Banana Bread Dairy Free Smoothie Recipe - WonkyWonderful (2024)

FAQs

How do you make a perfect consistency smoothie? ›

Try to only use a little liquid at a time while blending. If you add too much at once, it'll be runny. Dairy milk, oat milk, and almond milk also help create a thicker consistency, compared to juice or water. A handful of raw oats add thickness to your smoothie while kicking the fiber and protein up a notch.

Nut and seed butter like almond, peanut, cashew, and butter make excellent smoothie add-ins for creaminess. Thanks to high healthy fat content along with protein and fiber, just a couple tablespoons of nut butter blended into your fruits and veggies lends a wonderfully rich, thick, and smooth consistency.

“We were really surprised to see how quickly adding a single banana decreased the level of flavanols in the smoothie and the levels of flavanol absorbed in the body,” Ottaviani said. “This highlights how food preparation and combinations can affect the absorption of dietary compounds in foods.”

Ice adds thickness while water doesn't! - Add more liquid ingredients such as coconut water or almond milk; this will help thin out your smoothie without affecting the flavor too much. - Don't forget about fruits like berries that are known for being on the thinner side!

Too gritty. Sometimes, seeds and protein powders and fibrous stalks can give your smoothie an unpleasant texture. To make it silky-smooth (it is a smoothie, after all), pour your drink through a fine-mesh sieve or a cheese cloth.

Frozen ingredients are the key to creating a thick smoothie. Using fibrous, thick-fleshed fruit and vegetables can also help the texture. Adding chia seeds, avocado, yogurt, and protein powder are other thickening options.

Add a scoop of raw oats or chia seeds

A handful of oats can add thickness to your smoothie while also adding in some extra protein and fiber! I love tossing in some oats in this peach cobbler smoothie. You don't need to cook them, just add them in raw!

But there's plenty of room for an additional protein boost (I've added a few suggestions in the recipe notes down below!). Frozen bananas: While you can use fresh bananas for this smoothie, it'll be thicker, creamier, and more chilled with frozen sliced bananas.

Citrus fruits like lime, oranges or grapefruits if combined with bananas, lead to indigestion or stomach discomfort for some people.

Why not to mix banana and milk? ›

Potential Toxins Formation: Ayurveda suggests that combining bananas and milk may create Ama, a concept referring to toxins or undigested food material. Ama is considered a precursor to various health issues, and Ayurveda aims to prevent its formation.

For those who want to consume smoothies with bananas, or other high PPO activity fruits and vegetables such as beet greens, the suggestion is to not combine them with flavanol-rich fruits such as berries, grapes and cocoa.

Start your smoothie with two mugfuls of a liquid base. This can be milk, or a dairy-free alternative such as soya or almond milk, natural or flavoured yogurt, fruit juice, or for a tropical flavoured smoothie, low-fat coconut milk or coconut water.

Too thin: Add more ice, or more frozen fruit. Too gritty: If your smoothie is gritty, your powder just needs more blender time. If you're sensitive to fibrous textures, stay away from fibrous veggies like banana and use ice or frozen berries instead. It's all about you, my friend.

Instead, start at low speed until the bottom layers are blended and gradually increase the speed. Blend at full speed for at least a minute. Don't be shy—it's hard to overblend a smoothie. If at any point you notice the mixture struggling to move, dial back the speed slightly to let it catch up.

A key characteristic of a smoothie is its wonderfully smooth texture and thick consistency – but this is not always as easy to achieve as first meets the eye. You might find that your smoothies are a tad watery sometimes, besides being underwhelming, this can also leave you hungry again in less than a couple hours!

6) Too thick.

Add liquid—but not just any liquid. Remember that water will dilute the smoothie, whereas milk, kefir, coconut milk, or any other creamy liquid might change or dull the flavors. Pour in whatever liquid you like best in small amounts, keeping additional ingredients on hand in case the flavors shift.

Use frozen fruits or vegetables: Adding frozen ingredients to your smoothie helps maintain a thicker consistency. The frozen elements act as natural thickeners and help prevent separation. Add ice cubes: Including ice cubes in your smoothie can help keep it cool and maintain a thicker texture.