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7 must-try protein powder smoothies

It’s a myth that following a healthy diet routine means you can’t have tasty food. It’s up to you how you make your diet interesting. There are a numerous recipes you can make with protein powder. Consider some must-try protein powder smoothies and their recipes covered in this article.

Tuesday September 19, 2017,

3 min Read

Are you a fitness freak? Gym and exercise are your daily routine? Then you must be very conscious about your diet, right? Many of you have a belief that obeying a strict healthy diet means you have no right to savour your taste buds. It’s not like that! Including protein powder to your diet doesn’t end up with having some bland and tasteless recipes. You can still be creative with your recipes and make your everyday interesting.

Here are 7 most delicious protein-rich smoothies to keep in mind. And don’t worry; this isn’t going to take any long for making. Pick your favourite smoothie ingredients, pour all of them into a blender jar, churn for about a minute and it’s ready to have! Yummy and protein-rich, all these protein shakes are good enough to make your day!

No. 7: Berry and nuts smoothie

Ingredients:

- 2 cups fat-free vanilla yogurt (not sour)

- ¾ cup almond milk

- 3 frozen blackberries

- 3 frozen strawberries

- ¼ cup meshed dry nuts (mixed)

- 2 scoops vanilla-flavoured protein powder

- 3 ice cubes

No. 6: Banana oatmeal smoothie

Ingredients:

- 2 cups fat-free milk

- 1½ cups fat-free sugar-free vanilla ice cream

- 2 scoops vanilla or chocolate protein powder

- 1 fresh banana

- 1 cup oatmeal

- ½ cup plain water

- 2 ice cubes

No. 5: Peanut butter banana smoothie

Ingredients:

- ¼ cup peanut butter

- 1½ cups fat-free milk

- 2 scoops vanilla whey protein

- 1 medium-size banana

- ½ cup frozen mixed berries

- 3 ice cubes

No. 4: Choco peanut butter smoothie

Ingredients:

- ¼ cup peanut butter

- 2 scoops chocolate whey protein powder

- 1 tsp. honey

- 2½ cups no-fat milk

- 3 ice cubes

No. 3: Cinnamon protein coffee

Ingredients:

- 1 cup sugar-free coffee-flavoured ice cream

- 2 cups skim milk

- 2 scoops chocolate protein powder

- A pinch of cinnamon powder

- 3 ice cubes

No. 2: Caramel hazelnut smoothie

Ingredients:

- 1½ scoops vanilla protein powder

- ½ cup fat-free sugar-free vanilla yogurt

- 1 cup skim milk

- 1 tbsp. peanut butter

- 1 tsp. sugar-free caramel syrup

- 2 tsp. hazelnut caramel cream

- 4 ice cubes

No. 1: White egg smoothie

Ingredients:

- 3 white eggs

- 1½ cups fat-free milk

- 2 scoops vanilla whey protein

- 1 cup sugar-free vanilla ice cream

- 1 tsp. honey

- ½ spoon of sweetener (optional)

- 4 ice cubes

All these smoothie ingredients are good for health and low in calories. So, you don’t need to go high on exercising in order to shed more calories. Plus, these can be made in less than a minute. So what are you waiting for? Get up and give these protein powder smoothies a try!