Whole Food Protein Shake

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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)
  • Check.png2T chia seeds -
  • Check.png2T 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. Still quite reasonable - if 1/3 of one's diet, still 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 [[1]]).
  • Lowest cost is 3 lb frozen blueberries for $10, or $3.33 per lb. Died blueberries are 6x [2] less weight. 9 cups in 48 oz blueberries - by measurement. $1.10.
  • Raw almond butter - $1/oz - [3]
  • Almond butter - 16 oz iz 2 cups, and 32 TBSP, so 16 servings per jar - $1
  • Raw pumpkin seeds - $10/lb - 2.5 cups per lb measured. 24 servings per lb. $6.80/lb - [4]
  • Brazil nuts - $9/lb - [5]. $8/lb - [6]
  • Hemp Seeds
  • Walnuts - $6/lb -[7]. Quantities per lb - [8]
  • Coconut fat - 106 tbsp - [9] - $16.79