Easy Strawberry Smoothie Bowl [+ Toppings]- Food Sharing Vegan

Name: Easy Strawberry Smoothie Bowl
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 8 min
Ingredients: 2 peeled frozen ripe bananas; 1 cup of frozen strawberries; ¼ cup of plant-based milk (plus more if needed); Pinch of cinnamon (optional); Any toppings you'd like (strawberry or banana slices, chia seeds, granola, etc.)

This 3-ingredient strawberry banana smoothie bowl is a super thick, creamy dessert-like breakfast smoothie that's fully customizable with all your favorite protein, fiber, healthy fat, and nutrient-dense toppings! Plus, it's dairy-free, gluten-free, contains no added sugars, and is super flexible!

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What Is a Smoothie Bowl?

Smoothie bowls largely use the same ingredients as a regular smoothie but rely on more frozen elements and much less liquid. This means that, when blending using a high-speed blender or food processor, the fruits become a deliciously creamy, thick, soft-serve consistency.

You can then transfer this creamy and refreshing mixture to a bowl and top with nutritious toppings. The results are akin to a healthy nice cream bowl you can eat with a spoon and enjoy for breakfast. What’s not to love?!

Super Creamy Strawberry Smoothie Bowl with Toppings

As much as I love to start my day with smoothies like this strawberry yogurt smoothie or creamy blueberry smoothies, sometimes I’m craving something a little more satisfying and treat-like, and that’s where this strawberry banana smoothie bowl recipe comes in.

While it shares many of the same ingredients as a simple strawberry smoothie, this frozen fruit smoothie bowl has a thick, soft serve consistency. It’s also incredibly easy to transform it into a heartier balanced meal with various toppings that provide vitamins and nutrients to fuel your day.

This balanced breakfast requires no cooking, no need to hover over a stove, and just a few minutes to prepare. Plus, the base thick strawberry smoothie bowl recipe already provides you with your entire daily vitamin C requirements, along with Vitamin E, potassium, folate, and tons of fiber. This can then be built on with your choice of toppings (listed below).

The Ingredients

Just three ingredients (and an optional fourth) make up the base for this delicious strawberry smoothie bowl recipe. Keep the fruits in your freezer, and you can enjoy a strawberry bowl any time!

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Strawberries: You need frozen strawberries. I prefer to buy the fresh fruit in season and freeze them myself.
Banana: Frozen banana is necessary to make the super thick smoothie consistency perfect for this strawberry and banana smoothie bowl.

How to freeze bananas for smoothie bowls?

To make them easier to blend, I prefer to peel and then slice the bananas into several smaller pieces.

To freeze the banana, spread the pieces across a tray (not touching, to avoid pieces sticking together) and freeze until solid, then transfer to a Ziplock/Stasher bag for up to 6 months.

Plant-based milk: A little dairy-free milk will help to blend the ingredients. Use any milk, I.e., almond milk, cashew milk, oat milk, soy milk, coconut milk, etc. Vegan yogurt or coconut water also works.
Cinnamon: (optional) Just a pinch adds a subtle but wonderful flavor to the frozen strawberry smoothie bowl.

Optional Add-Ins & Recipe Variations

This healthy strawberry smoothie bowl is endlessly flexible, both in customizing it to your dietary needs (paleo, keto, gluten-free, etc.) and nutritional goals (more protein, fiber, etc.). Keep reading for all my favorite optional add-ins for flavor and nutrition, plus all the best smoothie bowl toppings (further down the post)!

For Flavor

Sweetener: If your fruit isn’t overly sweet, add Medjool dates, maple syrup, agave, or a sugar-free sweetener to sweeten the frozen strawberry smoothie bowl to taste.
Vanilla extract: To bring out the flavors from the strawberries.
Zest: Orange zest, lime zest, or lemon zest will all add wonderful zing to this easy strawberry smoothie bowl.
Cocoa powder: To make a vegan antioxidant-rich banana strawberry chocolate smoothie, add 1-2 tablespoons of unsweetened cacao powder (or cocoa powder).
Other fruits: There are plenty of flavor combinations you could experiment with when making a healthy strawberry smoothie, including:
- Avocado strawberry smoothie bowl
- Strawberry acai bowl
- Strawberry mango smoothie bowl
- Strawberry pineapple smoothie bowl
- Strawberry peach smoothie bowl
- Add raspberries or blueberries

You can use the additional fruit in place of or alongside the banana (reducing the amount of banana accordingly).

For Additional Nutrients

If you want to focus on adding more protein, fiber, and heart-healthy fats INTO the healthy strawberry smoothie as well as in the toppings, you could add:

Leafy greens: A handful of spinach or kale won’t make the color appetizing, but they don’t affect the flavor and are PACKED with nutrients.
Avocado: ½ an avocado adds antioxidants and healthy fats. You can even make an avocado strawberry smoothie by replacing some or all of the banana with avocado.
Seed/Nut butter: A tablespoon of seed or nut butter like almond butter, cashew butter, etc., will make this strawberry smoothie bowl super rich and creamy while providing satiating protein, fiber, and healthy fats.
Beets: Will enhance the pink color of the frozen strawberry smoothie bowl while adding extra nutrients.
Oatmeal: Add around ¼ cup of rolled oats per portion of this healthy strawberry breakfast smoothie bowl for extra fiber and satiating power.
Protein powder: Add a scoop of your favorite vegan protein powder for a protein smoothie bowl. Use unflavored, vanilla, or berry-flavored powder. This will further thicken the strawberry banana smoothie bowl, too.
Supplements: You can add vitamins and supplement powders directly into this smoothie if you aren’t a fan of tablets. I.e., vegan collagen, vitamins, etc.
Superfood powders: I.e. spirulina, maca powder, and others.

For a strawberry breakfast smoothie bowl recipe that will fill you up till lunch, I highly recommend adding extra fiber (oats, chia seeds, flaxseeds), protein (nut butter or nuts/seeds), and healthy fat (also nut/seed ingredients or avocado, etc.). This will keep you full till lunch easily!

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How to Make a Strawberry Smoothie Bowl?

1) Add all the ingredients to a high-speed blender and process until smooth and creamy. Pause to scrape down the sides of the jug as needed.

process of adding strawberries to blender

If the frozen ingredients are having trouble blending, add a little more dairy-free milk, one tablespoon at a time. Be careful not to add too much, or the smoothie bowl will be too thin.

2) Transfer the strawberry banana smoothie to a bowl and top with all your favorite toppings (listed below). Enjoy immediately!

process of putting Strawberry Smoothie in a bowl

process of adding granola to top the Strawberry Smoothie Bowl

FAQs

Are smoothie bowls good for you?

A smoothie bowl base combines fruit and plant-based milk for several vitamins and minerals. They can then be topped with many topping options to add fiber, plant-based protein, healthy fats, and micronutrients. The toppings you choose and your dietary goals determine how healthy you make this strawberry smoothie bowl recipe.

However, this strawberry breakfast smoothie bowl generally makes for a nutrient-dense, filling, healthy breakfast or snack.

Can I make smoothie bowls with a low-powered blender?

This frozen fruit smoothie bowl recipe works best with a high-speed blender or food processor (I find the latter works best) to easily cut through and blend the frozen ingredients.

Lower-powered machines will require more liquids and time (5 minutes thawing the fruit can help), all of which can make the smoothie too thin for a smoothie bowl consistency (though it’ll still be a delicious strawberry banana smoothie).

Can I make a strawberry smoothie bowl without banana?

There are several substitutes you could use in place of bananas. For example, try frozen blanched cauliflower for a keto strawberry smoothie bowl. Frozen avocado will also work or frozen dairy-free yogurt. Alternatively, use other frozen fruits (listed earlier in the post).

Top Tips For The Best Results

Blender vs. food processor: A food processor tends to work best for creating strawberry smoothie bowls that require no additional liquid. However, if you have a blender with a tamper, that’s great too.
Give your machine breaks: If the machine struggles to blend the frozen ingredients, give it breaks. Otherwise, it can cause the blades to overheat and melt the ingredients.
Add extra plant-based milk if needed: But only in tablespoon amounts, so it doesn’t become too thin.

The Best Smoothie Bowl Toppings

Choose the toppings for this strawberry smoothie bowl recipe that best fit your flavor, dietary, and nutrition goals from the list below:

Fresh or frozen fruits
Freeze-dried fruit
Granola or muesli (I recommend a low-sugar option)
Puffed cereals—like puffed quinoa, buckwheat, etc.
Coconut shreds or flakes
Seeds - like hemp seeds, chia seeds, flaxseed, pumpkin seeds, etc. For protein, fiber, and Omega-3s
Nuts — like almonds, cashews, pecans, etc.
Coconut butter (1 tbsp)
Seed or nut butter — almond butter, cashew butter, peanut butter, hazelnut butter, etc. (1 tbsp)
Cacao nibs (for antioxidants and crunch. 1 tbsp)
Vegan chocolate chips/chunks

Please let me know your favorite topping combinations for this healthy strawberry smoothie bowl in the comments!

Storage Instructions

Make ahead: I recommend always having various fruits in your freezer to create a delicious smoothie bowl at a moment’s notice!

This strawberry banana smoothie bowl doesn’t store well, as the frozen ingredients will melt. For that reason, I recommend enjoying it immediately.

Freeze: If you make too much of the strawberry smoothie bowl, it’s possible to freeze it in a Ziplock/Stasher bag (spread thin to break into pieces when re-blending) for up to 3 months.

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Photos by Alfonso Revilla