Spirulina - mixing options

Was going to try some Spirulina for a bit as a supplement.

What is the best liquid to mix it in ? I’m not much of a daily smoothie person which seems like the general go to. Juice ?

I was thinking about mixing it in with my morning oatmeal but green oatmeal does not sound good. Green eggs and ham ? Ha ha

What are good options?

I think you can buy it in capsules or tablet form, no? Then you wouldn’t have to mix it?

I’ve been using spirulina for the last couple months. Although it turns everything (and I mean literally everything!) green, I have found that with other flavours you don’t end up with too weird of a taste. So adding it to oatmeal might be okay if you have flavoured it with other spices (eg. cinnamon). I typically add a couple tablespoons to my instant pot when I cook up lentils/beans, and find the other flavours typically mask it (although it comes out green for sure…).

My bag of it says to just add it to water, but I can’t imagine taking it straight like that… putting it in some strong flavoured juice might work well (but be prepared for it to be green for sure).

i used the frozen little “fresh” blocks of spirulina from SP2 for a while. i think if there is a benefit to it, its a latent one you wont ever see or feel, at least in my experience. i read a lot of stuff online about people having AMAZING results using it… not something i ever noticed.

i would toss a little block in my daily random veggie / fruit smoothie and i couldnt taste it at all, the flavor was masked really well.

I’ve had a different experience than other posters above. I think it tastes horrible. Just a little bit ends up making a large smoothie barely tolerable for me.

I switched from the powder form to the tablet form and that’s much better. I don’t really taste it or smell it at all.

I don’t notice a difference when I do or don’t take it, so I don’t really use it anymore

I’m with you on this. I tried the powder a few years ago and gave up as I couldn’t get past the taste. I think what was worse was the smell - it was bad enough that before I would drink the smoothie the smell gave me the anticipation that it would taste horrible

Definitely agree re:smell. Just opening the bag is pretty rough. Its just such a good way to add protein.

Another option for extra protein on stuff is nutritional yeast too. Similar in taste to fake cheddar cheese!

Cold Apple juice was my go to in the period when my wife was I to superfoods :slight_smile:
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Try Nutrex brand from Hawaii. My fave and actually tastes ok.