9 Creative Ways to Add Collagen to Your Diet

If you’re looking for creative ways to add collagen to your diet, I’m here to help! We have all heard about adding collagen powder to our morning coffee, or adding it into smoothies, but I have a few more fun ways to add into your every day diet.

Collagen provides a whole host of health benefits, including for hair, skin, and nail health. As well as providing key amino acids for muscle repair, joint health, and even support for your gut lining.

While the body creates its own collagen from protein-based food sources, collagen supplements provide a special form known as hydrolyzed collagen. This type of collagen has been broken down into peptides that may be easier to absorb than those in regular foods. This is why collagen supplements have become a go-to in many people’s daily routines, and not to mention they are convenient.

You can easily add it to your hot coffee or smoothies every day, but I’ve got a few more ways that you can add it into other meals, and you won’t be able to taste it or even know it’s there!

Oatmeal

You can easily stir a scoop of collagen powder into your hot oatmeal after it cooks, or include it in your overnight oats jar when you shake it up to prepare it. This will add protein to an otherwise carb heavy meal.

Pancakes

Just add a couple scoops of collagen right into your pancake batter! You won’t taste it and you are adding protein to breakfast.

Muffins

Another easy one to add a couple scoops of collagen to! Add the collagen to the batter and you won’t even know it’s there once baked!

Yogurt

You can stir a scoop of collagen right into your yogurt bowl to add even more protein. This is an especially good idea if you are using a dairy-free yogurt that doesn’t provide much protein. Make sure you stir until there are no clumps left!

Bars & Balls

You can add collagen powder right into the mix when you are making snack bars and energy balls for you and your kiddos! It will up the protein content so that they will stay full for longer.

Hummus

Hummus is an easy one because you can blend the collagen powder right in!

Smoothies

Smoothies are an obvious one, and you can use collagen powder instead of protein powder if you don’t want to add any extra flavoring.

Soups

Soups are great because collagen dissolves so well into hot liquids, which will mean that there are no clumps and you won’t even know it’s there.

Chia Pudding

Chia pudding is another snack that you can add the benefits of collagen to by blending it right into the mix! I like to blend my chia pudding in the blender right before I eat it, so this will blend the collagen in even more.

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