here are my tricks for getting protein in

Feel free to add any other ideas you've discovered.

1.  First thing in the morning, put one scoop of unflavored protein powder in a dish on your kitchen counter.  Every time you get something to eat, try to put a little bit of the protein in it.  Just start with a little pinch in your yogurt, pudding, soup, sugar free hot chocolate, whatever.  Just a pinch, stir well and see if you think another pinch will still be edible.  Even using just a little pinch at a time, by the end of the day you'll have gotten an extra 20 grams of protein or so.  And if you are really just using a pinch at a time, it should not affect the taste or texture of your food at all.

2.  Eat Greek yogurt or cottage cheese.  For the yogurt, buy plain and mix in something for flavor.  If you mix in a spoonful of sugar free cheesecake flavor pudding mix, it will taste like real cheesecake.  (you can add a tiny pinch of protein powder too and you'll never even know it's in there).

3.  Make protein ice cream.  See theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com.  I've only known one person ever to say they didn't like it.  It saved my butt in the beginning.  I didn't find a protein shake I could stand for the first few months but I had protein ice cream every day.

4.  Go to Vitamin Shoppe or GNC and buy some ready to drink shakes.  Just single bottles so if you don't like them you aren't stuck with a whole case.  Try these, if you can find them: Oh Yeah! brand in chocolate, cookies n creme and/or banana (lots of people seem to like those flavors, though not everyone does, of course); Isopure smoothies, not the ones that look like Gatorade, but it says smoothies on the bottle; Cytosport, which to me seemed a lot like the Isopure only I actually thought the Isopure was better - but I know some people that hate Isopure but love Cytosport, so try them); Atkins ready to drink, especially the mocha one  if you like mocha stuff; any others that look like they might be good.

5.  If you haven't tried hot protein drinks, try them.  You can find tons of recipes at bariatricfoodie.com but basically, say if you wanna make protein hot chocolate, you mix the protein powder with a little room temp liquid until you get a paste, then pour in ho****er/milk and the hot chocolate powder and stir.  Make it warm enough to be hot chocolate, but not super hot - like, don't add boiling water.

6.  Try the Unjury chicken soup, if you haven't.  Get a sample on their website.

7.  If you like coffee drinks, I have found that a spoonful of Maxwell House International French vanilla cafe mix (sugar free, decaf) makes almost any vanilla shake taste better.  Covers up the protein smell, too

Thanks, Kelly! Some pretty good sugestions, I esp. like the sugar free cheesecake pudding added to plain yogurt! Genious!And I'll have to check out the protein ice cream! 

I discovered that if you mix a scoop of protein powder with 1 cup milk or liquid of choice and let it sit ( in refridgerator) , it will soften up and mix well when you make your hot chocolate, rolled oats, whatever. Add it to the hot liquid and warm it if it cools too much.
One scoop of Unjury, my favorite, is 20 grams of protein, 1 carb, 80 calories

I also keep small containers that hold 2 scoops on my counter. It is easy to remember that way.

Thank you. I really want to up my protein to help with the fatigue. I bought the rtd protein shakes at costco and they're not bad at all. 30 grams is great.

For whatever reason, most of the protein shakes, powders, and bars, as well as greek yogurts, cottage cheese, and sugar-free puddings induce my gag reflex, so I have to depend on other protein sources.  I get most of my protein from meat, but I have started doing a few other things to up my protein intake.  I have started adding beans to food to up the protein content.  Also started eating quinoa, instead of rice or other grains, since it's higher in protein.  Instead of green beans or other veggies with my meal, I've started doing steamed edamame (which are especially good with a little soy sauce and toasted sesame oil!). 

 I find tips from the veterans (like you, Kelly) so valueable!!!! Getting in our protein is so important. Thank you so much! 

I, like one of the posters above cannot stand to eat yogurt or cottage cheese. Luckily, I can tolerate a brand or two of a  shake so I have been able to get my protein in. However, I was not eating many things. (some I found my pouch could not tolerate) In the last week or so I have been finding more and more things to eat. I'm not up to eating 3 meals a day but gettting close. Hopefully, my NUT will be able to make more suggestions at my Jan app't. 

Thank you for the wonderful tips !!!! It reallly means alot especially being a newbie 9days post op . I tried the hot chocolate one and i really liked it
again thank you for the tips
Angel