fresh fruit smoothie

This 5-minute strawberry smoothie (Crowded Kitchen)uses frozen strawberries or raspberries (you must freeze them first before making the recipe). The mango can be subbed with pineapple (sub with sweet apples for local, but it won’t taste the same), which also should be frozen. All you then need is plant milk and yoghurt, and maple syrup to sweeten.

Smooth Move offers ready-made smoothie mixes in compostable packs. Just add the contents to plant milk and blend. Choose from apple spinach, blueberry, strawberry/raspberry or peanut butter banana. Made with fruits, veggies, nut butters, superfoods & spices.

If you invest in a good blender to make smoothies, UK law says the shop selling it, has to take back old appliances for recycling.

One comedian says the main brand of smoothies in supermarkets has a cheek to call themselves innocent! The prices charge for what is essentially blended fruit are astronomical. And the company is now owned by a big American corporation. He says the cheapest way to make a banana smoothie, is simply to put a banana in your mouth – then swish your head around to blend it!

Whizz Up a Healthy Breakfast Smoothie

mixed berry yoghurt smoothie

This Mixed Berry Yoghurt Smoothie (The Simple Veganista) is a wonderful way to start your day. You literally only need a few ingredients. A room-temperature banana (no need to freeze like most smoothies), some plain or vanilla plant yoghurt, your favourite non-dairy milk and optional toppings like a dollop of nut butter for protein. Just whizz it all up and you’re ready to go.

chocolate almond butter smoothie bowl

If you fancy something more substantial, try this blogger’s chocolate almond smoothie bowl. Smoothie bowls are basically thicker so you eat them with a spoon. This one is made with protein-rich nut butter along with chilled plant milk and frozen bananas. Always slice your bananas before freezing. Keep cocoa powder away from pets.

Vegan Peaches & Cream Smoothie Recipe

vegan peaches and cream smoothie

Vegan peaches & cream protein smoothie (The First Mess) combines fresh and frozen peaches with plant milk and yoghurt, vanilla, dates, almond butter, vanilla protein powder and ice. Serves two.

Mash peaches for young children (avoid for sensitivity to birch tree & pollen). Keep peaches away from pets due to natural cyanide.

A 70s-Style Peach Melba Smoothie

peach melba smoothie

This peach melba smoothie will take you back to the 70s, with this blend of fresh peach, frozen raspberries and orange juices, blended up with vanilla, almond milk and optional maple syrup.

A Homemade Blueberry Smoothie Recipe

blueberry smoothie

This blueberry smoothie (Love & Lemons) whizzes up in seconds, using frozen blueberries and raspberries along with frozen banana and cauliflower (to thicken), with plant milk, nut butter, maple syrup and optional ginger.

Check medication (avoid blueberries for kidney disorders, after recent surgery and some medical conditions). 

If you prefer frozen, Pack’d organic blueberries are certified by Soil Association and you can recycle the packaging with paper. Just defrost for snacks or recipes.

Raspberry & Tahini Smoothie Recipe

This raspberry & tahini smoothie recipe (Rainbow Plant Life) is one of several recipes you can try, in a post (with a chart) on how to make the perfect smoothie. Tahini is a jar of calcium-rich sesame seed paste, you can find in all stores.  Nisha says you need some of plant milk to make smoothies, because making them with water is ‘downright sad’. She also explains how to ‘hide’ some vegetables in there including cauliflower (due to its mild taste).

Once you know the basic formulas, you can whizz up something tasty, with whatever ingredients you have to hand. There’s even a chart to help you out:

  1. Liquids
  2. Greens
  3. Fruit
  4. Healthy fats
  5. Superfoods
  6. Extras

Salted Caramel Apple Smoothie Recipe

salted caramel apple smoothie

This salted caramel apple smoothie recipe (The First Mess) is so good, it’s difficult to know where to begin. It blends frozen apples with plant milk, vegan yoghurt, almond butter, Medjool dates, salt, lemon juice, vanilla powder (real extract is fine), flax seeds and vegan protein powder.

If you want, you can sprinkle a little flaked salt on top and a shake of cinnamon, especially if it’s autumn!

A Refreshing Apple & Kale Smoothie

kale apple smoothie

This kale apple smoothie (Short Girl Tall Order) makes a quick snack (check medication before consuming leafy greens). England has many varieties of heritage apples, but all in danger of disappearing due to supermarket imports (most are sprayed with shellac – insects – to make them shiny).

Look for organic apples in farm shops or community orchards (invest in a good peeler for both apples and spuds). As apple skin produces ethylene gas, store them in an airtight container in the fridge, to prevent them going brown (or being damaged by rolling around on countertops).

Smooth Move offers ready-made smoothie mixes in compostable packs. Just add the contents to plant milk and blend. Choose from apple spinach, blueberry, strawberry/raspberry or peanut butter banana. Made with fruits, veggies, nut butters, superfoods & spices.

If you invest in a good blender to make smoothies, UK law says the shop selling it, has to take back old appliances for recycling.

A (not local) Pineapple Mango Smoothie

pineapple mango smoothie

This pineapple & mango smoothie (Broke Bank Vegan) does not use local seasonal fruits, but is a great way to make use of tropical fruits on sale (or leftover pineapple chunks in tins), and can actually be subbed with strawberries, though there’s no photo (it will be pink instead!) If you can’t bear the faff of chopping up a mango, use this simple glass trick to easily get to the flesh.

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