Kefir Milk Smoothie With Mango & Banana
This creamy kefir smoothie is made with tropical flavours of mango, banana, avocado, and a hint of lime. It’s such a filling and flavourful breakfast smoothie that’s PACKED with gut-friendly probiotics, protein, and fiber.
While I typically add Greek yogurt and nut milk to my smoothies, today I’ve swapped those out for gut-friendly kefir! I love how kefir is slightly thinner than yogurt, making it the perfect texture to replace both yogurt AND milk in a smoothie for one ingredient. It’s one of my favourite recipes using kefir (another being in my popular kefir chia pudding).
As a dietitian, I’m all about changing things up and adding diversity to our diets. This helps us reap the nutrition benefits of different ingredients AND prevents food boredom/repetition.
While this kefir smoothie is flavoured with mango and banana, feel free to use this as a “base” smoothie recipe and modify using other fruits. And if you enjoy this flavour profile – may I suggest trying my healthy mango and orange smoothie, or my go-to creamy green smoothie with avocado next?
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This is delicious! I bought my first bottle of kefir and was looking for ways to use it when I found your recipe. I had made a chia seed pudding (with kefir) and had about a 1/4 c. left, so that went in as my chia seeds. I didn’t have avocado, and I forgot the lime, but boy, I can see how the lime would totally compliment this smoothie! Just yummy!! Thank you!
Denise
Here’s a look at the ingredients:
Are you new to kefir? You can find it in the refrigerated dairy section of your local grocery store, near the yogurts. It’s a fermented dairy drink that is slightly thinner than regular yogurt. It has a similar tart, tangy, and slightly sour flavour, but has a really nice effervescence (or fizziness) to it.
- A note from recipe testing – kefir can be made from the milk of different animals. I recommend choosing a cow’s milk kefir, rather than a goat’s milk one. I tried making this with goat’s milk kefir and it was very pungent and gamey! Cow’s milk has a much more neutral flavour.
Full ingredient measurements and detailed recipe instructions are found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
My favourite blender for smoothies:
Vitamix Blender
I use this Vitamix almost every day. I bought it about 7 years ago and it still functions perfectly. It makes a super smooth and creamy smoothie in seconds (not to mention many other meals, like soups)!
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Get the Recipe: Kefir Milk Smoothie With Mango & Banana
Ingredients
- 2 cups kefir, plain + unsweetened
- 1 medium or large banana (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup mango chunks (fresh or frozen)
- 1/4 cup avocado chunks (fresh or frozen)
- 2 Tbsp chia seeds
- 2 Tbsp hemp seeds (hemp hearts)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 a lime, juice only
- Optional: unflavoured or vanilla protein powder
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender, starting with the kefir.
- Blend on high until smooth and creamy. Feel free to adjust flavours or amounts of liquid until desired taste/consistency is reached. Enjoy!
Notes
- Feel free to change up the fruit as desired, instead of using mango and/or banana! This would make a great “base” smoothie that you can switch up whenever you want. Fruits like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and pineapples would taste amazing here as well 🙂
- If you want to make this a green smoothie, feel free to add a couple handfuls of spinach. Promise it won’t change the taste at all!
- If you don’t have both chia and/or hemp seeds on hand, feel free to use just one of them or include other seeds (like flax).
- If you want to increase the protein content of this smoothie, feel free to add a scoop of your favourite protein powder. An unflavoured or vanilla version would work best. I also like using an unflavoured collagen powder – I find it doesn’t change the taste or texture of the smoothie as much as most protein powders.
Nutrition
As a dietitian, I create recipes with whole food ingredients that provide the nutrients needed for optimal health. My nutrition philosophy does not focus on numbers; however, I understand that this information can be helpful.
Do note that the nutrition info provided is an estimate and I cannot guarantee correctness of the displayed values. These numbers will differ depending on brands used, recipe modifications, and amount eaten. If you require specific nutrition information due to medical reasons, please consult with your dietitian or physician.
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4 Comments on “Kefir Milk Smoothie With Mango & Banana”
Can I get ALL your kefir smoothie recipes pls pls pls sent to my email?
Hi Terri-Ann! Unfortunately, this is the only kefir smoothie recipe I have on my website for now!!
That said, I would LOVE to have you join my email list! I send a quick email out whenever a new recipe goes live on the site (usually twice per week). You can sign up HERE if you’d like 🙂
As well, you can find all the other smoothie recipes on my site HERE. For many of them, you could experiment with swapping the nut milk + yogurt for kefir as well!!
This is delicious! I bought my first bottle of kefir and was looking for ways to use it when I found your recipe. I had made a chia seed pudding (with kefir) and had about a 1/4 c. left, so that went in as my chia seeds. I didn’t have avocado, and I forgot the lime, but boy, I can see how the lime would totally compliment this smoothie! I did add a half scoop of pumpkin seed protein powder, too. Just yummy!! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind words, Denise!! So happy you were able to use up that bottle of kefir here 🙂