What to Mix Greens Powder With: 12 Easy Ideas
What to mix greens powder with comes down to taste, time and what is already in your fridge, and there are far more options than a glass of water.
Short answer: water and juice are the quickest. A smoothie hides the taste best. Milk or plant milk, yoghurt and overnight oats all work well, especially with a powder that contains cacao. Use cold liquid, add the liquid first and the powder second, and shake rather than stir.
What to mix greens powder with: drinks
1. Water
The fastest option and the cheapest. Use cold water in a shaker bottle and drink it straight away. If the taste is strong for you, use more water rather than less.
2. Juice
Apple, orange or pineapple juice covers earthy and grassy notes well. Half juice and half water is a good middle ground if you want less sugar.
3. Coconut water
Lighter than juice, a little sweet, and pairs well with berry-based blends.
4. Milk or plant milk
Almond, oat, soy or dairy milk turns a cacao-based blend into something close to a chocolate milk. This is the easiest way in for people who do not like the taste of greens.
5. Iced coffee
If your powder includes cacao, a scoop in an iced coffee with milk tastes like a mocha.
Smoothies
6. Banana and berry smoothie
One banana, a handful of frozen berries, a cup of milk or water, and one scoop. The fruit masks almost everything.
7. Green smoothie
Spinach, frozen mango, half a banana and coconut water. Adding a scoop of greens to a green smoothie is the obvious pairing.
8. Protein shake
Add a scoop to your usual protein shake. Chocolate protein and a cacao-based greens blend are a natural match.
Five more recipes, each built around one 7 g scoop, are in this guide to superfood powder for smoothies.
Food
9. Yoghurt
Stir a scoop through a bowl of Greek or coconut yoghurt and top with fruit. It turns the yoghurt a deep colour, so it looks stronger than it tastes.
10. Overnight oats
Stir it into the oats and milk the night before. By morning it is fully mixed, with no clumps.
11. Bliss balls and bars
Blend dates, nuts, a scoop of powder and a little cacao, roll into balls and refrigerate. Our high protein peanut butter bars work with a scoop added too.
12. Chia pudding
Mix chia seeds, milk and a scoop of powder, then leave it in the fridge for a few hours.
What not to mix it with
- Boiling water. It is not dangerous, but hot liquid makes most powders clump and brings out bitter flavours. If you want it warm, mix it into warm milk, not boiling.
- Fizzy drinks. Powder in carbonated water foams up and overflows.
- A glass with a spoon, if you can avoid it. Powders mix far better in a shaker bottle or blender.
How to stop greens powder clumping
- Pour the liquid in first, then add the powder.
- Use cold liquid.
- Shake hard for 10 to 15 seconds in a shaker with a mixing ball.
- Let it sit for a minute and shake again.
Powders with a lot of algae, like spirulina and chlorella, are the most prone to clumping. That is normal, and shaking fixes it.
If you are still working out your routine, see when to take greens powder.
What we make
Our daily superfood powder is a blend of eight superfoods: cacao, goji berry, green barley grass, spirulina, beetroot, acai berry, cracked cell chlorella and camu camu. One serve is 7 g (3 slightly rounded teaspoons), there are 30 serves in a 210 g jar, and it is vegan, dairy free and non-GMO. It is packed in Brendale, Queensland, and delivered anywhere in Australia.
The label suggests water, juice or smoothies. Because cacao is the largest single ingredient, it also works well with milk, yoghurt and oats.
Frequently asked questions
What does greens powder taste like?
It depends on the blend. Powders built mostly on grasses and algae taste earthy and grassy. Blends with cacao and berries taste richer and less like a lawn.
Can I bake with greens powder?
You can add it to muffins, pancakes or banana bread, but it will change the colour of the batter.
Can I mix greens powder the night before?
Yes. Keep it in a sealed bottle in the fridge and shake it again before you drink it.
About the author
Grant Jenkins is a director of Propel Health Australia and an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Our range is packed in a licensed facility in Brendale, Queensland. Every figure quoted for our product in this article is the figure on our printed label.
Disclaimer
This article is general information, not medical advice. Speak to your healthcare provider before starting any new supplement, especially if you are pregnant, taking medication or have a medical condition.
