A healthy cauliflower smoothie with the nutritional boost from hidden veggies, tropical flavor and kid-friendly too. No one will taste the cauliflower in this 4-ingredient frosty sweet smoothie.
This cauliflower smoothie is a sweet, creamy and fruit with the bright flavor of mango! The addition of cauliflower boosts the smoothie's nutrition and adds a creamy texture. Like my pink pineapple smoothie, this one tastes tropical thanks to coconut water, although plain water is also fine.
For more cauliflower recipes, try my cauliflower pizza crusts, cauliflower brownies, and cauliflower popsicles.
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How Does Cauliflower Taste in a Smoothie?
The cauliflower is the perfect blank canvas, so this cauliflower smoothie tastes fruity and creamy, like a fruit milkshake with a tropical flavor. I also add cucumber but for children, leave that out or use zucchini instead as cucumber skin can be bitter.
Ingredients
- strawberries - Fresh or frozen.
- mango - Fresh or frozen. This is your sweetener ingredient.
- cauliflower - Steam and cool, or rice.
- cucumber - Peel or the smoothie will be bitter. This is optional, leave off for children.
- lemon juice - Lemon or lime juice. From a bottle, use organic or fresh.
- coconut water - Use unsweetened coconut water, or milk.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Cauliflower Smoothie
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
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Prepare: Choose your favorite form of cauliflower. If you cook it first, let it cool before blending. I use store-bought frozen riced cauliflower for convenience.
Make Smoothies:
step 1: Add the ingredients to a high-speed blender. If you only have a regular blender, you might want to steam and cool the cauliflower.
step 2: Blend until smooth, taste-test for sweetness, adding more of the sweet fruit if need be. Add more liquid if you want it thinner.
step 3: Serve chilled and drink the same day.
Recipe Tips
- You can buy frozen riced cauliflower in the freezer section of the grocery store which is convenient and blends well.
- You can swap the mango for another sweet fruit such as pineapple, or a melon.
- Freeze the fruits to keep the drink frosty.
- Don't add any more liquid then necessary to blend; you don't want to dilute your smoothie.
FAQS
Yes, cauliflower is fine to eat raw. In a smoothie, it is best to freeze it first, in fact store-bought riced cauliflower works best.
Yes, cauliflower works well in smoothies because it blends into a creamy texture, and provides fiber, vitamins C, K and folate, as well as antioxidants and phytonutrients.
It tastes like a fruity, creamy milkshake.
As are all my smoothies, this smoothie recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
More Cauliflower Recipes
- Homemade Creamsicles (Cauliflower)
- Cauliflower Shiitake Stir Fry
- Cauliflower Ice Cream
- Cauliflower Protein Snacks
- Cauliflower Brownies
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📖 Recipe
Cauliflower Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup frozen mango
- 1 cup cauliflower florets, or riced, cooked or raw*
- ¼ cup cucumber peeled
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ½ cup coconut water or milk
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Instructions
Prep
- Be sure the strawberries and mango are frozen.
- Wash the two white mushrooms.
- Prepare the cauliflower in one of three ways:*1: Boil or steam fresh or frozen cauliflower, allow to cool before adding to blender.2. Add frozen raw cauliflower directly to blender.3. Add riced raw cauliflower directly to the blender.1 cup cauliflower
Make Smoothies
- Add the ingredients to a high-speed blender. If you only have a regular blender, you might want to be sure the cauliflower is steamed and thaw frozen fruit 5 minutes.1 cup frozen strawberries, ½ cup frozen mango, ¼ cup cucumber, ¼ cup lemon juice, ½ cup coconut water, 1 cup cauliflower
- Blend until smooth, taste-test for sweetness, adding more of the sweet fruit if need be. Add more liquid if you want it more liquidy.
- Serve chilled and drink the same day.
BW says
Wow! This is one of the most delicious fruit/veggie smoothies I have ever tasted! Used frozen cauliflower, added some raspberries and hemp hearts too. Thanks for this awesome recipe!
Dee Dine says
Well you are so welcome! Thank you for sharing..I have a new smoothie + juice book coming out in January you might like! Dee xx
BW says
Pre-ordered! So looking forward to it!
Dee Dine says
That's great news, thank you!
Bobby says
Can the cauliflower be added as-is (frozen, straight from the bag)?
Dee Dine says
Sure it can, it might be a bit easier to digest if you cook it first, but I do typically add it raw to mine.
Maja says
Really like the idea of adding cauliflower to a smoothie! I definitely didn't know it would work that well (though I must say I love cauliflower either way 🙂 )
Dee Dine says
So glad you love the idea. Thanks for the great feedback! Dee
Larissa says
Just tried your cauliflower smoothie recipe with strawberries, mangoes, cauliflower, cucumber, mushrooms, lemon...so delicious!! It's filling too! I wanted to let you know!
Wendy T. says
Wow! I never would have thought to add cauliflower to a smoothie! thanks for sharing
Bianca says
Love that idea to add cauliflower into a smoothie! It’s super healthy but still delicious and looks beautiful too! Will definitely try it ❤️
Dee Dine says
Bianca, do try tossing cauliflower into smoothies. It really is a game changer!
Ela says
This smoothie looks incredible, I love how you decorated the jars with the shredded coconut! Such a clever idea to add cucumber and cauliflower to make it super healthy. It's great that cauliflower is safe to consume when it's not organic! Thanks for all the valuable information, Dee! 🙂
Dee Dine says
Thank you Ela! So glad you found the information useful! Dee xx