Choc-mint super imunity shake
Posted by Michelle | Filed under Food
I’m still in the depths of my ‘recovery week’ but have a whole lot to write about. However, the lovely Charlotte, prompted a recipe with this comment.
Like Charlotte, I’ve been using Hemp Protien as a non-workout protein powder.Hemp has a good balance of omega-3′s to omega-6′s, is high in insoluable fibre and has an almost complete amino profile. Another reason you might want to look at hemp is if you’re trying to reduce the amount of bloating caused by dairy based protein powders.
I’m not much of a shake person, much prefering whole foods as I find shakes don’t really fill me up. This is an exception. Must be all that fibre in the hemp! In addition to the hemp protein I’ve used rice protein. Again, this is a easily digestable plant protein and a great choice for those with problems digesting dairy.
To round out the list of super ingredients I’ve used Vital Greens. I swear this stuff has kept things ‘moving’ ever since I started on it; and peppermint and licorice root tea. Peppermint and licorice are both great for digestion. Licorice root is also fantastic for colds and respitory problems and is a natural sweetner. It’s actually used by Ladybird to sweeten the rice protein I used.
Ingredients.
- 1/2 scoop hemp protein
- 1/2 scoop chocolate flavour rice protein
- 1/2 scoop vital greens
- 1-2 cups of strong peppermint and licorice tea cooled to room temperature.
Shake, shake shake.
A note on the tea: I originally tasted peppermint and licorice tea when I was having my hair done at an Aveda salon. You can buy the Aveda tea online. However, I make my own. I buy organic loose leaf peppermint tea and mix it with licorice root tea I buy from Perfect Cup in the Central Markets. The ratio is about 2 parts peppermint to 1 part licorice.
A note on the hemp powder: I bought mine from here. The cost was reasonable and shipping very quick, however it was a bit gritty. Maybe next time I’ll get mine here.
As an aside I’ve now got comments open. Oops.
March 29, 2009 at 12:12 am
I’ve got the Happy Planet one. Seems good so far – much finer texture than pea protein. I love licorice tea too. Black Adder brand is good. So is Morlife’s Hops Slumber. Thanks for your recipe! Hope your recovery week is going well