Whole Food Protein Shake

Introduction - http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/05/11/in-the-kitchen-with-dr-hyman-whole-food-protein-shake/

Ingredients

Soak overnight, then blend:

• 1C filtered water
• 1/2C unsweetened almond milk $3/half gallon - 19 cents
• 1 C wild blueberries - $1.10
• 1/2C cranberries?
• 2T raw pumpkin seeds - 28 cents (about $7/lb)
• 2T chia seeds - (Is a flax a better and a cheaper alternative ? [1] [2])
• 2T hemp seeds - 37 cents
• 2T raw almond butter - 80 cents
• 1T coconut fat (oil) - 16 cents
• 4 walnuts - 25 cents
• 3 brazil nuts - 16 cents
• Small banana - 15 cents

So far: $3.46. Not cheap per serving. If 1/3 of one's diet, full diet costs $10/day, $3650/year.

Sourcing

• 1/2C unsweetened almond milk $3/half gallon - 16 half cups - 19 cents
• Dried blueberries - Make sure they are no sugar-added - which implies half the weight is added sugar (see [[3]]).

• Lowest cost is 3 lb frozen blueberries for $10, or $3.33 per lb. Died blueberries are 6x [4] less weight. 9 cups in 48 oz blueberries - by measurement. $1.10.

• Raw almond butter - $1/oz - [5]

• Almond butter - 16 oz iz 2 cups, and 32 TBSP, so 16 servings per jar - $1
• Almond butter - $8 for 27 oz - [6]

• Raw pumpkin seeds - $4.4/lb - [7].
• Brazil nuts - $9/lb - [8]. $8/lb - [9]. $8.60/lb - [10]
• Hemp Seeds - $7.60/lb - [11]
• Walnuts - $7.30/lb - [12]. $7.80/lb -[13]. Quantities per lb - [14]
• Coconut fat - 106 tbsp - [15] - $16.79
• Chia seeds - organic - [16] 2.5 lb for $11 - or $22 for 6 lb - [17]

Other

• Raw Almonds - [18]

• Raw Cashews - 5 lbs for $35 ($6.99/lb); 10 lbs for $35 ($6.50/lb); 25 lbs for $155 + shipping ($6.20/lb)]; 25 lbs for $170 + shipping ($6.75/lb)

• Raw Pecans - [19]. $6 for Missouri -[20]. IFS - $5.77 - [21]
  • 30 lb @$5.33 - [22].
• In shell pecans - [23] - $3.88. $4 -[24]
• . Dates, $1.45/lb - [25]