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Protein Milkshake was kind enough to send me a few of their chocolate flavors to sample again. I love their protein so much because it’s fairly low calorie, so it’s easy to fit into your macros while still providing the protein you need to stay satiated. Their flavors are also so fun, and I love seeing how I can recreate some of the flavors’ inspiration with their protein powders. Protein Milkshake sent me chocolate cake and chocolate mousse flavored protein recently. My birthday is coming up next month, so we’ll be saving the chocolate cake for that! But first, I wanted to whip up a tasty treat for anyone craving pie this fall, but maybe isn’t a huge pumpkin fan. (And if you are a pumpkin fan, they have seasonal flavors too like pumpkin spice latte, so you could totally do this with whatever flavor you wanted!) Today, we’re making a super easy, no-bake pie. A chocolate cream pie, to be exact! This is protein packed and only requires three ingredients. These are personal sized and are perfect for a pre-portioned out treat. When you mix your chocolate mousse protein with Greek yogurt, it makes for a great, well, mousse! I used a vanilla yogurt so the chocolate flavors could really shine, rather than be overpowered by a fruit flavor. But if you wanted to go for a chocolate-dipped strawberry vibe, this would pair nicely with strawberry yogurt too. I only needed to mix the powder in to the yogurt for about a minute. The result was perfection and it made enough for two mini pie crusts! Ingredients:
Stay tuned for a birthday cake for breakfast recipe in November!
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Summertime means I’m on a strawberry kick! And to be honest, I’m always on a strawberry kick. Strawberries are definitely one of my all time favorite fruit, and any dessert with strawberries in it is an automatic favorite of mine.
Protein Milkshake offered me to try out their newest flavor. When I saw that it was Strawberry Shortcake protein, I was beyond excited! So, naturally, I had to make strawberry shortcake with it… and this version is totally acceptable for breakfast because it’s oats in disguise! Thank you again to Protein Milkshake for mailing me these samples to try out. Protein Milkshake Strawberry Shortcake Review:
You cannot beat Protein Milkshake’s macros. It’s exactly why they’re on my list of best protein shakes for Weight Watchers. Their flavors are all around 110 calories each (including this one), and they clock in at 1 SmartPoint per serving if you're following any of the myWW plans!
Unlike some proteins, they’re very smooth and the flavor is strong. Thankfully it’s not sickeningly sweet, but the perfect balance. The strawberry shortcake flavored protein gave these baked oats such a lovely flavor. This truly did taste like a shortcake! When I opened the package, it even smelled just like a strawberry cake! Ready to make cake for breakfast? Oats ingredients (makes 3 servings):
Frosting ingredients (1 serving):
How to make straw shortcake protein baked oats:
Tips For StOring baked oats:
If you’re making your baked oats in advance, you can store them in the fridge and then reheat in the microwave. They should only need 30-60 seconds in the microwave (depending on your microwave strength).
There are affiliate links throughout this blog post for your convenience, where I can earn a small commission. I never support a product or brand I don't personally use and enjoy, but if you'd like to learn more, you can head to this page! If you haven’t seen it already, there’s a viral TikTok snack hack going around: pasta chips! Pasta chips are essentially just air fried pieces of cooked pasta. This is best when done with a smaller shape, like penne or bow ties. But I’ve seen some influencers like The Korean Vegan do this with ramen noodles, too! So your options are limitless. One of my favorite TikTokers is Steph Grasso, a clinical dietician who tried this with chickpea pasta for an added protein boost. I absolutely love Banza’s chickpea pasta and pizza crust, so I knew I had to try this! Banza’s chickpea pasta is just made with chickpeas (plus a little tapioca and some xanthan gum). It packs 22g of protein and 8g of fiber per serving! So it’s much more filling than standard pasta. I tried Banza for the first time when I participated in Veganuary. Their products are vegan and gluten-free, so they fit the bill for a vegan substitute. Anthony and I both really loved it and found that there wasn’t really a flavor difference from regular pasta. And calorically, it’s similar (190-200 calories per 1 cooked cup). When making my protein pasta chips, I had seen a ton of recipes with Italian seasonings and Parmesan cheese. But I wanted to try something different. At the time, I was really craving cool ranch flavored Doritos! So I whipped up some seasonings that I had and found that this totally hit the spot. It made for a great pre-workout snack! I used penne pasta and it reminded me of Takis. |
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The Verdict
For ease of replication, definitely a 10/10. Agar agar is super easy to work with, even more so than standard gelatin in my opinion.
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Tsuyu's favorite food is jelly, which is really fitting since her Quirk (aka superpower for those of you unfamiliar with the show) is that she's part-frog!
Since Tsuyu is Japanese, we'll be making a Japanese fruit jelly, which is a bit different than your standard Jell-O. But since her costume and character design is heavily centered around the color green, we'll be giving this a little bit of a twist that breaks away from the traditional way of making the dessert. Don't worry, it's super easy and won't impact the taste.
If you're trying to eat in a calorie deficit like me or if you're concerned about your sugar intake for dietary reasons, I'll include some easy swaps you can make to keep the sugar content low.
Also, this dish is accidentally vegetarian! If you get a plant-based food coloring (you can get this at Whole Foods) then this will even be vegan-friendly.
Ingredients
- Optional (for the Froppy twist!): Green food coloring
- Fruit of choice (I recommend strawberry slices, kiwi slices, or berries!)
- Agar agar aka kanten powder (this is different from Jell-O because its clear, flavorless, and it doesn't melt at room temp like Jell-O can!)
- To taste: sugar or Stevia
- Water
- Optional: flavored syrup or fruit juice for flavor
See instructions for ratio of water and agar agar.
Instructions
- Dissolve agar agar into water. If using 1 cup of water, start with 1 tsp agar agar.
- Bring water to boil after dissolving agar agar to prevent clumping. Once your water is at a rolling boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add sweetener and one or two drops of food coloring. Stir until well-blended.
- Take off heat and pour half of the agar agar mixture into a mold
- If you don't have a square mold for Jell-O, you can use a brownie pan
- If you have ice cube trays or specific Jell-O molds, that works too!
- Let cool in the fridge or at room temp for a few minutes while you cut your fruit into slices. Mine only took about 3 minutes in the fridge to reach the next stage.
- Once your jelly has just begun to set (it shouldn't be completely set yet), add fruit slices, then top with the remaining half.
- If it's completely set, then the top layer won't be able to bind with the bottom. Make sure your jelly is still really soft, but has started to form.
- Let set in the fridge until the jelly has completely set. Use a knife to cut around the fruit and then serve.
The Verdict
Tips:
- Make thicker squares by using 2 cups of water and 2 tsp of agar agar
- Make sure all of your fruit is sliced evenly. If your fruit slices are thick, I recommend making a thicker jelly.
- Since agar agar is flavorless, if you'd prefer a flavored jelly, you can try this with Jell-O.
- In that case, you wouldn't need to use sweetener or food coloring.
- If you're trying to keep the sugar low, you can use a sugar-free Jell-O.
- If you still want to use the agar agar but also want to add flavoring, I recommend using a flavor syrup or fruit juice.
- If you're trying to keep this low sugar, I recommend Jordan's Skinny Syrups. Most of their products are for coffee, but their cocktail mixes would work great here to add some flavor.
- Another low sugar option is finding a sugar free fruit juice of your choice at your grocery store.
Nutritional info (if using Stevia)
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This is featured in My Hero Academia with Fat Gum’s introduction, since takoyaki is a classic Osaka street food and that’s where he lives. It’s also where Amajiki got his tentacles from when he converted his food for his Quirk, Manifest.
Everything you need, you can get on Amazon. You can order a takoyaki maker if you want to make more at a time, but I wanted to give this a try before I committed to a larger kitchen appliance (especially since we don't have much room in our small galley kitchen). So, I ordered this small cake pop maker that the reviews said work great for takoyaki as well. Plus, with the cake pop maker, I don't have to turn the takoyaki over since it functions similarly to a waffle iron.
Ingredients
- 4 oz. Otafuku takoyaki kit (this comes with the takoyaki sauce and takoyaki flour)
- 1 Green onion
- 4 oz. octopus, grilled and chopped
- 12 oz. Water
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Pickled ginger
- Bonito flakes to taste
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2 tbsp mayonnaise (preferably Japanese kewpie mayo, but you can use regular mayo)
- If you're following Weight Watchers or are on a calorie deficit, you can use a light mayo instead
Instructions
- Grill and chop octopus tentacles and set aside.
- In a bowl, mix the takoyaki flour, water, and two eggs.
- Fill your takoyaki maker with batter about halfway. Evenly distribute fillings (except bonito flakes) in each hole, then fill to the brim with more batter.
- If you are using a traditional takoyaki maker (not the cake pop maker I bought), once the takoyaki is cooked halfway, flip them halfway with a toothpick.
- Once your takoyaki is golden brown, top with the takoyaki sauce, mayo, and bonito flakes and enjoy!
The verdict
The taste, though? Excellent! The fillings I selected were based off of what I’ve had at two separate Japanese restaurants here in Orlando, and these tasted really similar to the ones we had there. 10/10 on taste!
Nutritional information
- 40 calories
- 1 g fat
- 15.7 mg cholesterol
- 140 mg sodium
- 5 g carbs
- 0.1 g fiber
- 5 g sugar
- 2 g protein
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We've already made Itadori Yuji's ginger chicken meatball recipe from the show, but today we're making a forbidden food from the show...
That's right! We're making Sukuna's fingers. Spoiler alert if you haven't sarted the show yet, but Itadori ate Sukuna's finger to save his friends despite the odds of it hurting him being high. So today, we're going to craft our own with hot dogs, honey glazed almonds, and bacon. This is fun to make for when you watch the show on Friday nights or to save for Halloween to creep out your friends.
ingredients
- Honey glazed almonds
- Pack of hot dogs
- If you're following Weight Watchers, you can use a turkey hot dog to lower the SmartPoints value
- Bacon
- If you're following Weight Watchers, you can use a turkey bacon to lower the SmartPoints value
instructions
- Fully cook your hot dogs and set aside.
- Cook your bacon, but remove from heat before it crisps.
- Wrap your bacon around the hot dog and add back to heat. Let bacon finish cooking so it can get a similar appearance as the finger.
- Cut a slight notch in the top to add in your almond as the nail.
the verdict
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