Healthy Smoothie Recipes For Kids That Parents Love Too

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to ensure your kids are getting enough nutrients at breakfast? These healthy smoothies for kids are the easiest way to incorporate fresh fruit and vegetables into your breakfast routine, and get your kids excited about healthy eating.

Our easy fruit smoothies and vegetable smoothies for kids are high in fibre and loaded with essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, healthy fats and protein to support healthy immune function, digestive health and help sustain energy levels throughout the day. Not only are they a hit with kids and parents alike, our healthy breakfast smoothies are super easy and fun to make. Check out our top tips for making smoothies with kids and the best smoothie recipes for kids below.

Here’s how to make healthy smoothie recipes for kids using Craft Smoothie:

Top tips for making smoothies with kids:

• Get your kids involved in the process and excited about making breakfast smoothies - Craft Smoothie’s easy-to-follow recipe cards are ideal for getting kids engaged in reading and following instructions
• Hide veggies in smoothies by blending banana with fruits like apples, pears and berries to disguise the flavour of leafy greens. Blending carrots with orange and banana smoothies is an easy way to slip in some carrot at breakfast too!
• Use different combinations of seasonal fruit and vegetables to support a varied intake of essential nutrients and get your kids thinking about seasonality. This is also a perfect way to ensure breakfast never gets boring and the kids have something new to look forward to each morning
• If you're making smoothies for toddlers who won't eat or fussy kids, keep in mind that colour is key. To achieve attractive-looking smoothies, use vibrant fruits or superfoods like acai, blueberries, purple grapes, blackcurrants and oranges
• To change it up, turn your smoothies into smoothie bowls by blending with frozen bananas and a little less liquid. Then the kids can have fun decorating their smoothie bowls with chopped fruit, berries, nuts, seeds, cacao nibs and coconut chips
• Kids love drinking from straws so invest in some reusable glass straws 

Here's how to make healthy smoothies for kids:

Use this method to make the following healthy smoothies recipes for kids. 

1. Add ice and/or frozen ingredients
2. Add fresh fruit and/or vegetables and/or leafy greens
3. Add any optional extras. This can be nuts, seeds, superfood powders, dried fruit, protein powders or sweetners
4. Add your favourite liquid of choice
5. Blend until smooth

Each recipe makes 2 large “adult-sized” smoothies, so you can split between 3 or 4 kids. Kids love the thick milkshake-like consistency of smoothies, but if you’re finding your smoothies are too thick, you can alter the consistency by adding small amounts of water or milk until your desired consistency is achieved.

Pirates Of The Carob-ean

If your children love chocolate milkshakes but aren’t fruit fans, this is the perfect healthy "shake" for kids and uses carob instead of chocolate. Carob is a naturally sweet superfood which kids love in smoothies, it's also rich in dietary fibre and the bone-building mineral calcium. We love carob in this superfood smoothie because it blends brilliantly with cacao nibs and cashews for a yummy magnesium kick - vital for a healthy heart and brain.

Ingredients:

1 banana

1/2 an avocado

1 handful of strawberries

2 Tbs of carob powder

2 Tbs of cashews

1 tsp of cacao nibs

1 cup of liquid (either water, your favourite milk, or coconut water)

1 cup of ice 

 

Undercover Greens

This kid friendly smoothie is perfect if want to hide veggies in smoothies and help build strong immune systems. With detoxifying kale, antioxidant-rich pear and a healthy serving of essential fatty acids and dietary fibre, this breakfast smoothie ticks all the boxes. It’s also perfect for getting the kids to eat ginger for added immunity support.

Ingredients:

1 banana 

1 pear

1 handful of kale

1 Tbs linseed

1 Tbs chopped dates

1/2 tsp ginger powder

1 cup of liquid (either water, your favourite milk, or coconut water)

1 cup of ice

 

Grape Way To Start The Day!

Thanks to the trio of grapes, apples, blackurrant and cinnamon, this easy fruit smoothie recipe is rich in antioxidants to support optimal health and wellbeing. It also boasts a healthy serving of protein and healthy fats to help sustain energy levels, thanks to the chia seeds and almonds!

Ingredients:

1 banana

1 apple

1 handful of grapes or blueberries

2 Tbs of almonds

2 Tbs of chia seeds

1 tsp of blackcurrant powder 

1/2 tsp of cinnamon

1 cup of liquid (either water, your favourite milk, or coconut water)

1 cup of ice 

 

Orange You Excited?

This is one of the best vegetable smoothies for kids - they'll love the vibrant blend of orange, carrot and goji berries for a beneficial boost of beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant which is important for a strong immune system, good vision and healthy skin. Pairing with chia seeds and coconut supports optimal absorption of this beneficial antioxidant, and the healthy fats and protein will help keep your kids’ hunger levels in check. No one will notice the sneaky carrot in there!

Ingredients:

1 banana

1 carrot

1 orange

2 Tbs of chia seeds

3 Tbs of coconut chips 

1 Tbs of goji berries

1 cup of liquid (either water, your favourite milk, or coconut water)

1 cup of ice 

 

Want to make healthy smoothies for kids without the hassle of sourcing your own fresh ingredients and superfoods? Get started with Craft Smoothie and we'll send you a smoothie box with everything you need to make easy breakfast smoothies for kids.