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AmandaDanceMore wrote: »After reading 10 pages of this thread I have to say I'm fascinated. I'm thinking this is a thing I need to try. I tend to go bonkers on veggies and fruit. I'll usually make something with a protein and think "here is multiple servings of this veg. I can have some for lunch tomorrow." Then I eat ALL the veg. I may have to try this with more thought and structure.
Yeah! Set your meals up around your protein and all that veg. Fruit can be high volume for some, but for me it's not filling and I find it calorie dense, maybe with the exception of berries. But I do know some volume eaters who do a lot of fruit.
I am one of thoses. I eat 300 to 600g most days. Now, if you stay low gi fruits, you can get a ton of volume (blue berries, raspberries, black berries, etc.. )1 -
AmandaDanceMore wrote: »After reading 10 pages of this thread I have to say I'm fascinated. I'm thinking this is a thing I need to try. I tend to go bonkers on veggies and fruit. I'll usually make something with a protein and think "here is multiple servings of this veg. I can have some for lunch tomorrow." Then I eat ALL the veg. I may have to try this with more thought and structure.
Yeah! Set your meals up around your protein and all that veg. Fruit can be high volume for some, but for me it's not filling and I find it calorie dense, maybe with the exception of berries. But I do know some volume eaters who do a lot of fruit.
I am one of thoses. I eat 300 to 600g most days. Now, if you stay low gi fruits, you can get a ton of volume (blue berries, raspberries, black berries, etc.. )
Strawberries for me - I can eat a pound of those in a couple minutes!3 -
AmandaDanceMore wrote: »After reading 10 pages of this thread I have to say I'm fascinated. I'm thinking this is a thing I need to try. I tend to go bonkers on veggies and fruit. I'll usually make something with a protein and think "here is multiple servings of this veg. I can have some for lunch tomorrow." Then I eat ALL the veg. I may have to try this with more thought and structure.
Yeah! Set your meals up around your protein and all that veg. Fruit can be high volume for some, but for me it's not filling and I find it calorie dense, maybe with the exception of berries. But I do know some volume eaters who do a lot of fruit.
I am one of thoses. I eat 300 to 600g most days. Now, if you stay low gi fruits, you can get a ton of volume (blue berries, raspberries, black berries, etc.. )
Yeah. I maintain on 1800 calories so I'm not throwing around fruit calories lightly. My life sucks.3 -
I take frozen vegetables, mix in some broth, and blend the crap out of them. This I use as a replacement of lentils/rice/etc as the volumizer material in meat stews/stirfrys/etc. It's like half a kilo of "stuff" for a couple of hundred calories, and even many of those only sorta-count Because Fibre.
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I take frozen vegetables, mix in some broth, and blend the crap out of them. This I use as a replacement of lentils/rice/etc as the volumizer material in meat stews/stirfrys/etc. It's like half a kilo of "stuff" for a couple of hundred calories, and even many of those only sorta-count Because Fibre.
Intrigued...
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I'm a volume eater. One of my tricks when I feel like eating something in particular but not sure what to do with it is use this website:
http://www.foodily.com
You just search for your desired ingredient and flip through pictures. Each preview picture has a useful metric called "Calories per gram". It's not always accurate, but can be a reasonable starting point to take a further look. For okay volume I go for things that are under 1.5 calories per gram, for bigger volume I go for things that are under 1 calorie per gram.
Example search for "potatoes", that curry looks nice calorie-wise at roughly half a calorie per gram, and looks like something I would eat. Add a lean protein and I will have a nice meal today.
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I take frozen vegetables, mix in some broth, and blend the crap out of them. This I use as a replacement of lentils/rice/etc as the volumizer material in meat stews/stirfrys/etc. It's like half a kilo of "stuff" for a couple of hundred calories, and even many of those only sorta-count Because Fibre.
So, could I use this "volumizer" using broccoli/cauliflower in an egg-white puff (baked)....hmm....2 -
AmandaDanceMore wrote: »After reading 10 pages of this thread I have to say I'm fascinated. I'm thinking this is a thing I need to try. I tend to go bonkers on veggies and fruit. I'll usually make something with a protein and think "here is multiple servings of this veg. I can have some for lunch tomorrow." Then I eat ALL the veg. I may have to try this with more thought and structure.
Yeah! Set your meals up around your protein and all that veg. Fruit can be high volume for some, but for me it's not filling and I find it calorie dense, maybe with the exception of berries. But I do know some volume eaters who do a lot of fruit.
I am one of thoses. I eat 300 to 600g most days. Now, if you stay low gi fruits, you can get a ton of volume (blue berries, raspberries, black berries, etc.. )
Strawberries for me - I can eat a pound of those in a couple minutes!
I go through 6lbs strawberries a week lol!!5 -
pielattes1 wrote: »I take frozen vegetables, mix in some broth, and blend the crap out of them. This I use as a replacement of lentils/rice/etc as the volumizer material in meat stews/stirfrys/etc. It's like half a kilo of "stuff" for a couple of hundred calories, and even many of those only sorta-count Because Fibre.
So, could I use this "volumizer" using broccoli/cauliflower in an egg-white puff (baked)....hmm....
Sure! I personally gag on cauliflower
so that blend wouldn't work for me. But in general, any smooshable veggie will do! 1 -
Does anyone else around here make protein fluff? I LOVE it. It's so freaking filling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3Z028prSU
All you need is protein powder, xanthan gum and your choice of low-fat chilled liquid (water, almond milk, diet soda, juice, blended frozen berries, etc.).
It's ridiculously filling for only the calories of your scoop of protein powder. It does make you feel quite bloated though!
I like making chocolate protein fluff with added cocoa powder and almond milk.
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Does anyone else around here make protein fluff? I LOVE it. It's so freaking filling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3Z028prSU
All you need is protein powder, xanthan gum and your choice of low-fat chilled liquid (water, almond milk, diet soda, juice, blended frozen berries, etc.).
It's ridiculously filling for only the calories of your scoop of protein powder. It does make you feel quite bloated though!
I like making chocolate protein fluff with added cocoa powder and almond milk.
I tried it, thought it was horrible.. straight into the trash.
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Does anyone else around here make protein fluff? I LOVE it. It's so freaking filling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3Z028prSU
All you need is protein powder, xanthan gum and your choice of low-fat chilled liquid (water, almond milk, diet soda, juice, blended frozen berries, etc.).
It's ridiculously filling for only the calories of your scoop of protein powder. It does make you feel quite bloated though!
I like making chocolate protein fluff with added cocoa powder and almond milk.
I tried it, thought it was horrible.. straight into the trash.
Next time you decide to try it add a sweetener and some other flavoring agent, I like mango extract or Pb2+caramel extract. On its own it's pretty bland and not sweet at all.1 -
Probably depends a lot on what kind of protein powder and what flavour you use as well! I use Optimum Nutrition Casein Chocolate and I really like it.2
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Does anyone else around here make protein fluff? I LOVE it. It's so freaking filling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3Z028prSU
All you need is protein powder, xanthan gum and your choice of low-fat chilled liquid (water, almond milk, diet soda, juice, blended frozen berries, etc.).
It's ridiculously filling for only the calories of your scoop of protein powder. It does make you feel quite bloated though!
I like making chocolate protein fluff with added cocoa powder and almond milk.
I tried it, thought it was horrible.. straight into the trash.
Next time you decide to try it add a sweetener and some other flavoring agent, I like mango extract or Pb2+caramel extract. On its own it's pretty bland and not sweet at all.
It was a whole bag of frozen strawberries, 60g of ON whey in vanilla, and 8oz almond milk. I didn't use any sweetener so that very well could be what went wrong but it was like eating whipped air.. the flavor/texture was so bad I just couldn't do it. And let me tell you after standing there for 10 minutes with the hand beaters on I wasn't too happy about that
Now the youtuber who showed me how to make protein ice cream in a blender... they are my hero! Same volume as the fluff, 160ish calories and it tastes amazing. Been eating that everyday for months now so my belly is quite happy and I haven't gotten sick of it yet haha!
Quest Salted Caramel PP and Quest cookies n cream PP are the best but I also like making it with ON mint chocolate chip caesin pp... I'm a bit obsessed
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@ElvenToad those are my 2 fave quest flavors and they are just here screaming to be made into ice cream now. Can you share vid or provide quick instructions?
ETA - found a gazillion vids on YT. Just a thick shake and then put back in freezer for a bit?0 -
@nowine4me here is the vid that taught me. The xantham gum is optional, I don't use it because I get tremendous volume without it and I think it gives it more of an ice cream texture without it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqT4lOyxgR4
Eat it immediately, I do not freeze. If you think it makes way too much for you, just halve the recipe next time but yeah.. its a lot!
I don't remember her exact amounts but here's mine in the order I add to the blender:
65mils of sugar free pancake syrup (17 cals)
145 mils of unsweetened vanilla almond milk (18 cals)
tiny splash of imitation vanilla extract (2 cals?)
8 drops of liquid sucralose (0 cals)
entire tray of ice cubes
Blend all of that until the ice is crushed up, scrape down the sides of the blender with a spatula.
Add 28g of Quest salted caramel (100 cals)
Blend on high for 1 minute. Stop and stir a little, and scrape down the sides of the blender again. Blend for another 10-20 seconds. Once it rises and thickens really nicely its done.
Have a giant mixing bowl ready, like a really big one haha and an oven mitt to set the bowl on so your hand doesn't freeze while you eat it
I top with about 15 mils more syrup (3 cals) and 3 crushed up chocolate stauffer's animal crackers (24 cals)
165 cals and 23g protein.
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Does anyone else around here make protein fluff? I LOVE it. It's so freaking filling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3Z028prSU
All you need is protein powder, xanthan gum and your choice of low-fat chilled liquid (water, almond milk, diet soda, juice, blended frozen berries, etc.).
It's ridiculously filling for only the calories of your scoop of protein powder. It does make you feel quite bloated though!
I like making chocolate protein fluff with added cocoa powder and almond milk.
I've come to prefer protein ice cream. @ElvenToad shared how to make it in the protein cheesecake thread and I've been enjoying it ever since.
Edit: Ah, I see she's shared it in the post right above mine!
My tips if you have a less than ideal blender like I do ... I use the ice crusher setting and keep pulsing it, stir, pulse, stir, pulse... it gets the job done.
When everything is all slushy, add the protein powder, stir in in a bit, turn the blender on, and I have to stir from the top while the blender blends from the bottom.
The finished product is worth it. I'm about to go make some now.
I have mine with Hershey's Lite Syrup and the gluten free equivalent of Cocoa Krispies sprinkled on top.0 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »Does anyone else around here make protein fluff? I LOVE it. It's so freaking filling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3Z028prSU
All you need is protein powder, xanthan gum and your choice of low-fat chilled liquid (water, almond milk, diet soda, juice, blended frozen berries, etc.).
It's ridiculously filling for only the calories of your scoop of protein powder. It does make you feel quite bloated though!
I like making chocolate protein fluff with added cocoa powder and almond milk.
I tried it, thought it was horrible.. straight into the trash.
Next time you decide to try it add a sweetener and some other flavoring agent, I like mango extract or Pb2+caramel extract. On its own it's pretty bland and not sweet at all.
It was a whole bag of frozen strawberries, 60g of ON whey in vanilla, and 8oz almond milk. I didn't use any sweetener so that very well could be what went wrong but it was like eating whipped air.. the flavor/texture was so bad I just couldn't do it. And let me tell you after standing there for 10 minutes with the hand beaters on I wasn't too happy about that
Now the youtuber who showed me how to make protein ice cream in a blender... they are my hero! Same volume as the fluff, 160ish calories and it tastes amazing. Been eating that everyday for months now so my belly is quite happy and I haven't gotten sick of it yet haha!
Quest Salted Caramel PP and Quest cookies n cream PP are the best but I also like making it with ON mint chocolate chip caesin pp... I'm a bit obsessed
Quest peanut butter PP is pretty good in it too. I've been making it every day since you shared it in the protein cheesecake thread. I like it much better than protein fluff.1 -
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I've come to prefer protein ice cream. @ElvenToad shared how to make it in the protein cheesecake thread and I've been enjoying it ever since.[/quote]
I wish I could high five you so hard right now
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That is so awesome, I will have to try the peanut butter! I did order samples from quest of the cookies n cream and the cinnamon crunch because I had never tried those before. I like Quests cookies n cream MUCH better than ON's version. I really didn't care for the cinnamon crunch at all so I'm glad I didn't buy a whole tub of it.
Off to order more samples!!2
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