How to Make a Strawberry & Banana Smoothie

Strawberries and bananas make a great combination for smoothies. It's a tasty combination and provides good nutrition in the form of potassium from the banana and antioxidants from the strawberries. Make your smoothie even more healthful by using non- or low-fat milk or yogurt and not loading up with sugars or sweeteners.

Things You'll Need

• 1 or 2 ripe bananas
• 1/2 to 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
• 2 cups milk or yogurt
• blender

Instructions

1. Put 1 or 2 cups yogurt or milk into a blender. You may also use a hand-held immersion blender for this purpose, just put the milk or yogurt into a pitcher or jar for mixing.

2. Peel and place one or two bananas into yogurt. Bananas that are just starting to go brown at the peel are perfect for smoothies, but some people prefer fresher fruit. Frozen bananas may also be used, it's not necessary to thaw them ahead of time.

3. Pour 1/2 to 1 cup strawberries into the mixture. The strawberries can be either fresh or frozen, sliced or whole. The blender or mixer will do the work of pureeing the smoothie, but you do want to remove the green top if you are using fresh berries.

4. 

   Blend the dairy and fruit together until mixed thoroughly.

5. Pour smoothie into a glass and enjoy. Refrigerate any remaining portion for a later snack, but it should be consumed within two days.

Tips & Warnings

• Add honey or protein powder to your smoothie before blending.

References

• Banana Nutrition Facts
• Strawberry Nutrition Facts

Resources

• More Smoothie Recipes