protien shakes

[LB55]

hey guys im really needing some help on some different kinds of home made protein shakes and was wondering if any of yall had some recipes or ideas thanks

 

[Elementality]

Depends what you're doing. Protein shakes shouldnt be anywhere near the main intake of protein for your daily diet. Try and eat food with a lot of protein and use protein shakes as a supplement to your protein diet.

I just like to mix mine in water or milk and "get it done with". Usually one right after I workout, and one before i goto sleep. The rest of the protein I get is from food throughout the day.

With this being said, if you want a recipe to mix your protein in I used to work at a smoothie shop for 1.5 years <and got all the free creatine/lglutamin/aminos/protein i wanted for FREE > ..boy did i take advantage of that, ANYHOW, I know several blended recipes for protein shakes as a result of my work experience.

Like i said before, depends what ya want. If you're trying to gain weight use icecream/peanutbutter/chocolate syrup and tons of protein. Upside of this is a great weight gainer type of shake. Downside is this will fill you up and prevent you from eating as many meals as you could. If you're just trying to add on a supplement of protein to your diet and are comfortable with your weight, then use lowfat yogurt/bannanas/strawberries or any other mix of your favorite fruits. Making shakes in a blender isnt rocket science and its all personal preference. The most overlooked fact of making protein shakes or any smoothies for that matter is the ammount of ice that needs to go in it. For about a 20 ounce drink, you need to have about 2 cups of semi crushed ice in it. When I first started at my smoothie job I was stunned by the large ammount of ice that we were told to use for smoothies, but once you blend it together you'll understand.

No magical answer to ammounts, but this should help you right here.

20oz shake
3/4 cup of strawberries <try and use the kind that are soaked in juicy flavor>
1 bannana
2 cups of yogurt/icecream or whatever
2 cups of ice
Protein powder

Been a while since I worked at the shop, these measurements could be off, but start with this template and after some trial and error you'll be ok.

 

[LB55]

i used a one that some one posted earlier in the site it was 2 spoon fulls of peanut butter and 8 oz of milk 1 banana 2 spoonfulls of strawberry syrup for taste 1 spoon of olive oil 5 egg whites it tasted pretty good and was prob more than 20 oz lols

 

[Elementality]

Thinking back a little, using 2 cups of ice and yogurt will probably make more than 20 ounces....but whatever, just drink more of it i guess or cut down everything a little bit includin the ice

 

[jon1320]

Iv'e seen nice gains using this:
1 Protein shake before workouts (an hour or so before): 2 Scoops whey protein, and an apple for carbs and good sugars.
1 PWO SHAKE - 1 1/4 scoop whey, 3/4 scoop casein protein, and a 32oz gatorade.
1 Before Bed shake *Two sccops of Casein protein and a slow digesting carb snack. Something whole wheat.

As far as making them good.. add some frozen fruit and put it in a magic bullet as seen on TV.. chocolate milk is good with the casein ..

i just slam em' so i don't care about taste at all... i can stomach shit none of my friends can, which is why im bigger... and don't even need to sause like they do =]

 

[SouthernLord]

1/4 cup walnuts
1/2 cup uncooked oats
1 scoop whey
8 oz Carb Countdown milk
1 cup Cottage Cheese
1 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 can Pineapple in Splenda syrup

61 grams of PRO, 87 grams of CHO, and 29 grams of FAT
855 KCAL

Mix the dry ingredients first. This shake is the shit. It tastes like Strawberry Shortcake. I am on the go all day at work and this shake makes for two portable meals. If you were trying to really gain you could easily eat two of these a day for an easy 1800kcal. enjoy