Crafty Little Gnome

Homemade Protein Powder

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Hey Gnomies

I came across this blog post from Cassie at Back to Her Roots a while back. She came up with a really simple way to make your own protein powder. My husband and I go through a lot of protein powder so if there is a way for us to make it ourselves on the cheap, I am all over it. The recipe calls for three ingredients. Lentils, brown rice, and oatmeal. I already had these ingredients so it only took a few minutes to whip this protein powder up.

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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup steel cut oats
  • 1/3 cup brown rice
  • 1/3 cup lentils

Mix up the dry ingredients and grind them in a coffee grinder 1/3 of a cup at a time.

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Try to make the powder as fine as you can so that the protein shake doesn’t turn out too grainy tasting. This recipe will yield just under 2 cups of protein powder.

The nutritional information per 1/4 cup of powder

  • 130 calories
  • 8g protein
  • 1g fat
  • 24g carbs

So I tried it out and added one large tablespoon of the homemade protein powder to with one teaspoon or cocoa powder, one teaspoon on stevia and 1 cup of skim milk. I mixed it all together in the blender and poured it into a small jar.

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Honestly, it was way better than I was expecting. I think the cocoa and stevia helped with the taste. Yes, the taste was a little grainy, but that didn’t bother me. Some of the readers commenting on the original Back to Her Roots post were concerned that the raw grains would be hard to digest. I didn’t have any stomach pain or problems. One suggestion was to roast the ingredients before you blend them, so if you have digestive troubles you may want to try that. The only complaint I have about this smoothie is the high content of carbs compared to store bought protein powder. It also has less protein in it than the store bought protein powder I have been using.

If I ran out of my usual protein powder it’s nice knowing I can whip up a homemade version until I can pick up more from the store. I saw another recipe from Dr. Oz on how to make your own protein powder from egg whites. I am going to give that recipe a try and let you know how it goes.

Have you ever made your own protein powder? Let me know your favorite recipe.

Also try:

Homemade Pore Strips

Comments

  1. Thank you for sharing this! My husband drinks protein powder frequently and I will be sharing this recipe with him. Pinned and tweeted to share. Thank you for linking up with us this week for Snickerdoodle Sunday!

  2. Interesting! I HAVE NEVER MADE MY OWN PROTEIN POWDER BUT i HAVE BEEN MAKING MY OWN PROTEIN SHAKE FOR POST-WORKOUT TO BUILD LEAN MUSCLE. 2 FARM FRESH EGGS (TRUSTED SOURCE) PLUS 1 CUP RAW WHOLE MILK (TRUSTED SOURCE) PLUS 4 LIVER CAPSULES (gRASS FED FROM aRGENTINE COWS) and half a banana for sweetener. vanilla if desired. it is sooooo good! estimated 28g protein!!!!

  3. Im not shouting-for some reason I am unable to use lower case on this comment line.
    eating raw or under cooked grains, beans and potatoes can be dangerous. Please do some research before making this. In fact the source website, “back to her roots” now has a bold statement about this and that she no longer recommends this recipe. Each of these items contains many toxins. A very easy to read informative article that addresses these toxins is https://benbalzer.com/2008/06/22/original-introduction/. You’ll have to weed through the Paleo information (or not) to find it.
    These things seem harmless but are relly bad for you. Stay healthy!