Beyond Smoothies: Creative Superflora Recipes You’ll Love
AKA - Weird and wonderful ways to enjoy Superflora.
This week’s blog is a bit different. We’ve compiled a collection of creative ways to enjoy Superflora that you may not have thought of. All come with recommendations. Some are our absolute favorites that we prepare on weekends when we have a bit more time than it takes to whip up a smoothie or a quick shot of Daily Gut Health Boost. Most, however, are new ideas gathered from the Superflora community – our loyal customers, stockists and dietitian affiliates.
Shake up your shake
1. Mixed through lactose-free or coconut yoghurt
This is great for breakfast or a protein-rich pudding. It is also an excellent way to slowly build up your fibre. Simply add a tablespoon of Superflora shake (any flavour) and build up over a few days. Top with some berries, or a little granola. Delicious!
Thanks Pip for the recommendation.
It’s important though to have a large glass of water alongside your Superflora and yoghurt. The soluble fibre in the shakes (from the psyllium, chia seeds and PHGG) soaks up water to make a soft gel, but it needs water to do this.
2. Smoothie bowl
A smoothie bowl is a good option as we move into Summer. Our friend Sara (The Mindful Peanut) is the queen of smoothie bowls. Here’s one with coconut yoghurt, protein powder and dragonfruit powder to give a powerful pink colour. Dragonfruit isn’t easy to get hold of, so here’s an easier berry-based option:.
Try blending:
¼ cup of raspberries
½ cup of frozen blueberries
a drizzle of lactose-free milk to get the blades moving
50g Vanilla or Strawberry Superflora
3 ice cubes - you will need a powerful blender to blitz through the ice-cubes - but they help to thicken the mix
Optional toppings
A drizzle of peanut butter, a sprinkle of muesli, 1 tsp of chia seeds, sliced kiwi fruit or some fresh berries.
Again, serve with a big glass of water.
3. Choc-dipped protein balls
This is the Superflora recipe that is most requested from friends, families, and our pharmacy stockists when we are doing in store events.
It is more of a chocolate truffle than a protein ball. It is a great option when you want a low FODMAP dessert to a party that you can enjoy too!
The recipe is here.
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4. Chocolate Protein Porridge
This is one of my favourite weekend breakfasts. During the week, I have my Superflora shake in a smoothie with berries; at the weekend I like to mix things up.
The recipe is available here.
My top tip is to stir the Superflora through at the end. The probiotics in Superflora are heat stable, but if you add the Superflora at the start of cooking the porridge gets too thick.
5. Stir it through your favourite breakfast
We’ve had a number of customers, including John and Rebecca, tell us that they like to stir French Bean Vanilla Superflora through their overnight oats. It’s a great way to add extra protein.
And Brenda and Susan like to stir Superflora protein powder through their chia puddings,
In fact, Susan goes a step further and sprinkles it on her cereal and uses it in baking too.
6. Mixing the flavours
We have many Superflorians who love our Neapolitan combo because it allows them to vary their shake flavours across the week, but we have others who like to mix the Superflora protein powders to find the perfect blend. Kate enjoys half Rich Cocoa Chocolate Superflora and half French Bean Vanilla in her shakes, whilst Janette likes to combine all three, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry.
Katrina adds a tablespoon of the Dark Hot Chocolate mix to her Chocolate shakes to make them extra chocolatey.
7. Waffles and pancakes
Geordie from Genomic Wellness, our stockist in Jurien Bay, enjoys Superflora in many different ways, including in high protein waffles.
Simply swap out 30g of your gluten-free flour for Superflora protein powder. Geordie’s recipe uses almond meal instead of flour:
1 egg
¼ cup of almond meal
¼ tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
8. Blitz with coconut water or apple juice
Ok, so these two options aren’t low FODMAP, but work well if you have coeliac disease. Emily enjoys the shakes with coconut water, and Gayle likes them blitzed with apple juice and ice.
9. Ice-cream
Low FODMAP ice-cream can be tricky to find. Low FODMAP and vegan ice-cream is just about impossible – so why not make your own.
Here is our recipe for peanut and caramel ice-cream bars.
The probiotics in Superflora are not only heat stable, they can also be frozen and still retain their gut health benefits.
If you prefer your frozen treats more fruity, try Saskia’s recipe for frozen choc and berry bites. Blitz Rich Cocoa Chocolate Superflora with frozen berries, then stir through some desiccated coconut and freeze.
Boost your Boost
1. Icy poles
Here is another frozen option to add to the menu as the hot weather begins to roll in.
Simply mix up a couple of batches of Boost (the ratio is 10g (2 desert spoons of Boost) to ½ a cup of water) and freeze in icy pole molds
2. Add some sparkle
We like the Daily Gut Health Boosts made with chilled water and usually just use simple tap water, but one of our customers prefers sparkling. Hello Ara!
3. Dilute and sip throughout the day
We prefer the Boost prepared as a concentrated gut health shot to make the most of the vibrant fruit flavours. If you struggle with constipation, it is a good idea to follow with a big glass or water to make the most of the soluble fibre.
However, some of our community, including Keith, prefer to add it to their water bottle for a subtle flavour that keeps them sipping throughout the day.
4. Travel Companion
This one is a recipe for happy travels rather than a new flavour combo. Amanda Bryce, pharmacist at Gerald Burns Pharmacy one of our stockists swears by the Tropical+ Daily Gut Health Boost when she travels to keep her regular. We have had quite a few reviewers including Caroline and Kerry say the same thing.
Decadent Hot Chocolates
Mocha magic
One of our hot chocolate customers who prefers to remain anonymous likes to add the Dark Hot Chocolate to her morning coffee to create a Mocha treat.
2. Delicious puddings
Much like the shakes, you can also mix the hot chocolates through lactose-free yoghurt, coconut yoghurt or chia puddings to make delicious chocolate desserts.
Again up your water content along with your fibre.
3. Milkshake
I had an enquiry from one of our affiliate dietitians about whether the gut-friendly hot chocolates would also work in cold milk.
The dark chocolate mix contains dark chocolate callets which won’t dissolve in cold milk, so that is obviously a no…. BUT experimenting with the raspberry mix produced something fabulous.
Stirring doesn’t work, the mix goes Milo-style gluggy, but if you whisk the raspberry hot chocolate mix into cold lactose-free milk it makes an absolutely delicious sophisticated milk shake.
4. A very special treat
Ok, we aren’t going to pretend this one is good for gut health, but we have had a comment on one of our posts from a customer who enjoys the Dark Hot Chocolate after dinner with a shot of liqueur and honestly that does sound really lovely for a special treat!
What about you?
Please let us know your favourite way to enjoy Superflora. Post a photo on your socials and tag us @noisyguts or email us at flora@noisyguts.net for a chance to win a 500g pack of French Bean Vanilla Superflora, a 500g pack of Rich Cocoa Chocolate, a Tropical+ Daily Gut Health Boost and a pack of Gut-friendly Dark Hot Chocolate. Winner announced in next week’s e-newsletter (30 October 2024).
Blog written by: Noisy Guts co-founder Dr Mary Webberley with the help of many of the Superflora community. Mary has a background in biology, with two degrees from the University of Cambridge and post-doctoral research experience. Her favourite Superflora recipe is a Chunky Monkey Smoothie with 1/3 banana, a little coffee, lactose-free milk and Rich Cocoa Chocolate Superflora and a tsp of peanut butter.