This Rhubarb Smoothie is healthy, creamy, light, and has a unique hint of licorice flavor. It's quick and easy to make and you could use either frozen or fresh rhubarb.
This recipe is popular during rhubarb season, which is early spring to early summer. This rhubarb smoothie is also a great way to enjoy your rhubarb for breakfast. This recipe was inspired by my Raspberry Gingerbread Smoothie and makes a quick and healthy breakfast. And be sure to check out these 15 Rhubarb Breakfast Recipes!
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If you have your own rhubarb plant you are lucky! But if you don't grow your own rhubarb, you can get it at a grocery store or your local farmer's market.
🥘Ingredients
Most recipes for rhubarb smoothies use either frozen or fresh strawberries, but this recipe is straight-up rhubarb and it's straight-up delicious on its own, without strawberries. The creamy milk, yogurt, and bananas balance the tangy rhubarb, as does the fennel flavor. You will need the following ingredients for this recipe:
- 2 cups 1% milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp fennel seed or ground fennel *add more or less to your liking
- ½ cup non-fat Greek yogurt
- 2 whole bananas (small to medium-sized)
- 2 ½ cups frozen rhubarb
- 4 tbsp agave
- Garnish: chia seeds and additional chopped rhubarb
🔪Instructions
Making this smoothie is as simple as putting everything in a blender and turning it on!
Add all smoothie ingredients (except chia seeds) in a blender, and process until smooth (about a minute).
📖Variations & Substitutions
- Milk- you can use 2% or whole milk instead
- Rhubarb- you can use fresh or frozen rhubarb or stewed rhubarb (if using stewed, just skip or reduce the amount of agave).
- Fennel - you can use fennel seeds or ground fennel. You could also substitute anise or licorice root
- Agave - Agave is a natural sweetener, vegan, and more concentrated than honey and that's why I like to use it. However, you can use honey instead (you'll need nearly twice the amount) or another sweetener such as maple syrup
- Lactose-free- use lactose-free milk and lactose-free Greek yogurt
- Vegan - Use plant-based milk like coconut milk, soy milk, oat, or almond milk instead and non-dairy yogurt (i.e. coconut milk yogurt)
- Yogurt - you could sub vanilla yogurt for regular Greek yogurt, or use plain yogurt instead of Greek, but it won't be as thick or have as much protein
🍽Equipment
All you will need is a regular blender (affiliate link) for this creamy smoothie.
🌡️Storage
Store this smoothie in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 24 hours. However, keep in mind that the longer it sits in the fridge, the more the banana flavor takes over and the banana will make it brown, as well.
My blender came with these great smoothie drinking/storage cups!
👪 Serving Size
This banana rhubarb smoothie recipe makes 4 (8 oz) servings. However, you can half, double, or triple the recipe by clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.
🔢WW Points
This tasty smoothie recipe is also Weight Watchers friendly @ 3 WW points!
💭Top tip
It's best to use ground fennel seeds. If you don't have ground, you can grind them with a mortar and pestle or in a coffee grinder.
❔ Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can leave smoothies in the fridge overnight in an airtight container. However, if you have banana in your smoothie, you'll want to use it as soon as possible, as the banana will start to turn the smoothie a brown color and the banana flavor will become much stronger.
So, if you love rhubarb and are looking for a morning smoothie, then give this Healthy Rhubarb Smoothie a try!
And if you're looking for additional healthy smoothie recipes, give my Vegan Blueberry Cookie Smoothie (shown) and my Raspberry Gingerbread Smoothie a try!
📋 Rhubarb Smoothie recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups 1% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed or ground fennel *you can add more or less to your liking
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 whole bananas (small to medium-sized)
- 2 ½ cups frozen rhubarb
- 4 tablespoon agave
Instructions
- Put all ingredients (except chia seeds) in blender and blend until smooth (about 1 minute) *Add additional sweetener to your liking, if desired.
- Garnish with chia seeds and chopped rhubarb and a stalk of rhubarb, if desired.
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