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The Vegan Protein Shake I make Daily
It’s the shake I make every morning. It’s vegan, and you can find the ingredients anywhere.
- Any grocery store.
- Any country.
- At home or on-the-road.
The old NOYOKE shake* was similar. But this one fits my lifestyle and probably yours a bit better.
Protein powder, but not chalky
The draw with the old NOYOKE shake was the drink’s consistency. Compared to powder-based alternatives, liquid pasteurized egg whites as the protein supplement made for smoother smoothies. Less chalky.
Then something changed.
I wouldn’t say I’m 100% vegan. But these days, I seek out good vegan options whenever possible.
So I tried to make my breakfast shake with vegan protein powder. As with most criticism of shakes made with protein powder, they were chalky.
But shakes with protein powder:
- Travel better.
- Are more readily available for international NOYOKE folks.
- Are generally less expensive.
- Have a longer shelf life.
- Are (or can be) vegan!
So, there a few general tricks to making shakes made with protein powder not chalky. Most of them are in the video below.
Watch the video
But what’s important is this:
This protein shake made with protein powder is not chalky at all. It’s wonderful.
I make it every morning and you should, too.
Recipe
The New NOYOKE Shake
The perfect, everyday protein shake
Ingredients:
- almond milk - 1 cup (240 mL)
- oats - 2 Tbsp. (10 g)
- protein powder - 1 scoop
- frozen banana (peeled) - 1 whole
- peanut butter - 1 Tbsp (16 g)
- ice - 1 cup (217 g)
- (optional) flaxseed - 1 Tbsp (7 g)
Instructions:
- Add ingredients to your blender.
- Blend for 60 seconds.
- Snap a pic and tag #lifeisNOYOKE.
- Enjoy!
Useful tips for The New NOYOKE Shake
Any protein powder will do. We use a vegan one, Vega, that’s also available at Costco.
Hi, just found your site while searching for “Vitamix as food processor” and am bookmarking like crazy. This shake is amazing—I can’t believe it’s so simple. I had a few ounces of leftover ice coffee and added it, subtracting from the almond milk (I used oat milk actually). Thank you!
Much better than half dissolved hemp powder in water (my go to, sadly)! Love this recipe
Clean Label Project says Vega brand protein powder is full of toxic heavy metals and mycotoxins https://www.cleanlabelproject.org/products/vega-vanilla-protein-greens/
So while waiting for my Vitamix A3500 to arrive I decided to make this Protein Shake in a standard blender. Actually I really liked it and can’t wait to make it in the A3500. It says it’s shipped, but no shipping notification email yet. Fingers crossed it will arrive before the weekend. Can’t wait to try the Cashew Queso! This website is a great resource! Keep it up!
You’re right! This is so much better than just using protein powder, banana and milk, which I’ve been doing forever, and the tamper, in the larger container of my S30, worked like a charm! Thanks for the recipe.
What are good substitutions when you are allergic to bananas and peanuts? Thanks!
Banana subs: Squash or avocado.
Peanut subs: almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds.
Okay, so I just made this yesterday, Lenny, and gotta tell ya: you’ve gone monk on us!
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There’s one huge problem with this smoothie: Vega tastes gross…by anyone’s standards.
In looks, Vega suffers from a weird pale snot-green hue and weirder metal-shaving-like consistency: i.e. it forms “shavings”, for lack of a better word, which stick to the scoop (or your hand) exactly like one of those elementary school metal-shavings-to-a-magnet experiments.
But most importantly in taste…one whole scoop of Vega (vanilla) is overpoweringly yucky!! It’s tough to describe: tries to be vanilla but mostly overpowered by the peas it was extracted from as well as whatever other gibberish they added. [Aside: I’ve tried a bunch of powders and surprisingly, Target’s Market Pantry Chocolate officially tastes the best (it’s not vegan).]
Anyway, back to this shake…
Better:
–1/2 scoop Vega
–fatty handful of spinach
Summary: less Vega is more taste, and spinach makes it healthier and green.
Cheers!
Fair assessment and good recommendation — you can never go wrong with less processed add-ins and more greens.
Thanks for all the good recipes. Suggestion: I would like to see more Vitamix usage info; e.g. how to make cauli-rice (grains) in 20 seconds in the VM. wanting: vegetable chopping and other wondrous things (besides blending and pureeing) that the VM will do! thanks.
Have you seen our Detox Salad? That’s right up your alley.