Quantity of liquid to mix with protein shake.

NZ_2014

Lets imagine I want to make a shake with a scoop of protein powder, a banana, and some milk, and 4 small ice cubes.

How much milk to add to have enough to fill a standard shaker bottle like below?

The few times I have tried, I end up with about 2 and a half pints of the stuff.

Although the shake seems to have alot of excess head, which dies down after a while.

siblers

Erm..the brand of protein powder will say how much to mix, it's usually like 300 ml per 30grams of whey powder. So going on that, maybe 2 30 gram scoops with 600 ml milk. It shouldn't be that difficult to figure out!

NZ_2014

siblers wrote: »

Erm..the brand of protein powder will say how much to mix, it's usually like 300 ml per 30grams of whey powder. So going on that, maybe 2 30 gram scoops with 600 ml milk. It shouldn't be that difficult to figure out!

I'll be in a rush in the morning, don't want to fook it up, cheers

Alf Veedersane

Put everything in shaker. Add milk. Know how much milk you added. Shakify.

NZ_2014

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Put everything in shaker. Add milk. Know how much milk you added. Shakify.

I've been using this fancy plug in blender

NZ_2014

NZ_2014 wrote: »

I've been using this fancy plug in blender

Which produces a ridiculous amount of head.

Maybe I leave it on too long.

Alf Veedersane

NZ_2014 wrote: »

Which produces a ridiculous amount of head.

Maybe I leave it on too long.

Lob the contents of the shaker into the blender. Couple of seconds is all it needs. There's only a banana and a few ice cubes in it.

Doug Cartel

Why do you want to put the blended drink into a shaker? If it's already mixed you don't need to mix it any more.

NZ_2014

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Why do you want to put the blended drink into a shaker? If it's already mixed you don't need to mix it any more.

To bring in car to drink on the way

Zymurgist

Would it not be easier to just make the shake as directed with powder and milk in the shaker, and eat the banana separately?

Doug Cartel

NZ_2014 wrote: »

To bring in car to drink on the way

OK. A shaker isn't really designed for transporting liquids - it's not watertight long term and has no insulation. But I guess if you're careful with it, it'll do in a pinch. If you're just using it as a container so you can drink it at your leisure while in the car and not storing it for use later though, why not just chug the thing down before you leave the house?

Generally with milk, you go with an amount that provides the appropriate level of calories/protein/whatever, not by the volume it will have after it's been prepared. If the blender is really increasing the volume that much, I wouldn't bother with it as it just means you're drinking loads of air. I'd go with Zymurgist on this one. Mix the shake up, drink it and eat the banana separate. If you're in such a bid rush this would be much quicker as you won't have to get out the blender.

Caliden

Get yourself one of these bad boys:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31VqQydnMwL._AA500_.jpg

put stuff in shaker, blend with that, done.