some days I make a shake filled with STUFF that takes me through from breakfast through lunch(or, more usually, save half for post-lunch, pre-dinner snackage). The powders I use are manitoba harvest hemp powder (major hemp love), designer whey weight control (chocolate) or, as others have mentioned, the vegan powder, Vega by Sequel Naturals. I've tried the berry and the unflavored and while the unflavored tastes like paste if you don't really dress it up (I only use half the serving size, on either Vega flavors) I prefer unflavored to the too-stevia tasting berry. Start with water and fresh fruit and baby spinach, then powders, chia seeds, maybe some cacao nibs, then frozen fruit and ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice and then deliciousness.
I like using shakes (and protein powders) as a tool because they are a simple way to control calories and nutrition. You can add and subtract as you need and unlike commercial shakes or those body builder.weight gainer "protein" powders that are mostly sugar, you can easily make a nutrient-packed veg/raw/green shake. Or even a blended salad with protein powder covers more bases. As far as non-powder protein, I have blended soaked adzuki in a sludge, couldn't even tell.
So yes, tl;dr, I like protein powders, but only certain ones and only if they are workin' it, nutrition-wise, and not just as a protein source.
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