With a delicious blend of sweet and tart fruit, this rhubarb smoothie with blueberries is packed with flavor! So easy to make in just a few minutes with a handful of ingredients, enjoy this smoothie with breakfast or as a mid-afternoon snack.
Looking for more rhubarb recipes? Do check out my rhubarb mocktail, apple and rhubarb compote and rhubarb puree for easy spring and early summer recipe ideas!
Much like my blueberry smoothie without banana and my apple and pear smoothie, this rhubarb blueberry smoothie makes the most of sweet fruit, but without banana or yogurt. It's deliciously sweet, tart and perfect as a spring smoothie when rhubarb is in season!
My rhubarb smoothie recipe can be blended up in just a few minutes and, if like me you have a rhubarb plant in your back yard, you can make it all spring and summer long! We add blueberries to offset the tartness of the rhubarb for the best sweet treat.
Do have a peek at my sour apple smoothie, apple cucumber smoothie, blueberry raspberry smoothie and blueberry almond butter smoothie for more fruit smoothie ideas!
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⭐ Why this recipe is so good
Seasonal sweet treat. Rhubarb comes into season in late spring, and has the best sweet and tart taste. Grow your own like me if you like, it's so easy!
Balance of flavors. Many rhubarb smoothie recipes combine tart rhubarb with strawberries for sweetness. We swap strawberries for blueberries to keep this a lower histamine recipe (note that rhubarb scores 1 on SIGHI).
Quick and easy. All you need is a high powered blender, and no other fancy kitchen equipment.
🫐 Ingredients
All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.
Some notes on a few of them:
- Rhubarb - pick fresh unbruised produce, discarding the leaves (definitely don't eat these as they can make you very unwell) and dicing the raw pink stems.
- Blueberries - I highly suggest using frozen berries to get a thick and creamy smoothie.
- Chia seeds - use whole chia seeds rather than milled chia seeds, which can go a little gloopy.
- Plant milk - use the type of non-dairy milk that works best for you.
🔪 Step by step ingredients
Making this rhubarb smoothie with blueberries is so quick and easy, uses minimal ingredients and is so fun and fruity!
All the instructions are set out in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.
Step 1: Combine ingredients
Add diced rhubarb stems, frozen blueberries, plant milk, chia seeds and maple syrup in a blender cup (image 1).
Step 2: Blend the smoothie!
Blend the rhubarb smoothie, adjusting with more milk to preference or ice (image 2).
💭 Recipe tips and notes
- If you are using home-grown rhubarb, it's best to harvest rhubarb when it's about ten inches long (Gardening Know How).
- Use frozen blueberries rather than fresh, as this will give you a thick creamy smoothie.
- If you are using both frozen rhubarb and frozen blueberries you may need to use a little more plant milk so it isn't overly thick.
- A high powdered blender is best for making smoothies.
📋 Frequently asked questions
Frozen rhubarb can be used, but I suggest to thaw slightly before blending. It will release a little liquid so you may wish to use less milk.
Yes, you can eat raw rhubarb stems (not the leaves, make sure to discard these). They are quite tart, so you will likely want to balance out with some sweetness.
Rhubarb has a tart flavor, so we balance it out in this smoothie with blueberries and maple syrup for sweetness.
Rhubarb scores 1 on the SIGHI list for histamine with a note, 'Controversial. Often well toelrated. Oxalic acid'. As always, only try recipes if you know you tolerate the ingredients well on a low histamine diet.
🥤 More smoothies
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📖 Recipe
Rhubarb Smoothie
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup rhubarb fresh diced rhubarb, or thawed frozen rhubarb
- 1.5 cups frozen blueberries
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 1 cup plant milk
Instructions
- Add the diced rhubarb, frozen blueberries, plant milk, chia seeds and maple syrup to a blender.
- Blend the smoothie, then adjust with more milk to thin (if you wish) or ice to taste.
Notes
- I use raw fresh rhubarb in this smoothie, but if you are using frozen rhubarb then I suggest to thaw slightly beforehand for ease of blending.
- Frozen blueberries will give you a thick creamy smoothie.
- Nutritional information is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- rhubarb, which scores 1 with a note, 'Controversial. Often well tolerated. Oxalic acid'. Only try if you know you tolerate well.
- plant milk has various scores.
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