Protein tastiness... IMHO, that is.

Aug 31, 2011

In my arsenal of protein powers, I have quite a variety. I did this on purpose and have been pretty happy with my choices. I have the following:

Nectar Fuzzy Navel - This is delicious mixed with orange Crystal Light and a ripe, frozen banana. It's like a frozen cocktail. The trouble is, you do have to spoon the foam off the top before it's drinkable or you get that whiff of whey in your nose and lots of unneeded bubbles in your tum.

Nectar Unflavored - No protein is unflavored, truly, however, this stuff can be stirred into all sorts of things without really being noticed much. I've mixed it with pudding, into my pureed stews and veggies. It was really unnoticable in the pureed Wendy's chili. I bought it exactly for this purpose... to boost the protein in whatever I'm eating. I use unflavored greek yogurt the same way. Whatever I can find that might work with it, I add a spoonful.

Click Vanilla - Click is delish. Period. It's replacing my Starbucks coffee craving quite nicely. However, the coffee flavor is pretty strong. I tone it down by making my drink frozen with milk and a little SF caramel syrup.

Unjury Chicken Soup flavor - This was a godsend my first two weeks out and I still have a cup of this soup every day for lunch or a snack. The trick is to mix the scoop of powder in cold water until pretty blended and no lumps. Then add hot water from the tap to 8oz. and mix again. I've also been known to pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds or so to get it really warm. Seriously, it's good enough that when I'm cleared for soft veg, I'm going to add them to the broth.

Isopure clear Alpine Punch - mixed with SF Hawaiian punch, it's not so bad and very portable in the little plastic bottles.

Isopure Dark Chocolate - 50 grams of protein but... YUK. This is for when I'm only feeling like messing with protein only once. I mix it with less water than advised, hold my nose and truck on.

Don't underestimate the power of powdered milk! I take my half gallon of skim and add powdered milk to it and I swear it's just like good ol' 2% again.

I'm sure that eventually I'll progress into the creative and complicated recipes that others have tried and posted. There are SO many :) But for now, since I'm still in mushy hell, I'll make do with what I have.

Oh! Meats taste so much better when blended with a little bit of instant potatoes.

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