ProteinTip of the Day
I'm outta tips for powder protein (I still hate it!) and only drink it in coffee. So, here's a tip for protein in food. You've probably seen it somewhere on the boards, but I tried it and it really is good!
PASTA-less lasagna...if you make spaghetti sauce (or any other Italian style meat sauce) for your family, just hold out some of the sauce for yourself. In a microwave safe bowl, put some of the meat sauce (hamburger or sausage...both are fine or if you are a vegetarian, just use plain ole sauce out of the jar) in the bottom of the bowl, add a couple of spoonfuls of ricotta cheese, top with low fat mozerella cheese and nuke until it's all hot and melted. Top with a little parmesean cheese and garlic salt and it's really great and very high in protein!! You'll never miss the pasta (or carbs!) I use meat sauce just to get the extra protein. If you try it, let me know what you think!!
Nanette
I love tips and shortcuts!!!
I mix a scopp of vanilla protein powder with my sugar-free yogurt. I buy the Carb-Master yogurt at Ralphs when it goes on sale. I found that I get a creamy smooth consistency when I mix a little bit of powder at a time instead of the whole scoop at once.
Top that yogurt with a few sliced strawberries and it's a great treat!
Here's a tip-- to make a very milkshakey milkshake!
Take your vanilla protein (I use Unjury) and add one scoop to 8 oz. of skim milk. Add in a couple ounces of sugar free raspberry syrup (Torani or Davinci), then 4 ice cubes, and 5 frozen strawberries.
Toss it in the Magic Bullet, and blend by "pulsing" 6 or 7 times. Comes out thick, creamy, fruity and tasty-- I start every day this way! I'd have loved this even pre-op!
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