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This creamy banana smoothie is one of those blends that feels both comforting and energizing. It’s naturally sweet, rich without being heavy, and made with just a handful of simple ingredients you probably already have on hand.
When I want a smoothie that feels grounding—especially in the morning—this is the one I reach for. 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. It’s simple, dependable, and endlessly customizable.
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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.
- 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
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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.
I enjoyed this one! Tasty, smooth, clean finish. I had never tried cashew yogurt or cashew milk so I am pleased to now know about them because I enjoyed them both.
Not a big fan of bananas in my smoothies so I wasn’t a big fan of this smoothie.
I absolutely love this smoothie! It’s creamy and has a bit of an orange cicle taste!! Delicious!! One of my favorites, for sure!!
This is my least favorite of the week but for banana lovers it would probably be a fave!
Beautiful recipe although I felt like cutting the fat from the avocado and replacing it with zucchini as well as red pear instead of the rest. Very simple with no powders. Just alkaline water. I placed on too some candied pineapple, dried apple, thin zucchini slices and a touch of nutmeg.
Added 4 cashews.. forgot that!
Not a banana or yogurt fan butI really like this smoothie. It reminded me of a shake my mom used to make me growing up and I really enjoyed the addition of the vanilla. This smoothie was like a treat to my tastebuds.
Delish…just too many carbs.
Very yummy. Loved the vanilla flavoring.
Overall, best smoothie yet, but I am definitely bias as a lover of bananas. Thank you
This was so very yummy! I wish I would have added the frozen bananas and not fresh, cause it was a little to warm by noon. But still yummy. Just for fun, I’m going to add cinnamon next time too.
If you’re a banana lover, this Smoothie is for you. Cool and creamy with a smooth banana taste.
Hey if you love bananas, this is the smoothie for you!! It was good but very banana, like a banana laffy taffy-who likes those please stand up!!
If you love bananas, you’ll love this smoothie! It is delicious. It’s really a banana milkshake, but with only whole food, healthy ingredients.
I thought this smoothie was pretty good! You could step up the flavor with cinnamon or cacao powder to compliment the banana!
So creamy rich and yummy
I’m not crazy about strong banana flavor so I added some organic cocoa protein powder. Since I double these I used avocado and some cauliflower for the second set of bananas. Creamy and yummy.
Tastes like a Banana Milkshake…yum!
Eating 2 bananas in 1 day seems like too much to me, so I only made half the recipe. This smoothie tasted fine, but nothing outstanding about it. I probably would not make it again.
I loved this smoothie. I may omit the vanilla extract next time. It filled me up and was my lunch for the day. I will definitely make this one again.
I didn’t think I’d like this one so much, but it’s so creamy! I did sub in almond milk for the cashew, since I wanted to use it up, and added in some spinach for greens. Yum!