Homemade Chocolate Milk Recovery Drink

You could just buy some at the store. No?

I'm not really liking the idea of buying commercial chocolate milk

This is an odd ratio. 4 to 1, carbs to protein.

I'm not sure chocolate milk is what you are looking for.

I like Silk Dark Chocolate Almond milk. Add 84 grams frozen bananas, 100-200g strawberries, a tablespoon of crushed almonds, Tastes like a frosty for half the calories.

I've been doing a bit of reading this morning and decided to try Chocolate Milk for post exercise recovery. From what I was reading, this works because the carbs:protein ration is close to 4:1.

I found a simple recipe online and tried it (http://www.examiner.com/article/chocolate-milk-after-workouts-helps-recovery-best-chocolate-milk-recipe) - 750 ml of [skimmed] milk, 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder and 2 Tablespoons Sugar (I didn't have any vanilla, so skipped that) - however when I put it all together in MFP, it came out as 55g carbs, 29g of protein and 3g of fat - so not really the carb:protein ratio I'm looking for.

Any suggestions on how I should be making chocolate milk for recovery? I'm not really liking the idea of buying commercial chocolate milk, like nesquik (and I didn't really like adding sugar either! Though it still didn't taste great....)

Why not try greek yogurt blended with 1 or 2 fruits. You could blend light and fit greek (80 cals) with some strawberries (cant be too many cals) and some apple or something. Delish, low cal and tons of protein.

Ok - where I'm coming from .....

... I started off this morning deciding that I wanted to make a better and more informed choice of protein powder to stock up on, as I have run out. As I was doing my research trying to find what suited me best, I kept coming across the view that protein as a post workout option was the wrong choice and that there is a common misconception (which I held as well) that boosting your protein intake after exercise was the best option - and that really restocking carbs was more important. I keep seeing the ration 4:1 for carbs:protein as the best option and I keep seeing the point made that chocolate milk, which hits this ratio is the best option for post exercise recovery ... so I decided to ditch the protein shakes (I'm confident that I've improved my diet well enough now that I am getting enough protein from proper food) and try chocolate milk post exercise instead.

To be honest - I'm not totally sure what Chocolate milk is - from the pretty negative response on here I've had, I presume its a far bigger thing in the US than it is here in the UK (or certainly in my family) - I'm guessing its just what it says - chocolate flavoured milk (Chocolate milkshake?)

This is an easy to find UK chocolate milk syrup: http://www.crusha.co.uk/milkshakes/chocolate but I expect you will reject it on the grounds of being processed.

How about blending a banana in milk with some cocoa powder? That should give the high carb ratio you are seeking.

Thanks - best response so far

Yes, I'm desperately trying to move my diet away from commercial/processed products - I've come to the conclusion that there's just far too much crap added to EVERYTHING! (possibly quite literally!) The real turning point was discovering that my Tesco Frozen Chicken Breasts that became a staple part of my diet had upto about 45% of the RDA for salt per breast and that's just way too much! I lost confidence in my ability to work out from labels whether the eating choices I was making were really healthy or not! Going clean was the only way I could start to have confidence in what I was really eating.

The Banana/Milk/Cocoa option is certainly something I'd be happy to try - but with the negative response I appear to be facing, I'm thinking I'm more likely to be barking up the wrong tree and to have got things muddled somewhere.....