2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie for Weight Gain (Recipe)

If you need a classic banana smoothie with 2000 calories to help you hit your calories when you're falling behind your daily target, try this supercharged version of our High-Calorie Banana Smoothie, which we upgraded from 989 calories to the 2K mark.

Let's explore the recipe, shall we?

Equipment

To make this 2000-calorie banana smoothie, you need these kitchen tools:

• Blender
• Spoon

Ingredients

• 6 medium (25 oz or 708 g) bananas
• 15.9 oz (450 g) 2% fat Greek yogurt
• 2 oz (56 g) cashews
• 7.2 oz (200 g) oats
• 23.7 fl oz (700 ml) water

We reached the ingredients above by tweaking the original high-calorie banana recipe.

Here's what we did:

First of all, we added 2 more medium bananas to keep them in the spotlight.

Secondly, we increased the quantity of low-fat Greek yogurt by 150% to keep the texture.

Moreover, we doubled the cashews to leverage calories.

When it comes to oats, we quadrupled the initial quantity we used because they bring quality carbohydrates and some proteins as well.

Lastly, we increased water to keep the smoothie thin, even at 2000 calories.

Instructions

This banana smoothie has an interesting texture and a strong banana flavor that's settled down by earthy notes of cashews.

Nutrition facts

• Volume: 71.7 fl oz (2.12 l)
• Calories: 2043
• Protein: 82 g
• Carbs: 334 g
• Fat: 51 g

The 2000-calorie banana smoothie is an abundant source of carbs that also features solid amounts of protein and healthy fats.

Since this smoothie has only 22% of its calories coming from fats, it's one of the low-fat high-calorie foods.

Benefits of drinking this smoothie

Besides helping you gain weight, the 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie has many other health benefits. Learn more about all the smoothie's main benefits below.

1. Gain weight easier

The first and most obvious benefit is that the 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie can help you gain weight more easily because it's abundant in calories and doesn't fill you up as much as a 2000-calorie solid meal would.

As social proof of smoothies' effectiveness, according to the top of the best weight gain foods for females, 91% of the women who gain weight successfully drink smoothies regularly.

Increase caloric intake

Our smoothie increases your caloric intake because it has 2043 calories. For context, many people eat that many calories in one full day of eating.

Remember, you can split the smoothie into two portions if you don't feel like finishing it in one go.

The point is that all of those calories will make it easier for you to achieve a daily caloric surplus, which is the optimal condition for gaining weight, according to the International Society of Sports Nutrition.^[5]

Keep your appetite

Apart from increasing your total caloric intake, the 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie enables you to eat more food because, unlike many solid foods, it keeps your appetite satisfied only for a short time.

As evidence, a University of Bristol study compared fruit smoothies with fresh fruits and other drinks in terms of satiety. The researchers concluded that fruit smoothies are more filling than drinks that are less alike to food (e.g., water and milk) but less filling than solid foods.^[6]

2. Increase energy levels

The 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie increases your energy levels because it's a treasure of carbohydrates, most of which come from oats and bananas.

After all, according to a University of Lausanne study on the energy potential of carbs, carbohydrates are the main energy source for humans.^[7]

3. Support muscle growth

Our smoothie can help your muscles grow because it has 82 g of protein. Most of these proteins come from the low-fat Greek yogurt in the smoothie's composition but oats also contribute with a solid amount.

To contextualize, a pre-workout serving of 20 g of protein, according to a University of Birmingham trial on protein ingestion effects, is sufficient to support muscle growth.^[8]

But, if you want to maximize the proteins of this 2000-calorie smoothie, you'll likely need to split it into two or more portions scheduled around the day.

This is because the smoothie has a very high number of proteins.

According to a scientific review on daily protein distribution, the maximum number of proteins you should eat in one sitting is 0.55 g per kg of body weight.^[9]

For example, if you have 80 kg (176 lbs), you shouldn't eat more than 44 g of proteins in one sitting.

4. Fortify immunity

The 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie fortifies immunity because it contains four sources of antioxidants:

• Bananas
• Oats
• Cashews
• Greek yogurt

Antioxidants, according to a scientific review of antioxidants, increase health protection and disease prevention.^[10]

5. Strengthen bones

The 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie can strengthen bones because it contains 2 sources of calcium: 2% fat Greek yogurt and oats.

The smoothie brings approximately 621 mg of calcium, which is around 62% of the daily recommended calcium intake.

According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, calcium has the role of hardening and strengthening our bones.^[11]

6. Enhance heart health

The smoothie also brings benefits to your heart because it contains four sources of potassium:

• Bananas (2534 mg)
• Oats (700 mg)
• Cashews (316 mg)
• Low-fat Greek yogurt (625 mg)

As scientific proof, a review of the effects of potassium says that potassium lowers blood pressure.^[12]

7. Hydrate body

The 2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie is great at hydrating your body because it's made with 23.7 fl oz (700 ml) of water.

8. Improve digestion

Our smoothie can improve digestion because it's made with three sources of fiber:

• Bananas
• Oats
• Cashews

One of the benefits of eating fiber, as stated in a 2009 review of the health benefits of dietary fiber, is a lower risk of gastrointestinal diseases.^[13]

Recipe summary

2000-Calorie Banana Smoothie for Weight Gain

This banana smoothie, which has over 2000 calories and 82 grams of protein, can help you gain weight by significantly increasing your daily caloric intake.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Blend Time 1 minute min

Total Time 6 minutes mins

Course Smoothies

Servings 1 person

Calories 2043 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Blender
• 1 Tablespoon

Ingredients

  

• 6 medium bananas (25 oz or 708 g)
• 15.9 oz 2% fat Greek yogurt (450 g)
• 2 oz cashews (56 g)
• 7.2 oz oats (200 g)
• 23.7 fl oz water (700 ml)

Instructions

 

• Adapt ingredients to blender size.

  If you use a small blender with a capacity of less than 2.2 l (74.4 fl oz), break the ingredients into two or more identical portions, then follow the next instructions for each of them individually.
• Blend oats to powder.

  This way, your 7.2 oz oats will mix better and your smoothie will be easier to drink.
  7.2 oz oats
  
• Peel the 6 medium bananas and break them so they will fit in the blender.
  6 medium bananas
  
• Add the ingredients to the blender, making sure the water ends up at the bottom of the blender.

  If you have a blender with an ingredient recipient that needs to be turned upside down when installed on the blender, always add the 23.7 fl oz water lastly. This way, the blades will work smoothly instead of clogging in other ingredients.
  6 medium bananas, 15.9 oz 2% fat Greek yogurt, 2 oz cashews, 23.7 fl oz water, 7.2 oz oats
  
• Blend the ingredients until the smoothie has a fine texture (about 30-60 seconds).

  If you have a weaker blender, you may want to mix the ingredients for longer than 1 minute. Nevertheless, to avoid overheating your blender, respect the blending time recommendation in your blender's manual.
  
• Pour the smoothie into a glass, or into a shaker bottle, and serve.
  

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Other high-calorie smoothie recipes for weight gain

If you ever need a break from the 2000-calorie banana smoothie we presented in this article, you can switch things up by visiting our list of high-calorie smoothie recipes for weight gain.

Alternatively, you can prepare yourself one of our high-calorie shakes.

And if you want to get creative, you can build your own high-calorie smoothie.