Strawberries and banana blended with peanut butter and Australian yogurt for a delicious creamy smoothie. Topped with slices of fresh bananas and granola, this smoothie is healthy and quick and easy to make, a perfect breakfast for anyone on the go.
Have you ever had Jamba Juice’s Chunky Strawberry Topper? Then you know how delicious it is. Strawberries and bananas blended together with peanut butter and yogurt topped with granola and fresh banana. It’s so addictive. Unfortunately, it’s also pretty pricy. So I decided I wanted to try my hand at recreating that blend of fruits, yogurt and peanut butter. This is the result.
First, wash the fruits. Remove the leaves and stem from the strawberries. Peel the banana. Slice all your fruits, about 1 ½ cups of strawberries (5 large strawberries) and 1 cup of banana (1 medium size banana). You can freeze the strawberries for a half hour before you use them. Or you can add a few ice cubes to make your smoothie cold. I recommend freezing the strawberries. If you add ice, the flavor of the smoothie might be diluted.
I used a Magic Bullet so it’s perfect for a single serving, but you can use a blender for this recipe too.
I added a ¼ cup of Noosa Australian yogurt. You can use either the honey flavored or the strawberry rhubarb flavor. In most smoothie recipes, including the Jamba Juice version, Greek yogurt is used. However, I personally feel that Greek yogurt is too tart. I prefer the Noosa Australian yogurt because it’s less tart and thicker in consistency. But you can definitely use Greek yogurt.
I added three tablespoons of peanut butter. It gives the smoothie a creamy nutty taste, but it’s not overwhelming. I love peanut butter, but I actually don’t like it as a flavor. For instance, peanut butter flavored candies or peanut butter cookies. I think it’s too sweet and overwhelming. However, I do love it in this smoothie. I think you will too. But if you’re allergic to nuts, it’s perfectly fine to leave out the peanut butter.
Blend the ingredients. If you prefer your smoothie a little chunky, blend it for a less amount of time. If you prefer your smoothie to be more liquid, blend it for longer. The consistency is really up to you.
Pour the smoothie into a glass or a mason jar. Top with slices of banana and granola. You can buy granola clusters. Or if you have granola bars, like Nature Valley, you can crush them into small pieces and use that to top your smoothie.
Now you have a quick breakfast for when you’re on the go or a quick snack. This is seriously one of my favorites. Fresh fruits, granola, peanut butter, and yogurt? Yum!
Serve cold and enjoy!
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This looks delicious
Thank you!
Hi Adrea, thanks so much for liking my recent blog post. I love food too, but am getting to the stage where I prefer other people to make it for me… so am keen to keep up with your posts. However, I am fond of making smoothies (particularly strawberry and banana ones) so will give your recipe a try. I’ll also try to find that yogurt when I’m doing my food shopping later on today.
Cheers,
Genevieve
I like that you include great food pics & that you offer sensible advice to modify a recipe. With your blog’s inspiration, I will have to take more time cooking this year! I am glad you enjoyed my post “Pastime.”
Thank you so much for visiting my blog!
That looks fantastic!
Thank you!
I just have one of this for my breakfast this morning, and as you said, it is a perfect recipe for anyone.
Thank you so much!
Hey!
I just wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger award over on my blog. You can check out the post here — http://thefakegourmet.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/someone-likes-me-they-really-like-me/
Thanks for making blogging fun and interesting! 🙂
Thank you so much, Amanda!
Sugar rush!
I will definitely be trying this! Sounds so yummy! Thanks for offering the printed version.
I’d love to know what you think of it if you decide to try the recipe =) And you’re welcome! I know a lot of people like a printed version of recipes when they’re working in the kitchen so I decided to include one.
Strawberry Rhubarb has got to be one of THE best combinations EVER!! Where do you get that Noosa stuff? And smoothies? I adore !!! Wanted to let you know I am giving you the Sunshine Blogger Award over on my blog… Congrats!! Go check it out here: http://foodgurly.com/2014/02/27/sunshine-blogger-award/ Thanks for all your hard work here at Cooking with a Wallflower! 🙂
Thank you so much, Joanna! Congrats on your Sunshine Award =)
I got Noosa from Target, but I’ve also seen them at Safeway.
OK, Thanks!
Looks Delish!!!