5-Minute Vegan Banana Smoothie

Last November, my husband and I made an impromptu decision and signed up for an online workout program. We both have gained a few extra pounds since we moved to Vermont and have been feeling the weight of it. Plus, with the holidays ahead of us, we wanted to keep things under control and hopefully not gain any more weight.

Thankfully, we were able to stick to it and have been working out 6-days a week, first thing in the morning ever since. With our new workout routine, I have been thinking a lot about smoothies. They say, what you put in your body in the first 30 minutes after your workout is very important. To me, there is nothing better than a mason jar filled with a delicious smoothie.

Today’s recipe, Vegan Banana Smoothie, and the variations I will talk about below have been a favorite in our house, so I thought I would share it here with you.

As the name suggests, in addition to being vegan, this easy banana smoothie recipe is gluten-free and dairy-free. It comes together in 5 minutes and a great breakfast that you can take with you to work.

How To Make A Vegan Smoothie – Healthy Smoothie Ingredients

I know most of you are used to making your banana smoothie with milk and yogurt. While there is nothing wrong with that I sometimes like to switch things up vegan alternatives of those ingredients.

Regardless of the fruit you are using, you can make any vegan fruit smoothie by using the ingredients below:

• Fresh fruit: While banana is a favorite fruit for most of us, if it is not your jam you can easily swap it whatever is in season. Berries, apples,  or any of your stone fruits would all work.
• Liquid – Water or Plant-based milk: I usually go for unsweetened almond milk, but water works too.
• Yogurt – Plant-Based Yogurt Alternative: I love unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk yogurt but feel free to use whichever you want.
• Optional add ins: I always add in a handful of rolled oats (I buy gluten-free certified oats), flax seeds, and chia seeds, but it is optional

• Optional Green Leafy Vegetables: If I have it on hand, I sometimes add in a cup of green leafy vegetables like kale, spinach, or swiss chard.

How To Make A Creamy Smoothie

If you are like me, like your vegan breakfast smoothie on the creamy side, you are not alone. When it comes to making your favorite smoothie creamy, you can try a few tricks:

• Freeze your bananas: If you are making this smoothie during the warmer months, you can slice your ripe bananas, place them on a sheet pan, cover tightly with stretch film, and freeze until you are ready to use them.
• Adding frozen bananas into the smoothie mixture eliminates the need to add in ice and make it watery. Instead, they make it super creamy texture almost like ice cream. Think about it, who would say no to a frozen banana smoothie in the middle of summer when it is a million degrees outside?
• Add a ripe avocado to your smoothie: Like bananas, avocados are a great way to add creaminess to your banana smoothie. Adding a ripe avocado with an almond milk yogurt alternative makes a really creamy, thick banana smoothie.

How To Make Vegan Banana Smoothie:

The recipe is pretty straight forward. I kept the ingredients in the recipe below pretty simple, but feel free to add in other ingredients to change it up.

Here is a quick video showing how to make healthy banana smoothie:

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Vegan Banana Smoothie

5 from 8 votes

By: Aysegul Sanford

Yields2 servings

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

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Banana Split Smoothie recipe is a naturally sweetened vegan smoothie that is packed with healthy ingredients to help you satiate your sweet cravings for a quick breakfast or an afternoon pick me up. If you like banana split as a dessert, this 5-minute recipe is going to be your next favorite smoothie recipe.

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 ripe banana, or frozen
• ▢ ¼ cup ground rolled oats
• ▢ 1 teaspoon chia seeds, optional
• ▢ 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• ▢ 1 Plant based yogurt, such as almond or coconut yogurt
• ▢ ½ cup of crushed ice, optional

Instructions 

• Place banana, rolled oats, chia seeds (if using), almond milk, almond yogurt, and ice into the blender.
• Blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy.

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Nutrition

Calories: 118kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 164mg | Potassium: 248mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 38IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 168mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Smoothie

Cuisine: American

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