3 Filling Post-Workout Smoothie Bowl Recipes - Vegan + Gluten Free

An ideal post-workout meal needs to replenish the body of nutrients and energy spent at the gym, especially by your muscles. A good post-workout meal consists of carbohydrate and protein, and should be eaten in a 2:1 carbohydrate to protein ratio.

The following recipes have been carefully created to ensure you hit those needs and are left full whether you are a vegan, or if you just feel like having a break from animal protein. 

1) Pineapple Boom Smoothie Bowl Recipe

Yield: 1 meal

Ingredients: (organic where possible)

• 1 cup almond milk
• half an avocado (deseeded // sliced)
• 1 tablespoon spoon buckthorn powder
• ½ cup quinoa (rinsed // drained // cooked)
• 1 scoop Half Human vanilla protein powder
• 1 banana (ripe)
• toppings: pineapple (dried), coconut flakes and roasted almonds

Instructions:

1. Add all the main ingredients to a blender. Blend until a smooth paste forms.
2. Pour into a smoothie bowl, add toppings and enjoy.

Nutritional Information Per Meal:

Carbohydrate - 90.36 g

Protein - 41.25 g

Total lipid (fat) - 29.55 g

Iron, Fe - 8.15 mg

Calcium, Ca - 422 mg

2) Chocolate Super Smoothie Bowl Recipe

Yield: 1 meal

Ingredients: (organic where possible)

• 1 granadilla (scooped out)
• 1 cup almond milk
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter
• ½ cup cooked quinoa (rinsed // drained // cooked)
• 1 tablespoon purple potato
• half an avocado (destoned // sliced)
• 1 tablespoon raw cacao nibs
• 1 teaspoon cacao powder
• 1 scoop Half Human vanilla protein powder
• ½ cup blueberries
• toppings: granadilla, granola mix and blueberries

Instructions:

1. Add all the main ingredients to a blender. Blend until a smooth paste forms.
2. Pour into a smoothie bowl, add toppings and enjoy.

Nutritional Information Per Meal:

Carbohydrate - 160.02 g

Protein - 54.14 g

Total lipid (fat) -  37.27g

Iron, Fe - 13.07  mg

Calcium, Ca - 469  mg 

3) Green Power Smoothie Bowl

Yield: 1 meal

Ingredients: (organic where possible)

• 1 tablespoon moringa powder (extra calcium)
• 1 banana (ripe)
• handful of kale and spinach (rinsed // spine removed // sliced)
• 1 cup of almond milk
• 1 scoop Half Human vanilla protein powder
• ½ cup cooked quinoa (rinsed // drained // cooked)
• 2 tablespoons cashew nut butter
• toppings: goji berries, banana slices, coconut flakes, chia seeds

Instructions:

1. Add all the main ingredients to a blender. Blend until a smooth paste forms.
2. Pour into a smoothie bowl, add toppings and enjoy.

Nutritional Information Per Meal:

Carbohydrate - 106.22 g

Protein - 69.04 g

Total lipid (fat) - 99.97 g

Iron, Fe - 14.86 mg

Calcium, Ca - 596 mg

Quick And Super Nutritious

As well as being loaded full of vegan protein, the three post-workout smoothie bowl recipes above are super easy and quick to make. Making them a great option if you don’t feel like slaving in the kitchen after your workout.

All of the smoothie bowl recipes are also loaded with many other incredible nutrients from additional superfood ingredients like purple sweet potato purple, sea buckthorn powder and moringa.

Therefore packing a powerful nutritional punch leaving you super nourished on all levels and ready to slay what the rest of the day may bring.