New banana protein smoothie

While smoothies and protein powder certainly shouldn't be the mainstay of the family diet, I need the supplements right now because the amount if protein I consume doesn't get close to what the guidelines suggest for a person trying to build muscle.

I bought Pure Protein vanilla cream whey powder at Target. Certainly not as wholesome as the products I've been trying from the natural food store but economical. I started blending it with skim milk and a banana, in part because I bought real cow milk to play with my matcha powder I got for Christmas.

I also started putting honey ginger crystals in my smoothie for some zing. 

Today I tried this:

- 1 cup (maybe 1 1/4, not sure) skim milk

- 1 banana 

- 1 scoop protein powder

- 1/2 serving Prince of Peace honey ginger crystals

- 1 heaping tablespoon matcha

The ginger level was almost perfect, maybe a tiny bit strong, and in my opinion the matcha could have been doubled but I love matcha.

Biochem sports whey

Today I did C25k and did some heavy weights but not for a long time. My body feels the effort I put forth so I thought I'd use one of the heavier powders today. Since the vegan vanilla Biochem Sports powder was the tastiest and easiest to dissolve, I selected their whey today (also vanilla).

I think part of the reason these taste like milkshakes is because they are sweetened with stevia.

Again, it dissolved well and tasted great though a few big lumps were very stubborn no matter how hard I shook. Weird thing is... Even the lumps tasted good.