Friday, January 28, 2011

Protein Coffee

Delicious mocha chino

1 scoop of Nectar Vanilla Bean 24 grams protein/100 cals
4oz soy milk 3 grams protein 45 cals
2oz of water
2 oz of milk
ice cubes
sugar free cocoa
1 tsp of instant coffee
Blend
--Caramel Da vinci sf syrups mmmmm goood


 

Frozen slushy coffee drinks Jeanne in North Dakota


 

Disolve a teaspoon of instant coffee in the bottom of a Magic Bullet blender cup
Add crushed ice to about half or three quarters of the way full
Add a scoup of protein powder, I use ESA soy protein from Walmart
Add a half box of ESA protein chocolate liquid
whirl on the Magic Bullet and enjoy!

--It has 20 grms of protein from the powder and about 8 or 9 grams from the liquid protein!

--great fruit smoothie by using frozen strawberries instead of the ice. Fill the cup with frozen fruit
add strawberrie ESA liquid and a scoup of the ESA powder, whirl in the magic bullet...YUMO!


 

Hot Chocolate Protein


4 oz Labrada Lean Body Chocolate ready to drink
4 oz Labrada Lean Body Vanilla ready to drink

*I have both flavors, but if you want to just get some chocolate, that would be fine. You may not wish to add anything else but just heat this up. I like mine thin.
1/2 to 1 oz of water (sometimes I use fat free Hood Calorie Countdown Milk) just to thin it out a tad. I don't like thick drinks.
Heat in microwave for approx 1 min 45 seconds, stir, heat an additional 15-20 seconds

--Labrada Lean Body (say that out loud, just rolls right off the tongue) is a great protein ready to drink. You can drink it cold, or hot. Many proteins clump or cook when you heat them up, or even add hot liquid to them. But Labrada does not! You can even reheat your drink if it gets cold.... it will not clump. I have even heated it on the stove in a saucepan when we moved as we didn't have a new microwave yet! The only thing that may happen is that a thin layer of dry film might cover the top when reheating several times. If so, just skim off the top with a spoon.


Protein coffee... There is a trick to this. But here is my favorite:

Brew your coffee, and in an empty cup, add:
-1/2 to 1 scoop of Nectar Cappuccino (or your favorite protein powder; I've used Elite Chocolate Mint, Champion Chocolate, Nectar Choc Truffle, and even vanilla before... use your fave)
-Add a packet of splenda if desired
Then here is the trick... add approx 1/2 to 1 oz of ROOM TEMP to cold liquid. Make sure you do not add warm or hot liquids to protein powder directly. Stir, making a paste. I tell folks to STIR, STIR, STIR, MASH, MASH, MASH, STIR, MASH, STIR, MASH. Stir the fire out of it until you know its creamy, smooth in consistency... (I like to add Labrada Lean Body choc or vanilla as I use them as coffee creamers too!)
-Then add a little bit of coffee, stir well, then fill your cup to the top with coffee, stir again.

Add your favorite sugar free coffee syrup at any time
Enjoy! Melsreturn