Strawberry banana protein shake
3 min · 33 g protein · 301 cals / serving
Pink, sweet and frosty: frozen strawberries and half a banana blended with vanilla protein and cold milk into the classic strawberry banana shake, fruity and light rather than spoon-thick.
Ingredients
- 1 cup skim milk, cold
- 1 scoop whey protein, vanilla or strawberry
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1/2 medium banana, peeled, fresh or frozen
Steps
- Put the milk in the blender, then the protein powder, frozen strawberries and banana.
- Blend for 30–45 seconds until smooth and pink, adding a splash of water if the blender stalls. Taste and add a few drops of sweetener if your strawberries are tart.
Good to know
Thicker and colder?
Use a frozen banana as well as frozen berries and leave out any liquid beyond the milk. For a frappé texture, add 3–4 ice cubes and blend until slushy.
Fresh strawberries?
Fine, but add 4–5 ice cubes so the shake stays cold and frothy.
Shake or a meal?
A drink disappears in a few minutes, so some people find a bowl they eat with a spoon more satisfying. Blend it with less milk and it becomes a smoothie bowl you can top with fruit.
Alternatives
Per
- Calories
- 61
- Protein
- (44%)
- 7 g
- Fat
- (3%)
- <1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (53%)
- 9 g
- of which sugar
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 31 mg
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Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.
As written, 301 kcal goes into the pot and 490 g of ingredients comes out as about 490 g of food: 61 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.