Olivia Culpo Shares Healthy Recipes on Instagram (2024)

Healthy Mint Cacao Chip Smoothie Recipe

What You Need:

For cacao portion:
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 scoop chocolate plant protein
- ½ cup almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ pitted date
- 2 spoonfuls raw cacao
For mint portion:
- 2 ½ cups spinach
- ¾ cup coconut water
- 1 pitted date (or ½ if you prefer less sweet)
- Small handful of mint

Blend all ingredients and enjoy!

Healthy Overnight Brownie Batter Oats

What You Need:
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- ½ nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
- A pinch of salt
- 2 tbs sweetener (I used baking Stevia)
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- ¼ cup protein powder (or more oats)

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Put into two separate bowls or mason jars. Cover and put in refrigerator overnight or for at least an hour. You can have it cold or heat it up.

"You're missing out if you don't try this," says Culpo.

Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake with Buttercream Frosting

What You Need:
Cake:
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 2 ¾ cup all-purpose gluten-free flour
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbs gluten-free baking powder
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¾ cup (12 tbs) softened salted butter
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 8 egg whites
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract

Frosting (repeat recipe for optimal results):
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 5 tbs half amp half
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ lb. (equal to 1 cup or 2 sticks) slightly softened butter
- Pink food coloring

For cake:
Preheat oven to 350ºF
Mix the flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt on low speed for a minute to fluff them up. Add the butter and oil. Add the egg whites one at a time. Then add the milk and vanilla and mix on high speed for two minutes. Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

For frosting:
Combine the sugar, milk, and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Cut the butter into chunks and beat in a handful at a time and continue mixing until fluffy.

Skinny Peanut Butter Cup Fudgsicles

What You Need:
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- ½ cup low fat cottage cheese (or more Greek yogurt)
- 1 ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 3 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tbs natural peanut butter or PB2
- 6 packets of Stevia or whatever natural sweetener you prefer (I used liquid stevia drops)
- A pinch of salt

Blend all ingredients. Freeze for 4 to 6 hours. It's okay if longer This recipe makes about 6 popsicles. The peanut butter sauce is just coconut oil on medium heat with peanut butter and Stevia.

"You guys, these taste so good!" Culpo's caption reads. "And they're 60 calories."

Berry & Cherry Protein Smoothie

What You Need:
- 2 tsp fresh ginger
- ¼ cup cherries
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1 tsp ground flaxseed
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 cup ice
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1 tbs honey

Blend together all ingredients and enjoy!

Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies

What You Need:
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 tbsp PB2 or peanut butter
- 2 tsp organic honey
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 ½ cup oats
- A hint of cinnamon and salt

Combine all ingredients and bake at 350ºF for 10 to 12 minutes. Culpo garnished the plate with chocolate sauce (coconut oil, a little water, unsweetened cocoa) and strawberries.

Healthy Chicken Stir Fry

What You Need:

- Olive oil

- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

- 1 thinly sliced onion

- 2 grated garlic cloves

- 1 inch piece of grated ginger

- 1 sliced red, yellow, and green bell peppers

- 1 zucchini cut in half moon

- 1 cup snow peas

- 1 tbs sesame oil

- 2 tbs light soy sauce

- 3 tbs rice vinegar

- 1 ½ tbs brown sugar

- 4 tbs chicken or vegetable broth

- Sesame seeds to garnish the finished product

Heat olive oil in pan, cook chicken pieces and set aside. Add more oil and add onions to cook until soft about 5 min. Stir in garlic and ginger and let cook 2 min. Add all the other veggies and cook for about 10 minutes or until they soften. Return the chicken to the pan and add all other ingredients except sesame seeds. Cook for about 5 to 10 minutes.

"Don't forget rice," says Culpo, who used brown rice as a side dish.

Confetti Cake Protein Pancakes

What You Need:

Dry:

- 3 tbs vanilla protein powder

- 2 tbs coconut flour

- ½ tsp baking powder

Sprinkles

Wet:

- ½ cup liquid egg whites

- ½ cup almond milk

- Few drops Stevia or any sweetener

Mix dry ingredients except sprinkles and make sure to break up all the lumps. Add wet ingredients and stir well. Let thicken, then stir sprinkles in. Lightly oil pan, heat, and cook.

Chocolate Coconut Protein Sundae

What You Need:
- 1 frozen banana
- ¼ avocado
- ½ coconut water
- 1 scoop chocolate whey protein (optional)
- 1 tsp honey
- Ice

All you need to do is blend! "The chocolate on top," Culpo says, "is just coconut oil and unsweetened cocoa powder."

Chocolate Raspberry Protein Pancakes

What You Need:
- 1 scoop vanilla whey protein
- ¾ cup egg whites
- ¼ cup raspberries
- ¼ cup oats
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 tbs unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 2 tsp Stevia
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbs unsweetened almond milk
- A pinch of cinnamon
- A pinch of xanthum gum "to make it more fluffy and amazeballs"

Mix ingredients together and cook on medium heat. "The chocolate sauce is easy," says Culpo. "Just boil water and sugar, add cocoa and stir."

Blueberry Coconut Ice Cream

What You Need:
- 2 frozen bananas
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup of coconut water
- Handful of unsweetened coconut

Blend in blender or food processor. Put in freezer for 10 minutes. Add toppings (Culpo added strawberries, blueberries and blackberries).

Banana Oatmeal with Peanut Butter

What You Need:
- 2 Bananas
- Oats, add as you please
- Peanut butter
- Brown sugar
- Cinnamon
- 2 Strawberries

Cook the banana in the oats. Add peanut butter, brown sugar, cinnamon,strawberries and more banana after. The "healthy and delicious" meal is Culpo's favorite breakfast.