Get your day off to a great start with this quick, nutritious and delicious banana and strawberry breakfast smoothie. With an added ingredient to help keep you feeling full until lunchtime.
Since sharing the recipe for my Banana and Almond Breakfast Smoothie in January I’ve been enjoying having more smoothies for breakfast. They’re quick, nutritious and most importantly, they taste good.
A lot of the smoothies I’ve been having have been a very close variation of the original, with bananas and oats. So recently I’ve been trying to find something a little different.
I’ve still used bananas (they taste so good and make a nice thick smoothie which makes it feel more filling), and this time I’ve switched the oats for wheatgerm, which is high in fibre, helping to make it a filling breakfast.
I bought the wheatgerm from my local health food store. If you can’t get hold of any then crunched up bran flakes work just as well.
This smoothie tastes best when it’s made from very ripe strawberries and bananas. If either the strawberries or bananas are a little under ripe it can taste a little bitter.
If you find this is the case then add a little something sweet and this will help to balance out the flavours. I choose to use stevia, a natural sweetener with no calories. However, sugar or other sweeteners would work too.
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Banana & Strawberry Breakfast Smoothie
INGREDIENTS
- 400 ml skimmed milk
- 1 banana
- 6 large strawberries
- 2 tbsp wheatgerm - or bran flakes
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put all of the ingredients into a blender (400ml skimmed milk, 1 banana, 6 large strawberries, 2 tbsp wheatgerm).
- Blend until smooth
- Serve
NOTES
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
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Free From/Suitable For…
The ingredients I used to make this recipe are all free from the following allergens. However, please check any labels carefully for allergens you need to avoid as brands can vary and product recipes can change over time.
- Suitable for Vegetarians
- Egg-Free
- Tree Nut-Free
- Peanut-Free
- Sesame-Free
- Soya-Free
- Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite-Free
- Fish-Free
- Crustacean-Free
- Mollusc-Free
- Celery-Free
- Mustard-Free
- Lupin-Free
Fiver Feeds says
Banana&strawberry is probably my favorite smoothie, I just love the combination of those two.
Mel says
We love smoothies around here. We have them most days for afternoon snack and the kids are keen to make their own combinations (hence my Sunday photo today!). love the taste of Wheatgerm and used to sprinkle in salads when I was a student. The only problem is it was ‘inflating’ my tummy, he he! I only use it to make bread these days, but still love it!
Charlotte Oates says
I’ve not tried it in a salad before, sounds nice (although not the inflating part!)
Mel says
It tastes yummy just sprinkled over the top… adds a little ‘je ne sais quoi’ (but you’ll look 6 months pregnant after a week if you do that every day!).
Charlotte Oates says
Hmmmmm, maybe just once in a while then!
Helen says
Perfect for the two brownish bananas I still have in my fruit basket (already made banana bread!). I wonder if this would work with frozen strawberries….? Helen
Charlotte Oates says
It works well with both fresh and frozen fruit. The iciness makes it a bit thicker and slightly milkshake-y.