Thick Frosty Peanut Butter Banana Cauliflower Smoothie

This vegan thick frosty peanut butter banana cauliflower smoothie is healthy, delightfully shake-like, cool, and creamy. Frozen cauliflower florets, frozen bananas, almond milk, peanut butter, and a splash of vanilla are blended to perfection. The trick to create an ultra frosty and thick smoothie is simply to add less liquid. Patience is definitely a virtue as you blend, but if you take the time to stop and scrape down the sides (instead of adding more liquid), you’ll be rewarded with a shake-like breakfast treat.

Have you heard the news?

Adding frozen cauliflower florets to smoothies is all the rage.

I have no idea which brilliant blogger first thought to add frozen cauliflower to a smoothie to up the creaminess factor, but if I did, I’d happily credit her/him here. If you happen to know, let me know so I can appreciatively offer credit where credit is due.

I do, however, remember that the first person I saw apply this snazzy veggie magic was Natalie from Feasting on Fruit. She doesn’t claim credit for the idea either, but girl has so many smart fruit ‘n’ veggie tricks up her sleeve that I wouldn’t have been surprised if she’d been the one to come up with it.

Okay. Back to frozen cauliflower in smoothies.

I know it sounds a little weird and unbelievable at first, but trust me and all the others hopping on this trendy bandwagon: frozen cauliflower = creamy smoothie magic.

After adding heaps of frozen florets to my smoothies for the last several weeks, I’ve come to two conclusions:

1) Frozen cauliflower florets are basically like creamy ice cubes. Correction: Detoxifying, mineral- and vitamin-rich creamy ice cubes.

2) A proper cauliflower smoothie recipe needs to be shared here. And fast.

So here you have it. An epically thick, frosty, creamy, and HEALTHY (←but seriously, does this lavishly applied, overused word even have meaning anymore?) smoothie.

Healthy, schmealthy.

But seriously, if your “healthy” looks anything like my “healthy” (i.e., eating vitamin- and mineral-rich, close-to-the-earth foods most of the time without judgment of myself or others… or snobbiness, for that matter, because I’m so over the know-it-all attitude when it comes to food—put your kindness where your mouth is), then we can go ahead and call this smoothie healthy. Also, virtual high five for being “healthy” soul sisters.

This peanut butter banana smoothie is packed with vitamin c, potassium, folate, B6, fiber, copper, manganese, and biotin.

As I’ve mentioned before, bananas are excellent muscle healers and mood boosters thanks to their triple threat potassium-B6-tryptophan combo. Plus, they’re an excellent natural smoothie sweetener and blend up creamier than any other fruit I’ve had the pleasure of regularly enjoying. Pair them with a bit of frozen cauliflower and a dollop of peanut butter, and you’ve got yourself a nutritional powerhouse of a smoothie. Look out.

To make this thick frosty peanut butter banana cauliflower smoothie, you’ll gather your ingredients (frozen cauliflower florets, frozen bananas, almond milk, peanut butter, vanilla), add everything to a blender, and blend until smooth.

Now, there is a teeny, tiny trick to creating a super thick, ultra cool and frosty smoothie.

What’s the trick? Add as little liquid as possible. I’m lookin’ at you, almond milk.

Simple enough but much easier said than done when you’ve got a case of the mid-morning hangries.

But trust me, every time you opt to stop the blender and scrape down the sides to encourage blending (instead of adding more liquid), you’re one step closer to the dreamiest breakfast smoothie ever.

So, patience. It really is a virtue. In life and in super frosty peanut butter smoothie making.

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Thick Frosty Peanut Butter Banana Cauliflower Smoothie

This vegan thick frosty peanut butter banana cauliflower smoothie is healthy, delightfully shake-like, cool, and creamy. Frozen cauliflower florets, frozen bananas, almond milk, peanut butter, and a splash of vanilla are blended to perfection. The trick to create an ultra frosty and thick smoothie is simply to add less liquid. Patience is definitely a virtue as you blend, but if you take the time to stop and scrape down the sides (instead of adding more liquid), you'll be rewarded with a thick, shake-like breakfast treat.

Course Breakfast, Smoothie

Cuisine Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, plant-based, Vegan

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 1 (or 2) people

Author Ashley

Ingredients

• 1 heaping cup frozen cauliflower florets
• 2 ripe and speckled bananas, peeled, sliced, and frozen
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, plus more only if absolutely needed to encourage blending*
• 1 to 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter, to taste*
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender, and blend on high until smooth, stopping as often as needed to scrape down the sides. You'll want to add as little almond milk as possible to maintain a thick, frosty texture. Patience is a virtue here—just keep stopping to scrape down the sides as needed, and you'll be rewarded with a delightfully thick, shake-like treat.

2. Scoop into a glass (or two).

3. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

No Nuts? No Problem. To keep this smoothie nut-free, simply swap out the almond milk for a nut-free plant-based milk (e.g., soy milk, oat milk, hemp milk, etc.) and swap out the peanut butter for sunflower butter.