Breakfast
Vanilla cottage cheese smoothie
Most protein you can get from a single smoothie without using powder. Great morning fuel.
- Servings
- 1
- Total
- 4 min
- Skill
- Easy
What you need
Ingredients
Making for
1 serving
- Low-fat cottage cheese0.5 cup
- Bananas1 each
- Milk1 cup
- Honey1 tbsp
- Pure vanilla extract0.5 tsp
Quantities scale linearly with servings. Round to the nearest practical amount when shopping.
Steps
- 1
Load it up
Add ½ cup low-fat cottage cheese, 1 frozen banana, 1 cup milk, 1 tbsp honey, ½ tsp pure vanilla extract.
- 2
Blend smooth
Blend on high for 60 seconds. Cottage cheese needs the extra time to fully break down. Done right, it tastes like a vanilla milkshake.
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- 3
Pour and drink
Pour and drink. Texture is best in the first 5 minutes.
Coach's notes
- Cottage cheese has 14 grams of protein per ½ cup. Plus casein (slow-release protein) which keeps you full longer.
- If you're skeptical of cottage cheese in a smoothie: don't be. Blended, you cannot taste it.
- Add ½ cup frozen berries or peaches to mix it up.