1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie

Are you allergic to nuts or simply don't want to include them in your high-calorie smoothies? Then, you'll enjoy the 1000-calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie.

This smoothie is meant to help even the most pretentious of you build muscle and increase body mass because it's both vegan and nut-free.

Why should you follow our recipe?

First of all, we are expert makers of weight gain smoothies. As a little proof, we created this smoothie by using our blueprint for creating high-calorie smoothies, a process verified by registered dietitian Iulia Serban.

Secondly, this smoothie is simple to prepare.

To help you follow the recipe, we bought the necessary ingredients, blended them, and illustrated the whole process with photos.

Smoothie's calories

The standard version of the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie has 1033 calories. If you need less or more calories from the smoothie, however, you can adjust ingredient quantities by following these guidelines:

• For 500-calorie smoothie: divide ingredient quantities by 2.
• For 1500-calorie smoothie: multiply ingredient quantities by 1.5;
• For 2000-calorie smoothie: double ingredient quantities.

With that settled, let's explore the recipe.

Equipment

To prepare the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie, you need four pieces of kitchen equipment:

• Blender
• Tablespoon
• Teaspoon
• Scoop (for protein powder)

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp (1.1 oz or 32 g) sunflower seed butter
• 1 cup (3.5 oz or 100 g) oats
• 1 large (4.8 oz or 136 g) banana
• 2 ½ tsp (0.2 oz or 6 g) raw cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp (0.8 oz or 21 g) honey
• 1 ½ scoop (1.6 oz or 45 g) rice protein powder
• 2 cup (15.9 fl oz or 470 ml) rice milk

Role of each ingredient

Each ingredient in the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie has a specific role.

Firstly, sunflower seed butter and raw cocoa powder are the ingredients that give the smoothie's prominent chocolate sunflower seed butter flavor.

Secondly, banana is the ingredient that makes the blend a smoothie. After all, the main ingredients of smoothies have to be fruits and/or vegetables.

Moreover, oats increase the total calories of the smoothie.

Furthermore, honey adds sweetness to the overall flavor of the smoothie while also leveraging calories.

When it comes to rice protein powder, it boosts the smoothie's total proteins.

Last but not least, rice milk thins out the smoothie's texture and brings additional calories.

Instructions

1. Adapt ingredients to blender size

2. Blend oats to powder

3. Add ingredients

4. Blend

5. Serve

When tasting the smoothie, you will experience a sweetened version of the sunflower seed butter's flavor combined with bitter notes of cocoa.

How to store

As a general rule, although we suggest drinking the smoothie right after blending it to have the best experience, you can safely store it in the fridge for about a day.

Nutrition facts

• Volume: 27.4 fl oz (810 ml)
• Calories: 1033
• Protein: 64 g
• Carbs: 171 g
• Fat: 31 g

Out of the 1033 calories found in the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie, 59% come from carbohydrates, 23% come from fats, and 18% from protein.

Therefore, this smoothie is a low-fat source of carbohydrates that also provides plenty of proteins, which will help you build muscle.

For more nutritional details, let's explore the contribution of each ingredient to the smoothie's overall nutrition facts.

Benefits of drinking this smoothie

Besides helping you gain weight, the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie has many other health benefits. Find out all of the smoothie's benefits below.

1. Gain weight easier

First of all, the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Smoothie can help you gain weight more easily because it's rich in calories and keeps you filled up only for a short period.

As social proof, according to the top of the best weight gain foods for females, 91% of the women who gain weight successfully drink smoothies regularly.

Increase caloric intake

The 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Smoothie increases your caloric intake because it brings 1033 calories per serving.

All of these calories will make it easier for you to achieve a daily caloric surplus, which is the optimal condition for gaining weight, according to the International Society of Sports Nutrition.^[8]

Keep your appetite

Besides increasing your total caloric intake, the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie enables you to eat more food because, unlike many solid foods, it keeps your appetite satisfied only for a short time.

As evidence, a University of Bristol study compared fruit smoothies with fresh fruits and other drinks in terms of satiety. The researchers concluded that fruit smoothies are more filling than drinks that are less alike to food (e.g., water and milk) but less filling than solid foods.^[9]

2. Increase energy levels

The 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie increases your energy levels because it's rich in carbohydrates, most of which come from the oats, the banana, and the rice milk in the smoothie's composition.

After all, according to a University of Lausanne study on the energy potential of carbs, carbohydrates are the main energy source for humans.^[10]

3. Support muscle growth

Our smoothie can help your muscles grow because it has 64 g of protein. Most of these proteins come from the rice protein powder in the smoothie's composition but the oats and the sunflower seed butter also contribute a fair share.

To contextualize, a pre-workout serving of 20 g of protein, according to a University of Birmingham trial on protein ingestion effects, is sufficient to support muscle growth.^[11]

Take into account that depending on your weight goals and current body weight, you need to eat a certain amount of proteins per day to build muscle efficiently.

4. Fortify immunity

The 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie fortifies immunity because it contains seven sources of antioxidants:

• Sunflower seed butter
• Oats
• Cocoa powder
• Bananas
• Honey
• Rice protein powder
• Rice milk

Antioxidants, according to a scientific review of antioxidants, increase health protection and disease prevention.^[12]

5. Strengthen bones

The 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie can strengthen bones because it contains 4 sources of calcium: sunflower seed butter, oats, rice protein powder, and rice milk.

The smoothie brings approximately 889 mg of calcium, which is around 89% of the daily recommended calcium intake.

Calcium has the role of hardening and strengthening our bones, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.^[13]

6. Enhance heart health

The smoothie also brings benefits to your heart because it contains five sources of potassium:

• Sunflower seed butter (184 mg)
• Banana (487 mg)
• Oats (350 mg)
• Rice protein powder (240 mg)
• Rice milk (127 mg)

As scientific proof, a review of the effects of potassium says that potassium lowers blood pressure.^[14]

7. Hydrate body

The 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie is great at hydrating your body because it's made with 470 ml of rice milk, which is 89% water.

8. Improve digestion

Our smoothie can improve digestion because it's made with three sources of fiber:

• Bananas
• Sunflower seed butter
• Oats

One of the benefits of eating fiber, as stated in a 2009 review of the health benefits of dietary fiber, is a lower risk of gastrointestinal diseases.^[15]

Recipe summary

To follow the 1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie's recipe in a compressed format, use the summary below.

1000-Calorie Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie

If you're looking for a smoothie with over 1000 calories that is both dairy-free and nut-free, the Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Smoothie is a tasty choice that will help you gain weight.

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Prep Time 3 minutes mins

Blend Time 1 minute min

Total Time 4 minutes mins

Course Smoothies

Servings 1 person

Calories 1033 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Blender
• 1 Tablespoon
• 1 Teaspoon
• 1 Scoop (for protein powder)

Ingredients

  

• 2 tbsp sunflower seed butter (1.1 oz or 32 g)
• 1 cup oats (3.5 oz or 100 g)
• 1 large banana (4.8 oz or 136 g)
• 2 ½ tsp raw cocoa powder (0.2 oz or 6 g)
• 1 tbsp honey (0.8 oz or 21 g)
• 1 ½ scoop rice protein powder (1.6 oz or 45 g)
• 2 cup rice milk (15.9 fl oz or 470 ml)

Instructions

 

• Think whether all the ingredients will fit inside your blender.

  If you use a small blender with a capacity of less than 810 ml (27.4 fl oz), break the ingredients into two or more identical portions, then follow the next instructions for each of them individually.
• Blend the 1 cup oats using your blender until they turn into powder.

  This will make your smoothie easier to drink.
  1 cup oats
  
• Add the ingredients to the blender making sure rice milk ends up at its bottom.

  If you own a blender with an ingredient recipient that installs upside down on the blender, always add 2 cup rice milk after the other ingredients. This way, the blades will work smoothly without clogging in other ingredients.
  2 tbsp sunflower seed butter, 1 large banana, 2 ½ tsp raw cocoa powder, 1 tbsp honey, 1 ½ scoop rice protein powder, 2 cup rice milk
  
• Blend the ingredients until the smoothie develops a fine texture (about 30-60 seconds).

  If you own a less powerful blender, you may need to mix the ingredients for over 1 minute. Still, to prevent overheating your blender, abide by the recommended blending duration in your blender's manual.
  
• Pour the smoothie into a glass or a shaker bottle, and serve.
  

Notes

When tasting the smoothie, you will experience a sweetened version of the sunflower seed butter's flavor combined with bitter notes of cocoa. The smoothie also has numerous health benefits.

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