The Nutty Protein Shake by Joe & the Juice recipe

This is my version of The Nutty. I don’t know Joe & the Juice's exact recipe but one serving contains 28g of protein so that’s been my loose guide.

Joe & the Juice’s ingredients (quantities included where known):

• Almond butter
• Maca powder (1 teaspoon)
• Banana (3 chunks)
• Date purée (1 scoop)
• Collagen and whey protein powder (vanilla flavoured, 2 scoops)
• Sproud m*lk
• Ice

I tweak the recipe, using:

• Unflavoured pea protein instead of collagen/whey
• Whole dates instead of date purée (I've included instructions for the purée below)
• 1 small banana instead of 3 chunks

Nut butters

A kilo of almond butter costs around £15 on Ocado (Pip and Nut — lovely stuff). The price made me wince but a single Nutty costs just shy of a tenner so it’s a no-brainer. One kilo of almond butter will make 20 Nuttys (75p per serving).

Peanut butter is a good alternative. It contains less protein but is half the price.

Sweetness

The riper your banana, the fewer dates you’ll need. One brown-spotted banana plus 2 dates tastes sweet to me, but I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. Tweak to suit your palate.

The taste

We don’t have a Joe & the Juice near us so I can’t do a side-by-side taste test. The version I made using Sproud prompted Col to say: “this tastes like the one we had in London”. 

It's a delicious protein shake with subtle almond and vanilla flavours. High quality almond butter is key. If your shake is lacking something, and more dates aren’t helping, switch up your almond butter or add a pinch of salt.