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This cottage cheese smoothie with banana tastes more like a healthy cottage cheese milkshake! With only 5 ingredients, it’s ready in minutes and is a great protein-rich snack for kids and adults, alike.

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I’m a huge fan of a smoothie with greek yogurt (as evidenced by many of my favorite smoothie recipes), but a smoothie with cottage cheese is newer to me.

During my first trimester, I didn’t have much of an appetite, but still needed quality protein and nutrition. And cottage cheese turned into that easy solution!

I’ve always preferred yogurt to cottage cheese, but having given cottage cheese a proper shot more recently, it does have a slight protein edge, which I was happy about.

So, this cottage cheese smoothie (more like a healthy cottage cheese milkshake) was born, and it’s been on repeat ever since. Whether you prefer it more like a smoothie or milkshake, there’s no right or wrong.

I will say, I much prefer a frozen banana if you like a thicker smoothie or making it taste more like a milkshake

I’ve tried added more sweetener when testing to make it more milkshake-like, with cookie crumbles or graham crumbles, and it’s so delicious and hard to put down.

I know you’re going to love this banana cottage cheese recipe – pair with a banana cottage cheese muffin!

Why You’ll Want to Make This Banana Cottage Cheese Smoothie Over and Over Again

• Ready in minutes – Just need a blender – no prep time, sit time or anything else needed.
• Simple ingredients needed – Just cottage cheese, bananas, any optional fruit, sweetener, cinnamon and vanilla!
• Great on-the-go snack – Grab these kids smoothie cups with tops if sharing with little ones – they are lifesavers when we drink our smoothies on the go, and come with a straw and top.
• Offers 25 grams of protein – If you want a high protein snack, this cottage cheese banana smoothie has 25 grams of protein (before adding protein powder), so it will definitely keep you full and help meet those protein goals.

Look At Our Simple Ingredients

Nothing fancy needed! And super easy to swap out or add in ingredients.

• cottage cheese
• banana – I prefer frozen. If you don’t like banana, swap in strawberries, blueberries, mango, etc!
• milk
• vanilla or almond extract
• cinnamon
• honey, optional – When I want this cottage cheese smoothie to taste more like a milkshake, I add the honey!

Optional favorites – Sometimes I like to add protein powder, and occasionally, I’ll add chia seeds or hemp seeds in for some extra nutrition, too! Something can be really good for you and taste indulgent, too!

This cottage cheese smoothie is adaptable, and can be made to YOUR liking.

How to Make this Cottage Cheese Milkshake Smoothie

I go back and forth calling it a cottage cheese milkshake or smoothie, because it can be either or, depending on how you like it!

Simply mix everything together in your blender and blend. Once blended, sometimes I’ll add a few cookie crumbs or graham cracker crumbs and pulse a few times to give some texture to the smoothie, but you don’t have to do this!

If using cookies or graham crackers as a topping, just crumble them at the end after everything is blended. Whipped cream is optional.

Make sure to rate and review the recipe if you love it. You may also want to give these 2 minute chocolate cottage cheese pudding and these cottage cheese overnight oats a try.

Servings 1

Banana Cottage Cheese Smoothie

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN

This cottage cheese smoothie with banana tastes more like a healthy cottage cheese milkshake! With only 5 ingredients, it's ready in minutes and is a great protein-rich snack for kids and adults, alike.

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Prep Time 3 minutes mins

Total Time 3 minutes mins

Ingredients  

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• ⅔ cup cottage cheese
• 1 fresh or frozen banana*
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 Tbsp honey, optional
• Optional – 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
• Optional – ½ cup berries of choice

Instructions 

1. Mix in a high speed blender and enjoy! Top with whipped cream, cookie crumbles or graham crackers if desired.

Notes

*I think a frozen banana gives you a thicker smoothie or a more milkshake-like consistency!

If using protein powder, I prefer Puori Vanilla protein powder

Equipment

1 high speed blender

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 403kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 25gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 535mgPotassium: 944mgFiber: 4gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 670IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 433mgIron: 0.5mg

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