This Banana Split Protein Smoothie is a great way to fuel up on your protein! It’s a delicious blend fresh or frozen strawberries, pineapple, banana, a little cocoa powder, vanilla and your favorite protein powder. And voila, you’ve got yourself a great snack, meal or dessert!
As part of a healthy diet, protein powders will be a great accompaniment to your lifestyle. This is especially important for those just starting out on a vegan diet and not quite sure where to get high amounts of protein in one snack or meal.
They also benefit the busiest or laziest person by ensuring that with one smoothie a day you can meet a good portion of your protein needs. And, if using a protein meal powder, you will also be getting plenty of vitamins and minerals as well.
Protein powders are essential, making it easy for you to get a good amount of protein without much hassle. And, they taste great too!
This is just one version of many protein smoothie recipes. Filled with all natural wholesome ingredients, this banana split protein smoothie will be loved by the whole family. So when you need a protein boost, this YUMMY smoothie will hit the spot!
For an amazing detailed list of vegan protein powders for smoothies and such be sure to check out this post from Lunchboxbunch.com: Vegan Protein Powders for Smoothies: My Big Guide!
Gather your ingredients and get started!
BANANA SPLIT PROTEIN SMOOTHIE
A fresh and delicious way to fuel up on your protein!
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Total Time: 5 min
- Yield: Serves 1 generously
- Category: Smoothie
- Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 banana (frozen or fresh)
- 4 – 5 organic strawberries (frozen or fresh)
- 1/3 cup pineapple (frozen or fresh)
- 1 heaping teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 medjool date or 1 tablespoon maple syrup, optional sweetener
- 1 scoop protein powder
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk or water (or half milk & half water)
- cherries, to garnish
Instructions
Place ingredients in blender, except for the cherries, and blend until smooth (if using all fresh fruits, you may want to add 1/2 cup or so of ice cubes along with the water or milk, or use it in place of some of your liquids). Pour into serving glass and enjoy.
Makes just over 2 cups. Serves one generously.
Enjoy your protein in a glass!
NOTES:
Currently I use this Raw Meal from Garden of Life and prefer the Real Raw Original which doesn’t contain stevia sweetener and has only a little vanilla. Depending on your protein powder you may adjust the recipe accordingly.
If using chocolate protein powder, you will most likely want to omit the cocoa powder and optional sweetener. If using vanilla protein powder, you may want to skip the vanilla and optional sweetener. You get where I’m going with this. Use your best judgment subtracting anything that your protein powder already has unless you want the extra flavor.
Michelle S. Prince says
March 19, 2015 at 2:41 pmSo happy, i am finding the recipe to mix with nutribiotic rice protein powder, its taste is so bad.
Julia David says
January 16, 2015 at 10:34 amThis sounds yummy! Love the color! I look forward to trying it :-)
Julia David says
November 21, 2014 at 6:49 amThis looks delicious thanks for sharing!
Jordan Coeyman says
September 17, 2014 at 2:12 pmThis smoothie sounds super tasty. You had me at banana split! Can't wait to try this recipe out, thanks for sharing.
Anonymous says
March 2, 2014 at 3:29 pmhow about adding a big handful of fresh baby spinach leaves or kale? yes? DT
julie@thesimpleveganista says
March 3, 2014 at 10:57 pmMost definitely, add any greens you like! Make it your own :)
Susan Stevens says
May 23, 2013 at 10:08 pmOh my goodness! I still can't believe the only ingredient I didn't have on hand was a medjool date, so I used agave instead…this is so yummy! Props to RFR for pointing me to you on Facebook. Thanks for a yummy, yummy smoothie!
julie@thesimpleveganista says
May 24, 2013 at 2:44 amGlad you you had most everything on hand. Sounds like the agave worked great! Not sure we even need a sweetener with all the great fruits but it doesn't hurt. ;)
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therawfoodsisters.com says
May 23, 2013 at 9:36 pmLove the recipe! We have at least one smoothie a day. This one sounds like heaven!
eatgreatbegreat says
May 23, 2013 at 12:29 pmI'm a huge smoothie fan! I have one every morning for breakfast. I can't wait to give this one a try!
The Vegan Cookie Fairy says
May 23, 2013 at 7:16 amWould this work with unsweetened, unflavoured hemp protein powder? I bought this massive tub of a couple of kilos (it was on sale :) almost two years ago and I'm not even halfway done with it, so I'm reluctant to buy any other protein powder until I'm finished with this tub. But tbh the flavour can be SO intense, it kind of tastes like dirt.
julie@thesimpleveganista says
May 23, 2013 at 4:06 pmHemp protein powder should be fine. I've used it in one of my other recipes, Banana Mandarin Smoothie, with no problem. It can be a bit grainy but the flavor is great with the other ingredients. The more ingredients to mask the flavor the better and this one may work well for you.