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What do you mix protein powder with??

sdgirl22
sdgirl22 Posts: 225 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm thinking about getting vanilla whey powder - I've tried strawberry and with milk it tastes gross, but with water it is totally noxious.

Anyway, when you drink a protein shake, what is the tastiest or most nutritional thing to mix it with? It would be for a snack to stay full and pre and post workouts - not all in the same day, obviously :tongue:

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  • Seajolly
    Seajolly Posts: 1,435 Member
    I nearly always make a fruit smoothie. I buy a protein powder that also has greens in it including spirulina to get even more of a benefit. Sometimes I'll also add in baby spinach to the mix for more veggies. I use coconut water instead of milk in my smoothies and it's wonderful!
  • brutalrage
    brutalrage Posts: 34 Member
    For me it is mainly water or skim milk. Water when I use it after a workout and and skim milk when I plan to use it as part of my meal.
  • sdgirl22
    sdgirl22 Posts: 225 Member
    Mmm spirulina... I've been wanting to buy some forever!

    I was thinking about some days mixing it with some fruit juice. I wonder if all of that would blend well.
  • soifua
    soifua Posts: 82
    I add frozen fruit and water to my protein powder and make a smoothie
  • 52baltimoreravens52
    52baltimoreravens52 Posts: 83 Member
    i love chocolate so i get chocolate protein powder mix with chocolate almond breeze ice and a banana yummy
  • elliecolorado
    elliecolorado Posts: 1,040
    I make a smoothie with milk, yogurt, frozen fruit and protein powder.
  • NykoleMazzola
    NykoleMazzola Posts: 41
    unsweetened almond milk
  • HollieDoodles
    HollieDoodles Posts: 678 Member
    I add almond milk and it makes it a little thick and very creamy when I pop it in the blender with 2 pieces of ice. Yum!
  • bbgrilla
    bbgrilla Posts: 1
    I use 2% Milk. It taste better to me. Make sure you drink plenty of water though. Too much protein and not enough water means kidney stones.
  • meganotravels
    meganotravels Posts: 7 Member
    i use chocolate protein powder and blend it with ice cubes, skim milk, peanut butter and some fiber/flax seed supplement. (if i'm in the mood for more chocolate, i'll add a bit of cocoa powder.)
  • corpus_validum
    corpus_validum Posts: 292 Member
    Skim milk or unsweetened almond milk. Taste really depends on the type and quality of protein powder. I'm partial to Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey
  • kmamac
    kmamac Posts: 9 Member
    I believe personally that you have to find a protein powder that you really like... I have tried a bunch of different ones and find that I like the whey protein isolates most bc they mix really well with just about anything!!
  • sdgirl22
    sdgirl22 Posts: 225 Member
    Mmm, almond milk, peanut butter, banana, flax seed..... *drool* ultimate protein shake!!!! Awesome suggestions, thanks :}
  • amsparky
    amsparky Posts: 825 Member
    I mix with water, ice and a banana. My husband wants me to mix my protein with milk (I'd have to use soy milk because of food allergies), but I don't want the extra cals.
  • Netjoker
    Netjoker Posts: 13
    Go with Optimum's Double Rich Chocolate it is the best tasting one I have tried and it mixes easy.
    Add one banana, peanut butter and some ice Good stuff there my friend.
  • crobinson53
    crobinson53 Posts: 164
    Go with Optimum's Double Rich Chocolate it is the best tasting one I have tried and it mixes easy.
    Add one banana, peanut butter and some ice Good stuff there my friend.

    This is the BEST tasting protein powder. I use two cups of non fat milk and two scoops of powder in a shaker cup. It comes out perfect every time. Optimum Nutrition has other flavors that taste good but Double Rich Chocolate is by far the best.

    :glasses:
  • sdgirl22
    sdgirl22 Posts: 225 Member
    Go with Optimum's Double Rich Chocolate it is the best tasting one I have tried and it mixes easy.
    Add one banana, peanut butter and some ice Good stuff there my friend.

    This is the BEST tasting protein powder. I use two cups of non fat milk and two scoops of powder in a shaker cup. It comes out perfect every time. Optimum Nutrition has other flavors that taste good but Double Rich Chocolate is by far the best.

    :glasses:

    How is this brand's vanilla powder? I'm not always in the mood for chocolate....
  • crobinson53
    crobinson53 Posts: 164
    There's two vanillas, the French Vanilla and the Vanilla Ice Cream. I believe I had the Vanilla Ice Cream. I was blending in blueberries and sometimes strawberries. It was fantastic even by itself. The 1 lb container is only $11.99 right now on bodybuliding.com.

    There are the rest of the flavors:

    Banana Cream, Caramel Toffee Fudge, Chocolate Malt, Chocolate Mint, Cookies & Cream, Delicious Strawberry, Double Rich Chocolate, Extreme Milk Chocolate, French Vanilla Creme, Mocha Cappuccino, Rocky Road, Strawberry Banana, Tropical Punch
    Vanilla Ice Cream

    I hope this helps!

    :glasses:
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