Any use for a blender?

#21

Super thick protein shakes! Aside from tasting awesome, I use them to fake myself into staying full longer.

#22

Whats going in your thick shakes? I need some ideas.
I made one last night which was a bit rough. It was 300ml of water, 100ml of bone broth, 1 scoop strawberry protein isolate, table spoon of yogurt, table spoon of peanut butter and a 5g scoop of supergreens.
it would have been ok, but by the time I had messed about it was getting warm, which made it a but of effort to drink. If it was cold it would have been ok.

(Susan) #23

I use a Nutribullet knockoff for my morning fruit flavored ‘eggnog’.
3-5 eggs
1/2-1 c heavy whipping cream
sweetener and fruit flavoring (Torani sugar free flavors are amazing-peach is my favorite)
ice

I used to add kale and should get back to that, but I have kale with my salad every night, so I’m not motivated to make more work. I also used to add avocado. It makes it REALLY thick and creamy. Now that avos are so much more expensive, I only have them with my salads as I love the flavor of the avo and you can’t taste the avos or the eggs with my ‘eggnog.’
You could add protein powder, but I have chickens and need ways to eat all those eggs. You can add all the various supplements, peanut butter, yogurt etc. I used to make a killer peanut butter shake pre-keto with unmentionables added. I think I’ll see if I can duplicate it with eggs and HWC and ice. Thanks for the idea.

#24

yes good point. I also have chickens but here in the UK they stop laying at this time of year. Mine are getting old so i may have not get as many for a while. I used to always put a raw egg in my shake, but im not sure I would do 5 at a time. I’m sure its better in a blender. Ive always used a hand shaker and i did get lumps of egg white which were a little off putting.

#25

I have a powerful stick blender but I use it slow for my mugs and my eggs still get properly mixed. I need my stick blender. I like to have raw eggs in my drinks and I even need to drink some of my eggs now.

5 eggs with cream? I may need something like that if I seriously want to do OMAD together with carnivore, I actually have problems with getting my 120-130g protein and enough fat at once there. OMAD tends to make my meals too small :frowning:
But I will use mostly the yolks (and less cream). My biotin intake probably would stay fine anyway but I have nice recipes for the whites and solid food feels more substantial (and I can eat that as it’s dessert and it goes into my dessert stomach :wink: it’s never my stomach capacity is the problem anyway).

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #26

I want to egg you on to blend in with this crowd, but I can already see you shaking your head at this yolk.
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

(Ohio ) #27

Blender for Broccoli stems.

#28

Sounds decent, but I make mine to fill me and for taste, not really as meals so I wouldn’t have done the bone broth or greens, but if the taste can hide in there have at it!

One I just drank was a Chocolate peanut butter Whey, almond milk, a little extra cocoa, a scoop of MCT powder and when they’re around my workouts a banana which adds a lot more creaminess to it. But even without that you can make them really thick. Trick is just a ton of blending.

I’ll do the almond milk, cocoa, whey, and MCT powder, whatever sweetener I use for it and blend it for like 2mins. Add my ice, blend the life out of that, then if it needs more, I’ll add a little more ice and again, BLEND! I’ve also added real peanut butter, the powder version if i’m trying to make it not that calorie dense, yogurt etc. You can also use a little (like real little) bit of Xantham Gum to make it almost ice cream like, or add more and literally eat it with a spoon. Great for making yourself full with very little.

(Susan) #29

I’m on my second group of chickens because the first batch stopped laying eventually. It’s great that in Hawaii they continue laying all year round. Just a little less frequently in the winter.

I’m 2mad an that’s the entire meal. The whole meal is ready in about 2 minutes. Would you eat 4 eggs in a meal? It’s the same thing. I don’t add anything except cream and flavoring.

Yeah. The whites in fresh eggs really stick together, even with a wisk. I like my scrambled eggs on the soft side, and the raw whiles really are off putting. Maybe I should use the blender? I think you mentioned having an electric wisk. I’ll try my stick blender next time!

(Greta) #30

@ Shinita

Since I don’t use it that often, I still have the first stick blender I ever had! The original Braun hand blender when it first came out. Not sure when that was - very early 90s?

I know I used to mash potatoes with it, and make pancake mix and such. I get it out once in a while - I think when I’m making something for my (adult) daughter.

I really love having this old stick blender.

I went on eBay and bought the Cuisinart food processor that my mom had in the 70s. It seems it was on the market forever without changing much. Now this thing gets used. I like push leftover turkey meat through the slicing blade and then brown that (deep brown) in a hot pan with butter. That’s the best way to eat leftover turkey!

(B Creighton) #31

Juicers - sell or give away.
I have a Blendtec blender. I use it to make protein smoothies. I also use it to make a lemonade. I throw in some water, a whole lemon, and flip the switch. I then refrigerated this concentrate, and pour a little out each morning in a cup. I add about 9-10 drops of stevia, and fill the cup with cold water. It makes a delicious low carb lemonade. I don’t know how well yours would do for these things, but a food processor is not really ideal for either.

(Allie) #32

Tell me about, I’m lucky to get one a day from my seventeen hens… oh but they’re adorable, and certainly deserve the rest :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

#33

Yes, they are certainly pets rather than producers for us. We have 3 heavy hens and 3 silkies. The solid are way more hardy that I thought they would be. They laid right up to mid November and the eggs are still over 50g, which is classed as a medium egg for a regular chicken.
They are double the price, but we are thinking about going with all silkies next time.

(Allie) #34

I have a mixed flock, all rescues. Currently 10 little red ex-commercials, one MASSIVE light Sussex, three 9 month old leghorns, one feisty and often broody but very beautiful black, one maybe Araucana or legbar cross who lays green eggs, and my big boy who was dumped in a park near me in April 2020 so I brought him home. Eggs are almost always, for the reds, over 75g and between 50 - 65g for the rest.

Silkies maybe not the best option if you want eggs as they’re so often broody.

#35

The more you have the less broody they are as only one goes broody at a time. They given us one egg a day for just as long as the other herbs but eat less.
But they are very very stupid and when it rains they just stand still.
They do eat a lot lot less. My light Sussex eats the same as the other 5. Hey eggs are also 75-80g, but she needs much more food. . Though I get the good free as I work with wheat which is handy.

At the moment we have a cream legbar and a bluebell. But the cream leg bar refuses to go in, so we have to find her and it get in every night, which is a real pain.

(Allie) #36

Legbars are known for it, so are leghorns as I have to put mine to bed every single night. Yeah Wookie, my Sussex hen, eats loads and she’s a freeloader too. She used to live next door to a friend of mine who found out her owner was going to kill her as she had stopped laying, so Liz just grabbed her and ran away with her before calling me :rofl:

For food economy you can’t beat the little reds, they’re designed that way, but they aren’t long lived as the daily egging destroys them :frowning:

#37

I didn’t realise it was all cream legbars, I thought we just got a stupid one.

(Allie) #38

Oh no, it’s a common breed trait. My friend had two, sadly just lost one, but they’re exactly the same. Always trying to get up high and escaping :rofl:

(Nick) #39

I have smoothies all the time.

Mine are as follows:

Home made almond milk (or water)
Cacao Powder (raw) 9-12g
Faba bean protein powder (15-20g) (very high plant protein, prefer this to whey).
Swapp between the following low net carb fruits:
Lucuma powder (tea spoon, has carbs but nutrient dense, natural sweetener)
Camu Camu powder (as above use alternatively, very high in vit c)
Frozen blueberries (in moderation)
Frozen raspberries (in modernation)
Avocado (I cut these up fresh and freeze)
Coconut oil
MCT oil

I normally break my fast with this after gym / work out.

You can make your own almond milk in blender.

1 raw cup almonds (ideally soaked first) / 3 cups water

Method: blend into smooth mush, then put through muslin cloth and sieve. Use the milk within 2-3 days.

Then, take the blended nut material, put it on a baking tray, leave in oven on very low heat c70c over night. When it’s dry blend it some more, and you have home made almond flour.

You can make almond flour pancakes or coat meat like chicken.

I also use mine for blending veg, cauliflower and butter mash for example.

(Nick) #40

Variation on the above, raw cacao powder, thick / heavy cream, MCT oil a bit more avocado 1/2 to 3/4. Some low carb sugar alternative like xylitol and you’ve got a really delicious chocolate milkshake. High fat, creamy, will still bit slightly on the bitter side, but I find I have less sweet tooth once in ketosis.