home made protein shake recipe

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I have to have a powerful morning shake to really wake me up and fill my

tummy each morning. But I do not want dairy and I can not have soy. I also

don't like going through 1/2 L of ricemilk each day, it's expensive. And

finally, I don't like buying protein powder because it's been giving me bad

headaches. So I looked up nutrient info and have started making my own

smoothie which is packed full of goodness!! I got a recipe for almond milk

from vegweb.com and then added everything else.

 

1/2 cup slivered almonds (whole if you don't mind chunks of almonds in your

shake, or ground if you have a grinder that will grind them)

2 cups water (or 1.5 cups water and several icecubes)

1 tbsp ground sesame seeds

1 tbsp ground flaxseed

1 tbsp nutritional yeast (or more - I just dump a bunch in)

1-2 cups of frozen or fresh fruit (I like equal amounts of frozen oranges

and frozen bananas and a whole kiwi)

1 tsp vanilla

sweetener of your choice

 

Put the almonds into a blender with 1 cup water. Blend for several minutes

until frothy and almonds are chopped small. Add remaining water and blend

for several more minutes. Add vanilla, sesame, flaxseed, yeast, and fruit.

Continue blending until mixed well, add sweetener to desired taste.

 

Using 1 tbsp of sweetener and the above fruits this is what I calculated as

the nutritional benefits of this mixture of ingredients (provided you don't

strain the almonds out). The high calorie and fat is due mostly to the

almonds (407 calories and 36g fat) so if you don't want that many calories

for breakfast you can just cut the number of almonds in half and the taste

would change very little.

 

Calories - 765

Fat - 48g

Carb - 76g

Protein - 22g

 

% of Recommended Daily Intake:

Vit E - 249

Vit K - 32

Zinc - 34

Iron - 31

Selenium - 13

Vit C - 197

Vit B6 - 44

Riboflavin - 70

Thiamin - 41

Niacin - 32

Folate - 24

Calcium - 25

Phosphorous - 71

Magnesium - 94

 

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