These shakes are getting old.
There are plenty of good blended soups I can eat but they are all way to low in protein. I had to do three protein shakes today just so I could get my protein high enough without exceeding my calories so that I could fit in a single cup of bean with bacon soup blended.
I'll get by, just whining.

I was fond of using the ‘UnFlavored’ Protein and adding a little to soup. The sweet tasting ‘shakes’ seemed WAY too sweet to me. A lot of people have trouble getting those Protein Powders to mix with stuff. Someone at my support group said she always thought it made stuff taste like someone had thrown a "Handful of Chalk Dust" in her food or drink. Well the solution? Liquid into Dry! Suppose you are trying to add some to Yogurt or mashed potatoes. Take your scoop, (or actually only ½ scoop) of the powder and put it in a coffee cup or small bowl. Get a fork, and slowly drip some cool water into the powder while stirring with the fork. Don’t try to just add the liquid. Attempt to make a very thick paste. Once you’ve got it into a thick paste then slowly add more drops and stir some more until you get a thinner paste. Keep this up until it is the same consistency as the food you want to add it to. By not having "liquid" per se, the powder can’t clump up and hang onto "bubbles." Even mixing this up ahead of time and keeping it in the fridge is good. Then just take out how much you want and stir it into your food. I had great success this way adding Protein Powder to- Yogurt, Soups, Oatmeal, Smoothies, polenta, etc… It really helps going into shakes/smoothies. You don’t get that "foam" on the top that, no matter how long you run the blender just stays forever. It also gets rid of the "powdery" texture that can hang on otherwise. This worked for me some years back! Hope this helps you! (BTW- that Bean & Bacon soup is awesome!) Best Wishes- Dx
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I'm doing soup with unflavored protein powder right now, but it isn't tasting that great. I do the liquid to dry but I'm to the point that just smelling it mix up is turning my stomach.
I may just up my calories a bit. Or drop my protein, the ratio is what is killing me, trying to get 80 grams of protein in only 800 calories. I know women who are 5'4" are getting 600-800 calories a day so it's probably a little strict for me. I may bump my window up to 800-1000 a day, just until I get off of the liquids.
Being able to eat foods closer 30% protein instead of 40-45% opens up a lot of doors to soups and blended foods.
I sipped a 50 Gram Slam from GNC all day (270 calories, 50 grams of whey protein) which allowed me to do some pureed potato, bacon, and cheddar soup. Yum.
