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.

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 really struggled with ice.

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 really easy. I’ve been making myself a smoothie, shake, or fruit slush for breakfast a couple of times per week since I got it.

A few of my busy mom friends have asked me to share some of the 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.

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

1. I use soy milk, but you can swap it out for any dairy or dairy-alternative.
2. Frozen bananas are amazing, but you can use fresh instead. You may need to add ice or another frozen fruit to get the same texture.
3. Take time to prep ingredients on Sunday afternoon and these can be assembled in minutes.
4. 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.

sweet and tart smoothie

• 3 strawberries
• 1 banana
• 1/4 cup pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• ice as needed

blueberry smoothie

• 1/4 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1 fresh banana
• 1/2 cup soy milk

cherry mango smoothie

• 6 cherries
• 1/4 cup mango
• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• about 6 ice cubes

rainbow fruit slush

• 1 cup diced fruit: strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, and blueberries
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup cranberry juice
• ice

peanut butter chocolate shake

• 1/2 frozen banana
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• about 6 ice cubes

cold brew coffee shake

• 1/4 cup cold brew coffee
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/2 tablespoon chocolate syrup
• about 6-8 ice cubes

oatmeal breakfast shake

• 1 fresh banana
• 2 tablespoons quick oats
• 1/4 cup yogurt
• 3/4 cup soy milk

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.

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