protein shake recipe!

[trishfish 1]

hello all! today is day two of my 2 week pre-op diet...and i really really want to bake something...and i'm already bored with my two flavors of Protein shakes (vanilla and strawberry) i am using Bariatric Advantage from the doctor...

anyway...i wanted to share my shake recipe with all of you on the pre op...i didnt even think about what i was drinking...

RECIPE:

I found caffeine free chai tea bags at the grocery (0 calories, 0 sugar) i brewed a very strong cup of chai tea and cooled it with eight ice cubes. I then put 2 scoop of my vanilla Protein Shake powder and two scoops of the unflavored Protein. (makes a double batch, because of all the ice cubes...so i doubled up on the protein...)

I then blended it all together in a blender with about a tsp of cinnamon. This made two 8 oz servings of the protein shake...and so i put the other cup in the freezer for later.

I served with a dash of cinnamon on top...

i tell you, tastes just like its from starbucks! :thumbup: (love chai tea lattes!)

i will share some more of my shake recipes...this is actually fun! all day at work i was trying to figure out what kind of shake i was going to make when i got home!

If anyone else has some yummy recipes lets share!

:thumbup:

[BetsyB 9]

Sounds good! And it really packs a Protein wallop, doesn't it?

Bariatric Eating has a line of coffee/tea drinks called BElieve. When you're able to add caffeine back in, postoperatively, they're worth a try if you like the bottled Starbucks drinks. You can order them at bariatriceating.com.

[perryjoyce 0]

That sounds amazing!! My first wave of Protein Drinks just arrived yesterday (thank you Amazon Prime!) but I'm not loving them. I enjoy Protein Shakes in general, but low carb/no sugar ones are blah! Fake sugar makes me gag, but I guess I gotta get used to it again. Hopefully it's an acquired taste! So anything I can do to spice it up (chai tea hello!) sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing!

[nkitajolie 0]

That sounds amazing!! My first wave of Protein drinks just arrived yesterday (thank you Amazon Prime!) but I'm not loving them. I enjoy Protein shakes in general, but low carb/no sugar ones are blah! Fake sugar makes me gag, but I guess I gotta get used to it again. Hopefully it's an acquired taste! So anything I can do to spice it up (chai tea hello!) sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing!

Just wanted to say that I, too, LOVE Amazon Prime; I'm goin on there right now to see what I can see

[perryjoyce 0]

Amazon Prime is both the best and worst thing to ever happen to me. No one should have the power of free two-day shipping!

Do you work in an office? Did you know you can put four other people on your account?? I have four friends in on it with me, we each pay just $20/year! I'd say Amazon is getting screwed, but really I think they're laughing all the way to the bank!

(Sorry...didn't mean to hijack this thread, bandster foul!)