Smoothies for beginners are simple, easy, and delicious. Who wouldn’t want to make one of those recipes?

If you’re asking yourself, what are considered smoothies for beginners’ recipes, then the answer is actually quite easy.

Smoothie recipes are usually quite easy, so as long as you can use whatever ingredients you already have then you shouldn’t have much of a problem creating a smoothie.

If you haven’t made smoothies before, this recipe can help you figure out what common ingredients you may want to keep in stock if you plan on making these recipes more often.

Although the title of this post is smoothies for beginners, that doesn’t mean that it’s limited only to those who identify that way. All recipes are for everybody!

This post is all about smoothies for beginners.

To start, you first need to think about what you’re craving. What flavors do you want in your smoothie?

For something sweet, you will probably want to stick with fruits. But not to worry, because there are a plethora of different ones that you can add.

The most common fruits that I use are strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and bananas. Grocery stores sell them as a medley frozen together so using them in smoothies means you can take advantage of the vitamins in each one.

There are also tropical fruits that you can use instead like pineapple, mango, dragon fruit, and guava. Although not limited to the summer, these flavors really enhance the warm weather and summer experience.

Apples and oranges are typically not sold frozen, but you can add them fresh to the mix if that is something you want to go for.

That being said, you can also freeze them yourself if you are more likely to add liquid ingredients to your smoothie or if you want to make a smoothie bowl. In that case, you will want pretty much all of your ingredients frozen besides whatever liquid base you are adding.

For vegetables, spinach may be the most popular auction because when used, you can’t taste it in the smoothie. You can also use carrots and kale.

For the classic creamy consistency, there are a couple of directions you could go. Personally, I use bananas the most in my smoothies, but avocados and yogurt provide the same effect.

The fruits and vegetables will make up the majority of the smoothie, but there are also some other great additions with health benefits that you may be looking for.

Protein powder is a very easy ingredient to add to smoothies and may contribute to the flavor. You could also go for flavorless protein powder if you don’t want anything else besides the taste of fruit and vegetables.

If you’re looking for protein, using yogurt as a thickening agent would be the better ingredient to go to instead of banana.

While it doesn’t replace Greek yogurt, peanut butter is another full-of-protein option that will give your smoothie a savory finish.

Peanut butter goes really well with smoothies that contain mixed berries, and if you like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, there is a high chance you will like the combination in smoothies too.

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Chia seeds are another flavorless ingredient that can provide a lot of health benefits if you so choose to include it in your smoothie. They may mix up the texture, but if you don’t mind that, chia seeds are super easy to add.

Moving on to the liquids in a smoothie, there are a couple of options. Milk is going to make your smoothie super creamy. Especially if you are someone who doesn’t like to drink milk by itself, smoothies are awesome for getting calcium into your system.

Water is a less used but still applicable ingredient that will keep all of the fruit flavors very sharp and strong and overall give your smoothie a slightly thinner consistency. Water also seems to be the recommended liquid to add to many pre-made smoothies.

Now, going into the more specific smoothie recipes, you can use the corresponding juice with whatever fruit you add.

For example, if you are making an orange and banana smoothie, you can add your regular liquid like milk, and then also add a little bit of orange juice to make the orange flavor stronger.

You may not need the orange juice if you decide to not include a banana and use another ingredient that is going to make the flavor less creamy, but if you plan to use it, orange juice will help make sure that the orange is not lost in the smoothie.

The same goes for apples in smoothies. One such recipe would be apples and strawberries, where you can add your face liquid and then some apple juice on top of that to keep a rich apple flavor.

These are just two of the many possibilities for fruit juice you could add to your smoothie!

I am adding in coconut milk as an honorable mention because the addition of it in smoothies has made them so much sweeter and given them a little bit of a coconut aftertaste which is absolutely delicious.

If you happen to be lactose intolerant or just choose to be dairy-free, I highly recommend using coconut milk as a substitute. Even if you don’t have a dairy restriction, coconut milk is still worth trying out.

My favorite way to include coconut milk in my smoothies is to freeze the coconut milk in an ice cube mold overnight, and then add some cubes to the smoothie.

That way, the flavor of the coconut milk still comes through without making the smoothie more liquid-y.

Not a fan of coconut? There are always options. For a base, you can also use oat milk or almond milk instead if you don’t like coconuts or just regular lactose milk.

Lactose-free milk is actually the milk I use for almost all of my smoothie recipes!

Now if you don’t already have some idea of what smoothie to make, or want to follow a recipe before so you have a better idea of the amount of ingredients you will need, this smoothie recipe is the one to follow.

There are tons of smoothies for beginners recipes and ideas in this post already, but here is my favorite at the moment. It tastes just like creamy ice cream!

With all of that, it’s time to move on to the actual smoothie recipe.

First off, you will need to prepare one frozen banana and at least four coconut cubes. (That’s the name that I came up with for the frozen coconut milk in the ice cube tray.)

When freezing a banana, make sure to peel off the peel before adding it to a plastic bag or container. It is much, much harder to take off the peel after it is already frozen so it’s easiest to remove the peel before freezing.

Make sure you have those ready and you can move on to the actual mixing.

This is the official lot of ingredients you will need:

One frozen banana

7 frozen strawberries (about)

4 coconut cubes

1 cup of milk (can go up to 1 ½ cup of milk)

Half of an apple

Now some of these measurements are able to be altered, like the strawberries and the milk. You can add more strawberries if you would like, but I wouldn’t take any out because you may not taste them at all.

With the milk, start with a cup of milk and add more if you still don’t like the consistency. Only add more if you want your smoothie to become thinner, adding more milk will not make it thicker.

The banana should be about medium-large sized, but you can also change that depending on how creamy you want your smoothie to be.

Smoothies for beginners start with the basic ingredients, but here are some extras that you may want to consider.

Optional additions:

Chia Seeds

Greek Yogurt

Apple Juice

Spinach

Like we talked about earlier, there are tons of ways to enhance flavor and also add flavorless yet beneficial nutrients.

Chia seeds and spinach don’t have much taste, but provide some really great vitamins and minerals to your diet without you eating them plain.

Greek yogurt and apple juice will strengthen the flavors already in the smoothie. The apple juice will help the apple flavor and the Greek yogurt will add a bit of tanginess to the smoothie.

These are all totally optional ingredients, but if you have them already lying around, they could provide even more health benefits to the smoothie you are making.

You could potentially add potent butter to this smoothie as well, but it may take away from the creaminess of the banana and other fruit.

Smoothies for beginners can contain whatever you want them to, so sing be afraid to experiment. Although this recipe wasn’t made with peanut butter in mind, that does not mean it might not taste amazing.