Often those who want to lose weight and build muscle mass deny themselves treats, because, as we know, they contain a lot of sugar - the real enemy of the diet. But now we will please the figure-conscious gourmands: there are many recipes for making desserts that will not add extra pounds. In this article we will tell you how to make protein ice cream at home. This protein-rich treat will energize, give you strength and help build muscle.
How to make protein ice cream at home
Protein ice cream can be purchased at the store. But it is much tastier and healthier to prepare it yourself: this way we will know for sure that it contains only the necessary ingredients, which means a minimum of sugar and calories. There is nothing difficult in preparing the dessert: if desired, it can be made even without an ice cream maker. And if you have such a modern miracle thing in your home arsenal of household appliances, then making protein ice cream will be even faster and easier.
So, there are two ways to make homemade protein ice cream:
- Using an ice cream maker
- In a plastic container or zip bag
In any case, the key to a well-prepared delicacy is thorough mixing of the ingredients and compliance with the proportions specified in the recipe. You can buy protein powder at a health food store.
Summarize
- Protein ice cream is a low-calorie, high-protein alternative to traditional ice cream, making it a good option if you're looking to cut down on calories without giving up sweets.
- However, it should not be a staple in your diet as it contains added sugars and is low in important nutrients.
- Therefore, protein ice cream is best enjoyed in moderation as an occasional sweet treat as part of a healthy, well-balanced diet.
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How to Make Protein Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker
- An ice cream maker can be replaced by a plastic bag
- Place ice in a large 4-liter bag and fill about 2/3 of the space.
- There, for cooling, pour half a glass of salt.
- Place protein ice cream ingredients in a small plastic bag.
- Seal the small bag hermetically and place it in the large one.
- Shake the contents vigorously for about 5 minutes
- Take out a small bag and rinse it with running water - so that the salt does not get into the ice cream
Basic Homemade Protein Ice Cream Recipe
This is a very simple recipe, adding to which you can prepare many new variations of the dish.
We will need:
- Protein - one and a half scoops
- Almond milk - 1 glass
- Sugar or its substitute - a teaspoon
- Ziploc bags with a good closure
Recipe:
- Pour the protein into a blender container and add milk
- Mix the mixture well
- Place ice cubes in a plastic bag
- Add a little salt - this is necessary for better cooling
- Place the protein and almond milk mixture in a smaller bag and seal tightly
- Place the smaller bag in a larger bag with ice and salt.
- Shake the bags for 8 minutes or more until you are happy with the resulting consistency.
- Transfer the ice cream into bowls
- If desired, you can garnish with cinnamon or mint
If you want to make the taste of dessert even more interesting, purchase vanilla-flavored protein powder. Now sports nutrition stores offer a wide selection of products. Then you can get vanilla protein ice cream without any problems. Specialized stores also offer protein powders with cocoa and chocolate flavors.
How to Make Sugar-Free Protein Ice Cream
An interesting dessert is made with the addition of green tea:
- One and a half spoons of protein powder
- A glass of almond milk
- A teaspoon of green tea
- Teaspoon of honey
Preparing the treat:
- Prepare similarly to the previous recipe, but add green tea powder to the protein and milk mixture
- If desired, you can omit honey at all - the dessert will be less calorie, but fresher
- When adding green tea, taste the mixture constantly to get the full flavor without overdoing it and making the protein ice cream taste bitter.
Protein and milk ice cream
We will need:
- 250 ml. low-fat milk. You can use any: cow, almond, coconut
- Protein powder scoop
- A couple of tablespoons of cocoa powder
- Stevia to taste (as a sweetener)
Preparing dessert:
- Pour 200 ml. pour milk into ice cube trays and place in the freezer for several hours
- When the milk ice cubes have hardened, pour them into a blender container, adding the protein, cocoa and remaining milk
- Sweeten with stevia
- Then place in bowls and decorate with your favorite toppings: coconut flakes, ground nuts, chocolate chips or ripe berries
- Eat immediately after cooking
The dessert can be prepared in an ice cream maker: mix all the ingredients, and then follow the instructions for the device.
Low-calorie curd ice cream a la popsicle
What you will need:
• Low-fat cottage cheese in the form of a paste (100 grams) • Dark chocolate (half a bar) • Banana (1 fruit) • Vanilla on the tip of a knife, sweetener and peanuts to taste.
How to make homemade ice cream with cottage cheese:
1. Place cottage cheese and banana cut into pieces into a blender. Beat into a homogeneous mass.
2. Add a little aromatic vanilla, plus sweetener to taste.
3. Divide the resulting mixture into molds. After inserting each stick, place it in the freezer.
4. When the ice cream hardens, melt the dark chocolate in a water bath. Release all the delicacies from the molds - one by one, very quickly, dip into the melted glaze.
5. After letting the chocolate cool slightly, return the diet popsicle to the freezer, placing it on the spread parchment. If desired, you can sprinkle with crushed nuts.
Homemade Pistachio Protein Ice Cream
Nuts are a great addition to any ice cream. People on a diet should not completely avoid this product. After all, nuts are rich in healthy fatty acids and proteins; they are an additional source of protein.
- One and a half scoop of protein
- A glass of milk - almond or cow's
- A teaspoon of sugar substitute
- Half a cup dry roasted shelled pistachios
Recipe:
- Grind the nuts in a blender or with a sharp knife
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend thoroughly
- Place in an ice cream maker or cook using the bag method
- When the ice cream is ready, you can sprinkle a small amount of chopped pistachios on top
Low-calorie ice cream with sesame seeds
What you will need:
• Freshly squeezed lemon juice (50 milliliters) • Sesame seeds (100 grams) • Water (80 milliliters) • Liquid honey (70 grams).
Making homemade sesame ice cream:
1. Grind the sesame seeds into powder - you can use a coffee grinder, you can use a blender, but be sure to use short “jerks” to prevent the seeds from heating up and releasing oil.
2. Combine the resulting mass with the remaining ingredients. Use the blender again, stirring.
3. Distribute the sesame-honey-citrus mixture among the molds and freeze for a whole day. What is characteristic is that the sesame delicacy retains a rather soft consistency and pleases not only with an interesting taste with a modest calorie content, but also with beneficial health properties.
Enjoy your meal!
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Strawberry Protein Ice Cream
A good ingredient for making protein ice cream is strawberries. It will give the dietary treat a bright, summer taste and an appetizing pink hue.
You need to mix:
- A glass of berries – you can use fresh or frozen
- Protein powder scoop
- One glass of unsweetened almond milk
- Half a teaspoon of vanillin - optional
Place all ingredients in an ice cream maker or in a small bag, as indicated at the beginning of the article.
Cottage cheese and protein ice cream
The frozen cottage cheese treat is gaining popularity in fitness circles. The dessert turns out light, tasty and low in calories. At the same time very useful. Curd ice cream made from protein will be even more dietary. It is better to choose low-fat or low-fat cottage cheese. And the same banana is suitable as an additional ingredient. If you want to enjoy banana ice cream made from cottage cheese and protein, choose overripe fruits that have a lot of spots on the skin.
Let's start cooking:
- Cut the banana into small pieces, pour them into a bag and put them in the freezer for about 15 minutes
- Place 300 grams of cottage cheese, one and a half scoops of protein and frozen fruit pieces into a container.
- Using a blender, beat the mixture until the consistency becomes homogeneous and smooth.
- Place the resulting mixture in a plastic container, cover it with a lid and place it in the freezer for an hour.
- Then mix the mixture again with a blender
- And put it back in the freezer for another hour.
- If after this the mass freezes unevenly, beat with a blender again.
Watermelon ice cream for losing weight
What you will need:
• Natural yogurt (150 grams) • Watermelon pulp (300 grams) • Sugar / substitute to taste.
Making easy homemade watermelon ice cream:
1. Grind the watermelon pulp in any way. If you want some juicy pieces in the dessert, separate a small part, chop and set aside.
2. Add chilled yogurt to the chopped watermelon. Beat with a mixer for about five minutes. You can add powdered sugar or crystalline sugar to taste, but you should remember the increasing calorie content of the dessert.
3. If you've been putting pieces aside, now is the time to add them. Then stir everything carefully.
4. Keep the mixture in the freezer for about an hour. Take it out, mix it and return it to the frost again. Repeat after the next 40-60 minutes.
6. Place the watermelon treat into the molds. Place it back in the freezer, where delicious homemade ice cream awaits final hardening.
By analogy with watermelon, you can use any available berries - for example, raspberries, which will require about the same 300 grams per glass of yogurt.
Reviews of protein ice cream
Those who are trying such an unusual delicacy for the first time need to understand that the taste is still significantly different from ordinary ice cream.
Reviews for such a product can be found contradictory. Some are ready to enjoy such a dessert even without being on a diet, others, even on a diet, would prefer to do without “sweets” altogether than to eat protein ice cream. Those who don't like it complain about its tastelessness, some note that it looks like frozen water with a creamy taste.
It is worth noting that the presence or absence of additional ingredients, such as nuts, vanilla, cinnamon, fruits or berries, plays an important role here. You need to understand that protein ice cream is simply made from milk (cow's, and especially almond), without the use of sweeteners and spices, and will taste like frozen water. Therefore, fillers play a key role here. If “regular” ice cream is delicious without additional ingredients, then with protein ice cream you will have to use your creative culinary potential.
Ice cream O12
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Everyone knows O12 ice cream - it’s just completely protein, there are no options. In addition to milk protein, it contains vitamins A, B, D, E. But there are not very many flavors: only strawberry, cream and chocolate. The first two varieties taste very “protein” (you know), but the chocolate one is simply amazingly tasty and very similar to regular, rich Muggle ice cream.
The composition of their strawberry ice cream looks like this: whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, cream, fructose, xylitol sweetener, drinking water, stabilizers and emulsifiers, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan, Strawberry flavor base. . The creamy one differs in composition only in the last line: the flavor and aroma base there is “vanilla”, in the chocolate one it’s “chocolate”.
Per 100 g of ice cream there are 15 g of protein, 2.5 fat and 5.3 g of carbohydrates, 104 kcal. The composition contains vitamins A, B, D and E, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, iron. The manufacturer proudly assures that in terms of vitamin content and nutritional value, the product is similar to baby food.
The price of the package is about 140 rubles. You can purchase O12 online in a pack of 24 pieces for RUB 3,360.
The O12 protein ice cream was invented by entrepreneur Ilya Kuznetsov. MGIMO graduates, the Kuznetsov brothers, were engaged in the production of raw materials for baby food. In the process, they discovered an ingredient that consists of 90% precious protein - milk isolate. They quickly registered and came up with diet ice cream. Production opened in Sergiev Posad in 2014.
A production technologist was found in Russia; they spent a long time working on the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as on the taste. The basis was taken from the best in the world, from Austria. We chose natural ingredients: strawberry ice cream is made using a squeeze of natural strawberries, chocolate ice cream is made from mixed cocoa butter and cocoa powder.
Today the company is developing a fourth flavor in its line - pistachio. The plans include low-calorie sorbets.
The first investments in the company, as Kommersant writes, amounted to 10 million rubles, 7 of them from investors. The company's monthly turnover exceeds 1 million rubles. Since opening, more than 10 thousand cans of protein ice cream have been sold.
