We are writing this in February, when it might be too cold where you live to enjoy a smoothie, but we find we sometimes like to have smoothies even on cold days.  They are super fast to make for a healthy breakfast, and they can be a great snack to give you the energy you need to make it through a busy afternoon.

Our cream strawberry energy smoothie is packed with vitamins and protein... and it's pink... so enjoy on Valentine's Day or any day of the year.  We give guidelines for measurements in the recipe, but once you have made this a few times, you don't really need to measure, you can just add approximate quantities of ingredients to your liking.  We often make our smoothies quite thick (not much almond milk) and eat them like ice cream in a bowl, but you could add more almond milk to be able to drink them from a cup or sip with a straw.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page for some fun strawberry-themed activities too!

Let's make a smoothie!

pizza ingredients

Gather your ingredients:

  • Frozen strawberries
  • Almond milk
  • Natural peanut butter
  • Plain Greek yogurt

Optional:

  • Chia seeds
  • Protein powder

 

 

Gather your kitchen supplies:

  • Blender or food processor
  • 1/2 cup measurer
  • 1 Tbsp
  • Large spoon
  • Cups or bowls to serve
  • Spoons or straws

 

kitchen supplies bowl measuring cups

Time to measure and blend!

flaxseed meal

Step 1

Pour 4 cups of frozen strawberries into the blender.

water one cup

Step 2

Measure 1/2 cup of peanut butter.

flax pour

Step 3

Use a spoon to help to pour the peanut butter into the blender.

flaxseed meal

Step 4

Measure 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt

flaxseed meal

Step 5

Spoon the Greek yogurt into the blender.

almond milk

Step 6

Pour in the almond milk.  Fill to the 1 cup line for a smoothie you can eat with a spoon, or up to the 1.5  or 2 cup line for a smoothie you can sip with a straw.

blender cover

Step 7

Put the cover on tightly!

press pulse

Step 8

Press "pulse" or "blend" on your blender.  Turn off the blender when well blended.  

pour smoothie

Step 9

Pour the smoothie into cups or bowls.  This recipe makes about 4 servings.

chia seeds

Optional

Add a Tablespoon or 2 of chia seeds per cup and stir.  If everyone likes chia seeds, you could also add them to the smoothie before blending it.

protein powder

Optional

Add a half a scoop of protein powder per cup and stir.  If everyone likes protein powder, you could also add it to the smoothie before blending it.

smoothie

Step 10

Enjoy!

strawberry math

Click on the image to download our elementary strawberry math fun pages.

Be sure to print it in the "landscape" orientation.

smoothie coloring page

Click on the image to download our homemade strawberry smoothie coloring page.

Our 10 year old loves to make coloring pages for her siblings, and now she makes them to share with you too!  Thank you for coming to sparklesandsprinkles.blog today!

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