I love to up my daily protein intake by making a big protein
powder based smoothie, or even adding a spoon to thicken my morning oatmeal.
Not exact matches
My
base is always frozen fruit because I like my
smoothies cold, then I add a ton of greens, lemon, spirulina, bee pollen, maca, sprouted brown rice protein
powder or hemp seeds... my
smoothies can get a bit on the overloaded side!
Carnation Breakfast Essentials Drink
Powders provide the perfect
base for many of my
smoothies.
Adding a plant -
based protein
powder is an easy way to pack more nutrition into your morning
smoothie bowl, but if your protein
powder is chocolate and your
smoothie base is strawberries, you're going to end up with an ugly duckling
smoothie.
Pomegranate Coconut
Smoothie is a simple, yet delicious smoothie recipe made with pomegranate juice that's a natural source of antioxidants, non-dairy coconut yogurt, vanilla bean powder (or extract), vanilla plant - based protein powder, pomegranate arils, and is then finished with a tasty cashew - coconut
Smoothie is a simple, yet delicious
smoothie recipe made with pomegranate juice that's a natural source of antioxidants, non-dairy coconut yogurt, vanilla bean powder (or extract), vanilla plant - based protein powder, pomegranate arils, and is then finished with a tasty cashew - coconut
smoothie recipe made with pomegranate juice that's a natural source of antioxidants, non-dairy coconut yogurt, vanilla bean
powder (or extract), vanilla plant -
based protein
powder, pomegranate arils, and is then finished with a tasty cashew - coconut topping!
This
smoothie also contains Love Your Gut
powder, which is an all natural food -
based ingredient that'll give your gut that little daily spring clean it craves.
I use pumpkin protein
powder in my
smoothie because I like to change up my sources of protein on a regular
basis.
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Love the idea of using real food for a protein source in a
smoothie — I default to whey protein (I am allergic to most plant
based protein
powders — legume allergy).
This
smoothie recipe is loaded with plant -
based protein
powder and gooey dates!
I don't eat animal products but do consume whole plant food
powder in
smoothies and I haven't given much thought about them adding even more protein to my plant
based diet... so I will be discontinuing them (thanks to you mentioning it)!!
Summer Green
Smoothie Bowl → 1 banana → 1 small, fresh mango, cut into chunks → 1/2 medium cucumber, sliced → a big handful of kale, stems removed (or spinach) → 1/3 cup almonds (ideally, previously soaked) → 1 tbsp moringa
powder → 2 tbsp hulled hemp seeds → 2 cups plant -
based milk → pumpkin seeds, desiccated coconut + your favourite granola for topping
You can also add a vanilla plant -
based protein
powder or rolled oats to make this
smoothie more nutritious and creamy, or if you need more staying power.
Using coconut milk ice cubes and blending them with matcha tea or you could even go a step further and make protein
powder smoothies as the
base.
I'm not generally a fan of single - macronutrient products like protein
powders anyway and try to get my nutrients from whole foods as much as possible, but it's nice to have the option sometimes if I'm making a shake or
smoothie to get a protein boost as I just haven't seemed to build up the stomach capacity on an plant
based diet to fit all that food in there, and sometimes I just want a break from nut / seed butters, quinoa and whole soy.
In those cases, adding a scoop of plant -
based protein
powder can help your green juice or
smoothie pack a more powerful punch.
I do find with my banana, protein
powder, rice milk
based smoothies curb my urge for «junk food».
Chocolate Avocado
Smoothie 1.5 tsp cacao
powder 1 tsp maple syrup or rice malt syrup 1/2 sliced avocado 1 tbsp lactose free yoghurt 1 cup baby spinach Disclaimer: all serving thresholds are
based on single -LSB-...]
«I also love adding a source of protein like almond butter, hemp seeds, or plant -
based protein
powder to make my
smoothie a more substantial meal.»
I get my protein from whole foods most of the time, but for
smoothies and shakes, I normally add a plant -
based protein
powder option for flavor and ease.
I recently worked with Kashi to create a simple
smoothie recipe using some of their new GO LEAN plant -
based protein
powders.
Vitamin - C rich and digestive - boosting pineapple, antioxidant - rich blueberries, and a vanilla plant -
based nutritional shake (or vegan vanilla protein
powder) are all found in this
smoothie bowl.
Blend this
powder into your
smoothie or milkshake to make the most of its high - quality organic plant -
based ingredients.
Great options anyone can reach for include raw veggies with hummus or guacamole, fresh fruit with nuts, seeds or nut / seed butter, or a
smoothie made with a plant -
based â $ milkâ $ (like almond or coconut) with fruit, leafy greens, and a plant - derived protein
powder, such as pea or hemp.
Use this go - to breakfast
smoothie recipe from Authentic Simplicity as a
base recipe and think up your own variations: 1 banana + 1/2 avocado + 1/4 yogurt + 1 cup milk of choice + 1 tsp raw honey + 1 tsp cocoa
powder.
DIY version: To round out the macronutrient balance and bump up the fiber in this
smoothie, blend a small whole cored green apple with a half cup of frozen pineapple, a half cup each of fresh spinach and kale, a quarter of a ripe avocado, a tablespoon of chia seeds, one scoop of plant -
based protein
powder (I personally like Naked Pea vanilla), ice, and enough water to create your preferred consistency.
Finally, taking high quality plant
based vitamin rich supplement, whether a pill or a
powder in a
smoothie, to boost your antioxidant levels in your bloodstream and tissues is worth considering.
At home, breakfast consists of a plant -
based protein
smoothie that includes maca, chia, flax, and my favorite Sun Potion transformative
powders (Reishi, He Shou Wu, Chlorella, Moringa, and Tocos).
Try a
smoothie made with baby spinach, banana, and your favorite protein
powder (try water or unsweetened coconut water as your liquid
base) so you'll at least have a balanced meal to sip on as you go about your morning.
Polyphenols are also common across the range of plant
based foods and are even available as
powders to mix with
smoothies (like this one).
Vitamin - C rich and digestive - boosting pineapple, antioxidant - rich blueberries, and a vanilla plant -
based nutritional shake (or vegan vanilla protein
powder) are all found in this
smoothie bowl.
My wife and I drink a
smoothie which includes Garden of Life organic plant -
based protein
powder after our early morning workout.
I would recommend hemp and pea protein
powders added to
smoothies as an excellent source of high quality, plant
based protein.
Boston -
based trainer Tony Gentilcore suggests a spinach
smoothie made with protein
powder, baby spinach, milk, pineapple and mango, coconut and flaxseeds.
Overall, I've kept this
smoothie super simple for you all because the star of this recipe is Vega's * BRAND NEW * plant -
based protein
powder free of sugar, artificial sweeteners, GMOS, gluten, soy, and dairy.
I don't eat animal products but do consume whole plant food
powder in
smoothies and I haven't given much thought about them adding even more protein to my plant
based diet... so I will be discontinuing them (thanks to you mentioning it)!!
Second breakfast — Usually a green
smoothie with 1/2 scoop plant -
based protein
powder (right now I really dig Plant Fusion), 1/2 an avocado, almond milk, 3 Brazil nuts, frozen mango, handful of kale or spinach, juice from one lemon, 1/2 a cucumber, 1/2 T coconut oil, and maybe some cinnamon or other spices.
This
smoothie contains my favourite supplement and an ingredient I use in
smoothies on a regular
basis - maca
powder.
Some people also enjoy taking vitamin C supplements, but I prefer using camu camu
powder in a
smoothie since it's a food -
based form of vitamin C and not synthetic like other supplements made of ascorbic acid (which are generally corn -
based made from GMO corn).
My morning
smoothie recipe is 1/2 banana 1/2 green apple 2 handful spinach (or kale) 1/2 — 1 cup almond milk 1 - 2 tbs hydrolyzed collagen or rice protein
powder that's my
base then I add frozen berries or a few slices of mandarin oranges depending in what's on hand
For the breakfast - averse, she whizzed up a food -
based smoothie made with protein - rich whole foods and healthy fats rather instead of protein
powder.
Pomegranate Coconut
Smoothie is a simple, yet delicious smoothie recipe made with pomegranate juice that's a natural source of antioxidants, non-dairy coconut yogurt, real vanilla bean, vanilla plant - based protein powder, and a tasty coconut - cashew based
Smoothie is a simple, yet delicious
smoothie recipe made with pomegranate juice that's a natural source of antioxidants, non-dairy coconut yogurt, real vanilla bean, vanilla plant - based protein powder, and a tasty coconut - cashew based
smoothie recipe made with pomegranate juice that's a natural source of antioxidants, non-dairy coconut yogurt, real vanilla bean, vanilla plant -
based protein
powder, and a tasty coconut - cashew
based topping.
The «strawberry
base» of Starbucks» strawberry
smoothie, for example, consists of reconstituted strawberry purée, white grape juice concentrate, natural flavoring and lycopene coloring (it also contains banana, ice, milk, fiber and protein
powder); the 16 - ounce size has 300 calories.
I have been doing
smoothies (spinach, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, flax seed, chia seeds, plant
based protein
powder, and green tea; no added sugar.
Then at 2 pm» ish (12noon if I am working out that day) I drink a green protein
smoothie with greens, berries and a plant
based protein
powder.
Ingredients: 1 scoop protein
powder (I used Tone It Up chocolate plant -
based) 1/4 small banana, frozen 1.5 ounces frozen blueberries 1 cup unsweetened cashew milk 1/3 cup frozen cauliflower... Continue reading Protein Packed
Smoothie Bowl