This easy 5 ingredient mango smoothie without banana combines frozen mango, sweet pear and pantry staples. Made with no banana and no yogurt, it's a deliciously sweet and creamy smoothie that takes just a few minutes to blend up!
Have a peek at my mango oat smoothie for a light breakfast smoothie option for next time!
Making smoothie recipes without banana is something I do on repeat year-round as they're so quick, easy and get those tasty fruits and veggies in! Banana isn't typically recommended on a low histamine diet, as I follow, and scores as higher histamine on the SIGHI list.
Much like my popular blueberry smoothie without banana, we combine sweet fruit and pantry staples, but leave out banana and yogurt in this mango smoothie. Frozen mango chunks are used for their sweet tropical taste, and give us a thick creamy smoothie. Pear gives extra sweetness, and the hemp seeds help thicken too.
Love a no banana smoothie? Do have a peek at my blueberry hemp smoothie, mango cherry smoothie and my cottage cheese fruit smoothie for more refreshing options!
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⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
Dairy free and banana free smoothie. So many smoothies use both yogurt and banana, but this mango smoothie recipe is made without banana or dairy to be suitable for a plant-based diet and lower histamine too.
5 ingredients. No long list of hard to find ingredients, we use freezer and pantry staples for this recipe.
Easy to make. It takes minutes to combine your smoothie ingredients and bend them up.
🥭 Ingredients
All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.
Some notes on a few of them:
- Mango - I suggest to use frozen mango chunks as they will give you a thick, creamy smoothie. Plus you can grab them from the freezer any time! Fresh mango can be used but will have a thinner texture.
- Pear - this is optional, but I like to have a few different fruits in my smoothies and the mango pear combo works so well.
- Hemp seeds - also known as hemp hearts, make sure they are the hulled / shelled seeds.
📖 Swaps and variations
- Use coconut milk (the pouring type from a carton) for a more tropical taste!
- Add a pinch of spice. A little cardamom or fresh ginger gives a lovely flavor.
- Mango is very sweet, so you can leave out the maple syrup if you prefer.
- If lime is suitable for you (likely not my low histamine readers) then a small squeeze will 'up' the tropical flavors.
🔪 Step by step instructions
Making this mango smoothie with no bananas is so easy, has just 5 ingredients and takes minutes to blend up. So grab your ingredients and head over to your high speed blender!
All the instructions are in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.
Step 1: Combine ingredients
Pour the plant milk into your blender cup, then add the frozen mango chunks, diced pear, hemp seeds and maple syrup (image 1).
Step 2: Blend it up!
Blend up your thick, creamy mango smoothie. Adjust with more milk for a thinner consistency, and add ice to preference (image 2).
💭 Recipe tips and notes
- Use ripe fruit if using fresh. While frozen mango is suggested, if you're using fresh mango make sure it is perfectly ripe so that it is deliciously sweet.
- Use hulled hemp. Be sure to use hulled or shelled hemp as this is the softer and creamy kind when blended into a smoothie. If it isn't hulled / shelled it will quite dry and hard and won't blend well (or taste nice!).
- Adjust the amount of milk and ice to taste. More milk will thin the smoothie, while adding ice will thicken.
📋 Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can use fresh mango but it won't give you the same thick, creamy smoothie. I suggest to add ice to thicken, but it will slightly water down the mango sweetness.
Using frozen mango, as well as hemp seeds help to thicken this smoothie. Adding a little ice will help thicken it too.
No, you can have an all-mango smoothie if you like! Just add a bit extra so the overall quantity of the fruit is about the same.
Mango scores 1 on the SIGHI list, with a ? as a liberator and note, 'To be debated. Is often well tolerated'. As always, please only try the recipe if you know you tolerate mango and all other ingredients well.
❄️ Storage
I suggest to blend up the smoothie just before you wish to drink it, as it will slightly separate if left in the refrigerator for too long.
My low histamine readers will likely wish to consume straight away rather than the store the smoothie to prevent histamine formation. You may like to read SIGHI's cooking and storage advice on food for more info.
🥤 More fun smoothies
There are lots of fun smoothie ideas perfect for breakfast or a mid-afternoon snack on my smoothies page, including my easy frozen fruit smoothie without yogurt, apple cucumber smoothie and my apple and pear smoothie, which has fast become a reader favorite! Some recent ideas to try out:
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📖 Recipe
Mango Smoothie without Banana
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen mango chunks
- 1 small pear stalk and seeds removed, roughly diced
- 1 teaspoon shelled hemp seeds
- 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup optional, adjust amount to preference
- ice to preference
Instructions
- Add the frozen mango pieces, diced pear, hulled hemp seeds, maple syrup and non-dairy milk to your blender cup.
- Blend to a thick smoothie, adjusting with a little more milk if you like a thinner consistency. Add ice to taste preference.
Notes
- Frozen mango chunks are best to use as they will give you a thick creamy smoothie. If you're out, you can use fresh mango and ice, but it won't have the same thick consistency.
- A high speed blender is the best option when using frozen fruits.
- Adjust the amount of milk and ice to preference.
- Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- mango, which scores 1 and has a ? as a liberator. There is a note 'to be debated. Is often well tolerated'.
- pear, which scores 1.
- non-dairy milk has variable scores.
Brittany says
I loved this recipe!
Claire says
So glad you enjoyed the smoothie Brittany!