Strawberry Banana Protein Smoothie (Printable Version)

A fruity, protein-packed blend with strawberry, banana, chia seeds, and creamy almond milk.

# What You Need:

→ Fruit

01 - 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries, hulled
02 - 1 medium ripe banana, peeled

→ Protein

03 - 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, approximately 1 ounce

→ Liquids

04 - 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
05 - 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

→ Seeds

06 - 1 tablespoon chia seeds

→ Sweetener

07 - 1 to 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup, optional

→ Ice

08 - 1/2 cup ice cubes, optional

# How To Make:

01 - Add strawberries, banana, protein powder, almond milk, Greek yogurt, and chia seeds to blender.
02 - If desired, add honey or maple syrup for sweetness and ice cubes for a thicker texture.
03 - Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy, scraping down blender sides as needed.
04 - Taste mixture and adjust sweetness or thickness by adding more sweetener or milk as desired.
05 - Pour into two glasses and serve immediately.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • It's genuinely ready before your coffee finishes brewing, no complicated steps or weird equipment needed.
  • The protein keeps you full through actual hunger instead of that mid-morning crash that sneaks up around 10 AM.
  • Frozen strawberries work just as well as fresh ones, which saves money and means you're not watching fruit go bad in your fridge.
02 -
  • Frozen fruit makes a thicker smoothie than fresh, which sounds obvious but genuinely changes how much milk you actually need to add.
  • Greek yogurt is the difference between something that tastes like dessert and something that tastes like chalk—don't skip it just to save calories.
03 -
  • Freeze banana chunks in advance so you always have them ready, which means you can skip the ice cube step entirely and still get that thick, cold texture.
  • Greek yogurt is non-negotiable if you want this to actually taste good instead of thin and watery, so don't try to substitute it with regular yogurt.
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