This Tropical Protein Smoothie blends the vibrant flavors of passion fruit and mango with creamy cottage cheese and vanilla protein powder, creating a rich and satisfying drink bursting with tropical goodness.

Ingredients
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How To Make This Tropical Protein Smoothie
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Tropical Protein Smoothie Recipe

Nothing beats the combination of tropical fruit like passion fruit and mango for a refreshing smoothie. With the addition of cottage cheese, milk and protein powder this tropical smoothie protein shake is a meal in a cup; it’s the ideal way to start your day. Though smoothies also make a great post workout drink and are also good as a mid day snack. In reality, there isn’t any time of the day that isn’t ideal for a rich and soothing smoothie.

Note if you use a non-dairy milk to make this smoothie some varieties like almond, oat, and coconut are not good sources of protein. If you want the milk to add more protein choose dairy milk or soy milk.

Using frozen fruit makes preparing this smoothie a breeze; no peeling, chopping or dicing so it comes together in minutes. And, best of all you can make it any time of the year!

Flowers, red and white dish towel, passion fruit, protein powder, milk, cottage cheese and mango.

Ingredients

Passion fruit: Frozen passion fruit helps create the thick and rich texture of this smoothie.
Mango: Frozen mango chunks also help create the texture and sweeten up the smoothie.
Milk: Any type of milk will help thin out the smoothie mixture; dairy milk or plant-based. If choosing plant based, use unsweetened so your smoothie doesn’t turn out too sweet.
Cottage cheese: Cottage cheese adds creaminess to the smoothie. Use full fat for a creamier smoothie.
Vanilla protein powder: Vanilla protein powder sweetens up the smoothie and adds more protein to keep you feeling full. If you don’t have vanilla flavored on hand you can use unflavored and add a teaspoon of vanilla to the blender or stir in a touch of maple syrup. Alternatively, you can use an unsweetened vanilla flavored milk.

Tropical fruit smoothie, drinking glasses, white and red dish towel and yellow flowers.

What else can you add to this high protein tropical smoothie?

Though this smoothie is super tasty and refreshing as is, you can most definitely play around with the ingredients. Here are a few ways to do so:

Use coconut milk for an even more tropical flavor. Note it won’t add any protein but it will make up for it in flavor.
For more natural sweetness add a ripe banana or a few pitted dates. Note ripe bananas should not have any green on the peel. The peel should be yellow and black.
Stir in coconut nibs or shredded coconut for a crunchier texture.
Blend in some greens like parsley, spinach or kale to add more fiber and some veggie goodness.
To add even more creaminess use yogurt instead of the milk or add a ripe avocado.

How To Make This Tropical Protein Smoothie

Place all the smoothie ingredients into the blender and pulse until smooth and creamy. Adjust the texture by add more or less milk. More milk will make the smoothie thinner while less milk will make the smoothie thicker.

Note:

Note:

Add the milk to the blender first, this will help the blender mix the ingredients evenly and smoothly.

Use your preferred type of protein powder, it doesn’t matter if you make a whey protein tropical smoothie, a pea protein tropical smoothie or a plant-based tropical protein smoothie, they will all taste great.

Storage

Smoothies have the best taste and texture if consumed right after you prepare them. If you are unable to finish the smoothie though you can freeze it. When you are ready to drink it again, remove from the freezer and let it sit on the kitchen counter for a few minutes to soften and then place it in the blender to mix it up.