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How to Use Pure Food for Best Results (Healthy Smoothie and Food Recipes Included)
In this post, I’m going to show you how hundreds of others have used Pure Food to produce some pretty awesome results.
Whether you want to lose weight, put on some lean muscle, improve your energy levels, or most importantly, feel better, I’m confident the recipes and techniques I’m going to share below will help you.
There are lots of recipes in this post. I split them up between 1.) Smoothies and 2.) Food. I will continue to update it constantly, so bookmark it so you can come back if you need some inspiration!
Without further ado …
How to Use Pure Food Plant Protein Powder and Real Meal in Smoothies
First off, use a blender for best results. The powder will mix okay on its own but it’ll taste smoother coming out of the blender.
Since Pure Food has only clean, healthy ingredients without the fillers, so-called natural flavors, and sweeteners other plant protein brands use, the taste is earthy and natural and your taste buds and gut may need time to acclimate to the probiotics. If you’re new to plant-based proteins and/or probiotics, start with one serving and work your way up from there.
GIVE PURE FOOD TIME TO WORK
Pure Food will help you feel better and you will experience noticeable improvements in your health if you give it time to work.
We recommend at least 14 days to allow the probiotics in our Plant Protein Powder products time to colonize in your gut. The probiotic strain we use, by the way, has been clinically shown to boost immunity, improve gut health, and help your body digest plant proteins better.
Like any good health or fitness product (and it should go without saying), you need to make a commitment to yourself by eating cleaner and exercising if you really want to see results fast.
Pure Food Smoothie / Juice / Liquid Recipes
First off, if you haven’t done so already, download these free recipe cards featuring 20 of my favorite recipes for Pure Food Cacao and Vanilla Protein (you can also use REAL MEAL with any of them…although that product mixes great on its own!).
Here are 7 of our most popular smoothie and juice recipes using both Pure Food Cacao and Vanilla Protein:
Simple Chocolate Banana Smoothie
- 1 scoop Pure Food Cacao Protein Powder or REAL MEAL
- 1 banana
- Handful of ice
- 2 cups of water (or almond or coconut milk)
Cacao Chia Berry Blast
- 1 scoop Pure Food Cacao Protein Powder or REAL MEAL
- 1/2 cup frozen organic berries
- 1 T organic chia seeds (flax, hemp, or pumpkin seeds work too)
- Handful of ice
- 2 cups of water (or almond or coconut milk)
Chocolate Fat Burning Smoothie
- 1 scoop Pure Food Cacao Protein Powder or REAL MEAL
- 1 cup coffee
- 1 T coconut oil
- 1 T cinnamon
- Handful of ice
- 2 cups of water (or almond or coconut milk)
Chocolate Full Meal Replacement Smoothie
- 2-3 servings of Pure Food Cacao or Vanilla Protein Powder or REAL MEAL (note: with Real Meal, this shake is close to 500 calories so can definitely be split into two meals)
- 1/2 banana
- 2 T organic oat flour
- 1 T chia seed
- 1 T organic coconut oil
- 1 T extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups of water
- Ice (start with a small handful and add more depending on how thick you like it)
Vanilla Berry Blast
- 1-2 servings of Pure Food Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1/2 cup frozen organic berries
- 1 T organic chia seeds
- 3-4 ice cubes
- Water (or milk) to taste
Tropical Superfood Smoothie
- 1-2 servings of Pure Food Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1/4 cup frozen mango
- 1/4 cup frozen organic cherries
- 1/4 cup pineapple
- 1 tsp. fresh turmeric
- Water (or milk) to taste
Strawberry Banana Green Smoothie
- 1-2 servings of Pure Food Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 cup frozen organic strawberries
- 1 handful organic greens (spinach, kale, chard, etc.)
- 3-4 ice cubes
- Water (or milk) to taste
Food
Some of these recipes were sent to us by customers and others were created by us. You’ll find tasty-yet-healthy overnight oats, protein balls, cookies, brownies … even bread for all you carb-lovers.
Some of these recipes require baking and some don’t. Cooking/high heat denatures some of the nutrients in any food, including Pure Food, so I cook with mine sparingly.
But these recipes are a nutritious way to satisfy your sweet tooth (disclaimer: they’re not going to taste the exact same as their “regular” sugar- and junk-filled counterpart). With that said, we think they’re pretty darn good.
Pure Food Solid Food Recipes
Protein Pudding (or Ice Cream)
If you have additional recipe ideas, questions, or comments about how you use Pure Food, please share them with me by emailing me directly at Scott@purefoodcompany.com
Enjoy!
Scott Christ
Founder, Pure Food Co.
