How To Use Maca Powder: 11 Easy Recipes And Benefits To Know

These maca powder recipes make the most delicious vitamin and mineral boosts to your everyday diet.

Dubbed ‘the superfood of the Andes’, the nutritional powerhouse, maca, seems to be everywhere. But in case you hadn’t heard of it yet, maca powder is made from a small South American root vegetable (the maca plant – funnily enough), that’s been used for medicinal purposes in Peru for thousands of years. Take a look through our favourite maca powder recipes.

Maca powder is brimming with vitamins and minerals like vitamin C, vitamin B6, calcium, copper, riboflavin and iron, (which help to reduce tiredness and fatigue, and maintain a healthy immune system and healthy bones), and works great in your daily shakes and smoothies, too.

1. Maca Energy Bars

Great for breakfast or after your workout and absolutely bursting with nutrients, this maca bar recipe makes the perfect everyday healthy snack. Simply blend the ingredients and set!

Recipe here.

 2. Malty Maca Protein Milkshake

Ingredients

• 5g Maca Powder
• 1 Scoop Vanilla Impact Whey Protein
• 15g Walnut halves
• 150g frozen banana
• 180ml almond milk
• 5g Cacao Powder (optional)
• Ice

Method

1. Simply blend all the ingredients in a blender and serve with extra ice.

Kcal:488 cal    Protein: 30g    Carbs: 56g    Fat: 16g

3. Vegan Maca Protein Pancakes

Our favourite vegan blogger, Stefanie Moir, AKA Naturally Stefanie, makes us her fluffiest vegan protein pancakes yet.

4. 3-Ingredient Maca Chocolate Bark

The delicious and distinctively malty flavour of maca works perfectly with chocolate, making this nutrient-packed chocolate bark one of our favourite maca powder recipes.

5. Chocolate Malt Shake

Ingredients

1 Scoop Chocolate Impact Whey Protein or Chocolate Smooth Vegan Blend 300ml milk (of choice) 5g Maca Powder 5g Cacao Powder 80g strawberries 100g frozen banana 5ml honey Ice

Method

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.

Kcal: 328    Protein: 26g    Carbs: 47g    Fat: 4g

6.  Maca & Blueberry Overnight Oats

Makes: 2 portions

Ingredients

• 5g Maca powder
• 10g Chia Seeds
• 80g rolled oats
• 120ml skimmed milk
• 65g Greek yoghurt
• 5g Maple Sugar-Free Syrup
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract or Vanilla Flavdrops
• 80g Blueberries

Method

1. Place all the ingredients except the blueberries in a mason jar or bowl, and stir until well-distributed.

2. Cover or refrigerate for at least 2 hours or preferably overnight, then top with the berries when ready to serve.

Kcal: 246    Protein: 11.5g    Carbs: 41g    Fat: 4g

7. Strawberry & Maca Breakfast Bars

Ingredients

• 40g Maca Powder
• 70g Cacao Powder
• 300g Almonds
• 75g Omega Seed Mix
• 300g soft pitted dates
• 50g strawberries
• Pinch salt
• 15ml honey

Method

1. Blend together the dates, nuts, salt, seeds, strawberries, maca and cacao powder in a blender until the texture until nearly smooth.

2. Add the honey and blend for a few seconds, then add a tablespoon of water and blend some more just so you are left with a dough-like consistency.

3. Line a baking tray with clingfilm and scrape this mixture into it. Press it down firmly and refrigerate to set for about an hour, then cut into 8 slices and serve.

Kcal: 457    Protein: 14g    Carbs: 44g    Fat: 25g

8. Apple, Maca & Chia Seed Pudding

Ingredients

• 5g Maca Powder
• 30g Chia Seeds
• 250ml almond milk
• 90g apple (chopped into small cubes)
• 20g rolled oats
• 5g cinnamon
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Method

1. Add the milk, chia seeds, oats, apple, cinnamon, maca powder and vanilla to a bowl and mix well.

2. Stir and place into the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Kcal: 293    Protein: 9g    Carbs: 35g    Fat: 13g

9. Chocolate Malt & Chia Seed Pudding

Ingredients

• 5g Cacao Powder
• 5g Maca powder
• 30g Walnut halves
• 250ml almond milk
• 30g Chia Seeds
• Handful mixed berries

Method

1. Mix together the cacao powder, milk, maca powder and chia seeds in a bowl.

2. Refrigerate for at least an hour, then when ready to serve, top with the almonds and berries

Kcal: 556    Protein: 17g    Carbs: 32g    Fat: 40g

10. Maca Banana Pancakes

Feeling like your pancakes aren’t giving you enough back? Add a spoonful of maca to spruce up your stack’s vitamin C content with a rich, malty flavour to die for.

11. Vegan Maca Protein Flapjacks

These vegan flapjacks are high in protein and healthy carbs – perfect for straight after a workout or when you need a guilt-free sweet treat.

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