Is it possible to have a healthy protein Nutella smoothie (without protein powder!)? Yes, it is, the main trick is to use cocoa powder, add a single date and some stevia drops to intensify the flavour of the smoothie! If you use soy milk, this smoothie has around 22 g of protein! and it is delicious!
If you do not care about adding protein powder, We strongly recommend Vivo life. It is one of the easiest and less “dusty” feeling protein.
If this is part of your breakfast, you may want to complement it with our delicious vegan pancake!
This smoothie is very “light” in calories due to the ingredients, if you need a much more dense smoothie, try this chocolate shake from Minimalist baker! It gets most of the protein from seeds/oats/nut butter!
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Healthy Protein Nutella smoothie (without protein powder!)
Equipment
- High speed blender
Ingredients
- 40 g Raw cacao powder
- 30 g Roasted hazelnuts
- 1 Medium-sized date
- 1 cup Cold soy milk
- Liquid stevia (I use like 5 drops)
- 6 Small ice cubes
Instructions
- Make sure you have all the ingredients
- Roast the hazelnuts for 10 minutes in the oven at 150 degrees Fahrenheit
- Put everything on a bullet blender (recommended, not necessary)
- Blend for about 50 seconds at high speed
- Serve in a glass (if you are feeling like drinking it in a fancy way :P)
- Garnish with frozen fruit and chia seeds
Notes
- If you do not like protein shakes, you will love this smoothie
- The reason why we mix stevia with the date is to intensify the flavour of the date without adding more dates. Feel free to add one or two more to skip the stevia, but it will add an extra of 140 calories!
- The frozen fruit and chia tastes delicious in combination with the other ingredients
I’m highly recommend these recipes. They are tasty and healthy
I love Natural Goodness recipes!! They are easy to follow and super tasty!!
Excellent recipe!
Precisely what I was searching for.
Thanks and a delicious recipe!
I did not know that cacao powder had some protein! this is so helpful as I often find myself looking for high protein smoothies without needing powder.
XOXO
Thanks, I am glad you liked it 🙂
Uff never thought cocoa powder has so much protein, this is an amazing smoothie!
We are glad you liked it! checkout our other high protein recipes if you are curious about them 🙂
Amazing smoothie 😛 full of protein and nutella flavor!
Thanks!
Awesome and low calorie! It is my go-to smoothie after a workout!
We are glad you liked it, Catherine 🙂
Amazing smoothie! I love it as a pre-workout snack!
Glad you liked it!
Great smoothie for workouts!
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Love this smoothie!
Low in calories as they should be!
Exactly, no need to add loads of stuff that increase the calorie intake!
Great recipe. I used date syrup instead of whole dates and it made it more liquid!
Sure, that also works!
I love the simplicity of this smoothie. It is also low calorie in comparison with others!
We love to keep things simple 😎
My blender is not as powerful to make this smooth, but I still like the recipe!
Yeah, you do need a high-speed blender :P.
Thanks for commenting!
I really liked the result, and it is difficult to believe it holds 22g of protein!
I am glad you liked it 😉 yeah, it is incredible what a high dose of cacao powder can give you! hehe
Amazing low-calorie smoothie!
I am glad you liked it!
Amazing!
We are glad you liked it!