Category Archives: Protein Meals

Christmas Treats Using Protein Powder

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Christmas can often mean a blow out on your diet and training. But with these delicious protein packed Christmas treats using protein powder, you can stay on track!

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Christmas Cookies

Power packed Christmas cookies are a fun way to have a treat, but also boost your protein intake for working out. Add your favourite flavour protein powder to the dry ingredients of your cookies for a power boost.

A top tip is to use no icing, or minimal icing to limit your sugar intake. You can also create a delicious icing alternative by just spreading peanut butter on top – peanut butter and chocolate cookies anyone? Yum!

Cinnamon & Banana Porridge or Overnight Oats

Nothing makes you think of Christmas like cinnamon! Add our banana flavoured protein powder and a dash of cinnamon to make your porridge or overnight oats truly festive!

Our maple syrup flavoured ready-porridge is pretty awesome too.

Chocolate Christmas Cravings

Craving chocolate, but not wanting to derail your training too much? If you’re maintaining your gym workouts over the holidays, but want a sweet treat; try our chocolate chip flapjacks or chocolate cookie flavoured GoLean protein powder.

Easy Meal Planning Tips with GoProtein

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The key to keeping to a balanced diet is meal planning. And when you are interested in training and bodybuilding, it’s even more important that you plan your meals, so that you can stay on track with your muscle mass building!

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Meal Planning Tips

Plan your timings

Your body will learn your eating routine, so it’s important to eat at a similar time each day. So as to avoid getting hungry at inconvenient times and snacking on junk. Eat small meals at regular intervals to maximise your energy and avoid filling up unnecessarily.

Prepare ahead

Preparation is key to successful and healthy meal planning. Pick our your recipes for the week and prepare as much as possible in advance. If you take a packed lunch, you can usually prepare these in advance.

Items such as chicken and lentil salads can be prepared in advance, and you can just add them to salad leaves and leftover steamed vegetables from the night before. It makes a healthy and satisfying lunch.

Change up the menu items so you don’t get bored

There’s nothing worse than flavour fatigue after a few days of the same food. And when you’re training or bodybuilding, you need to eat a lot of volume to give you body what it needs to train.

Try changing out the lean protein each day for some variety. Choose herbs and spices that jazz up your meals. Paprika chicken one day, pesto salmon the next, garlic soy beef the next and so-on.

Add a protein powder shake for supplemental boost

Getting enough quality calories can be hard, so supplement your balanced diet with protein shakes. They are easy to make and come in lots of flavours, so you will never get bored.

Take a look around our shop for inspiration and start planning your meals today!

Fun Ways to Use Protein Powder

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Looking for ways to sneak whey protein powder into your food to get that boost you need for your next workout? Here are some fun ways to use protein powder throughout the day:

Some fun ways to use protein powder:

Use Flavoured protein powders in your coffee as a creamer

If you’ve ever been to the United States, you’ll be familiar with their use of ‘creamer’ – a liquid or powdered milk substitute, which is often flavoured for fun. Did you know you can use flavoured protein powders in the same way?

This simple and effective way to add protein powder into your diet, also leads to some delicious results! Our favourite? Adding the chocolate hazelnut or french vanilla flavoured Muscle Power All-in-One powder to our morning coffee. This tip is especially useful if you tend to skip breakfast!

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Chocolate protein cookies

If you have a sweet tooth, then this tip is for you. Add 2 servings of Belgian Chocolate Bodybuilding Protein, or the Chocolate Orange Diet Whey Slimming Protein to the dry ingredients in your cookie recipes to boost your protein intake in the most delicious way!

Chia is Champion!

Have you tried chia seeds yet? They are a great addition to salads and offer a good natural protein boost. You can also make a chia pudding in the fridge overnight (a bit like overnight oats) and add your favourite flavour of protein powder to supercharge your breakfast!

We love the tutti frutti flavour Muscle Power All-in-One protein powder in our chia pudding – YUM!

The Importance of Breakfast to Bodybuilders

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The importance of breakfast has been extolled for years. And while thinking has evolved to diversify this for different body types and exercise levels, breakfast remains important especially for bodybuilders.

Why is breakfast important for bodybuilders?

That’s simple – fuel is needed for the intense workouts and muscle usage of bodybuilders. And if, like many, you want to get your workout done at the beginning of the day, breakfast is pivotal. Without the necessary protein and nutrients provided by breakfast, your muscles will fatigue and you will not be able to work towards bodybuilding levels.

How to make breakfast exciting

So, you know it’s important to have breakfast if you want to workout in the mornings, but how do you keep it exciting? Variety really is the spice of life. Try our sassy smoothie recipes, overnight oats, or try one of these 3 easy ways to add protein powder to meals for an added boost!

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A Protein Powder Boost to Your Breakfast

When you start your bodybuilding journey, it is likely that you will learn to know your protein, and how it helps build muscle. Protein shakes can really help to boost your protein intake at breakfast time – especially if you are running short on time, or simply can’t get enough protein into your breakfast foods.

Read our tips on when to use protein powders for the best impact!

Fun Protein Boosts for Body Builders

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Eating as much protein as is needed for body building can get a little boring, so here are some fun protein boosts to add in those amino acids, creatine and protein isolates that your body needs.

Add protein powder in your breakfasts

Alongside our protein porridge, there are lots of ways to use protein powder in breakfasts to boost your morning. Try our favourite protein powder overnight oats, or these fun smoothie recipes.

Give your body a protein boost after your workout

It’s important to ensure your body has enough energy to burn straight after your workout. Give your body the fuel it needs within 30 minutes of your workout for maximum impact. Learn more about when to take your protein shakes.

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Seeds and nuts and salad extras

Add these five protein-rich nuts and seeds to your salads and meals to boost your protein intake. Chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, walnuts and flax seeds are super loaded with goodness and protein.

The texture of the nuts and seeds adds some interest to your meals too.

Protein Powder Overnight Oats Recipe

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Time to take your breakfasts to a whole new level. Here we share our favourite recipe for overnight oats with protein powder; for a delicious and protein packed start to your day!

Overnight Oats with Protein Powder

Ingredients

  • 1 scoop of Chocolate Hazelnut or Chocolate Mint Mega Go MaXpro Lean Protein powder
  • 400ml of water or 500ml of milk / almond milk
  • 1.5 cups of rolled oats
  • 2 tablespoons of agave or maple syrup
  • 1-2 tablespoons of chia seeds
  • A sprinkle of cinnamon or ground ginger if you fancy it
  • Red berries of your choice

Instructions

  1. Mix together your protein powder and liquid – shake in one of our Goprotein shakers until completely mixed
  2. Put the remainder of your ingredients into a bowl and mix together with wet ingredients until combined
  3. Layer the oats and red berries into a mason jar or glass and place (covered) into the fridge overnight

Our favourite protein powder overnight oats

The chia seeds add a delightful texture to the mushy oats, and the red berries compliment the rich chocolate powder flavour.

Any of the Goprotein flavours would work in overnight oats. From Tropical Banana to Strawberry Delight – there is a flavour for you! You can even add natural yoghurt when you serve it, to add even more protein.

Our overnight oats with added protein powder will give you an excellent boost in the morning before a workout or busy day at work. And with all the flavour options from Goprotein you’ll never get bored.

3 Ways to Use Protein Powder in Meals

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If boosting your protein intake is your goal, here are 5 easy ways to use protein powder in meals to increase your daily consumption.

Add flavoured whey protein to yoghurt

Most health conscious people have yoghurt in their fridge, and adding a flavoured protein powder is a great way to save money on yoghurt flavourings; but also add a boost of protein to start your morning.

Try our Strawberry Delight flavoured GoPro Whey Bodybuilding Protein to plain yoghurt for a delicious morning treat.

Fruit salad sprinkles

Did you know that you can sprinkle protein powder on fruit salad for a healthy breakfast or dessert option? You don’t want to use too much, as the texture can be off-putting. But a small sprinkle is a great case of ‘every little bit helps’.

Try our tutti frutti blend of Muscle Power All-in-One on your next fruit salad.

Pancakes

Pancakes are probably the easiest and most delicious way to include protein powder in your meals. With no detracting from the texture of the pancake, flavoured protein powders actually enhance any pancake recipe.

Try the Chocolate Cookies flavour Mega Go MaXpro Lean Protein powder in your next batch of pancakes – you won’t be sorry!

If you get really adventurous, you can even try using protein powder in salad dressings! Try these fun snazzy protein shake recipes for something different too.

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Start Your Day with High Protein Porridge

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Finding the time to protein-load can be hard, especially for those with busy schedules. While our range of protein powders can keep you fuelled on the go, sometimes you want something heartier. Try our High Protein Porridge – just add hot water for a delicious high protein breakfast!

Start your day the right way

With 25g of pure protein, our High Protein Porridge provides the perfect boost for those morning workouts.

With delicious flavours too (Maple Syrup or Strawberry Apple), you don’t have to skimp of taste and satisfaction

The importance of breakfast

Everyone knows that starting the day out with a good breakfast is a good idea. And especially when you add working out and weight training into the mix.

Try our range of Whey Protein powders – great flavours at a good price!

High Protein Porridge from GoProtein