Sounds yummi but is this good or bad for us??
- 1 cup sugar-free peanut butter
- 4 scoops (or 1 and 1/3 cups) whey protein powder -- most are low in carbs, but check -- any flavor
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Artificial sweetener to taste, about 1-1½ cup sugar equivalent
For sweetener, I use the most concentrated liquid sucralose (Splenda). In the past, I made the mistake of trying to add too much liquid in the form of Da Vinci's syrups for flavoring. To my dismay, it is possible to turn the whole thing into a ropey, gluey mess. I never figured out what the chemical reaction was, but it happened to me more than once. On the other hand, protein powders are fine added to shakes, so it couldn't have been just the liquid. It must have been the exact combination of fat, protein and liquid. If any food chemists have an idea about what might have happened, let me know!
I think powdered erythritol would work as a sweetener with the chocolate flavor.
Makes approximately 16 balls about one inch in diameter.
Nutritional Information: Assuming zero-carb sweetener, each ball has 3 grams effective carbohydrate plus 1 gram fiber, 9 grams protein, and 118 calories.
You can do much better finding a snack higher in protein. A baby bel light cheese has 50 calories 0 carbs and 6 gm protein. Much better than 2 T of peanut butter. It is also difficult to only eat 2 T peanut butter.
Right now and for the first year I would eat food high in protein, complex carbs (veggies, fruit, milk products, whole grains). You need some healthy fat.
I try to have protein than has 1 gm protein for every 10 calories. Just a "rule of thumb" I use for things that are "iffy".