Athletic Suppliments-- Follow up questions

[hickbilly_101]

consider investing in a blender for smoothies. I know you said you dont want to spend a lot, but if you can just buy some bananas and strawberries every week, you will have a delicious and amazingly nutritious snack.

If you have a mini-fridge/freezer you can buy frozen fruits to make smoothies. They are significantly cheaper than buying fruit any other way and still have all of the good "stuff" in them. My little brother and I practicaly live off of smoothies so we constantly have at least two bags of frozen strawberries and peaches somewhere in our house. And by the way, frozen peaches make the best make-shift popsicles in the world

[rainbowgirl28]

consider investing in a blender for smoothies. I know you said you dont want to spend a lot, but if you can just buy some bananas and strawberries every week, you will have a delicious and amazingly nutritious snack.

If you have a mini-fridge/freezer you can buy frozen fruits to make smoothies. They are significantly cheaper than buying fruit any other way and still have all of the good "stuff" in them. My little brother and I practicaly live off of smoothies so we constantly have at least two bags of frozen strawberries and peaches somewhere in our house. And by the way, frozen peaches make the best make-shift popsicles in the world

Yeah, a mini fridge would be a good investment if you don't have one. Agreed about the frozen fruit, also get some protein powder and you are in business. Bring your water bottle to the cafeteria and fill it up with milk. I like yogurt in my smoothies as well, but that is optional.

Frozen peaches are delicious

You could steal some bananas from the caf, peel them, cut them up, then put them in the freezer for a tasty snack, or just add them to the smoothie as is.

You can make smoothies with fresh fruit as well, just add some ice cubes.

[theczar]

I do have a mini fridge, and I just started making myself fruit and protien smoothies, and they're pretty good!

My family has an old blender that my parents got as a wedding gift (like 25 years ago!! ), and it still works OK....I don't know about it chopping ice very well, but it does a number on fruit for sure!


that probably sounds like my best bet...I'll look into that.

thanks!

[rainbowgirl28]

Do you have access to a kitchen in your dorm hall or anything like that?

If not, maybe you can go to a friend's house once every few weeks and do something like this...

Buy some whole wheat pasta and frozen grilled chicken breasts and whatever else you think would be good in a pasta chicken salad.

Boil a big pot of the pasta and heat up some of the chicken breasts. Cut up the chicken breats and add to the pasta. Add whatever other ingredients sound good (veggies, parmesan cheese, etc) and toss with a salad dressing or whatever.

Tip: Before you do this, go to the salad bar at your school. Fill up a bowl or two with whatever veggies you think would go good with this. When you sit down at your table, discretely dump the veggies into a plastic grocery bag, then use later. I used to do this all the time last year, take the veggies home and make a stir-fry for me and my roommate (who was not a student).

Oh yeah anyway, invest in a bunch of those cheap gladware containers and store the leftovers in your fridge. You could even take a serving into the cafeteria every day and heat it up there and add more toppings there or whatever.

[rainbowgirl28]

I do have a mini fridge, and I just started making myself fruit and protien smoothies, and they're pretty good!

If you need to get more calories, try adding peanut butter to whatever you are making. Peanut butter and banana or peanut butter and chocolate are always delicious.

[theczar]

good ideas...I'll have to make a note of that so I remember...


Thanks!

[MightyMouse]

Can anyone recommend a nutritious reliable protein powder? And or tips on making protein shakes… except for the peanut butter one (Im allergic)

[Rhino]

I don't know that soybean protein is the best for you, but you can get a 40 lb. bag of the same formulation as sells in 4 lb. jugs at GNC for about $12 at a grain elevator. I substitute it for some of the flour in recipes.