Recipes
Eat it, don't endure it.
A small library of 12 kitchen-tested ways to use 1–3 g of spirulina daily. No green sludge. No grit. No miracle claims about smoothies.
Most people who quit spirulina don’t quit because of side-effects or doubts about its value. They quit because no one taught them how to actually eatit. The recipes here are the ones our community has refined over almost two decades, written for home cooks who don’t want to think about it for more than ten minutes.
Two principles run through everything below: keep the heat low (above ~70 °C the phycocyanin and B-vitamins start to degrade), and add a squeeze of citrus(vitamin C measurably improves absorption of spirulina’s non-haem iron).
Smoothies & bowls
The most reliable home for a daily 1–3 g of spirulina. Sweet fruit hides the flavour entirely.
5 minutes · 2 g (one heaped teaspoon)
The default banana-spirulina smoothie
The recipe that has hidden more spirulina than any other. Banana sweetness, frozen for body, lemon for iron uptake.
Read recipe8 minutes · 2 g
Mango-lime smoothie bowl
Thicker than a smoothie, eaten with a spoon, topped with seeds. The brightest-colored thing on this site.
Read recipe5 minutes · 1.5 g
Pineapple-coconut spirulina cooler
Tropical, almost piña-colada. The simplest sell to a sceptical family member.
Read recipe5 minutes · 2 g
Green goddess smoothie
Spinach, banana, mint, lime, spirulina. Everything green at once.
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Savoury
Pesto, hummus, dressings, pasta. Spirulina belongs in a kitchen, not just a shaker bottle.
10 minutes · 0.5 g per serving
Spirulina pesto
Basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil — and a teaspoon of spirulina for depth and colour.
Read recipe10 minutes · 0.5 g per serving
Avocado-spirulina hummus
Hummus with one ripe avocado folded in, and a teaspoon of spirulina you can't taste.
Read recipe1 hour (mostly resting) · 0.5 g per serving
Fresh handmade spirulina pasta
A green tagliatelle dough you actually make at home. The most photogenic spirulina application.
Read recipe5 minutes · 0.3 g per serving
Spirulina-tahini salad dressing
Pourable, lemony, deeply green. The everyday way to eat your spirulina without thinking about it.
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Raw & no-heat
No cooking, no heat damage, full nutrient retention. Energy balls, bars, and bites.
20 minutes · 1 g per ball
Chocolate-date spirulina energy balls
The travel snack of choice for anyone who refuses to skip their daily spirulina on a long flight.
Read recipe10 minutes · 1 g per ball
Spirulina-coconut snowballs
Three ingredients, no equipment beyond a bowl, ready in five minutes.
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Drinks
Lemonades, lattes, and cold tonics that pair spirulina with whatever you already drink.
One new recipe every fortnight
Subscribers get one tested recipe every two weeks, with the why behind the pairing — alongside the rest of the digest.