Fri, Jun-13-08, 19:25
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Every moment is NOW.
Posts: 23,064
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Plan: LC (ketogenic)
Stats: 520/381/280
BF: Why yes it is.
Progress: 58%
Location: Ozarks USA
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I make a berry shake every morning for me and the kid.
I use (per person, doubled for the two):
1/2 cup of plain yogurt
1/4 cup of cream or h&h
6 whole strawberries or 1/3 cup wild frozen blueberries
1 egg
1 spoon (not a whole scoop, about 1/4 scoop) of protein powder
1 tsp vanilla
some apple pie spice (cinnamon/nutmeg/cloves mix)
sweetzfree to taste (liquid splenda, zero carb)
4 ice cubes
comes out pretty thick. We love it.
Yogurt has some carbs, even totally plain full fat yogurt, about 6 per 1/2 cup (although some will argue most the carbs are eaten up by the yogurt process). Cream has carbs, and of course the berries have carbs. Depending on how I make it, sometimes it comes out pretty high carb, like 20 carbs per person. I'm not currently on a ketogenic plan really so it's not a big deal to me, but if I had to make it lower carb I would skip the cream and instead do the yogurt and some water.
The primary 'thickness' elements are the frozen berries and the ice cubes. I've found that whether I use cream, sour cream, yogurt, or half and half, or some mix of those, the main thickness element is the blended ice basically.
We sometimes make it and skip the berries (much of the carbs) and instead use just extracts of coconut, pineapple, and rum, for a pina colada.
I've been thinking about refrigerating some strong coffee, and making a coffee-cocoa version out of curiosity. A little vanilla and cinnamon and cream, it oughtta be yummy. Like a mocha frappe or something.
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