Blueberry Cheesecake Protein Smoothie
Published 5/7/2024
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This super creamy blueberry cheesecake protein smoothie tastes just like your favorite blueberry cheesecake! Plus, it packs 19g of protein per serving. It’s our go-to smoothie for breakfast and post-workout 👌🏻
Whether you just worked out or are looking for a delicious breakfast smoothie to make, I just know you’re going to absolutely love this blueberry cheesecake protein smoothie recipe of ours. It packs a whopping 19g of protein per serving thanks to our good friends cottage cheese and protein powder. It’s truly my favorite smoothie of the moment.
Obsessed with cottage cheese recipes like us? These cottage cheese pancakes, protein mac and cheese, cookies and cream cottage cheese bark, and cottage cheese ice cream are a few of our other tasty recipes that are high in protein 🤩
WHAT DOES THIS Blueberry cheesecake SMOOTHIE TASTE LIKE?
If you’re wondering what this glorious, thick, milkshake-like smoothie tastes like…it’s just that! Think a slice of creamy blueberry cheesecake, but healthier! All the same flavors, but so much better for you.
6 Ingredients You Need for this Smoothie
- Frozen blueberries: we recommend either using frozen blueberries or freezing your own before making this smoothie because it helps to give the smoothie a thick, cold texture instead of being runny. Check out our tutorial for freezing berries!
- Frozen banana: same thing here! Frozen banana > fresh nanner to ensure a thick, creamy texture. We also have a banana freezing tutorial!
- Chia seeds: any kind of chia seeds work. The most common chia seeds you can find are black and white chia seeds. We’ve used both! Chia seeds are a powerhouse of nutrition and are packed with fiber and healthy fats.
- Vanilla protein powder: any vanilla protein powder will work. Check out some of our favorites below.
- Almond milk: any kind of milk works! We like to use unsweetened almond milk, but feel free to use oat milk, soy milk, cashew milk, cows milk.
- Cottage cheese: if you’re new around here, you may not know how much we LOVE blending cottage cheese for an added protein boost. It’s super creamy and delish in such a wide variety of dishes. Everything from our cottage cheese ice cream to our chocolate mousse cups and even a cottage cheese alfredo.
Best Protein Powders
Check out our top protein powder recommendations for baking, smoothies, and everything in between.
Garden of Life
Raw Organic Protein
Simply Tera's
Pure Whey Protein
Sun Warrior
Protein Powder
Garden of Life
Organic Whey Protein
High-Speed Blender Recommendations
High-speed blender is crucial to blending the cottage cheese into a creamy cheesecake consistency for this smoothie. A Vitamix or the Beast are our two favorite blender brands. Just be sure you have a high-powered blender that will easily cream the ingredients together.
Our Favorite
Beast Blender
The Beast Blender is our go-to blender for smoothies, dips, soups, and everything in between. It’s the perfect size and moderately priced. Oh, and oh-so powerful!
What Kind of Cottage Cheese Should I Use?
We recommend using full-fat cottage cheese (2% or 4%) for this recipe for a few reasons:
- Texture: full-fat cottage cheese has less water/moisture, making the texture thicker and more like a milkshake.
- Taste: full-fat cottage cheese will give this a true cheesecake taste.
Got leftover smoothie?
Make Smoothie Popsicles!
Smoothie popsicles are one of our finest meal prep hacks. Simply pour any leftover smoothie into a plastic popsicle mold and freeze for later!
Our Top Tip for Smoothies
We’ve been making smoothies for decades, and there are two rules we always follow:
We highly recommend using frozen fruit over fresh fruit! Fresh fruit tends to emit more liquid than frozen fruit, making your smoothie more watery.
We also HIGHLY recommend avoiding ice, if possible. Ice also tends to produce a more water-y smoothie, plus, if you can achieve that thick and chilled texture by using nutrient-dense ingredients instead of ice, why wouldn’t you!?
Keep a stash of frozen fruit in you freezer at all times or freeze extra berries or fruit that you have at home for DIY frozen fruit.
You only need to freeze your fruit for 30-60 minutes for it to be smoothie ready, so no need to worry if you’re just popping your fruit into the freezer now! You’ll be off and running with a delicious smoothie in no time 😀
Blueberry Cheesecake Protein Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups frozen blueberries
- 1 medium frozen banana
- ½ tablespoon chia seeds
- ¼ cup vanilla protein powder
- ¾ cup unsweetened, plain almond milk, or more to taste
- ½ cup cottage cheese
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender.
- Blend on high until smooth. If necessary, add more almond milk to thin it out or more frozen berries to make it thicker.
Tips & Notes
- Options to add more almond milk by the ¼ cup depending on how thick or thin you like your smoothie.
- Collagen powder works in place of protein powder.
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Photography: photos taken in this post are by Erin from The Wooden Skillet.
The pic ain’t pretty but this sure was tasty! I love cottage cheese so am a big fan of the cottage cheese trend. This smoothie is delish but also healthy & filling. This recipe & variations of it will be on regular rotation in our kitchen.
Right?! The cottage cheese makes this smoothie so so cheesecake-y!
Tastes like Summer!! A definite keeper in my rotation. I am always looking for extra protein and the cottage cheese makes this smoothie super creamy.
This smoothie is fantastic! Tastes just like a blueberry cheesecake and I love how it’s packed with protein! Graham cracker crumbs take it to the next level!
Wonderful smoothie!! I love how fresh and light it is!!! The blueberries add just the right flavor. I would def recommend 🙂 I also added yogurt instead of cottage cheese and it still turned out amazing. Thanks so much!
Yum!
Tasty smoothie! I didn’t add enough blueberries for the great color but my toddler daughter and I loved it!
Ahh the cutest! Always a win when the kiddos love the smoothie too 😀
My first smoothie with cottage cheese! Super pretty color and delicious. I would make this again and add spinach for a little veggie boost. I do think the cottage cheese upgrades the creamy texture.
Completely agree! And spinach would be a great add 😀
A great, creamy smoothie with extra protein to boot!
Look at that gorgeous smoothie!
So yummy!
Great recipe! I added greens so I didn’t get that vibrant color, but the taste was great! Think I’ll try it a little thicker next time and dip graham crackers for a treat!
Great tasting smoothie! Not a huge fan of cottage cheese but you can’t taste it at all. Added a little honey to the blender as well.