Mango pineapple cottage cheese smoothie
5 min · 24 g protein · 278 cals / serving
A thick, frosty tropical smoothie that tastes like a mango lassi crossed with a piña colada: frozen mango and pineapple blended with cottage cheese, coconut water and a squeeze of lime until it is silky, tangy and bright yellow. No curds, just cream.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cottage cheese (1%), low-fat
- 2/3 cup coconut water, unsweetened
- 3/4 cup frozen mango
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- a few leaves fresh mint, optional (optional)
Steps
- Put the cottage cheese and coconut water in the blender first, then the frozen mango and pineapple, lime juice, vanilla and mint if using. Blend on high for 60–90 seconds, stopping once to scrape down, until thick and completely smooth with no flecks of curd. Pour into a tall glass and drink straight away.
Good to know
Will I taste the cottage cheese?
Not as cheese. Blended long enough it tastes like a tangy yogurt, which the lime and pineapple play up. Blend a little longer than you think; a minute is what makes it silky.
Thicker, for a bowl?
Cut the coconut water to 75 ml and add a few more frozen mango pieces, then top with sliced banana and a spoon of granola.
No coconut water?
Use the same amount of skim milk for a creamier, lassi-like smoothie at about the same score, or cold water for the freshest taste.
Per
- Calories
- 52
- Protein
- (35%)
- 4 g
- Fat
- (9%)
- 1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (56%)
- 8 g
- of which sugar
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 160 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 278 kcal goes into the pot and 535 g of ingredients comes out as about 531 g of food: 52 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.