Experimenting With Blender Drinks Is Fun

A couple of years ago, I went on this fitness kick, that included a fairly comprehensive modification to my daily diet.  One of the menu items I added, was protein shakes for breakfast.  I didn’t buy pre-made drinks, but instead choose to make my own from scratch.  Like with any menu choice, it takes a while to adjust to new tastes, but with a little experimentation you should find something you like.  I started off with one shake in particular that the program recommended, but have modified if over time to something that suits my palette.

Now, depending on how much your going to drink, you’ll have to decide between hand blenders, or full sized blenders.  I tend to eat a big breakfast which is when I have my shakes, so I go for the full sized blender.  The bamix hand blender is a good one, if you don’t like having to clean up from a big blender every day.My favorite shake, is a rasberry banana shake.  I combine a cup of milk, a scoop of my favorite whey protein, 3 full sized ice cubes, a heaping cup of frozen rasberries, and one banana.  I used to use fresh rasberries, but decided I liked the frozen thicker results you get with the frozen ones.  Where I live, they end up being about half the price as well.  A word of caution when it comes to the whey protein.  If you find one you like, make sure you stick with it.  I thought I’d try a different brand last time, and was less than thrilled with the taste.  The original one had artificial sweetener in it, but the new one has higher salt content, and it shows in the taste.

Recently, I’ve been experimenting with replacing the whey protein with natural peanut butter.  It seemed like a great idea, but at first it tasted a little funny.  I had made just a plain peanut butter smoothie before, and liked it, but it had honey in it.  When I added the honey to the raspberry / banana / peanut butter smoothie it was much better.  Not as good as I thought it would be, but that’s why I keep experimenting.