
Ingredients for Chocolate Protein Shake:
1 Tbs chia seeds
1 cup almond milk
2 pitted dates (optional)
2 scoops chocolate protein powder
4 large ice cubes
Make the chia gel: Soak the chia seeds in the almond milk for 5-10 minutes.
Prepare the shake: Combine all the ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
Makes: one 16 fl oz serving
The great thing about preparing these shakes is that you can adjust the amount and the ingredients however you like. For example, if you don’t mind the flavor, a frozen banana can be added to make a thick and creamy shake. In place of the banana, I used dates as a sweetener along with chia seeds and ice to thicken up the shake. A tablespoon of nut butter may be added as well, but I chose to leave it out to reduce the fat and calories. If you need more ideas on how to make healthy and delicious protein shakes (or smoothies), check out DailyBurn’s #ShowUsYourShake project or visit their protein powder page for various protein-based recipes. What do you like to add to your healthy shakes and smoothies? Comment below and let me know!
How long did it take your body to adjust? Do you eat this instead of dinner? Don’t think I could ever do that!
Took at least a couple weeks! I was starving in the beginning! I replace my lunch with the protein shake–this way I at least have dinner to look forward to haha.
looks so good!!! Can see how it would be satisfying. Chia seeds crack me up. Love food that is fun 🙂
Thanks, Liz! It’s definitely pretty cool seeing how all the chia seeds turn into a huge piece of gel!
I made it & loved it too! Very yummy! 🙂
Glad to hear you loved it! Thanks for visiting 🙂
Yummo Ada! I make one really similar! Sorry for comment spamming- I literally just figured out how to find all my old followers & blogs I follow since moving my blog to self-hosting…. duh! So now I’m making up for lost time and having a midnight stalk sesh for all your posts that I missed 😉
Thanks, Kera! No worries about all your comments–I enjoy receiving them! Is your protein shake on your new blog? I’ll have to head over and check it out!
Nope it’s not but there are some other smoothies I made on there- slowly in the process of getting it sorted and getting them all up though!
I will keep an eye out for it! Btw your new page looks amazing! Sorry I did not visit lately–will make sure to check it out more often 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂 Haha no worries I haven’t been promoting it too much as there is still a lot to fix up!