Rainbow Smoothie
Packed with fruit and is perfect for breakfast or a healthy treat! It's also a fun rainbow recipe for St. Patrick's Day.
Servings: 2 (16 ounce) smoothies
Equipment
- Blender
- Bowls or cups
- Small measuring cup
- Tall drinking glasses
- Straws or skewers
- toothpicks
Ingredients
Red Layer
- ½ frozen banana sliced
- ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup frozen raspberries
- ¼ cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup cranberry juice
Orange Layer
- ½ frozen banana sliced
- ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 mandarin orange peeled
- ¼ cup frozen mango
- ½ cup orange juice
Yellow Layer
- ½ frozen banana sliced
- ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- ½ cup frozen pineapple chunks
- ½ cup pineapple juice
Green Layer
- ½ frozen banana sliced
- ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- ½ cup spinach
- ½ cup frozen pineapple chunks
- ½ cup apple juice
Purple Layer
- ½ frozen bananas sliced
- ¼ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup frozen pineapple chunks
- ½ cup frozen blueberries
- 1 teaspoon blue spirulina powder OR a small amount of blue food coloring
- ½ cup coconut water
Blue Layer
- ½ frozen banana sliced
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks
- 1 ½ teaspoons blue spirulina powder OR a small amount of blue food coloring
- ¼ cup apple juice
Pink Layer
- 1 frozen banana sliced
- ½ cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup vanilla almond milk
Instructions
- Make the smoothie layers. For each color layer: Combine the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. If the smoothie is too thick and won’t blend, stream in more juice, a little at a time until it is smooth but still thick.
- Set aside to chill. Transfer the smoothie to a small bowl or cup and place it in your refrigerator (or freezer) while you rinse and prep the blender for the next color. Keep them cold!
Assembly
- Layer the rainbow. Carefully layer each color smoothie in glasses in rainbow order. Use a measuring cup that fits inside of the glass to pour each layer so that it doesn’t drip on the sides of the glass. This way, the colors won't blend.
- To make it tye die. Get a tie-dye effect by using a straw or stir skewer to gently push each color layer into each other around the sides of the glass.
- Garnish and serve. Skewer leftover pieces of fruit on a toothpick for garnish and serve chilled.
Notes
Storage Instructions:
If you have leftover rainbow smoothies, you can store them for a couple of hours in the refrigerator. Beyond a few hours, the colors will start to blend together. Although they won’t be as pretty, they’ll still taste great.
What is another variation I can make?
Make these rainbow smoothies into smoothie popsicles for another fun variation. You can pour the smoothie layers into a popsicle mold and freeze them overnight. These make really fun rainbow or tie dye popsicles!
What else can I add for additional flavors?
This rainbow smoothie is just as flavorful as it is colorful. You’ll love the tropical and berry flavors as they come together in this wow-worthy smoothie. Here are a couple ideas to add a bit more flavor and intensity.
- A drop of vanilla or almond extract to each flavor
- You can add a drop of food coloring to each one for intense color.
