Sunrise Peach Orange Protein Smoothie
Creamy, dreamy, and delicious, this sunrise peach orange protein smoothie is a refreshing blend of Greek yogurt and fruit. Easy and tasty!
We’re a big smoothie-loving family, and this glorious little peach orange number is one of our favorites!
How to Make This Peach Orange Protein Smoothie
It couldn’t be easier to whip up this smoothie. Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
- can of mandarin oranges (see substitutions below)
- container of Greek peach yogurt
- frozen banana
- a couple scoops vanilla protein powder (more on that in a minute)
- frozen peaches
Combine everything in a blender and give it a whirl until the consistency is smooth and creamy.
You can easily replace the canned mandarin oranges with fresh segmented orange slices, orange juice or a bottled juice blend (the Naked brand orange-mango flavor is my favorite).
Also, my kids love canned mandarin oranges more than anything. (Like, they regularly open up a can at any hour of the day and dig straight in with a fork or spoon.) So this smoothie is also a nod to their love of the juicy treats.
A Discussion About Protein Powder
Brands of protein powder vary greatly in terms of taste and quality. I can’t comment on every brand out there so definitely use a brand that you enjoy the taste of.
Clean Simple Eats vanilla protein powder is my favorite brand. The taste and creaminess is delicious.
I also regularly use Vital Proteins collagen peptides (I get it at Costco). It isn’t vanilla flavored and doesn’t produce quite the same level of creaminess, but we really enjoy it in smoothies.
The protein powder in this smoothie recipe is optional, so you can leave it out if you prefer. Just keep in mind the smoothie may be less creamy and/or sweet if doing so.
A Perfect Anytime Smoothie
I make a protein smoothie (sometimes fruit, sometimes chocolate) most mornings for the kids during the school year.
In the interest of full disclosure, I almost always throw the morning smoothies together without using a recipe, because at 6:30 a.m. I’m rarely in the mood to follow a recipe.
However, when we’re wanting a consistently delicious, creamy smoothie, this peach orange protein smoothie is the one I make. And it isn’t relegated to just the mornings. Smoothies are blended from morning to night around here and make a frequent appearance for after-school snacks and late night treats.
This peachy smoothie is easily adaptable to more or less of just about any of the ingredients, and it turns out amazing every time!
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Sunrise Peach Orange Protein Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, undrained (see note)
- 1 (5.3 ounce) container peach Greek yogurt (or other flavor of choice)
- 1 frozen banana (see note)
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder (optional – see note)
- 2 cups frozen peach slices
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Adjust consistency with milk/yogurt to thin or additional frozen peaches to thicken, if needed.
- Serve immediately.
I would love more recipes for protein smoothies 🙂
I’m so curious– do you use mandarin oranges that are in a light syrup? I cannot find any canned ones that are not in a syrup and/or fruit juice!
Yes, those are the ones that I use (from Costco – I think they say they are canned in fruit juice).
So delicious and naturally sweet! A perfect way to use the peaches that I sliced and froze last summer!
This is sooooo good!
Figured I might as well comment since this is the 3rd time I am making this in a week; it is so good!! Using your notes, I subbed the mandarin oranges for some fresh-squeezed orange juice (frozen) from my orange tree, I omitted the yogurt as I don’t keep it on hand (added coconut milk instead), and used Orgain protein powder. It is delicious, creamy, and a fantastic peach smoothie. Thanks!
Love the variation(s), Alicia! Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
Delicious! I tried this as-is and it was so yummy! I use Orgain protein powder.
Second time I tried it with one scoop of protein powder. I also added a tiny bit of pineapple juice that I had lying around because it was too thick (I think I added too many peaches). I liked it even better the second time!
Love those changes, Rikki!
This shake did not disappoint! I was skeptical with the mandarin oranges but it really ended up tasting like a good peach milkshake. The kids and I loved it!
Happy to hear that, Megan! Thanks for letting me know!
This was the perfect amount of sweetness! Everyone who tried it loved it. Thanks for another fantastic recipe!
Just curious how many ounces each smoothie? Just a good estimate will work:)
Probably about 12-16? But I haven’t measured it out in ounces to know for sure.
Sounds delicious! Can’t wait to try it. Out of curiosity, do you still add kefir to your smoothies? (Or even use it at all?)
Sadly my kefir start died (accidentally left it out when we went on vacation). I’m waiting to get another kefir start from my aunt. But up until it died, we still made smoothies with it often! For this smoothie, I’d replace the Greek yogurt with kefir. Won’t be as sweet (but that’s not a bad thing)
Love this recipe! I only had plain Greek yogurt, but it still tasted great and was still sweet enough for me. I did add a splash of almond milk (my mandarin oranges was a little smaller) and I will definitely be making this again 🙂 thanks for the great recipe
Thanks for the review, Laura!
Just made this with my kiddos. Delicious!
Glad to hear that, thanks, Shay!
Hi,
This sounds sooo good, but could I substitute anything for the banana? I absolutely do not like bananas or banana flavored anything!
Thank you,
Hoping for a banana substitute, Sallie
Hi Sallie, you can probably just leave it out! It’ll probably still be plenty sweet/creamy depending on the protein powder you use, but if not, you can add a drizzle of honey and/or more yogurt or protein powder to help it out.
Thank you much!
Thank you for this! I just bought all the ingredients and am excited to have the kids try it out for a good school morning breakfast boost. I have one kiddo with an egg intolerance so breakfasts can be tricky sometimes. I would love to see other smoothie recipes you have as well – I know my boys will love knowing the protein powder is included now that football season has started.
My football boys are also grateful for the protein powder 🙂
I’m excited to try this recipe as an after school snack for my athlete kid, but I just got some sticker shock at that Clean protein powder. $60 for 30 scoops means that each smoothie serving has $4 of protein powder in it . I think I’ll look for a cheaper protein add in.
Ok, I’m reading the recipe again and it makes *two* smoothies, so the protein cost would be $2 per smoothie, which is a lot better!
Hi Missy, the Clean Simple Eats protein powder is certainly not the cheapest one on the market, but we like it for the mostly clean ingredients and taste…but makes sense to shop around for one that fits the budget best!
I’ll definitely check out the other one you suggested too!
This was delicious! Do all protein powders use the same size scoop? I wasn’t sure if the scoop size and the calories of my protein powder would match yours. I used one scoop of muscletech french vanilla cream- has 24 grams of protein per scoop. How do you measure your peaches? Do you put the peach slices in a measuring cup or just buy a 16 ounce bag of peach slices. I had an 8 ounce bag so I just used that. . I loved this recipe. Thank you for sharing it!
Those are great questions, Judy! I’m sure the size of scoop differs with each protein powder (and different brands will affect the overall calorie/protein content depending on the nutrition facts of that particular protein powder). I dump the peach slices in a 2- or 4-cup liquid measuring cup (and in the interest of full disclosure, I’ve made this smoothie enough times that I just eyeball the frozen peaches these days).
I made this smoothie recipe this morning. It had a great flavor and I’d make it again. To sub fresh mandarins for canned, I weighed 11 oz of peeled mandarins and added a couple tablespoons of oj (since you said undrained in the recipe). Still pretty thick!
Thanks for including your changes, Melissa!
I love a good smoothie recipe! Sometimes when you just throw stuff in it comes out weird/off balance. Definitely going to try this! My husband has started using the Ka’Chava vanilla powder. It’s more expensive since it is a full meal replacement, not ‘just’ a protein powder, but it tastes good.
Always nice to get other recommendations!
Have you tried clean simple, eats peaches and cream protein powder? It’s delicious and would be great in this smoothie!!
I bet it would! Yum!
I happened to get on this morning and saw this new recipe, it was excellent! My kids all loved it! For some reason I can make an awesome dinner, but my smoothies turn out terrible (maybe I try and pack in too much stuff). This recipe saved the day this morning for hungry kids needing to get to school!
Elaine, you might win the award for the fastest a recipe has ever been made after it was posted! Yay! So glad it was a hit…thanks for taking the time to let me know how it turned out!