Start your morning with a frosty, delicious smoothie made with strawberries, mango, and pineapple. This is a great way to get your servings of fruit in for the day!
When the cold weather hits, I start to really miss fruit. I tend to eat a lot of fruit in summer, like fresh berries, peaches, and watermelon, and those favorites just aren’t available when the seasons change.
The winter months are a good time to enjoy seasonal citrus fruit, as well as to take advantage of the frozen fruit aisle.
This smoothie tastes fresh and delicious, and it has a nice dose of vitamin C due to the strawberries, pineapple, and mango. Read more about what seasonal produce contains vitamin C here.
If you’re looking for more healthy breakfast ideas, try this superfood chia pudding parfait. It’s an easy recipe to make the night before!
Ingredient Notes
- Fruit – I like to use frozen fruit in my smoothies – that makes them nice and thick and frosty. If you don’t have frozen fruit, you can use fresh fruit. And feel free to substitute a different fruit if you wish – if you don’t like mango, try cantaloupe, or kiwi. Both are great sources of vitamin C.
- Non-Dairy Milk – I used unsweetened coconut milk beverage, but you can use any neutral tasting non-dairy milk that works for your dietary needs. I don’t like to add any extra sugar to my smoothies, so that’s why I choose unsweetened coconut milk.
Additions
You can add anything you like to this smoothie. If you want to add some chia seeds, hemp seeds, or coconut flakes, you can do that! Just add them right before blending.
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Recipe
Super Vitamin C Smoothie.
Ingredients
- ½ cup frozen mango
- ½ cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup frozen pineapple
- ½ cup frozen banana
- â…” cup non-dairy milk or orange juice
- 1 Tablespoon golden ground flax seed
- ¼ cup blackberries
Instructions
- Place the frozen mango, strawberries, pineapple, and banana in the blender. Let the frozen fruit sit for a few minutes so that it softens slightly – it will be easier to blend.
- Add the ground flax seed and non-dairy milk, and blend on high speed until very smooth.
- Pour into a glass and top with blackberries, chia seeds, or anything else you desire!
Notes
Nutrition
This post was originally published in November 2010. It has been updated.
Realynn
Very tasty! I left out the flax and blackberries and added powdered vitamin c and it was delicious! Vitamin c also helps things move along when constipated.
darryl
Delicious and nutritious!
Darryl
Fantastic!
Kelly
Kathy, I bet you could substitute another fruit! Maybe banana? It doesn’t have Vitamin C, but you’d get a good dose of potassium!
Khadijah
Actually bananas have vitamin c in it especially the red bananas
Kathryn
I wish I liked canteloupe :(
Tomi
Peaches are a good substitute to get a good consistency. I don’t care for bananas or mangos, and frozen peaches give me a great result.
Meg
yumm!! i need to start making smoothies for breakfast again. they’re such a great way to start the day.
Kai.Mercado.
I am so excited for this! I get sick so often this will def help!