My experience has been that bananas make anything palatable in a smoothie and let's face it, spirulina is not palatable on its own. I mean, I can choke down anything that's good for me, but if you can mask a nasty taste with something that's amazing for you anyway, I'm all for it.
So, into the bullet two bananas go, along with the remnants of a golden apple that my baby took two teeny bites from and left for me to rub with lemon and add to the bag of partially-eaten kid apples. I cut off the eaten part, and chopped the rest into chunks, adding seeds and all.
Currently I buy my spirulina in bulk from our truly local health food store, Earth's Natural Treasures, so I recycled an old cayenne pepper jar and carefully puff-poured the spirulina in. Just a little, perhaps half a teaspoon - the stuff is powerful and the taste can overpower everything. Today, I knew I was going to be exercising, so I added two scoops of the superfood protein and used Coconut Water instead of plain water.
As always, spin that sucker for 30 seconds or less, and there you are! A lovely smoothie that is sweet, delicious and secretly super-spirulina good for you!
Spirulina is something I've not tried. Reading about the health benefits, I'm going to have to get some & try it. How else can you incorporate it into your diet besides smoothies?
ReplyDeleteIt's really such a strong smell and taste, it's hard to imagine being able to stomach it in anything other than a smoothie. However, you could try it in some desserts, perhaps anything chocolate or coconut. I would think as long as it's good and sweet, the spirulina would blend right in.
DeleteDefinitely not a savory flavor, lol.