Cottage Cheese Protein Shake

This Cottage Cheese Protein Shake contains as much as 42 grams of protein per serving and it’s guaranteed to keep you full for hours. Plus, you will love its super creamy strawberry cheesecake flavors that feel like eating a dessert.

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This is another of my high-protein cottage cheese recipes for you. You might have already tried my cottage cheese smoothie that is tasty and creamy. But that recipe doesn’t bring more than 14 grams of protein per serving, which is still a high-protein smoothie and perfect for a snack or post-workout drink, but not as a breakfast-replacement shake.

It’s because I did use the combo of cottage cheese with protein powder! While cottage cheese with fruits alone is impressive, adding protein powder is a great way to up your proteins in the morning. The texture of the three ingredients make this shake taste like strawberry cheesecake!

Ingredient Tips

All you need to make this high protein strawberry smoothie with cottage cheese.

• Cottage Cheese – I use fat-free cottage cheese to cut down on calories.
• Vanilla Protein Powder – I use a clean protein powder made from three ingredients, pea protein, natural sweetener, and natural vanilla flavor. Your protein powder shouldn’t get more than five ingredients to be healthy and good for you.
• Ice Cubes – to make a frothy shake.
• Frozen Fruits – I like frozen berries, mainly frozen strawberries or frozen raspberries, or sometimes frozen blueberries. But feel free to use frozen bananas or mango to create different protein shake flavors.
• Milk of Choice – I like high-protein milk like skim milk, soy milk, or protein-fortified almond milk.

How To Make Cottage Cheese Protein Shake

This cottage cheese shake tastes amazing and it’s ready in under 5 minutes in your blender. If you are after more proteins in your diet without loading on fat and calories, you need this shake in your life.

1. Like any protein shake, add all the ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend on high speed until creamy and thick.
2. Taste and add more sweetener if not sweet enough or more frozen fruits.
3. To thicken the smoothie, without adding sweetness add ice cubes. Ice cubes Add a creamy texture without impacting flavors or calories.

Flavor Variations

• Cottage Cheese Milkshake – Add 1/4 cup of frozen plain Greek yogurt. Freeze it in an ice cube tray. It contains less protein per 100 grams but still adds protein and is healthier than ice cream.
• Chocolate Cottage Cheese Shake – Use chocolate protein powder, frozen banana, or frozen strawberries, and add two teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa powder.
• Peanut Butter Cottage Cheese Shake – Use frozen banana, peanut milk, and peanut butter protein powder and add one tablespoon of peanut butter to the shake. Feel free to use defatted peanut butter to decrease calories.
• Cottage Cheese Smoothie Bowl – To make this recipe ultra-thick, decrease the milk to 1/3 cup, blend, and add more milk gradually if it’s too thin. You will need the tamper attachment of the blender to move ingredients around the blade, as smoothie bowls are so thick.
• Tropical Cottage Cheese Shake – Use frozen pineapple or mango.
• Green Cottage Cheese Shake – Add a handful of spinach and frozen white food like frozen banana or frozen cauliflower.

Substitutions

Below are some ingredients swap ideas if you need:

• Strawberries – Swap for any other frozen fruit you like including mixed berries – raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, or even frozen banana or frozen mango.
• Milk – Use dairy-free milk if preferred like almond milk, coconut milk, or soy milk.
• Protein Powder – You can use any flavor and type, from whey protein powder to pea protein powder. If your protein powder is unflavored, add one teaspoon of vanilla extract to flavor the shake.

Toppings

I always add some toppings to my protein shakes or smoothie, I think it looks lovely but it also tastes delicious eaten by the spoon. My favorite toppings with this strawberry shake are:

• Shredded Coconut
• Few Berries
• Drizzle of nut butter like almond butter or peanut butter
• Hemp Seeds for a boost of proteins
• Homemade granola like my keto cereals
• A drizzle of honey
• Sliced almonds
• Freeze-dried raspberries
• Lemon zest

More Cottage Cheese Recipes

If you enjoy making delicious recipes with cottage cheese, you’ll love these:

Cottage Cheese Cake

Cottage Cheese Cookies

Cottage Cheese Protein Pancakes

Cottage Cheese Ice Cream

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Cottage Cheese Protein Shake

This Cottage Cheese Protein Shake contains as much as 42 grams of protein per serving, and it's guaranteed to keep you full for hours.

Author: Carine Claudepierre

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Total: 5 minutes mins

Yield: 1 protein shake

Serving Size: 1 shake

4.66 from 20 votes

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Ingredients

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• ▢ ½ cup Low-Fat Cottage Cheese
• ▢ 1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder
• ▢ ½ cup Frozen Strawberries
• ▢ 1/2-3/4 cup Ice Cubes
• ▢ 1 cup Skim Milk or soy milk or protein fortified almond milk
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Granulated Sweetener like erythritol or try maple syrup or sugar-free honey

Instructions

• Add all the ingredients to the jug of a high-speed blender and blend the protein shake until smooth, thick, and creamy.
• Taste, add more ice cubes for a thicker texture or more milk to thin out. Add more sweetener to taste.
• Serve immediately with coconut. Add extra berries on top if you like.

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NutritionServing Size: 1 shake

Yield: 1 protein shake

Nutrition

Serving: 1 shakeCalories: 303.1 kcal (15%)Carbohydrates: 26.7 g (9%)Fiber: 1.4 g (6%)Net Carbs: 25.3 gProtein: 42.1 g (84%)Fat: 3.5 g (5%)Saturated Fat: 1.6 g (10%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2 gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.4 gCholesterol: 73.4 mg (24%)Sodium: 642.8 mg (28%)Potassium: 739.6 mg (21%)Sugar: 20.5 g (23%)Vitamin A: 554.8 IU (11%)Vitamin B12: 2.1 µg (35%)Vitamin C: 42.3 mg (51%)Vitamin D: 2.7 µg (18%)Calcium: 561.2 mg (56%)Iron: 0.5 mg (3%)Magnesium: 57.9 mg (14%)Zinc: 1.6 mg (11%)