Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 13:17     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
Hemp milk you drink may have sweeteners. If you sub hemp hearts and don’t love it, try adding a bit of agave
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 09:37     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I use hemp hearts in smoothies for my DD all the time. But I use soy milk instead of water. She is a vegetarian and a picky eater so I'm always looking for ways to up her protein, fat, and iron intakes.


OP here,

I also have a vegetarian daughter and a picky daughter, although in my case they are 2 different daughters.

I picked hemp milk over soy, because I feel like my vegetarian daughter needs to increase iron, more than she needs to increase protein (based on the rest of her diet, not saying this is true of everyone's vegetarian daughter) and because she's getting lots of soy protein at other parts of her day. Plus, the omega 3's in hemp.

Also, homemade hemp milk is low in calcium, and calcium reduces iron absorption. So my goal is to make a smoothie with iron, and vitamin C, and serve it with other iron rich foods for breakfast, and then concentrate on calcium during the rest of the day.

Not saying any of this applies to you, just what I decided when I looked at my kids' diet. My picky kid eats a ton of dairy, so not having calcium at breakfast doesn't concern me.


I don't think this hard about it TBH. DD wasn't gaining weight fast enough for her pediatrician so we started using more high calorie foods and adding protein and fat where we could. I throw hemp hearts into a bunch of stuff. They actually work best in baked goods because you can mix them in with the dry ingredients and their mildly nutty flavor blends in very well with a lot of breads and muffins.

DD likes soy milk as the liquid in smoothies because it's the right level of sweetness for her. We've done all the options though: water, cows milk, pea-based milk, soy milk, oat milk. Sometimes I just use whatever we have on hand.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 09:33     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
Anonymous wrote:I use hemp hearts in smoothies for my DD all the time. But I use soy milk instead of water. She is a vegetarian and a picky eater so I'm always looking for ways to up her protein, fat, and iron intakes.


OP here,

I also have a vegetarian daughter and a picky daughter, although in my case they are 2 different daughters.

I picked hemp milk over soy, because I feel like my vegetarian daughter needs to increase iron, more than she needs to increase protein (based on the rest of her diet, not saying this is true of everyone's vegetarian daughter) and because she's getting lots of soy protein at other parts of her day. Plus, the omega 3's in hemp.

Also, homemade hemp milk is low in calcium, and calcium reduces iron absorption. So my goal is to make a smoothie with iron, and vitamin C, and serve it with other iron rich foods for breakfast, and then concentrate on calcium during the rest of the day.

Not saying any of this applies to you, just what I decided when I looked at my kids' diet. My picky kid eats a ton of dairy, so not having calcium at breakfast doesn't concern me.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 09:19     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
Anonymous wrote:It’s a good way to gain weight,and I’ve used it in smoothies. It will make it thicker.


Did it work to just add seeds and water?

I know I want to use hemp, I just want to know how it will impact the taste and consistency of I switch from hemp milk to just throwing in the hearts and some water.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 09:19     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
I use hemp hearts in smoothies for my DD all the time. But I use soy milk instead of water. She is a vegetarian and a picky eater so I'm always looking for ways to up her protein, fat, and iron intakes.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 09:15     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
It’s a good way to gain weight,and I’ve used it in smoothies. It will make it thicker.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 08:18     Subject: Hemp in smoothies?
I have been using a cup of hemp milk in my smoothie. But I recently learned that you can make hemp milk by blending hemp hearts and water. 2 tablespoons of hemp hearts to one cup of water.

Could I just put put 2 tablespoons of hemp hearts and a cup of water in my smoothie? Would that yield the same results? Any reason not to do this?