How Can I Make A Senior Nutrition Drink That Is Better Than A Commercial Drink On Fixed Income?
Posted by Zolly | Under Nutrition Friday Jul 3, 2009How can I make a senior nutrition drink that is better than a commercial drink on fixed income? Where to find the ingredants? Thank you.
Bananas, yogurt, Tablespoon or two of flax seed, (this gives you your Omega 3′s,( buy at any health food store, about a $1..00 to $1.50 a pound) milk, and a little vanilla, Add a little honey is you want. Put in your Blender with a little crushed ice. Viola,
You can also use other fresh berry’s and or fruit, or canned fruit, with yogurt, you can use plain or flavored yogurt You can use fruit juices instead of the milk and yogurt.
Years ago, I used to have a morning protein drink that really
hit the spot and got me going. I used vanilla protein powder
from a health food dept. Then I added milk and canned
peaches, and ice cubes and whipped it in a blender. You
could even use ice cream instead of the milk, as long as it’s
vanilla. Then add a ripe banana and blend to the thinness you
want. And wollah, you’ve got energy to make it through the
morning or any meal time. I am certain it will beat the taste of
any nutrition drink you can buy in the can.
I use a blender the bullet types are incredible come with lots of containers. For the nutritious drink and also because I budget I use skim milk powder and just add more powder than the packet advises—you can always stop and check out the taste. Honey to sweeten but only a little as costs and is just sugar then you can add fruit dried or fresh I also add a few teaspoons of vanilla and it is just wonderful and healthy and good budget wise .
If you are looking to increase your protein intake, all the fruit and veg juice mixtures won’t help. However, Sams club sells a large container of protein powder that is very reasonable,(according to my son-in-law the weightlifter) and doesn’t seem to make him gag when he drinks it. A scoop or 2 of that into a fruit smoothie would bump protein. Also, my son-in-law buys an old fashioned drink mix called Ovaltine that he also swears by and that doesn’t seem to be too darn expensive either.
Healthy & Economical
Ice, Water and a twist of fresh lemmon or lime.
If you want lemonade or lime drink:
increase the twist to a wedge, add a package of sweetner and you have a fresh glass of L- ade.
Serving a crowd:
Try Koolaid – lemonade or punch flavor work well.
Substitute: 1 cup of water with 1 cup of orange juice, pinapple juice, or any citric juice.
Hints:
1. Can use any sugar substitute if your not serving it to young children.
2. If your water has that clorine taste, boil it or let in sit for a few hours before making your refreshment.
3. ‘Refreshing’ if you chill it or stir in ice
4. Enhance the appeal if you hang that slice of fruit over the cup.
Ingredient: Economical & Hastle Free
Can store ingredients easily and can use frozen juice or fresh. In our area the dollar stores sell the Sweetner,and Koolaid is 10 cents per package/ yields 1/2 gallon of refreshment.
Blender
Tomato juice, fresh veggies, fresh & canned fruit, banana
At a dollar store you can get pretty cheap canned fruit … mix it with juice you get there too.
Buy ‘off brand’ stuff like tomato juice’ & orange juice, and canned fruit – once it is blended who cares what it looked like before
. Check out the Jack LaLanne juicer.
He’s about 90 and seems to be doing something right!
Blender,fruit.Actually its better.No added yuckies.If you can find liquid vitamins,that might work.*_*.
Blender>>ice,strawberries,banana,
dig of vanilla ice cream blend well.
Mllkshakes
You COULD add hard liqour but then it just makes it fun instead of nutrional.