Tropical Smoothie Recipe
This Tropical Smoothie Recipe is quick to throw together, juicy and refreshing and with bonus vegetables your kids will love it! Made with 5 everyday ingredients it is ready to go in under five minutes.
Ingredients you will need
Substitutes | Alternatives | Variations
- Apple juice: My kids like this smoothie made with an apple juice base. However, you could use pineapple juice, orange juice guava juice a store-bought tropical fruit juice or coconut coconut water if you prefer.
- Frozen mango: In New Zealand, fresh mangos are not plentiful year-round, which is why I use frozen. But if you are lucky to live somewhere with heaps of mangos then using fresh would be delicious.
- Pineapple: Be sure to choose a sweet juicy pineapple, making sure to remove all the peel and hard core before adding it to the smoothie.
- Frozen zucchini: Adding frozen zucchini/courgette to a smoothie is one of my favourite hacks! Zucchini is a mild-tasting vegetable so it doesn't change the taste of the smoothie, if it is frozen it just adds a creamy texture.
- Banana: In this recipe use other frozen fruit and vegetables therefore I chose to use fresh banana. I often use frozen banana in my smoothie recipes as it makes smoothies thick and sweet, but with the other frozen items I found using frozen banana made the smoothie too thick.
Tropical Smoothie Step-by-step
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Tropical Smoothie Recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. The most efficient way to get a smooth consistency is to start on low speed until all the ingredients are well combined and large chunks are gone before increasing the speed to high.
Serve and enjoy!
Save This Recipe!
I'll email this post to you, so you can easily come back to it later!
Top Tips
Here is how you can make this Tropical Smoothie perfect every time!
- If you are keen to try frozen zucchini in a smoothie but don't want the green colour that the zucchini peel will add to the smoothie then try peeling the zucchini before you freeze it. You can use this hack to boost to make a healthy mac and cheese with veggies. Zucchini is one of my favourite hidden veggies, I add it to so many meals and snacks including my Spag Bol, Zucchini Slice and Zucchini Banana Muffins.
- This smoothie tastes great, but with it's greenish color some kids can be put off before trying it. An opaque smoothie cup can help with this, I use a double walled stainless steel cup with a silicone straw not just to keep my kids smoothies cool but also to disguise any unusual colors. You can see the cup I use to serve my spinach smoothie.
How To Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby-Led-Weaning
- If you are making this recipe for a baby under one, consider using water instead of apple juice as the liquid as this will reduce the sugar content of the smoothie.
- If your child is under one year of age smoothies should not be used to substitute a 'milk feed' until this time all 'milk feeds' should either be breast milk or an appropriate infant formula. Smoothies can be offered as part of a meal or snack.
FAQs
Tropical Smoothies are made by blending sweet colorful tropical fruits including: pineapple, mango, guava, papaya, pasionfruit and banana.
Use your favourite fruit juices such as apple, pineapple, guava or orange juice. If the tropical smoothie recipe you are using is full of sweet tropical fruits you may also be able to use water or coconut water as the liquid component of your smoothie. For a creamy tropical smoothie try coconut milk.
Tropical Smoothie
RATE THIS RECIPE
Save This Recipe!
I'll email this post to you, so you can easily come back to it later!
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple juice
- ½ cup mango frozen and cubed
- ½ cup pineapple
- ½ cup zucchini frozen and cubed
- ½ cup banana sliced
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. The most efficient way to get a smooth consistency is to start on low speed until all the ingredients are well combined and large chunks are gone before increasing the speed to high.
Video
Notes
- If you are keen to try frozen zucchini in a smoothie but don't want the green colour that the zucchini peel will add to the smoothie then try peeling the zucchini before you freeze it.
- This smoothie tastes great, but with it's greenish color some kids can be put off before trying it. An opaque smoothie cup can help with this, I use a double walled stainless steel cup with a silicone straw not just to keep my kids smoothies cool but also to disguise any unusual colors.
- Apple juice: My kids like this smoothie made with an apple juice base. However, you could use pineapple juice, orange juice guava juice a store-bought tropical fruit juice or coconut coconut water if you prefer.
- Frozen mango: In New Zealand, fresh mangos are not plentiful year-round, which is why I use frozen. But if you are lucky to live somewhere with heaps of mangos then using fresh would be delicious.
- Pineapple: Be sure to choose a sweet juicy pineapple, making sure to remove all the peel and hard core before adding it to the smoothie.
- Frozen zucchini: Adding frozen zucchini/courgette to a smoothie is one of my favourite hacks! Zucchini is a mild-tasting vegetable so it doesn't change the taste of the smoothie, if it is frozen it just adds a creamy texture.
- Banana: In this recipe use other frozen fruit and vegetables therefore I chose to use fresh banana. I often use frozen banana in my smoothie as it makes smoothies thick and sweet, but with the other frozen items I found using frozen banana made the smoothie too thick.
- If you are making this recipe for a baby under one, consider using water instead of apple juice as the liquid as this will reduce the sugar content of the smoothie.
Nutrition
Quick Start Guide To BLW
Baby led weaning doesn’t need to be complicated, grab my quick start guide to begin your little ones food journey.
Leave a Reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
This is a go to smoothie recipe in my house, my kids LOVE it! The zucchini hack is one of my favourite smoothie tricks.