Peanut Butter Berry Smoothie (Printable Version)
A creamy blend of peanut butter, berries and yogurt—ready in minutes for a nutritious start.
# What You’ll Need:
→ Base
01 - 1 cup milk, dairy or plant-based
02 - 1/2 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt
→ Fruit
03 - 1 cup mixed berries such as strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, fresh or frozen
04 - 1 small ripe banana
→ Nut Butter
05 - 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
→ Sweetener and Extras
06 - 1 to 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup, adjust to taste
07 - 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
08 - Ice cubes as needed for thicker consistency
# Directions:
01 - Add the milk, Greek yogurt, mixed berries, banana, and peanut butter into the blender jar.
02 - Pour in the honey or maple syrup along with the vanilla extract if desired.
03 - Blend on high speed until the mixture is completely smooth and creamy. Toss in a handful of ice cubes if you prefer a colder, thicker texture.
04 - Sample the smoothie and add more sweetener if needed, then blend briefly to incorporate.
05 - Divide the smoothie evenly between two glasses and enjoy immediately.
# Top Tips:
01 -
- The peanut butter makes it taste like a milkshake but the berries keep it bright and fresh, not heavy.
- It takes exactly as long as scrolling through your phone in the morning, which is to say under five minutes.
- Frozen berries mean you never have to worry about anything going soft in the fruit bowl.
02 -
- Blending too long heats the smoothie slightly and melts the frozen berries, which thins the texture more than you would expect.
- If the peanut butter clumps at the bottom, try adding it closer to the middle of the stack rather than on top of the berries.
03 -
- Freeze overripe bananas in chunks and keep them in a bag so you always have one ready, they make any smoothie impossibly creamy.
- Rinse the blender immediately after pouring, dried peanut butter and berry residue are stubborn and annoying to scrub later.