Myoplex Tips

I love Myoplex. I could live on the stuff! Most people who try it for the first
time and hate it just haven't figured out how to make it yet. Here are some
pointers if you have a whole box of it that you don't think you can gag down.

The best way to make Myoplex is with a blender and ice or frozen fruit.

If you don't have a blender and ice, you need a shaker bottle with a screen to
break up lumps. You also need ice cold water.

If you want to throw up, just make it with tap water, and mix it with a spoon or
a shaker with no screen. You'll end up with warm, lumpy vomit water. :-)

You can control the thickness by the amount of water and ice you add. I'm always
baffled by people who say Myoplex is too thick. Double or triple the amount of
water you use and you'll be drinking chocolate milk, not cake batter. Make it
with lots of ice and little water and you can almost create ice cream. You have
to experiment to find your favorite consistency. I use 16 oz of water for
Myoplex Light, and 20 oz for regular Myoplex.

If you use Myoplex low-carb, you can add a lot of stuff without making it
carb-heavy. I split those in half and add milk, frozen strawberries, or a frozen
banana.

If you're using regular Myoplex, you can add 20g of carbs before you throw it
off balance (10g if you're splitting the packets in half). I highly recommend
half a frozen banana. It does wonders for any flavor. Just peel some bananas,
cut them in half, and throw them in a bag in the freezer. Use a little extra
water and toss half a frozen banana in the blender with your Myoplex. Good
stuff!

If you're using Myoplex Lite, you have to be much more careful because it
already has a lot of carbs in it. Bananas and milk are pretty much out. You can
still add 3-4 frozen strawberries, 5 frozen cherries, 3-4 frozen peach wedges,
or 3-4 frozen mango chunks without wrecking the protein/carb ratio.

Favorite combos:

Add banana to any flavor
Add cherries to Chocolate
Add strawberries to Strawberry
Add mango to Pina Colada flavor
Add peaches to Peach or Pina Colada
Add frozen berry blend (blueberry, raspberry, strawberry) to chocolate. It turns
it purple!

You can buy frozen, unsweetened fruit in bags at the store. Be creative, and if
you come up with any spectacular Myoplex recipes, do tell!

Renee