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Spiced Apple Smoothie

Name: Spiced Apple Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk; 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, about 30 g; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; 4 ice cubes

Unsweetened applesauce with cinnamon and nutmeg over vanilla protein. Apple pie flavor, 25 g protein, 9 g net carbs.

prep: 5 min
cook: 0 min
total: 5 min
serves: 1
level: easy

Per serving: 175 kcal · 25 g protein · 4 g fat · 9 g net carbs

Applesauce is the trick: all the apple flavor, already smooth, and a quarter cup keeps the carbs in check where a whole apple would not.

With cinnamon and nutmeg it drinks like the filling of an apple pie, minus the crust and the regret.

This is number 12 of our top 20 high protein, low carb smoothies.

method

Pour the almond milk into the blender, add the applesauce, protein powder and spices.
Add the ice. Blend on high for 30 to 45 seconds, until completely smooth.
Taste and adjust: a few more ice cubes for thicker, a splash more liquid for thinner. Drink cold.

chef's tips

The label matters: unsweetened applesauce is around 6 net carbs a quarter cup, the sweetened kind is double.
A teaspoon of almond butter makes it taste like apple pie with ice cream, for 2 extra grams of fat.
Use a protein powder with no added sugar. It is the difference between 3 and 15 grams of carbs per scoop.