Peanut butter lovers, I've got the smoothie for you: a Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie that's creamy, simple, and made without banana to let the PB flavor you love really shine!
Using a handful ingredients like peanut butter, protein powder, oats, and cottage cheese, this smoothie boasts big protein numbers in just one serving — over 25g protein!
Ingredients for Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie
As usual for my high protein smoothie recipes, I've kept the ingredients list as pared down as possible.
Smoothies are pretty flexible, so I like keeping things open to variation if you want to change it up a little. Keep scrolling for ideas on variations and ways to make this smoothie fit you!
— Peanut Butter: You need a little peanut butter for a peanut butter smoothie! Doesn't matter if you use smooth or crunchy, as you'll be blending everything anyway.
— Protein Powder: I use a peanut butter protein powder for this recipe, but if your favorite protein doesn't come in that flavor, grab vanilla!
— Cottage Cheese: When using cottage cheese as a protein source (like in this recipe, where it provides a 10g+ protein boost), I opt for low fat cottage cheese.
— Oats: Oats provide a bit of bulk here, so don't skip it! If you are looking for a substitute, scroll to the FAQs below.
— Maple syrup: Just add a lil' bit of sweetness to this peanut butter protein smoothie. I love how maple syrup tastes with peanut butter, but you could substitute honey or your preferred sweetener instead.
My go-to Peanut Butter Protein Powder
As you'll note in the recipe, I use a peanut butter flavored protein powder to get MAX peanut butter flavor in this smoothie.
My go-to: Peanut Butter Equip Prime Protein
It's legit one of my top two flavors of their protein — I love them ALL, but Peanut Butter and Strawberry (currently) have my heart!
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That said, you can use whatever protein powder you like for this recipe - if you can't find a Peanut Butter flavor, use vanilla!
Variations for High Protein PB Smoothie
— Add veggies: My favorite way to add a little bulk and a veggie BOOST to smoothies is with a relatively neutral veggie like zucchini or cauliflower. You can use ½ cup of either, fresh or frozen!
— ½ banana: For a "chunky monkey" twist, add ½ a banana to the blender.
— Use a different flavor protein powder: I reached for my favorite Peanut Butter Equip Prime Protein for max peanut butter flavor, but you can always sub a different flavor, like chocolate or strawberry.
— Swap out the cottage cheese: Use Greek yogurt or even sour cream. If you've never tried cottage cheese in a smoothie before, though, I highly recommend it! Best dairy source of protein you can get.
— PB&J smoothie: Add a couple tablespoons of your favorite jam (strawberry or blueberry would be my go-tos) to make a peanut butter and jelly variation.
FAQs
Yes! The oats are meant to provide a little substance, but you can swap them out for ½ a banana, ½ cup of zucchini, or ½ cup of cauliflower.
Sure! Swap the maple syrup with honey or your preferred sweetener.
Just note that if you're using something like monk fruit powder, it won't necessarily be a 1:1 substutute.
Swap the cottage cheese for lactose-free cottage cheese or non-dairy yogurt. Otherwise, like suggested above for an oats substitute, use ½ a banana, ½ cup zucchini, or ½ cup cauliflower.
One easy way to bulk up this smoothie: add ice! ½ to 1 cup of ice will help keep the smoothie thick.
You can also use full-fat cottage cheese, which is usually a little less watery so it should provide more bulk.
📖 Recipe
Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie without Banana
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
- Category: Smoothie
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Using a handful ingredients like peanut butter, protein powder, oats, and cottage cheese, this smoothie boasts big protein numbers in just one serving — over 25g protein!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup oats, rolled or steel cut
- 1 ½ tablespoons peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
- ½ scoop peanut butter protein powder (or vanilla, if you don't have PB)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ⅓ cup milk (or non-dairy milk of choice)
- ½ cup low fat cottage cheese or Greek yogurt
- ½ cup ice (optional)
Instructions
- Add the oats, peanut butter, peanut butter protein powder, maple syrup, milk, cottage cheese, and (optionally) ice to a high-powered blender. Blend, starting on low and increasing to medium-high, until smooth.
- Pour into a large glass and enjoy immediately!
Notes
Have powdered peanut butter on hand? Swap out the peanut butter with 1 tablespoon powdered peanut butter.
Angela Lozito says
Pretty good, but I think too much PB! Ha! Not sure what I expected! I mean it is a peanut butter smoothie lol maybe I put too much PB. 😀
Chelsea Joy says
Hey Angela! Just curious - did you use a peanut butter-flavored protein powder or just the 1 1/2 tablespoons of PB? Which brand of protein powder did you use? Just trying to determine where the overload of PB flavor came from for you!