hello all! today is day two of my 2 week pre-op diet...and i really really want to bake something...and i'm already bored with my two flavors of Protein shakes (vanilla and strawberry) i am using Bariatric Advantage from the doctor...

anyway...i wanted to share my shake recipe with all of you on the pre op...i didnt even think about what i was drinking...

RECIPE:

I found caffeine free chai tea bags at the grocery (0 calories, 0 sugar) i brewed a very strong cup of chai tea and cooled it with eight ice cubes. I then put 2 scoop of my vanilla Protein Shake powder and two scoops of the unflavored protein. (makes a double batch, because of all the ice cubes...so i doubled up on the protein...)

I then blended it all together in a blender with about a tsp of cinnamon. This made two 8 oz servings of the protein shake...and so i put the other cup in the freezer for later.

I served with a dash of cinnamon on top...

i tell you, tastes just like its from starbucks! :thumbup: (love chai tea lattes!)

i will share some more of my shake recipes...this is actually fun! all day at work i was trying to figure out what kind of shake i was going to make when i got home!

If anyone else has some yummy recipes lets share!

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Sounds good! And it really packs a Protein wallop, doesn't it?

Bariatric Eating has a line of coffee/tea drinks called BElieve. When you're able to add caffeine back in, postoperatively, they're worth a try if you like the bottled Starbucks drinks. You can order them at bariatriceating.com.

That sounds amazing!! My first wave of protein drinks just arrived yesterday (thank you Amazon Prime!) but I'm not loving them. I enjoy protein shakes in general, but low carb/no sugar ones are blah! Fake sugar makes me gag, but I guess I gotta get used to it again. Hopefully it's an acquired taste! So anything I can do to spice it up (chai tea hello!) sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing!

That sounds amazing!! My first wave of Protein drinks just arrived yesterday (thank you Amazon Prime!) but I'm not loving them. I enjoy protein shakes in general, but low carb/no sugar ones are blah! Fake sugar makes me gag, but I guess I gotta get used to it again. Hopefully it's an acquired taste! So anything I can do to spice it up (chai tea hello!) sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing!

Just wanted to say that I, too, LOVE Amazon Prime; I'm goin on there right now to see what I can see

Amazon Prime is both the best and worst thing to ever happen to me. No one should have the power of free two-day shipping!

Do you work in an office? Did you know you can put four other people on your account?? I have four friends in on it with me, we each pay just $20/year! I'd say Amazon is getting screwed, but really I think they're laughing all the way to the bank!

(Sorry...didn't mean to hijack this thread, bandster foul!)