This strawberry banana smoothie is the perfect start to your day. It’s loaded with fresh bananas and strawberries and sweetened with a touch of honey!
Weekday breakfasts are always the worst. If you’re anything like us, then you try to hit the ground running every morning. However, trying to fit in a decent breakfast can be quite the challenge. Enter our strawberry banana smoothie.
It takes everything you love about a fresh breakfast and puts it all into one glass. We start with bananas and strawberries, then we add a little old fashioned oats, milk, and top everything off with a touch of raw honey. It really is a wonderfully sweet drink that feels like a dessert.
Strawberry Banana Smoothie Instructions:
- First, slice up enough bananas to fill a dry measuring cup. Usually, that means about two average-sized bananas.
- Next, measure out the strawberries, oats, milk, and honey.
- Then, in a large blender, combine all the ingredients. Use the liquefy setting on your blender to create a smooth drink.
- Last, split the smoothie up between two 12-ounce glasses and garish with fresh strawberries or mint.
Smoothie Tips:
- If you’re lactose intolerant, fell free to almond milk or coconut milk as a substitute for the dairy variety.
- To reduce the calories or carbs in this drink, try using a sugar substitute. However, since I have not tried this myself I cannot confirm how much you should substitute.
- All out of old fashioned oats, let use quick oats instead.
Other great Summer smoothie recipes! Pineapple Coconut Smoothie, Blueberry Crisp Smoothie, or Pineapple Mango Smoothie.
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Strawberry Banana Breakfast Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Bananas (sliced)
- 1 Cup Frozen Strawberries
- 1/4 Cup Oats (old fashioned)
- 1 Cup Milk (we used whole)
- 1/4 Cup Honey (raw)
Instructions
- First, slice up enough bananas to fill a dry measuring cup. Usually, that means about two average-sized bananas.
- Next, measure out the strawberries, oats, milk, and honey.
- Then, in a large blender, combine all the ingredients. Use the liquefy setting on your blender to create a smooth drink.
- Last, split the smoothie up between two 12-ounce glasses and garish with fresh strawberries or mint.
Elaine @ Dishes Delish
I love strawberries and banana together and your breakfast smoothie looks absolutely delicious and thirst quenching!! I can’t wait to try it! I’ll have to use almond milk when I make it for hubby, but whole milk for me!
John
Thank you, Elaine! If your husband likes coconut milk, you could try that as well. It adds another flavor to the mix and the coconut bits add more texture. Have a great day, Elaine! 🙂
Whitney Bond
I love strawberry and banana smoothies! The addition of the oats helps it to be so much more filling which is awesome, perfect breakfast!
John
Thank you, Whitney! It’s one of my favorite breakfast smoothies. Have a great day 🙂
Jenni
What an awesome recipe for breakfast! We always hit the ground running in the morning and smoothies are totally my go-to!
John
Thank you, Jenni! We’re glad you liked the recipe. Have a great day 🙂
Ashley @ Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen
I’m not sure that I’ve used oats in my smoothies before, but now I’m seriously intrigued! Berries and bananas are my go-to fruit mixture for milkshakes, so this would definitely be a hit in my house.
John
Thank you, Ashley! It’s funny you that because I’m not a fan of bananas in my smoothies. So, I had to use something that would counter the texture of the banana in the final product. The oats worked well at doing just that. I hope you give it a try sometime. Have a great weekend 🙂
Dominique | Perchance to Cook
This looks like such a great healthy breakfast smoothie! I love that there are oats inside. I’ve been trying to get more oats into my diet because I’m breastfeeding and this is such a good idea!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
John
Thank you, Dominique! I’ve always found it fun challenge to try to get certain types of foods that I needed into non-traditional meals. For example, when our son was a toddler, we were trying to introduce him to new vegetables as easy as possible. Well, I make homemade pasta sauces, so I made simple garden veggie pasta sauce that looked and like marinara but was loaded with veggies (green/red peppers, carrots, celery, onions, cucumber) along with the usual ingredients (tomatoes, garlic, basil). It worked perfectly and we’re happy to report, even as a teen he loves veggies. We hope you give this one a try 🙂
Veena Azmanov
Strawberry and banana – always a perfect combination. I love how the oats just thicken it up and make it so creamy and wholesome. Perfect weekend breakfast in our home. Yum!
John
Thank you, Veena! The truth is, I don’t like the texture of bananas in my smoothies or ice creams, so for smoothies, I use oats to break-up the mooshiness (that’s not a word, I know lol). Have a great weekend and thanks again for commenting 🙂
Sharon
Strawberries and bananas make for a delicious start to the day. I plan on whipping up some of these this week.
John
Thank you, Sharon! Kim and I hope you enjoy them 🙂 Have a great Sunday!
Veronika's Kitchen
Love smoothies for breakfast! and adding oats and honey makes it even better! Thanks for the delicious idea!)
John
Thank you, Veronika! We love smoothies too and used to get them a specialty smoothie shops, but after years of watching them use things like ice cream we wanted something a bit more natural. So, we started using things frozen fruit and honey as sweeteners and freezing agents. All in all, I like these better than their commercial cousins. Have a great day Veronkia!
Anne Murphy
I love strawberries and bananas together! And smoothies are so easy and quick.
John
Thank you, Anne, us too! Have a great day 🙂
Anne Lawton
smoothies are my go-to for breakfast, I’m looking forward to giving this a try!
John
Thank you, Anne! Kim and I hope you enjoy the smoothie 🙂
Lorie
I’m a sucker for all things oats. I love that you added them to this smoothie. On my list for this week!
John
Thank you, Lorie! We hope you like the smoothie, have a wonderful week 🙂
Saima
I absolutely love the idea of a smoothie for breakfast! You’re off to a healthy start… your strawberry and banana smoothie seems to be the perfect start to the day! Easy to make and full of good stuff!
John
Thank you, Saima! Us too, smoothies make quick and delicious breakfast options. Have a lovely day 🙂