If you’re looking for some interesting and tasty ways to add red maca powder to your diet, you’re in the right place. In this article we share the top red maca recipes that our customers have sent us over the years. By the way, maca is 100% gluten free and so are all the recipes we share here.
Although red maca powder is the sweetest tasting of all maca colors, some people simply don’t enjoy the taste of maca – no matter the color. Often, these people will purchase maca capsules or liquid maca extracts instead of powders. But maca powders do offer several advantages. The following recipes will give you a way to use these powders effectively.
In addition, putting red maca into recipes is an excellent way to share the energy boosting benefits of this caffeine free, nutrient dense food with the people you care about (without them necessarily even knowing).
Incorporating maca into your diet is easy when adding maca powder to smoothies or other recipes. The most common way to purchase and enjoy maca is in powder form. It’s the most economical because of less labor and materials needed in comparison to capsules and extracts and it’s the easiest to use in recipes.
One note: in order to get the most out of adding maca to your diet, we recommend choosing the freshest maca possible. In our experience, that’s often not available in health food stores since maca can sit around on store shelves for many months. We suggest instead purchasing maca online from a company that cares about freshness (ex. The Maca Team).
Ingredients:
Instructions: Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Place ingredients in a small sauce pan and slowly warm to temperature desired.
Preparation: Combine banana, vanilla and milk in high speed blender, blend on highest speed to a smooth liquid. In mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and maca. Pour banana milk into dry ingredients, whisk until just combined. Using 1/4 cup scoop, form pancakes onto prepared (buttered, sprayed) griddle over low heat. Pancakes will not bubble, will easily come up to turn after about one minute. Flip and cook another half minute or so, until cooked through. Serve with sliced banana and maple syrup.
A big thanks to Paula Miller from Whole Intentions for writing and sharing this recipe with us! Here’s what she writes: “I can’t tell you guys how excited I am about today’s recipe. I love maca, I love cinnamon, and I love chocolate. What better way to bring them together than in a health-boosting, super-food, post-workout treat?”
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a high-powered blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into tall glass and enjoy.
This recipe is a great way to get two of our favorite superfoods into your diet, maca and Chia. It comes to us from Rebecca Forstadt-Olkowski over at Baby Boomster. Thank you Rebecca!
Ingredients
Directions: Add all ingredients to a blender. Turn on the blender for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
A big thanks to Paula Miller from Whole Intentions for writing and sharing this recipe with us! It’s a great way to introduce anyone to the health benefits associated with using maca products.
Directions: Combine sourdough starter, yogurt, coconut oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Add flour, oatmeal, rapadura, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, red maca, vanilla and almond extracts, and salt and mix well. Cover the bowl and let sit in the fridge for 24 hours.
When you're ready to bake, take the muffin dough out of the fridge and let come to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray muffin pans with coconut oil. Mix in the baking soda, frozen blueberries, and stevia. Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool for about five minutes, then remove carefully from muffin pan and let cool on a cooling rack.
A big thanks to Melissa of My Whole Food Life for inventing and sharing this amazing recipe on her blog! This is a great way for plant based eaters to enjoy an uber-healthy and protein rich snack on the go.
Instructions: In a food processor, grind the almonds into a course consistency. Add them to a bowl with the sunflower seeds, maca powder, flax meal, pepitas, chia seeds and salt. In a saucepan, combine the maple syrup, almond butter and coconut oil. Mix until all are well combined. Add it to the bowl with the dried ingredients. Tear a sheet of parchment slightly bigger than an 8X8 pan. Line an 8X8 pan with the paper. Spread in the mixture and pack down tight . Place in the fridge to set. About 1 hour.
We hope that you’ve enjoyed these red maca recipes and we hope that they help lead you toward healthy hormonal balance and an overall healthy, active and productive lifestyle. You can see more great maca recipes here.
Next up – Visit our Red Maca Shop.
Thanks, and enjoy the day!
P.S. Visit our red maca benefits page too!
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I've tried various maca brands over the last 20 years and The Maca Team brand is very special. There is definitely a difference when it comes to the quality and colors of the maca. This red maca does seem to nourish certain parts of my body while the black maca nourishes something else. I know I've been missing the nutrition these maca provide. I'm 75 years old and bodies wear out, but I'm finding I'm regaining a functioning body. How wonderful is this?!?!!!
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