This luscious homemade smoothie bowl is incredibly easy to make and guaranteed to cool you off when you need a refreshing treat. Plus, it packs a natural probiotic punch with wholesome Greek yogurt or your favorite plant-based yogurt!
I love, love LOVE smoothie bowls in the morning. They're such a nutritious way to start the day, and a fun way to mix up a smoothie routine. For this recipe I pulled out some frozen fruit from the freezer, a little vanilla Greek yogurt, and five minutes later was enjoying this delicious DIY smoothie bowl.
Did you know?
Yogurt is arguably one of the most well-known fermented foods, produced by a process known as lacto-fermentation. The milk sugar lactose is converted into lactic acid by way of specific bacterial strains like Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and it is this process gives yogurt products their thickness and alluringly sour flavor.
If you're craving more Greek yogurt recipes, this simple yogurt parfait or this yogurt bagel recipe can't be beat! And for other smoothie ideas, try this strawberry peach smoothie, or this simple green smoothie or blue smoothie.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- Takes only 5 minutes to make!
- Contains protein from the Greek yogurt
- No added processed sugar
- Very kid-friendly
- Fun to make for the whole family
🌿 Ingredients
The ingredients for this fruit smoothie bowl are easily found at any large grocery store. Feel free to buy frozen bags of fruit or freeze your own fresh fruit. For toppings, I like to simply chop some fresh fruit to lay on top such as more banana or mixed berries.
Pro tip: Freeze the bananas an hour or two before you make this smoothie bowl, or the day before (they're best with minimal time spent in the freezer.)
See recipe card below for exact quantities.
📝 Instructions
When I make regular smoothies, I always use my high-speed Vitamix blender. But for smoothie bowls, I actually pull out my food processor to handle the job so that I can use less liquid (yogurt in this case) and still get a consistently thick and creamy result.
Pro tip: If you don't have a food processor, a high-speed or regular blender still works fine-just choose a lower blend speed and use a plunger or spatula as necessary to push everything down towards the blade.
Once you add everything to your food processor with the standard S-blade in place, just process a minute or two, scrape down the sides and repeat once or twice more until everything is fully blended. Then, top with fresh fruit or your other favorite add-ons before serving.
📋 Substitutions
As written, this smoothie bowl recipe is vegetarian and gluten free. Feel free to make any of the following substitutions as needed.
- Vegan and dairy-free - use any variety of plant-based yogurt instead of Greek yogurt (note that your smoothie bowl will not be as thick as the Greek yogurt version since these yogurt varieties tend to be runnier)
- Banana - if you don't have a banana on hand you could substitute a ripe avocado, or just leave out
- Frozen strawberries - substitute any other kind of frozen berries (mixed berries, blueberries, raspberries or açaí)
- Frozen pineapple - substitute frozen mango or peaches, or you can leave out
- Vanilla Greek yogurt - substitute vanilla Skyr instead; you can also use regular vanilla yogurt (whole milk yogurt works best) but your smoothie bowl will not be as thick as with Greek yogurt or Skyr
📖 Variations
There are endless possibilities for fruit smoothie bowls! Here are a few of my favorite variations:
- Mango smoothie bowl - substitute frozen mango for the strawberries
- Blueberry smoothie bowl - use frozen blueberries instead of strawberries, or half and half of each for a mixed berry smoothie bowl
- Protein smoothie bowl - to add additional protein beyond what's in the Greek yogurt, you can add a scoop or two of plain or vanilla protein powder
🔪 Equipment
You'll need the following equipment to make this smoothie bowl recipe:
- food processor
- plastic spatula
A professional-grade or regular blender will work as well, just run at a lower speed and use a plunger or spatula to push everything back down into the blender as needed. Or if you have one, you can also use a Ninja Creami or Ninja Foodi smoothie bowl maker.
🍱 Storage
Strawberry smoothie bowls are best when consumed immediately, but can be stored in the fridge for an hour or two before they melt too much.
🎉 Top tip
As promised, this smoothie bowl recipe literally only takes minutes to make and in fact, you'll want to stick to that and not run the food processor or blender for too long. Just process or blend until everything's nice and smooth, and it's good to go! And of course, have fun topping with your favorite add-ons too.
Enjoy!
💭 FAQ
To make a fruit smoothie bowl, you'll need some frozen fruit such as bananas, berries, mango, pineapple or peaches and a liquid such as milk or yogurt to help hold everything together.
You can make your frozen smoothie bowl thicker by using Greek yogurt or Icelandic skyr instead of regular yogurt or milk (whole milk Greek yogurt or skyr will be thickest), or by adding some nut butter to it such as peanut butter, almond butter or cashew butter.
Some good smoothie bowl toppings include freshly sliced or chopped fruit such as berries or ripe banana, granola, chopped nuts, seeds such as chia or flax, coconut flakes or cacao nibs.
Smoothie bowls taste best and are thickest when they are prepared just before eating, but you can make up to 1-2 hours ahead of time and store in the fridge until then.
🍳 Recipe
5-Minute Fruit Smoothie Bowl (with Greek Yogurt)
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Prep: Chop banana into 1-inch pieces and freeze for at least 1-2 hours if possible (or overnight).
- Process: Add all ingredients to food processor fitted with a standard S blade and process for 2-4 minutes, stopping to scrape the sides down with a plastic spatula as needed.
- Enjoy: Once everything is incorporated and smooth, scoop out mixture into individual bowls. Add any desired toppings, and enjoy immediately.
Sara
Which vanilla greek yoghurt do u use? xx
Allison
Hi Sara--for this recipe I love using whole milk Greek yogurt like Stonyfield or Wallaby Vanilla Bean Greek Yogurt, or skyr like Siggi's Vanilla Whole Milk Icelandic Yogurt. But any type of low-fat or non-fat Greek yogurt will work too! (They just might not be as creamy/thick as the whole milk versions.) Hope this helps! 🙂