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This banana smoothie recipe is one of those blends that feels both comforting and energizing. It’s naturally sweet, rich without being heavy, and made with wholesome ingredients. The frozen bananas create that milkshake-like texture, coconut yogurt adds creaminess, and collagen peptides give it a protein boost to help keep energy levels steady.
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Banana Smoothie Ingredients
This isn’t just a banana-and-milk blend. Each ingredient plays a role in making this smoothie creamy, balanced, and satisfying.
- Frozen bananas provide natural sweetness and thickness without ice. Here’s how to freeze bananas so you have them ready to blend when you are.
- Coconut yogurt adds richness and a subtle tang that keeps the smoothie from tasting flat. If your options are limited at your local grocery store make my cashew coconut yogurt.
- Cashew milk keeps everything smooth and neutral, while vanilla enhances the banana flavor without overpowering it. Pick your favorite brand or make cashew milk at home. I also use cashew milk in my blueberry smoothie if you want to make that next.
- Collagen peptides blend in seamlessly and help turn this smoothie into something that feels more like a meal than a snack.
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How to Make a Banana Smoothie
- Add the frozen bananas, coconut yogurt, cashew milk, collagen peptides, and vanilla to your blender. Blend until completely smooth and creamy. If the smoothie is too thick for your blender, add a splash more milk and blend again.
- Pour into your favorite glass and enjoy right away while it’s cold and creamy.
Ingredient Swaps
While the sugar in this recipe comes from whole food, it might be a little high for some. If you need a lower sugar option, then here are some great swaps:
- Use plain cashew yogurt or swap for 1/4 cup cauliflower.
- Swap yogurt for 2 tbs cashews.
- Swap banana with 1/4 cup cauliflower or 1/4 avocado. Here’s how to cut avocado.
Recipe Tips
- If this smoothie is too thick for your blender blades to handle, try adding a bit more liquid, stirring up the ingredients, then blending again. This should help. Using one of my recommended smoothie blenders can make this even easier.
- If cashew milk isn’t your thing, then use the plant based milk of your choice! Check out my top favorite oat milk brands and almond milk brands that will keep the smoothie creamy.
- Start with plain, unsweetened coconut yogurt to avoid added sugars.
- Make sure the collagen or protein powder you use doesn’t have any added sugar. Read the label on the yogurt you use as well! There are many great plant based yogurt brands on the market now, yet lots are loaded with added sugar. For tips on putting it all together, check out my guide on how to make a smoothie.
- Prepping frozen meal prep smoothie packs ahead also saves produce!
More Banana Smoothies To Try
I know that bananas are a polarizing fruit. People either love ’em or hate ’em. If you enjoy bananas in your smoothies, then check out some other delicious fruit smoothies below:
If you make this creamy banana smoothie, I’d love to hear how it turned out in the comment box below. Your feedback helps me and all the readers in this community. And if you’re interested in more plant-based recipes (and exclusive content), sign up for my weekly recipe newsletter.
Creamy Banana Smoothie (Easy 5-Minute Recipe)
Ingredients
- 2 bananas frozen
- ½ cup coconut yogurt plain
- 1 cup cashew milk
- 1 serving collagen peptides
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients until smooth
- Pour into your favorite glass and enjoy!
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Notes
- To make this smoothie vegan, swap 1 scoop of collagen powder with 1 serving of homemade protein powder.
- To reduce the natural fruit sugars, use 1/4 avocado and 1 banana. You can also check out my guide on how to cut avocado.
- You can swap in any kind of yogurt, just choose one that’s plain or with limited sugar.
- The cashews can be swapped for almonds or oats.
- The cashew milk can be swapped out for the non-dairy milk of your choice
Nutrition
Did you make this recipe?
Leave a review for a chance to win signed copies of my cookbooks!Common Questions
Yes, just make sure that smoothie is full of only whole food ingredients. No fillers, chemicals, added sugar, or fake ingredients!
I recommend changing up your daily shake or smoothie, so you can benefit from a variety of fruits and veggies. Bananas are a great regular addition though!
Bananas are a great source of fiber, and often help settle stomach issues naturally.
No! Well… it depends what you put in them. Strawberry banana is a popular smoothie flavor at restaurants, yet those smoothies are usually pre-made mixes full of processed sugar and chemicals. Stick to strawberry banana smoothies with real, whole food ingredients and soak in all the benefits.
This is a great smoothie, I added spinach and a few pieces of frozen cauliflower for veggies and couldn’t taste the veggies over the creamy smoothie. Yum
Rawkin’ idea, Nicole! The creamy banana will definitely hide any veggies you’re wanting to add to this one.
Delicious! Tasted more like a dessert than a smoothie.
Right?! Almost too good for it to not be a dessert, Karen!
So good! Plus it can easily be changed up with cinnamon, vanilla, cacao powder, and/or peanut butter, etc for endless variety!
Yes! This one is so easy to change up depending on what you’re feeling that day, Allison!
Super creamy- day late posting. Sorry! This mama was busy yesterday but not to busy to make the smoothie and take a pic
Way to rawk, Maxine.. even while being a busy mama!
This was yummy!
Woo hoo! So glad you thought this one was yummy!
I’ll give that banana smoothie a big thumbs down. Too many things in it. For me a banana smoothie is just banana and low fat milk. A few berries are a good extra, but not too many. None of these plant white liquids. I like my smoothies thin enough to be drunk through a straw.
For your record, it’s 33 degrees Celsius outside and perspiration is dripping down my face.
Everyone has their own preferences, so I completely get it!
very nice!
I hope you’ll make this one again, Judy!
Day 3 : Creamy Banana smoothie
Great tasting smoothie!
Happy to hear you like this one, Nasombi!
Loved the day 3 smoothie- great banana flavor and so very creamy.
Way to rawk the creamy banana smoothie, Arlene!
Banana Smoothie is very
Glad you gave this one a try, Marcia!
I don’t really like fresh bananas or yogurt, so considering those things, this smoothie was a huge winner. I think if I was going to enjoy it even more, next time I would add some nut butter. But it actually was tasty and had a wonderful ice cream like consistency.
Ooohh great idea to add nut butter to this one next time, Beth!
Another great tasting smoothie!
Used 1 cup soy milk and a half cup lactose free milk. Could have used a full cup because the smoothie was very thick. Also used 1 banana and 1 mango, powdered spices of ginger, anise, cinnamon, and cardamon.
None of the ingredients were frozen. Made 3 cups .
Sounds like some delish additions, Theresa!
This turned out very thick, like a milkshake. I’m not mad about it! It made a nice healthy dessert after dinner, though it was a bit banana heavy for me. I wish I had used more vanilla, and maybe some vanilla paste.
Vanilla paste would definitely work in this one, Alberta! Great idea!
The banana cream smoothie was perfect! I only used 1 1/2 of the bananas and a little under 1/2 yogurt. The blend was flawless!
So glad this one turned out great for you, Jemia!
The banana smoothie is great. I has lots of banana flavor and is very smooth. This will definitely be enjoyed weekly.
Yeahh!! Glad this one will be added to your weekly rotation, Neil!
I enjoyed it. My grandson liked it but not as much as the Strawberry one from Day 1 & my son wouldn’t drink it.
Glad you enjoyed this one, Stephanie!
Day 3 smoothie (creamy banana) was excellent!
Woo hoo! So happy you think this one was excellent, Terry!
So far this is the best tasting smoothie. I added chia seeds for added nutrition. Easy to make and very filling. Delicious too!
Great idea to add chia seeds, Jenny!
This Creamy Banana Smoothie is simply wild! Absolutely delicious! I will make this again with some of the suggested variations!
Your comment made my day, Dawn! The possibilities are endless with this one.
Yummy!! Used a toasted coconut Greek yogurt to add some warmth on a cold day
Yum! I bet the toasted coconut added some great flavor, Allie!