Zero carb shake mix and recipes

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Here's a post I read today on another list for the protein shake made with Just

Whites:

sounds cheaper and you can have whatever flavor you wish!

jo

Subj: Zero carb shake mix and recipes

To: low-carb-recipe-exchangeegroups

There is NO need to buy expensive shake mixes. All they are is dolled up

protein powder, and it's the " dolling up " that adds the carbs.

Just Whites powdered egg whites is pure protein, carb free, and fat-free

because it is 100% protein. It also has NO taste, is cheap, is in most

grocery stores next to the cocoa and baking stuff, and it is a good

solution for those who can't have dairy(whey) or soy.

Besides making shakes, it is also good for baking and for dusting chicken

and other meats for frying.

To make a shake you need about 8 oz of liquid to 1/4 cup of Just Whites.

Everything else is for flavoring and texture. Some of us need some fat to

get going, so the cream or cream cheese will help with that component if

you need it.

Liquids:

water + Davinci syrup or extracts

diet soda in your favorite flavor

Sweetener (use if you don't use diet soda or a syrup):

1 pkt favorite sweetener (1 carb per packet), I use 2 Splenda tabs instead

If you add cocoa or coffee crystals it will take a lot more sweetener.

Thickeners:

2 Tbsp heavy cream ( .8 carbs)

1 oz cream cheese (mixes up well in blender only, 1 carb)

1/4 cup SF vanilla yogurt (3.5 carbs Krogers, brands vary)

crushed ice

psyllium seed husks (don't count because it is all fiber)

The Just Whites will foam up really nice with a diet soda and a little

cream. (The non-dairy people will have to go with ice or psyllium).

I particularly like the yogurt because it adds an ice cream flavor to the

whole thing. Also the flavored carbonated waters at Wal-Mart are good for

variations in flavors as you get bored with things. Tropical fruit, peach

melba, blackberry apple, and other interesting ones keep it varied.

My most favorite 2 recipes so far are these:

1 12-oz can Canfield's Diet Cherry Chocolate Fudge soda (has aspartame)

1/4 cup Just Whites

2 Tbsp cream (.8 carbs)

1/4 cup SF vanilla yogurt (3.5 carbs)

8 oz Diet Rite Tangerine soda (Splenda, no aspartame)

1/4 cup Just Whites

2 Tbsp cream (.8 carbs)

1/4 cup SF vanilla yogurt (3.5 carbs)

If you are taking to work, you can get one of those " shaker cups " at places

like the Dollar Tree. A canned diet soda and a sandwich bag for the Just

Whites pack well, just shake up in the cup when needed. You can add the

psyllium to make it thicker if you like. Also there is powdered cream now

available from expertfoods.com that you can travel with.