[mooselover]

This is so funny to me. I love the pudding as pudding. It is my nightly treat. I do not like the banana one tho. It had a metallic taste to me. I love butterscotch, vanilla (can add all kinds of extracts) and dark chocolate.

[angie773]

I hate the puddings =/

[DanafromAustin]

I have a vanilla pudding every night. I add 5oz of water, the vanilla powder, 1 tbsp of protein collagen, a fair amount of cinnamon, and 8 ice cubes. I blend it in my bullet, and one minute later I have a thick vanilla shake. Yum Yum!

[carolirish]

I have just made dollar pancakes. I don't have a waffle maker and couldn't find one on the high street. I just went to the shops to find one and pick up cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. I used a banana pudding, 2 egg whites, 60ml water, sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg and a tsp of vanilla essence. I didn't have any baking powder. I whisked it all together by hand and dolloped/spooned it into a hot oiled pan. I got about 10 small pancakes and added WF pancake syrup on top. Yummy! Thanks for the tips.

[Pookiepotpie2]

I love the great ideas thank you so much

[Sewmam]

Originally Posted by Chloe222

I also found the IP chocolate pudding to have minimal flavor. I do primarily alternative products but do have some IP.

I add choclate flavored stevia to it, 2 c of spinach, ice cubes and my high speed blender (Ninja) and have a chocolate shake and get my veggies in. Works well. The spinach becomes practically tasteless and makes it thicker. The extra chocolate stevia extends the flavor so it's not diluted too much. I buy "Sweet Leaf" liquid chocolate stevia (also have just about every other flavor) and buy it online through iherb.com, they have free shipping for orders >$20. The 2 oz bottle of liquid stevia lasts a long time - don't let the size fool you - you use 3-4 drops to start, I'm estimating never used more than 10 drops - its highly effective as a sweetener.

ooooohhhh, I just made a spinach smoothie concoction using a bunch of spinach, ice cubes, a little almond milk, water, WF chocolate syrup, a tbsp of plain gelatin (to get my collagen in) and a tbsp of cocoa powder and a tbsp of soy protein powder. It is incredible. I'm in Phase 4 and this is now one of my favorite snacks. Thanks for the idea!

[Chloe222]

What I'm writing isn't new - it was the fine folks on this website before me that gave me these ideas. I am posting it here since I recently did this and wanted the new folks to be aware of it. I am indebted to those folks before me who would share these simple recipes on the Daily thread because it made it easier to stay on the program, esp in the first few weeks. In those early weeks, I was too overwhelmed to also check the recipe listings, but I did read the daily thread religiously.

Vanilla almond shake: This is one of my favorites: Take 1-2 c spinach, and a little water, chop finely in your handy chopper (my ninja, some have bullets). Then add a touch of vanilla extract, almond extract, vanilla flavored stevia, vanilla drink or pudding, and let it chop away till smooth. I drink 2/3 of it.

The remaining 1/3 is poured into a small pyrex cup, put in the freezer until I can no longer wait to eat it - could be a half hour or 2-3 hours. It does become frozen if I leave it in 3 hours and then I might put it in the microwave for 10 seconds to help it defrost faster. Anyway, it makes a great treat right before bed, satisfying and this way I get 2 treats out of the packet. Feels indulgent but isn't.

This is something I see myself doing after I lose all the weight and go into lifelong maintenance.