I made one this morning with milk, ice, vanilla Protein powder, and Peanut Butter, and it's the very first one that I've enjoyed at all! It sounds so, so simple, but I had been avoiding the vanilla because I thought the chocolate ones would be better. I'm soooo glad I finally figured this out!! I can't even begin to tell you guys how relieved I am to have found a recipe that works for me - I was getting extremely discouraged.

Anyway, I just wanted to share this rather major (for me, at least, haha) pre-surgery victory.

Now I'm off to go hunt down some of that peanut butter powder I've heard some of y'all talking about!

PB2...I got mine from Amazon. On my first try I just dumped some in my greek yogurt and stirred. I didn't enjoy it at all and I thought to myself, well..this was a waste! It was waaayy gritty and not sweet. Turns out I should have read the directions, you're supposed to mix it with water first! I tried it again in a blended protein smoothie and it was much better

I made one this morning with milk, ice, vanilla Protein powder, and Peanut Butter, and it's the very first one that I've enjoyed at all!

What brand of powder are you using? All the ones I tried made me gag.

I'm using one I found at a Natural Grocer store called 100% whey Protein by BioChem. I picked it out specifically because it didn't have any artificial sweeteners which taste so bitter to me - gag!! Don't even bother with the chocolate one though. I only bought the sample pack so far, but here's a pic of the tub version: http://www.amazon.com/Biochem-100-Protein-Vanilla-Ounce/dp/B0017ODT0Q

And thanks for the tip, Astephenson!

Yes, PB2 is a great peanut butter flavor to add into shakes!

What brand of powder are you using? All the ones I tried made me gag.

I like nectar vanilla bean torte, my husband actually likes to just eat the powder!! Sorry that grosses me out lol.

Pomeerin-i totally can relate, was avoiding the vanilla but now its the only thing i eat, you can add some unsweetened cocoa powder too :-)

I sometimes add a piece of frozen banana in my protein shake. I use chocolate Chike with PB2.