Strawberry Banana Smoothie Recipe

For our third installment of smoothie recipes, I bring you strawberry banana.  If you missed our first 2 flavors, mixed berry and strawberry, you can check them out here and here.

I know that strawberry banana is a smoothie classic and many people (my husband included) love it, but it's not for me mainly because I have a long standing hatred of bananas.  When I was giving students smoothie flavor options for our lab, I didn't include this flavor originally, but several specifically asked if we could add it to the mix.

So I hope all you strawberry banana lovers enjoy this recipe!
Blend. Drink. Enjoy.  

Simple Strawberry Smoothie Recipe

Remember this post I wrote last week about smoothies?

Well, it's time to share another simple smoothie recipe that you can whip up in the morning and get going with your day.

Today's recipe is a classic-plain strawberry.  Although it's not super fancy, it is super tasty.  You can add different ingredients to jazz it up such as honey, cinnamon, or even a few tablespoons of rolled oats, but I like to stick to the quick and simple, so here it is.

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Simple Mixed Berry Smoothie Recipe

This week at school, 3 of my classes made smoothies.  They had 4 options for their smoothie flavors which were strawberry, strawberry banana, peanut butter banana, and mixed berry.

I LOVE smoothies!  When Josh and I went to Hawaii, we had the pleasure of trying Jamba Juice.  Can you say ah-may-zing?  But there is no Jamba Juice here in Western PA, at least not one close, so I have to settle for making my smoothies at home cuz I'm frugal like that.  My personal fave flavor of smoothie is mixed berry.  Sweet and tart; what's not to love?  So I'm going to share the recipe with you today!

Here are a few reasons why I think smoothies are the bomb:

• They are healthy-if you do it right. (As in, don't add in a boat load of sugar.)
• They are usually quick to make unless your blender starts leaking all over your table.  Yep, that was my Tuesday morning.
• You can make them simple or fancy.  I'm mainly in favor of simple smoothies that don't have a lot of ingredients.
• You can make them super nutritious without any veggie haters knowing.  Have you ever added a handful of spinach to your smoothie?  Chances are you couldn't even taste it!  Spinach is a wonderful add in.  Once it's blended up, you don't even know it's there.  You CAN'T taste it! Promise.  Bonus points for getting in an extra serving of veggies!  This is a great way to sneak one over on your kids.
• You can make them in a vast amount of flavors and different sizes/quantities.

Have I said enough?  I'm sure I could go on if you wanted me to.

So here is my super simple mixed berry smoothie recipe.

Easy as pie-well smoothie.  Pie's not that easy.

Go ahead and #treatyoself!

BTW-I am a die hard Aldi shopper, so that is where I  purchase all my ingredients for smoothies!