Banana & fig smoothie, a delicious smoothie with creamy banana and fresh fig. A naturally sweetened milk smoothie to start your day.
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Smoothies : My Go-to Breakfast
I m not a big breakfast person. Even though my mornings starts early at 5 am, I cannot eat anything until it is 10:30 am. I prefer to start my day with handful of nuts and a hearty smoothie
Smoothies are my go to breakfast. Handful of frozen fruits, blended with milk/yogurt with dash of oats, nuts and seeds, makes a nutrition dense breakfast and keeps me satiated for longer hours.
Banana : Mood Booster
Do you know it has a component called serotonin? that enhances your mood. Next time, if you feel low, try a banana, might bring a smile on your face. I always keep a banana or two at home, during my period days, it definitely makes you feel better.
Apart from being a mood booster, bananas add good volume to smoothies and also acts as a natural sweetener. This smoothie today with banana and fresh figs, is naturally sweetened, no sugar/honey/syrup added.
Figs are well known for their health benefits. They are good in dietary fiber, potassium and good gut bacteria. My sister in Mumbai, has a huge fig tree in her apartment compound and families there enjoy fresh figs, whenever they want. To pluck a fruit straight from the tree and munching it, the freshness and to enjoy a fruit grown organic with no nonsense pesticide, is incomparable.
How to Pick Fresh Figs?
Do you know, fig is one of the first few plants, cultivated by humans? The plant tolerates seasonal drought, and the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean climates are especially suitable to it.
I didn't know how to pick figs, until recently . Fresh figs are very delicate and they don't stay good for long, their life-time is only 2 or 3 days, so if buying fresh figs look for that deep color and tender skin. If buying un-ripened ones, let them stay on the counter till they ripe, then store in the fridge and consume it within 2 or 3 days. Dried figs are available all year around, and are very easy to store.
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When in season i love this persimmon smoothie with date syrup . If you are like me, you will definitely love this luscious papaya dry fruit smoothie. Both these milk smoothies have a gorgeous golden color.
Living in UAE, we have summer for most part of the year. During those scorching summer days, yogurt smoothies are life savers. Beets lassi, Amla lassi, Carrot & ginger lassi are my personal favorites. They quickly refresh you, hydrate instantly and give you much needed energy boost .
Recently i have started using oat milk and absolutely love it, makes no difference in taste, so if you are lactose intolerant or in a vegan lifestyle, oat milk is your best buddy.
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Ingredients List for Fresh Fruit Smoothie
- Fruits : I have used fresh bananas and fresh fig to make this creamy smoothie.
- Liquid : I have used milk as the liquid in this smoothie. This adds volume to the smoothie. If vegan use any plant based milk you are comfortable with. My personal choice would be oat milk.
- Sweetener : No sweetener is used in this smoothie. Banana and figs are naturally sweet and that is enough to make this smoothie delish.
- Garnish : I have used a sprinkle of chia seeds, you can go ahead and use any seeds or nuts of your choice. I would prefer some pumpkin or sunflower seeds.
Banana & Fig Smoothie | Milk Smoothie | Naturally Sweetened
Ingredients
- 1 banana I use a Philippines banana variety
- 1 ripened fig
- 1¼ cup fresh milk full fat, chilled
- ½ teaspoon chia seeds
Instructions
- Take chopped banana and fig in a blender jar. Add 1 cup of milk and blend until smooth. Add remaining milk and blend again.
- Pour in glasses, sprinkle chia seeds on top. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Some find banana smoothies too thick and filling, if you are that someone than you can divide the servings into 2.
- While some find 1 serving of this delish banana fig smoothie, a filling meal and enjoy it full. So divide accordingly. (I belong to this category)
Nutrition
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
vaishali sabnani
I somehow like bananas from South..I cant eat the ones we get here..fresh figs are wow..even I had a tree in my house and the squirrels would love to eat the fruit before it was ripe, later we learnt how to save the fruit..anyways...
the smoothie is a total energy booster.
Rafeeda AR
Why wouldn't I love this! Banana is always there in my pantry and I was so upset that I didn't notice I ran out of them today... hehe... Delicious smoothie!
Unknown
such an healthy and filling smoothie there 🙂 yes bananas is really a life saver when we get sudden hunger pangs 🙂
Harini R
Excellent choice of fresh figs. I should also get them. My kids are fond of smoothies and so this would be a great choice.
Gayathri Kumar
We don't get fresh figs here, and even if we get, the price is too high. Your smoothie has turned out very nice. I can imagine how delicious it might be..
Nalini's Kitchen
This is one filling smoothie,perfect for breakfast..
Suma Gandlur
That is one healthy and tasty dose of smoothie.
MySpicyKitchen
I am not a banana fan but maybe I should force myself to eat it when my spirits are low!! It is a luxury to have tree in the backyard and how lucky is your sister !! Smoothie looks amazing
Priya Suresh
My kind of smoothie, adding fig is definitely a super healthy option to feed kids easily. Lovely.
Srividhya
I got tons of fig from my friend. I just sun dried them and kept it.. this is great idea to add them in smoothie. love it.
Kalyani
Banana are definitely mood and energy boosters ! Fresh figs wow 🙂 that's a cool thing to have ! Good combo u got going with all the smoothies this BM
Smruti Ashar
Such a hearty smoothie. Loved the way you added figs and banana in this one!
Archana
Lovely smoothie. My uncle had a huge tree called atti haanu, they are like figs but smaller I loved going to his place as my breakfast and lunch and dinner( if allowed) was these fruits. Now I know what I need to pick up for my breakfast but then that is when I next visit the market.
Pavani
Fresh figs are just sooo delicious, right Priya. Love this banana fig smoothie.
veena
Yes banana is a life saviour:) and this smoothie looks totally delicious
cookingwithsapana
I have never used fresh figs . The combination sounds amazing.
Srivalli
Lovely clicks and this one sounds so good and must try!..