This was my first venture into soylent. From what I can tell this recipe is closer to a DIY version of the commercially available Ambronite than Soylent, but still a soylent recipe nonetheless.

My motivation for trying this recipe was to evaluate soylent while avoiding the dreaded chalky taste people often complain about and this recipe succeeded. The taste was pleasant. I would describe it as nutty chocolate with a hint of mint which isn't that surprising given the ingredients. I marked this as a "little gritty", but I would actually describe this closer to being more chewy. I attribute that to not grinding the ingredients into a fine enough powder. Next time I'll try grinding the non-powder ingredients separately, especially the nuts, instead of grinding them all in a single batch. Anyone have a better method than using a food processor on pulse to accomplish the task?

Because you have to grind your own ingredients prior to blending, this recipe is more labor intensive. That's why I knocked it down a star. Also some ingredients were not available locally, so for the small test batch I made, there was some lead time before I could make the recipe as I waited for ingredients to be delivered.

At the time, I tried this specific recipe (May 12, 2015), the volumetric measurements were definitely off from the mass measurements. Thankfully, I had a gram scale to work with. I can only guess that the volumetric measurements are estimates/conversions or that the difference is due to variations in the ingredient manufacturers.

As I have not used this recipe long enough or in a high enough quantity to comment on its health effects, I can say that it does leave you feeling full. I certainly wasn't able to chug it given the chewy almost milkshake like consistency.