Cottage Cheese Smoothie is a healthy and delicious breakfast option for your family. This kid-friendly smoothie is packed with all the good stuff your family needs to start their day off right. Cottage cheese provides protein to keep little bellies full, while blueberries and spinach offer important antioxidants and nutrients.
Plus, with the sweet addition of banana, even picky eaters will love this smoothie. It’s the perfect way to sneak in some extra veggies without any fuss. So why not give it a try and see how your family likes it? They might just ask for it every morning!
Do you struggle to get enough vegetables into your children? I do. I have found that the easiest way to get those leafy greens into my kids is in a blueberry filled smoothie.
Why blueberries? The intense color of these berries easily covers all evidence of vegetables. 😉
I once thought all blueberries were created equally, but have found out this is not true. While all blueberries offer a huge nutrition punch in a very small package and are packed with vitamins A, C, E, and K, along with fiber, manganese, iron, and antioxidants. However, Wild Blueberries have 2x the antioxidant capacity of larger cultivated blueberries!
There are so many delicious smoothie recipes available, including my Tropical Smoothie Bowl & High Fiber Blueberry Smoothie. I wanted to come up with something a little different than the typical smoothie or smoothie bowl. This stacked smoothie is the perfect tasty twist.
This stacked blueberry spinach smoothie with cottage cheese is very versatile.
You can use any milk you would like the smoothie. I choose almond milk because it is low in calories, but skim, 1%, coconut, or soy milk would work great too.
You could substitute the cottage cheese for tofu or Greek yogurt and change the topping to those you have on hand.
I chose flax seed and chia seeds to add extra fiber to the stacked smoothie. This smoothie is filling enough to be eaten at any meal of the day.
CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.
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Cottage Cheese Smoothie
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 cup spinach
- 2/3 cup cottage cheese ✅
- 1/2 large overripe frozen banana
- 1/2 cup almond milk or milk of choice
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup ✅
Instructions
- ⭐️ Blend the smoothie. To the blender add blueberries, spinach, cottage cheese, banana, almond milk, and maple syrup. Blend until smooth, scraping sides as you go.1 cup spinach, 1 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, 1/2 large overripe frozen banana, 1/2 cup almond milk, 2 teaspoons maple syrup, 2/3 cup cottage cheese
Notes
Nutrition
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Emily @Sinful Nutrition says
This sounds awesome! Way to get all those food groups in there! 😀
Create Kids Club says
As much as I could fit in there, I did 😉
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner says
Those are beautiful! Great idea to hide the spinach in there
Chrissy @ Snacking in Sneakers says
This smoothie is so fun! I love the layered look – I feel like it’d be such a hit at brunch with friends (or just for me and the little one to enjoy at home by ourselves!).
Create Kids Club says
It would make a really fun brunch item! I really liked eating my way through the layers and having different textures and flavors 🙂
Nicole @ Fitful Focus says
So fun! It’s like a little smoothie parfait!
abbey sharp says
This looks sooo good! And such beautiful presentation!
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Abbey!
chrissystein says
This is great! I’ve totally been looking for ways to sneak more veggies into my toddlers diet. I love that this looks like a combination of a smoothie and yogurt parfait of which I love both. Thanks for this great idea/recipe!
Create Kids Club says
The perfect way to get kiddos eating those foods they don’t always love! I hope your kiddo enjoys! 🙂
Dixya @ Food, Pleasure, and Health says
these are like parfait smoothie! what a creative way to get everything you need in one meal.
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Dixya! I was going to blend the cottage cheese into the smoothie, but this way you can really taste all the different flavors separately. 🙂
Mikki says
I’m not a kid and I would devour this! Blueberries are awesome and what a great way to hide those veggies.
Create Kids Club says
Ha! The color of those blueberries hides everything!
Byte Sized Nutrition says
This smoothie is really similar to the one I make on almost a daily basis, but I love the idea of layering it with cottage cheese! Totally will need to try that!
Create Kids Club says
I love that you can taste all the flavors separately 🙂
Jill Conyers (@jillconyers) says
I’m a big time smoothie fan. This looks delicious. Good luck with the contest!
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Jill!
Mariangelica @ Chasing Littles says
This is so pinterest worthy ! I love smoothies and fancying them up seems fun!
Create Kids Club says
Thank you Mariangelica!
Elaine @ Dishes Delish says
I love wild blueberries!! This stacked smoothie looks so delicious and decadent that I’d want to eat it every day!
Create Kids Club says
It is so versatile you could eat it everyday with different combos!
The Simple, Sweet Life says
I’m always looking for healthy breakfast ideas, so I can’t wait to give this a try!
Create Kids Club says
Awesome! I’d love to hear if you try it!
Jenny says
I love the cottage cheese addition in the smoothie! So good!
Dawn says
We love smoothies! Great reminder why blueberries are so good for you. I tend to stay away from them in smoothies because of the teeth staining! I drink them on the way to work. I may need to rethink that. Pretty sure my husband and daughter dont realize there is spinach . I add 1/4c Greek yogurt
Create Kids Club says
Us too, Dawn! Smoothies are one of the few ways I can get my kids to eat spinach, and they certainly don’t know they are eating spinach! Someday… Love the greek yogurt addition!