This easy berry smoothie is thick, fruity and refreshing, made with frozen mixed berries and almond milk in just 5 minutes. Perfect for a quick breakfast, healthy snack or post-workout smoothie, this mixed berry smoothie can be made with or without banana and is easily adapted to suit your favourite fruit and preferred milk.
I use frozen berries as they are cheap to buy in a large bag, in the summer you could use fresh berries when they are plentiful and at their cheapest.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Ready in 5 minutes
- Uses frozen berries
- Easy healthy breakfast
- Naturally vegetarian
- Easily dairy-free and vegan
- Great for busy mornings
Ingredients
Here’s what you will need for this simply berry smoothie without banana.
- frozen berries – I use mixed frozen berries. Frozen berries are often cheaper than fresh berries.
- almond milk – I use unsweetened almond milk to keep the calories down. You can swap this for standard milk (whole, semi-skimmed or skimmed) or your preferred plant-based milk – I also love oat milk which gives a creamier texture.
- honey – a little honey is used to sweeten.
Method
It is so easy to make. Place all of the ingredients in a power blender.
Blend for 2-3 minutes until thick.
Isn’t the colour of this just amazing! The fruit I used was a mixture of blackberries, morello cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants.
I think it is the deep colour of the blackberries and blackcurrants that makes the colour of the smoothie so vivid.
We love sipping on a small glass of a chilled smoothie in the summer months alongside breakfast.
Frozen Berry Smoothie
I love the simplicity of grabbing a bag of frozen mixed berries from the freezer and blending them with your milk of choice. Frozen berries create a lovely thick, creamy smoothie without needing ice.
If you have frozen home-grown blackberries, raspberries or strawberries from previous harvests, you can use these instead of a ready-made frozen berry mix.
There is no need to defrost the fruit first, though you will need a blender powerful enough to blend frozen fruit smoothly.
Frozen berries are so handy to keep in the freezer for crumbles, fruit compote, jam, smoothies or spooning over pancakes.
This healthy berry smoothie is perfect for breakfast at home or on the go.
How to Ensure Your Smoothie is Thick
Blending frozen berries into the mix gives this smoothie a lovely thick texture.
You can make it even thicker by adding in half a banana or some yoghurt.
Or a tablespoon of peanut or your preferred nut butter (almond butter is good because it has such a mild flavour) is another good thickener, that will also up the protein content slightly at the same time.
If you are using fresh berries instead of frozen, if your blender if powerful enough to handle ice, you can add in some ice cubes to compensate for the softer berries.
Avoid blending for too long, just blend for long enough that your berry smoothie is nice and thick.
Variations
Swap the almond milk for your preferred dairy or plant-based milk – oat milk, semi-skimmed, soya milk. Oat milk will make it thicker. Dairy milk will add extra protein.
Add some Greek, natural or coconut-based yoghurt for a richer thicker taste.
Add in any other fresh fruit you have in the fridge that needs to be used up.
Add in your favourite smoothie additions before blending – such as a teaspoon of flax seeds or linseed, or a handful of oats.
A scoop of protein powder will make your smoothie high-protein and a meal in itself.
To sweeten more to your taste, you might want to add more honey. You could alternatively add in a banana.
Other Ideas with Berries
- summer fruit crumble
- pink gooseberry baked oats
- frozen mixed berry jam from Fuss Free Flavours
- american pancakes with pomegranate and blueberries from The Hedge Combers
- 5 minute frozen yoghurt from Hungry Healthy Happy
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Recipe
Berry Smoothie (without banana)
Ingredients
- 400 g (2½ cups) mixed frozen berries
- 500 ml (2 cups) unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tbsp runny honey
Equipment
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in your blender.400 g / 2½ cups mixed frozen berries, 500 ml / 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, 1 tbsp runny honey
- Blend for 2-3 minutes or until smooth and thick.
- Serve.
wer ruft an says
Looks delicious! I still have strewberies in my freezer, tommorrow smoothie from you recipe will be my breakfast. Thank you for sharing.