Holland & Barrett have got a great offer this month on Whey Protein Powder - the 908g tub is half-price at £10.99, includes all flavours (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and banana).

For anyone who doesn't know, whey protein is great to use to make shakes (for a quick breakfast, for instance), plus it's also a good to use when cooking cakes, muffins etc.

If you're interested, there's a couple of my shake recipes here - if you want any others, just ask

thats cool i might get it soon, but also does anyone know a recipe for choc ice cream? because i fount one but unsure
200ml cream
some splenda lol
and vanilla protein shake mix

so instead shall i use Whey Protein Powder or is that different to vanilla protein shake mix?

for posting up about the Whey powder I will get myself some of that. A while back when I had my first attempt at this i think i must haver bought the wrong thing then because I bought the H&B Isolate powder and its a bit . Can anyone tell me how to improve the taste of this stuff or what else i can do with it, i think I saw on a thread somewhere that it can be used in cooking...bearing in mind I am doing induction but with a higher carb intake of about 30g due to a reaction with my athritis (which I am pleased to say that i have dropped a couple of pounds already...)

Hi

Try this for a quick fix - the measures are approx and not critical and no need for why powder...

1 small pot double cream (5 Fl Oz or a little more) (whipping cream also works)
1 dessertsp cocoa powder (not drink - the stuff thats about 10 carbper 100 gr)
1 dessertsp splenda (mine is kept with vanilla pods in it)
1 bare tsp vanilla essence (mine is home made with vanilla pod steeped in vodka)
about 1/4 tsp granulated coffee powder (optional its adds depth and I sometimes use the flavoured granulated coffee sold by Whittard - for Mocha ice add more coffee and less cocoa)

(1 dsp = roughly 2 level tsp)

Whisk together - I use the (Delia recommended) Lakeland hand whisk but, if you want to, you can do it with an electric whisk. The trick is not to overwhip - just to sort of soft peak. If you overwhip you end up with a sort of horrid textured butter.

Pop back into the cream pot - it should almost overflow (and then "lick the bowl" as you will find a little left over) - actually I often just use the small plastic bowl I whip it in. Bung in freezer for about an hour and a half. What you get is frozen on the outside and soft inside - not really icecream, hence now called iced cream!

The vodka slows the freezing but do not leave it more than 2 hours as it will go solid and the texture will not recover if you put in the fridge to cure (lack of sugar and no egg - which I do add if I do this in the icecream maker but I never remember to put the bowl in the freezer in time).

I now use less splenda and am aiming to get to the point where I don't need it. Very piggy and very comforting

SL

Just to let you guys know, it's on again

And it's only £10.66 a drum this time... even cheaper than before!

Thanks for this - have just ordered some Vanilla Whey Powder as my breakfasts are the worst meal to cater for.

Anyone know how many carbs are in a serving, please?

The full labels are on h&b's site.... from memory around 1.5 for vanilla, but will have to check.

just checked my drum, it's 1.4g carb per serving. Depending on what you're doing (eg post workout etc) you might want more than one serving at a time for the protein.

Thanks Doogie.

I just bought a drum of the vanilla cos I'm a sucker for a bargain. I have only used unflavored whey before. H+B brand has more carbs and less protein % than my usual brand though, and it also contains AceK sweetener. I'm getting into making nut-flax-whey protein slices for breakfast lately, so I'm going to make up a batch tonight and see if its okay.

I just tried a little of the vanilla powder mixed up with single cream and water. It is soooooooo sweet!!! It tastes like melted ice cream! I think I'll leave out the SF Syrup from my bar recipe based on this taster ;-)

Just noticed today.... H&B currently have the Muscle Tech Nitro-Tech bars down from 2.99 to 1.49 - wasn't marked on the shelf but went through at that price on the system and came up sale item on the receipt, which was a nice surprise

They're 6g net carbs, but 35g of protein.... I grabbed one after the gym today as I was starving (after a double whey protein straight after workout) - a little on the high "net" carb side, but a good whack of protein, which at that price is good value.

Two Atkins Advantage bars would give you 37g of protein for 4g net carbs, but at £1.60 each that's more than double these on sale price.

Be warned though, they are *tough* to eat.... my jaws ended up aching by the time I reached the end of it.... which I'm sure was a mini workout in itself

How long are your orders tending to take, please?

Not heard anything from H&B at the moment, except for the Payment Successful thing... Am I rushing them or do they normally take over a week to send things out?

Mice_Elf - No idea, I always just pop into one of my local H&B stores, have never ordered anything from them over the web. Maybe email their contact us section or something?