How to Make Protein Powder at Home

This is my recipe on how to make protein powder at home! It’s yummy and flavorful so you don’t have to worry about a thing!

Making a Good Protein Powder 

When you make protein powder at home, it’s not just cheaper! It’s also fresher and healthier since you get to control the ingredients in it!

A good protein powder is one that packs at least 15 to 20 grams of protein per scoop. Keeping in mind that the recommended daily allowance of protein is 46 grams for women, and 64 grams for men, about 3 scoops of protein powder should suffice you for the day!

Let’s learn how to make protein powder at home in just 3 easy steps!

How to Make Protein Powder 

Making protein powder at home is definitely more work than just picking it off a shelf at the store. But by making it in batches, you can make the job easier and doable. Here are the 3 steps of DIY protein powder!

► Step One:

• Select the base! Your base forms the bulk of the protein in your homemade powder. You have a wide range of protein-rich options to choose from, including whey powder or casein, dried egg powder, soy powder, hemp powder, pea or other lentil powder.

My personal favorite is dried and roasted chick pea powder, also known as garbanzo powder.

► Step Two:

• Pick a flavor! What’s your favorite flavor? Is it chocolate, vanilla or blueberry? Whatever your flavor of choice, add it into your base. Add a little at a time so you can control the level of flavor without ruining the whole batch by dumping in too much of the flavor at once.

For me I like to vary my protein powder between chocolate and cinnamon, or sometimes both!

► Step Three:

• Nutritional Add-Ons! Protein powders are a great way to disguise some nutritive add-ons such as super foods! Depending on what super food you’re crushing on at the moment, add a little of it to your protein powder to level it up multiple times.

You can add in some turmeric powder, matcha powder, goji berry extract, egg shell powder and others!

5 Ingredient DIY Protein Powder Recipe

What you Need

• Dried chickpeas – 1 and 1/2 cups
• Almonds – 1/4 cup
• Hemp seeds – 1/4 cup
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – 3 tbsp or more
• Egg shell powder – 1 tbsp (I made my own by cleaning, drying and powdering 5 egg shells)
• Optional: Coconut sugar – 2 to 4 tbsp (for sweetness)
• Good quality food processor or blender

Directions

1. Into a food processor or high speed blender, add 1 and 1/2 cups dried chickpeas, 1/4 cup almond and 1/4 cup hemp seeds. Blend till it’s in powder form. Don’t blend too much otherwise it will turn into butter due to the natural oils in them!
2. Now place the ground contents in a bowl, then add in 1 and 1/2 cups dried and roasted chickpea powder and 1 tbsp egg shell powder.
3. Lastly, add unsweetened cocoa powder to your mix. I used 3 tbsp but you can add more according to how chocolatey you want your protein powder to be!
4. This step is optional but you can add coconut sugar to give your protein powder natural sweetness. Start with 2 tbsp and keep increasing as you see fit.
5. Sift and whisk everything to combine then store in a large jar or ziplock bag in the fridge.

How to Use Protein Powder 

• Once you’re done making your protein powder, store it in a dry glass container in your refrigerator.
• The best way to incorporate protein powder into your diet is to dump some in your morning smoothie or mix it into your oatmeal.
• Other ways include using it to thicken soups and curries, boiling it in any milk of your choice to make a comforting drink, and forming them into bliss balls by adding date syrup!

Do you make protein powder at home? Share your recipes with us!