strawberries and the pineapple. Too much pineapple gives it a strong favour. Next time I’m gonna add more strawberries and less pineapple.
Fantastic recipe
I’m so happy you enjoyed that!
Looks so easy, Can’t wait to try it out.
It is so good! Thank you for following our blog!
What can I sub for strawberries?
Hi Nina, most berries would be a good substitution here.
Yum! I like my smoothies green so I added frozen kale and it was a perfect additions to an already great smoothie 🙂
Great suggestion Emily! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂