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Homemade seed protein: the full recipe
Paying for the big tub again? In the video, Grandma builds her everyday boost with six things from the store. Here is the recipe with exact amounts: what each ingredient brings, how to blend it without turning it into butter, how long it keeps — and the honest math on how much protein it really adds.
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📅 Published on October 28, 2026 · A 1-minute video · Full transcript included
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Ingredients (equal parts — one 3-cup batch)
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds — protein and zinc.
- ½ cup hemp hearts — the most complete of the seeds.
- ½ cup flaxseed — fiber and omega-3; it gets ground in the mix, because whole it barely gets used.
- ½ cup chia seeds — filling fiber.
- ½ cup almonds — protein and vitamin E.
- ½ cup bitter cacao powder — all the flavor, without the sugar of flavored powders.
The house measure is equal parts: for a smaller batch use a quarter cup of each; for a big family, a cup of each. What doesn't change is the proportion.
Step by step
- Put all six ingredients in the blender.
- Blend in short pulses, stopping between each, until you get a coarse powder. Go too far and the seeds release their oil and it turns into butter — that's why pulses.
- Move it into a clean jar, seal it well and keep it somewhere cool.
- It keeps for weeks. Grandma sticks a label on the jar: "HECHO EN CASA" — homemade.
How to use it
Two spoonfuls in your yogurt or your oatmeal, every day. It also goes well in a fruit smoothie or sprinkled over a salad.
The honest math
Two spoonfuls give you four to five extra grams of protein, plus fiber. Plainly said: this is not a 24-gram shake, and it doesn't pretend to be. If your doctor asked you for 24 grams, that's the shake. This is something else: your daily boost — affordable, made by you, adding up every day on top of what you already eat.
The caring note
These are common kitchen ingredients in food-size portions. Even so: if you have kidney disease or take medication, ask your doctor before changing your diet — protein goals are set person by person, and they know your full picture.
Frequently asked questions
Why blend in pulses instead of all at once?
Because seeds and almonds release their oil with heat and continuous spinning: the mix becomes butter instead of powder. Short pulses, with pauses, give you a coarse powder that stirs easily into yogurt or oatmeal.
Should the flaxseed be bought ground or whole?
Whichever you have: in this recipe it gets ground inside the mix. Grandma's point is that whole flaxseed, unground, passes through barely used — that's why here it always goes in ground.
Can I leave out the cacao if I don't like it?
Yes: the mix works with five. The cacao is there for flavor — it's what makes the boost taste like a treat instead of a chore — but the recipe is yours.
Does this replace my protein shake?
No, and the video says it straight: two spoonfuls add four to five grams, not twenty-four. It's a daily boost on top of your food, not a substitute for a goal your doctor set.
Full video transcript (Spanish)
¿Otra vez pagando el bote grandote? Ven, te enseño lo que sí puedes hacer en casa.
Mira: semilla de calabaza, proteína y zinc. Corazones de cáñamo, la más completa de las semillas. Linaza molida, fibra y omega tres — molida, porque entera casi no se aprovecha. Chía, fibra que sacia. Almendras, proteína y vitamina E. Y cacao amargo: todo el sabor, sin el azúcar de los polvos de sabores.
Dos cucharadas en tu yogur o tu avena te dan de cuatro a cinco gramos extra, más fibra. Si tu doctor te pidió veinticuatro, eso es el batido: esto es tu refuerzo diario, barato y tuyo.
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