Banana Papaya Protein Smoothie adds another useful Hawaiʻi and Pacific-inspired recipe to the archive, built from source-backed ingredients and simple home-cooking steps. It helps round out the site with a practical dish readers can make beside the traditional coconut, taro, breadfruit, and seafood recipes already collected here.

If you enjoy this style of Pacific cooking, you may also want to try Pacific recipe gallery.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups Banana purée
1 ½ cups Papaya purée
4 ½ cups Low fat milk
1 ½ cups Greek yogurt

Instructions

Freeze your fruit then make your two fruit purées individually from whole fruit in a blender and set aside for proper recipe measurement. *You may need to pre-mash the banana a bit first to get it to blend smoothly.
Add your measured banana and papaya purée to a blender along with Greek yogurt and milk.
Blend until smooth.
Pour 1 ½ cups or 12 oz. into each up and serve cold.

Helpful Tips

Prepare the 1 ½ cups banana purée before you start so the recipe moves smoothly.
Taste and adjust seasoning or sweetness near the end, especially when fruit ripeness varies.

FAQ

Is banana papaya protein smoothie a traditional recipe?

This page is written from a Hawaiʻi Nutrition Center recipe source and is framed as a Hawaiʻi or Pacific-inspired home recipe rather than a claim about every island tradition.