Anyone else obsessed with a classic berry smoothie?!

Today, I’m sharing one of my favorite easy smoothie recipes that’s delicious no matter what the season. Just take your favorite berry blend, plus a few other nutritional ingredients and blend it all up for a delicious healthy smoothie that’s perfect for breakfast, snacks or as a post-workout refuel.

This mixed berry smoothie recipe is one you’ll come back to time and time again!

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Ingredients in the best berry smoothie

This berry smoothie boasts a wide array of nutritious ingredients packed with antioxidants, vitamins, fiber and protein. You can feel free to mix and match ingredients this berry smoothie, but in general, I suggest trying to stick to the fruit and liquid ratios to ensure the smoothie stays nice and creamy.

• Berries: I like to buy a bag of frozen blackberries, raspberries & strawberries, or freeze them when they’re ripe in the summer. This trio of berries adds a boost of antioxidants, vitamin c, and fiber to the smoothie and gives it a pretty purple color. If you don’t have individually frozen berries feel free to use a bag of frozen mixed berries! Using frozen fruit helps to thicken the smoothie, so if you opt for fresh fruit you’ll likely have to add ice or frozen cauliflower.
• Banana: using frozen fruit is best in smoothies and frozen banana helps to sweeten this one!
• Spinach: get some extra greens in by adding spinach to this berry smoothie – you won’t be able to taste it, I promise! You could also use kale if you’d like.
• Almond butter: all natural almond butter (or any other nut butter) will add a creaminess, boost of protein, and healthy fats to your smoothie. I love the RXBAR almond butter.
• Flaxseed meal: this is one of my favorite ingredients to add to smoothies for a little boost of fiber and minerals, and is especially great for nursing mamas as flaxseed can help increase milk supply. Here’s a brand I love.
• Plain greek yogurt: add a boost of protein and a little tang with some greek yogurt. I love using siggi’s because it’s low in sugar and high in protein.
• Milk: feel free to use any milk you’d like in my smoothie recipes according to your preferences. Almond milk and oat milk tend to have a neutral taste in smoothies, coconut milk will add a more tropical and creamy flavor, and regular milk will add a boost of protein.

Can I skip the banana?

I love the extra thickness and sweetness that the frozen banana adds to this berry smoothie, but you skip the banana and simply use vanilla greek yogurt instead to help sweeten the smoothie a bit.

Adding extra nutrition to this berry smoothie

You can enhance this berry smoothie even more by adding additional nutritious ingredients to really make it your own. Here are a few suggestions that you can add if you’d like:

• Chia seeds: feel free to add in a tablespoon of chia seeds to your smoothie for a boost of healthy fats and fiber.
• Hemp seeds: if you’ve been wondering what to do with those hemp seeds lurking in your cupboard, feel free to throw in a tablespoon into your smoothie for a boost of healthy fats, omegas and minerals.
• Oats: to add a little heartiness to your smoothie and to help thicken it, feel free to add 1/3 cup of oats. Do not use steel cut oats as they will not blend well.
• Frozen cauliflower: feel free to throw in a cup of frozen cauliflower to thicken your smoothie and get extra veggies in, especially if you opt for fresh berries instead of frozen. You won’t even be able to taste it!
• Protein powder: add extra protein to this smoothie with collagen peptides or a scoop of your favorite protein powder! I like Aloha and Four Sigmatic.

Tips for making smoothies

Here are a few of my favorite tips I like to share in regard to making the best creamy, healthy smoothies:

1. Use frozen fruit. Using frozen berries and a frozen banana in this recipe is best as it helps keep the smoothie cold and thick. Ice can water down the smoothie flavor and often doesn’t blend as well, so it’s best to skip it unless absolutely necessary.
2. Add more liquid. Don’t be afraid to add more liquid if your smoothie is too thick or won’t fully blend — especially if you’re adding more mix-ins. High powered blenders tend to blend frozen fruit much better, so if you have a regular or personal size blender, you may need to add more milk to get a creamy texture.
3. Start on low speed. Start the blender on low speed, then gradually increase to high to help blend all ingredients. Finally, end with the blender on low speed.

Prep this blueberry smoothie for later

Yes, you can make this berry smoothie ahead of time! I have three amazing ways to prep & store smoothies right in your freezer. Learn the ice cube tray, mason jar and freezer pack methods.

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I hope you love this mixed berry smoothie recipe! If you make it be sure to leave a comment and a rating so I know how you liked it. Enjoy, xo!

Antioxidant Berry Smoothie

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Course Breakfast, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Snack, Vegetarian

Cuisine American

Keyword berry smoothie, mixed berry smoothie

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Serves 1

The best healthy antioxidant berry smoothie made with yogurt, frozen berries, flaxseed meal, almond butter, and a handful of spinach. This delicious triple berry smoothie is packed with protein, fiber, healthy fats, ands plenty of antioxidants for a healthy and filling breakfast you'll love!

Ingredients

• ½ cup frozen blackberries
• ½ cup frozen raspberries (or sub strawberries)
• 1/4 cup frozen blueberries (I like wild blueberries)
• 1 frozen banana
• 2 cups organic spinach
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
• 1 tablespoon almond butter (or your favorite nut butter)
• ½ cup plain greek yogurt (whole, 2% or fat free will all work)
• ½ cup unsweetened almond milk, plus more as necessary
• Optional: 1 tablespoon hemp seeds

Instructions

1. In a large high-powered blender, add in all ingredients and blend on high for 1-2 minutes or until all ingredients are well combined. If necessary, add in more almond milk to thin the smoothie. Makes 1 smoothie.

Recipe Notes

If you are not a fan of bananas, you can feel free to skip the banana and simply use vanilla greek yogurt instead to help sweeten the smoothie a bit.

See the full post for tips, tricks, and easy ways to customize this smoothie!

Nutrition

Servings: 1 serving

Serving size: 1 smoothie

Calories: 391kcal

Fat: 12.2g

Saturated fat: 1.2g

Carbohydrates: 57.6g

Fiber: 16.8g

Sugar: 28.4g

Protein: 20.1g

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Ambitious Kitchen | Photography by: Eat Love Eats