The weather has been absolutely beautiful this week – sun sun and more sun!! I love the warmer weather, I’m definitely not a winter girl. All this weather has put me in the mood for yummy refreshing drinks after my workouts so I’ve come up with a couple of protein-filled smoothies for post-workout!
Weekly motivation: Aussie Nina Silic – so envious of her tiny waist!
Ok so this first smoothie I’m calling a Mango Avocado Protein Smoothie (no prizes for guessing what’s in it ;P)
Serves 1
1/2 cup mango
1/4 avocado
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1&1/2 cups cold water
Splash of almond milk
Blend!!
Nutritional info:
Calories: 264
Total fat: 9.7g
Total carbs: 22.2
Sugar: 14.3g
Protein: 26.2g
Next one is the Flaxseed Mango Protein Smoothie (mangoes had been on sale at Woolies..)
Serves 1
1 tbsp flax seed oil
1/2 cup mango
1/2 cup no fat Greek yoghurt
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1&1/2 cups cold water
Throw it all in the blender!
Nutritional info:
Calories: 396
Total fat: 19.3g
Total carbs: 28.3
Sugar: 19.9g
Protein: 30.7g
You might notice that these have (much) higher sugar content that all of my other recipes, but I’m allowing myself this extra sugar because a) it is natural sugar from fruit and b) sugar post-workout with protein helps rapid absorption of protein and recovery.
Another snack that I have whipped up for this week are Cinnamon and Peanut Butter Protein Cookies from the wonderful www.proteinpow.com. Here’s my slightly modified version:
Serves 12
80g vanilla whey protein powder (2&2/3 scoop)
1/3 cup ground almond
1 tbsp cinnamon
4 serves Stevia
1 tbsp peanut butter (natural, no added salt/sugar)
220 mL lite coconut milk
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
Mix the whole lot together and roll/dollop into a baking tray lined with baking paper
I then flattened these because otherwise mine were little balls
Bake for 15 minutes
Yum! These are pretty nice, but not the best protein cookies I’ve made
Nutritional info: per 1/12 cookies
Calories: 96.4
Total fat: 4.5g
Total carbs: 5.6g
Sugar: 1.2g
Protein: 8.6g
This week has been much better than last week (thank goodness) but we have had assessments due and of course exams are looming. At the start of this year when I was unwell and trying to decide whether to continue studying or not a few people (professors and tutors) admitted that I didn’t seem like the kind of person who could bring myself back up and pass this year. I’m going to prove them wrong 😉
Don’t let other people determine what you’re capable of. Show them you can do whatever you set your mind on x
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