Savory Smoothie with High Protein and Calcium
Fruit smoothies are delicious and easy to make. But if you are not consuming extra sugars in your diet, I recommend trying an alkaline-forming savory smoothie. The complex carbohydrates are absorbed and metabolized more slowly than the sugars in fruits. With the addition of protein powder and almond butter, your smoothie becomes high in both protein and calcium and a multitude of other nutrients. Add your favorite spices to kick it up a notch and you won't miss the sweetness of the fruit.Here is the protein powder I use: Mikuna Protein Powder is made from Chocho, which has been cultivated by indigenous farmers for centuries along the Inca trail in the Andes. Chocho is an ancient crop with superior benefits. A complete plant protein, Chocho is naturally packed with calcium, vitamin E, magnesium, plant fiber, 9/9 essential amino acids, and more protein than any other plant source on the planet. It is also lectin free. Lectins are commonly found in grains, nightshades, and legumes, lectins are proteins known to cause bloating and digestive problems. Please use my Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3gyZLNR
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Equipment
- 1 blender preferably high speed
- 1 knife
- 1 cutting board
Ingredients
- 1 cup kale chopped
- 1/4 cup parsley fresh
- 1/2 cup zucchini cubed
- 2 Tbsp almond butter
- 2 Tbsp protein powder Mikuna- chocho
- 1 TBSP lemon juice
- 6 leaves mint
- 1 tsp ginger fresh, chopped
- 1 cup ice water add a couple ice cubes and a little less water to make it colder
- 1-4 drops monk fruit optional for sweetness
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and process until creamy and smooth.
Notes
Since you are not adding any frozen fruit to this recipe I suggest chilling your blender and adding a couple ice cubes to the smoothie to get it nice and cold.
Always remember you can change what you add to your smoothies to satisfy your specific taste buds. It can be fun to experiment and make this "your" special smoothie.
I added Monk Fruit as an optional sweetener because it has zero calories as does not produce a glycemic response.
*Monk fruit is an excellent source of triterpinoids, a group of mogrosides responsible for higher sweetness and pharmacological properties of fruit. Mogroside extract of monk fruit gives higher (>300 times) sweetness as compared to sucrose with low or no caloric value. Several foods sweetened with mogrosides or monk fruit extract have shown significant reduction in glycemic index and 196 Pantnagar Journal of Research [Vol. 17(3), September-December, 2019] diabetes. The non-nutritive natural sweetener compositions developed using monk fruit have also shown similar taste and other sensory attributes as sucrose. As such, monk fruit as sweetener shows a wide scope for its use as a table top sweetener as well as in different foods, confectionary beverages and pharmaceutical industries.
The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based on ingredients and products used.
Nutrition
Calories: 246kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 22gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 60mgPotassium: 1038mgFiber: 8gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 6867IUVitamin C: 84mgVitamin K: 301µgCalcium: 315mgIron: 3mgMagnesium: 137mgPhosphorus: 255mgSelenium: 2µgZinc: 2mg
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