Protein Smoothie Bowl – Spirulina vs. Collagen Protein Powder

Protein smoothie bowl is dreamy color-enhanced with healthy anti-inflammatory powder supplements like spirulina, that’s also high in protein… and that you can learn more about below. Plus, how to blend in the superfood powder to make a tasty bowl (and not just a healthy one).

Spirulina if you don’t know, is algae. It sounds like what you and I studied in school under a microscope or saw floating in a pond. I saw both in my journey.

Today it’s no longer controversial in food and as a food ingredient. It’s also no longer a hold-your-nose-to-swallow healthy food that tastes like medicine when you find the right one that’s much easier to come across and source online today.

Because I remember when I tried to source blue spirulina before 2020, and it was not online ready yet. But back then, I did buy green algae spirulina that quickly brought me back to the smells of living next to a pond and walking into a pet store, getting closer toward the fish aquarium sections.

But I blended some of the powder into my green smoothies with a bunch of pineapple to try and sweetly mask the taste.

And then one day I noticed the blue spirulina powder on the market. I had seen the powder in a bowl years earlier.

I was excited because I knew the what aqua bright colors it could make.

And so I did. Where you too can make a breakfast protein smoothie bowl into a mermaid blue…

With the concentrated spirulina powder, I added a few drops of healthy plant-based Pandan gel, that I discovered had been available for a while. It’s the vanilla extract of the east. And has an earthy taste and dark green color.

With the blue powder and green gel combined together, you get a cool blue-green aqua shade. Is it blue or is it green? That’s between your color mix and cones’ perceptions in your eyes.

And whatever the soothing end color, this has become a loved yogurt smoothie breakfast morning bowl. It’s also one of my site colors for daily inspiration.

Spirulina Protein Powder

But more than color, spirulina is also more than half protein! Between 57-70 grams in 100 grams that you can add to your grocery healthy protein list.

it’s an alternative for a protein powder if you don’t like whey (from dairy).

Or collagen powders (from animals).

Spirulina is plant-based, and has other benefits like it’s a high antioxidant potency for anti-inflammatory health. The blue-green algae colors are filled with chlorophyll, that are especially good for body immunity and detox.

Blue spirulina is great for smoothies or a protein smoothie bowl. It makes a fun healthy drink or bowl with natural colors.

Blended up with yogurt or milk white as the base medium, you get a lighter shade. It’s really an eat-from-the rainbow drink because white contains all the colors.🌈

But you can also go deep green or deep blue marine blue by blending in blueberries to blue spirulina.

And if you want to go wild purple, you can even make a deep purple color by also blending in strawberries or raspberries. Now that’s one royal bowl. 👑

And if you’re deciding which powder to add based on protein amount, here’s the skinny…

Spirulina vs. Collagen (vs. Whey) Protein

Collagen is animal protein and has 90 grams of protein per 100 grams, so it’s more than plant-based spirulina. Hydrolyzed collagen is the finer version of collagen.

In case you’re wondering, bone broth has less than 10 grams per 100 grams, since it’s diluted (vs. powder supplement). Collagen is a type of protein found in bone broth.

Fun fact: Even though you hear strong fitness people talking about and taking whey powder with weight lifting and muscle building, it’s actually 70-90 grams of protein that comes from dairy (as in separating curds and whey in the cheesemaking process). We associate milk more with babies.

And so the choice is yours… where you can even add spirulina, collagen, and whey into a protein smoothie bowl if you’re trying to rack up more protein points.

You’d never know in a pretty Tiffany blue bowl that you can dunk a spoon in.

And if you like this dreamy color and healthy idea, you’ll like this to make a healthy blue frosting  you can have for breakfast too and feel good about feeding your body! Or a berry yogurt smoothie you can make in seconds with a Magic Bullet.

You can turn a protein smoothie bowl into a smoothie by simply blending in the liquid portion of the yogurt, milk, or other liquids.