To freeze fruit for smoothies, rinse and chop fresh fruit into small pieces. You can even prepare smoothie packs and freeze them for a grab and blend smoothie option. To make smoothies even easier, freeze fresh fruit into portions.

Add fresh ginger or turmeric or add dried spices like ground cinnamon or ground turmeric.Add some chocolate with a tablespoon of cocoa powder or my favorite, cacao nibs.Add nuttiness and extra sticking power with a tablespoon of peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter or other nut butter.Add more protein and fiber with hemp seeds, chia seeds, or your favorite protein powder.(Note that adding greens to this will make the color of the smoothie brown). Add greens like spinach, kale, or Swiss chard.I love this smoothie with just the basic ingredients shared above, but every once in a while, I add an extra ingredient or two. Once youвЂ™re ready to drink it, I like to add a little extra yogurt to the smoothie to thicken it up again.When making smoothies, I used to overdo the ingredient list, but now I like to keep things really simple. So for this strawberry smoothie, first add the strawberry yogurt, vanilla almond milk, greens.В Then add the frozen strawberries.Д®XTRA SMOOTHIE LEFTOVER?If you have some leftover smoothie, you can put it in the fridge for later. And to make it super easy, I just buy the chopped frozen strawberriesВ in the frozen section of my grocery store, becauseВ IвЂ™m all about making things quicker and easier!ДЇILL UP YOUR BLENDER: When putting the ingredients in your blender, layer the ingredients softest to hardest (frozen). USE FROZEN FRUIT: IВ like to use frozen strawberriesВ instead of ice cubes in my smoothies. My favorite blender to use is the Ninja BlenderВ but itвЂ™s kinda pricey (totally worth it though), so another favorite of mine thatвЂ™s less expensive is this blender. Scrap down sides and blend for another 30 seconds.Д«EST SMOOTHIE BLENDER:I always get asked what blender I use to make my smoothies. STEP 2: Blend on high for 2В minutes or until smooth.

STEP 1: Place all ingredients into blender (liquid ingredients first). To make this Strawberry Smoothie, simply:

LEMON JUICE: 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice.

If you use fresh strawberries, just add a handful of ice cubes to the blender to make the smoothie cold.

STRAWBERRIES: 2 cups of frozen or fresh strawberries.

ALMOND MILK:В 1 cup of vanilla almond milk.

STRAWBERRY YOGURT :В 1 cup of strawberry yogurt.

I like really being able to taste the fresh fruit and all the flavors, I like to keep things simple.ДЄ handful of fresh strawberries, some strawberry greek yogurt and a splash of almond milk makes for a perfect combination. When it comes to smoothies, for me- less is more. This strawberry smoothie is one of my all time favorite smoothie recipes and I love that it only takes a matter of minutes to whip together.ДЄnd adding S P R I N K L E S to your morning smoothie always makes for a great day! Lately вЂњgreen drinksвЂќ have been all the rage, and donвЂ™t get me wrong I still love my Berry Green Smoothie but I wanted to switch things up. They can be made in seconds and are a great way to startВ your day with fruits and vegetables.

My favorite way to start the morning is with a smoothie. This Strawberry Smoothie is a classic smoothie bursting with fresh strawberries.

Strawberry smoothie