Can you make protein powder taste better?

The trick is to use it in combo with a few other great tasting ingredients to help tone down the flavor. Protein powder is most often used in protein shakes, and you can improve the flavor of shakes a lot by including milk, fruit, and nut butter to improve the flavor.

Can you make a protein shake and still keep the calories low?

Yes you can. The key is to look at the higher carb ingredients and find low carb substitutes. Cow’s milk contains more carbs and calories, but unsweetened almond milk has very few calories and tastes great in protein shakes. Fruit is often high in carbs and calories, but berries are lower in calories. Frozen avocado adds very few carbs, and gives your protein shake a rich and creamy texture.

Strawberry Coconut Cream Protein Shake Recipe

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My Strawberry Coconut Cream smoothie is a really good balance of protein, fat, and carbs to keep you going strong for hours. That little bit of beet gives this just the right shade of pink - it looks like a strawberry milkshake from a restaurant!

Author: beneficialbento
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 2 minutes
Yield: 1 large shake - about 34 ounces 1x
Category: breakfast
Method: blender
Diet: Low Calorie

Ingredients

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1 cup frozen strawberries
1/4 cup frozen avocado, diced
2 tablespoons canned coconut cream
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tablespoon beet powder
2 cups unsweetened low carb milk,( see notes below)
1 packet low or zero calorie sweetener, (see notes below)

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Instructions

Combine frozen strawberries, avocado, coconut cream, protein powder, and beet powder in a blender.
Slowly pour in unsweetened coconut milk just below, or up to the level of the ingredients in the blender. It may be a little more or less than 2 cups. Don't go higher than that, or it might have a thin, watery consistency. You can always add a little more (if you need to) as you blend it.
Blend on high speed until all ingredients are creamy and smooth.
Taste and add a sweetener/flavor packet if desired. I highly recommend True Lemonade strawberry!

Notes

You can easily replace the strawberries with raspberries for a delicious variation - keep the beet powder to really bring out the red raspberry color.

Milk options: To keep it low carb, use an unsweetened, non-dairy milk. We really like cashew milk, almond milk, or coconut milk.

Low carb sweetener options: I always add a packet of True Lemonade to my strawberry shake. Read about it in this post, or check out the link.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 serving, about 32 ounces
Calories: 388
Sugar: 9.6 g
Sodium: 359.4 mg
Fat: 14.7 g
Carbohydrates: 21.7 g
Fiber: 7.2 g
Protein: 30 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg

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