7 Breakfast Smoothie Recipes for Your Ninja Blender

Simplify your breakfast routine with a healthy and filling breakfast smoothie, shake, or fruit slush. Each recipe includes just a few ingredients to blend and enjoy.

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My husband gave me a Ninja blender for Mother’s Day this year and it was one of the best gifts I’ve ever received because I use it nearly every day.

My old blender was an attachment for my Cuisinart stand mixer and it just wasn’t that great. Until I got the Ninja, I had no idea how thoroughly blended a smoothie could be. It sounds silly now, but my Cuisinart blender had trouble breaking up big pieces of fruit and struggled with ice.

You can, of course, make these smoothies in the blender you have. If you’re shopping for a new blender, I can’t recommend the Ninja enough. It blends very smoothly and if that wasn’t enough, the cups that came with it make blending breakfast-to-go easy. It’s also fairly easy to clean; I wash the blade by hand immediately after use, but everything is dishwasher-safe.

This is the Ninja blender I have. It came with 2 smoothie cups, but you can purchase smoothie cups with lids separately too.

I’ve been making myself a smoothie, shake, or fruit slush for breakfast a couple of times per week since I got it. (Edit: 4+ years later a breakfast smoothie is still a near-daily habit.)

A few of my busy mom friends have asked me to share some recipes, so I thought I would round up a week’s worth of simple breakfast smoothie recipes. All of these are pretty simple – and flexible, in case you need to change up an ingredient or two.

Smoothie making tips

Here are a few quick tips before we get to the recipes:

Milk and non-dairy

I use soy milk or sometimes coconut milk, but you can swap it for any dairy milk or dairy alternative.

Fresh vs frozen fruit

You can use fresh or frozen fruit in all of my recipes. In general, frozen fruit will make your smoothie thicker. You may want to add ice with fresh fruit.

Protein powder

Yogurt and milk have some protein, but if you find that smoothies don’t fill you up, you can add protein powder. There are tons of options and they all blend a bit differently, so you’ll probably need to try a few to find one that you like. My current favorite is Orgain Organic Protein – it comes in vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and a surprising number of other varieties I haven’t tried yet.

Weekly meal prep

Take time to prep ingredients on Sunday afternoon and these can be assembled in minutes. You can probably prep a week’s worth of smoothie ingredients in less than 30 minutes.

Measuring ingredients

The measurements are to give you a starting point, but you don’t have to be precise. In general, if your drink is too thick add more milk or juice, and if it’s too thin add more fruit or ice.

Breakfast smoothie recipes

For each recipe below, combine all the ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth.

Although I called these breakfast smoothies, you can totally enjoy them any time of day. Sometimes I make one for lunch and pair it with something light, like a peanut butter sandwich, or make one up for my kids for an afternoon snack. Make one of my Ninja smoothie recipes today and let me know which one is your favorite.

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