Love smoothies, but hate the hassle of making them every morning? You’ll love these easy make-ahead smoothie recipes made in freezer packs!
Some days time is running low, but that doesn’t mean that you need to skip out on nourishing your body. With a little bit of prep, you can stock your freezer with these smoothie recipes in ziplock packs.
Each pack is a single serving smoothie ready to be popped into a blender. Add a cup of liquid and within seconds you have yourself a delicious and nutritious drink!
Depending on the quality of your blender you may have to add more than 1 cup of liquid. Start with 1 cup and slowly add more if your blender seems to be having trouble turning your ingredients into a delicious smoothie.
How to make prep make-ahead smoothie freezer packs
Start by washing, peeling, and cubing all of your fruit and greens.
Then, measure out any dry ingredients to go in your smoothie (protein powder, hemp seeds, chia seeds, spirulina powder, etc.). I love packing as much goodness into my smoothies as possible!
Do not add your liquid to the freezer bags. You’ll add it when you make your smoothie. Tip: I like to write the liquid measurement on the freezer bag with a sharpie.
Make sure you’re using Ziploc Freezer Bags, or reusable bags that are freezer safe!
Tips for making a healthy smoothie
One the main reasons we make smoothies is for our health so It’s important to you choose quality ingredients to make your smoothie packs. Here are some tips to help you create your own healthy smoothie recipes:
- Use organic ingredients as often as possible.
- Add healthy fats like avocado, coconut, and almond butter to help your body absorb the fat-soluble vitamins from the veggies in your smoothie.
- Switch up your greens! Some veggies are high in oxalates and shouldn’t be eaten raw everyday. Add wheat grass, collard greens, lettuce or broccoli to your smoothie recipes to mix things up and to keep your oxalate intake low.
- Add protein! If you drink your smoothie as a meal replacement you should consider adding protein to help you stay full and satiated. Brown rice protein powder, pea protein powder (Both vegan) or collagen peptides (Paleo) are excellent protein powders to add to smoothies.
10 Healthy Smoothie Freezer Pack Recipes
Serves 1 (adjust for larger serving size)
* Note that ingredients should be washed, peeled and cubed prior to freezing. The cup of water/milk does not get added into the freezer bag.
Banana Berry Smoothie
- 1/2 banana
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/2 strawberries
- 1/2 cup spinach or collard greens
- + 1 cup coconut milk
Avocado Smoothie
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 banana
- 1/2 orange
- + 1 cup of water
Kiwi Strawberry
- 1 cup strawberries
- 2 peeled kiwis
- 1/2 avocado
- + 1 cup of almond milk or coconut milk
Grape Goodness
- 1.5 cup seedless grapes
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 cup spinach
- 1 teaspoon of coconut oil
- + 1 cup water
Green Machine
- 1/2 cup spinach
- 1/4 cup kale
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley sprigs
- 1/2 cup chopped pineapple
- 1/2 avocado
- + 1 cup of water
Tropical Twist
- 1 cup pineapple
- 1/2 cup grapes
- 1/2 cup mango
- 1/2 cup spinach or collard greens
- + 1/2 each of cup coconut water and coconut milk
Berry Blast
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup strawberries
- 1 large banana
- 1-2 teaspoons of almond butter
- + 1 cup water
Strawberry Banana
- 1 large banana
- 1.5 cup strawberries
- 1/2 avocado
- + 1 cup water
Princess Peach
- 1 peach
- 1/2 cup orange
- 1/2 banana
- + 1 cup of coconut milk
Watermelon Razz
- 3 cups watermelon
- 1/2 cup raspberry
- + 1 cup of water
Once you have these recipes down, be creative and try out some of your own!
This article was originally written on May 5, 2016 and has recently been updated.
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