Fill Up All Day With These 6 Protein Packed Smoothie Recipes

Let’s face it – one of the best parts about smoothies is that you can take them on the go. Quick breakfast while you’re heading to work, ready-made lunch, it doesn’t matter when you have them, it’s awesome that they’re so portable.

But there’s another truth that’s a lot less fun to face – if you don’t have the right ingredients in your smoothies, you’re going to wind up hungry a couple hours later. And then it’s binge time on stuff you shouldn’t be binging on, like junk food.

That’s why there’s one nutrient you should think about more than any other when making a smoothie – protein. Protein packed smoothies are much better at keeping you full longer – and keeping your appetite under control.

Delicious Vanilla Smoothie

Want to pack protein into a delicious smoothie package? Try this recipe which gives you a ton of protein thanks to the greek yogurt and egg whites (which you won’t taste)! Plus, you get a ton of probiotics from the yogurt, which keeps your gut happy and healthy.

Ingredients

Serves: 2

• 1 fresh egg white

• 1 vanilla bean, split and pulp scraped out with a knife

• 1 six-ounce container fat-free Greek yogurt

• 1 cup crushed or small cubes of ice

• 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond beverage

• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

• 6 packets monk fruit extract

• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Put the monk fruit, salt, vanilla extract, almond beverage, vanilla pulp, and yogurt into the blender and blend them for about 30 seconds until it becomes smooth. Then add the egg white and the ice and blend until it’s fully smooth.

12g protein, 98.5 calories

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Purple Delight Smoothie

One of the best parts about smoothies is that you never have to wait until your favorite fruits are in season – you can just buy them frozen. Frozen fruit contains just as many nutrients and vitamins as fresh fruit, plus it’ll last longer and it’s cheaper in bulk.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water

• 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds

• 1/2 cup raspberries (frozen, if you want)

• 1/2 cup blueberries (frozen, if you want)

• 1/2 cup sweet cherries, pitted (frozen, if you want)

• 5 cashews

• 1 serving unsweetened vanilla whey protein powder

Put these ingredients into the blender (water first), and blend for about a minute. Again, if you’re looking for a thinner smoothie add more water and blend for another 20 seconds.

29g protein, 314 calories

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Pear Cucumber Kale Smoothie

Try this awesome green smoothie and get your daily dose of greens right in the morning, plus indulge your sweet tooth with the pear and refresh yourself with cucumber.

Ingredients

• 1 cup water

• 1 cup pear

• 5 raw cashews

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 1 serving unsweetened vanilla whey protein powder

• 1 cup kale

• 1 cup cucumber

Put the ingredients in the blender (water first) and blend for around a minute. If you want a thinner smoothie consistency, add a little more water and blend for another 20 seconds.

31g protein, 341 calories

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Carrot Mango Smoothie

Want a ton of antioxidants in your smoothie, plus a huge amount of vitamins and minerals? Look no further than mangoes, the superfruit that has it all.

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For the protein, use a whole food like almond butter, rather than artificially made protein powder.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup fresh mango

• 1/2 cup grated carrot

• 1.5 tablespoons almond butter

• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

• 5 ice cubes

Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.

9g protein, 290 calories

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Green Power Smoothie

This smoothie has it all. Coconut oil, grapefruit, and mango contribute a massive amount of vitamins. Hemp hearts give it a protein packed core and you wind up with a sweet, creamy smoothie that has everything your body needs and keeps you full for a long time.

Ingredients

• 1 cup destemmed dinosaur/lacinato kale

• 1 large sweet apple, cored and roughly chopped

• 1/8 cup fresh mint leaves

• 1/4 cup frozen mango

• 1/2 tablespoon virgin coconut oil (optional)

• 1 cup chopped cucumber

• 1/2 cup fresh red grapefruit juice

• 1/2 cup chopped celery (1 med. stalk)

• 3-4 tablespoons hemp hearts

• 3-4 ice cubes, as needed

First, juice half of a large red grapefruit and add a half cup of the juice to the blender. Add in the apple, celery, hulled hemp seeds, mango, coconut oil, cucumber, kale, mint, and ice, and blend them all together until it’s smooth. If you need to, add some water to get it going.

You can enjoy this one immediately! It comes out to 2 servings of delicious smoothie that you can enjoy all day.

Protein Packed Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Why drink a fattening and unhealthy pumpkin spice latte when you can have the same taste in a healthy for you smoothie?! You get the amazing taste of pumpkin pie in a package that won’t screw up your diet and will keep hunger at bay.

Ingredients

• 1 frozen banana

• 1/2 cup (120g) vanilla Greek yogurt1

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

• 1/2 cup (120ml) skim milk

• 2 Tablespoons (30ml) pure maple syrup

• 2/3 cup (150g) pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)

• 1 cup ice

Make sure to use a powerful blender for this recipe. Add all the ingredients in the order listed above, and then blend them together for at least 3 minutes on high. Keep blending until they’re smooth – if your blender isn’t powerful it could take longer. Make sure to scrape down the sides from time to time if needed.

If it still winds up being too thick, add some more milk, or some more ice if it’s too thin, and enjoy!

The Best Protein Packed Smoothies

1. Delicious Vanilla Smoothie
2. Purple Delight Smoothie
3. Pear Cucumber Kale Smoothie
4. Carrot Mango Smoothie
5. Green Power Smoothie
6. Protein Packed Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

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