the penny pincher's protien shake

mention that you are wanting to add more protien to your diet and people will give you a number of suggestions. there are many options out there, from protien powders to protien shakes. of course, you could always go the old fashioned way and just add more chicken and steak to your diet. for those like me, however, who dread the thought of using anything in the kitchen other than the microwave or toaster, i have found something that makes adding some extra protien to my day much easier and thought i would share my secret with you. don't you feel lucky?

many protien supplements on the market are expensive. if you don't believe me, just make a trip to your local GNC and see what the price range is for the supplements they carry. Most range from $35.00 to $75.00 per container and since you will be recommended to take several scoops of the supplement multiple times a day, you may go through even their largest container quicker than you would think.

so, whenever i started asking around about protien supplements, i was informed by a friend at the gym that i could try a brand of high protien supplements called EAS for free. i liked the sound of that. after spending several minutes researching the brands products and ingredients on their website, i decided to give it a try. why not, right?

in the world of protien supplements, free samples are not very popular. my personal thoughts on this is because most of these companies know that if you let someone try their supplement product before they spend $60.00 on it, they more than likely won't buy it, because, let's face it, a lot of the shakes, powders, and bars taste like something you might find in a second grade classroom, you know, chalk, paper, cardboard, things like that.

i mention all of this to illustrate how shocked i was to read that my free sample was not going to be some one ounce, trial size package mailed to me within the next four to six weeks, but rather a coupon i could print straight from my computer and take to any store which carried the EAS products and use to obtain my choice of protien shake or bar.

so i printed my coupon and headed out to the grocerey store. the local stores here carry a four pack of EAS Protien Shakes for around $4.50 - $5.00. and being the penny pincher that my mother raised me to be, i thought the price was a little high. nevertheless, i walked up to the counter, coupon in hand, and recieved my first package of EAS Protien Shakes at no cost to me.

while driving home, i crunched the numbers in my head and was dismayed at the thought of spending almost $50.00 a month on a protien shake. i mean, people pay less for gym memberships. then it hit me. i could use half of a shake and add skim milk, which is a natural source of protien, to make my own protien shake at half of the cost.

needless to say, as soon as the groceries were unpacked that afternoon, i headed right over to the blender, a gallon of skim milk in one hand and a protien shake in the other. i poured about half of the shake into the blender and added about the same amount of skim milk. it smelled fantastic, but something was not right. the shake was still warm from sitting on the shelves at the grocerey store and the skim milk only made the drink slightly chilled. i dumped a handfull of ice cubes into the blender and turned it on.

and voilà! a penny pincher's protien shake.

so, if you are interested, i encourage you to try it for yourself!

first, get your free coupon from https://eas.com/freesample

to make one serving:
1/2 Serving (about 5.5 ounces) EAS AdvantEDGE Carb Control protien shake (i use the chocolate fudge, but they have several other flavors, including vanilla which you could also add fresh strawberries or natural peanut butter to)
1/2 Serving (about 4 ounces) Skim Milk
1 Generous Handful of Ice Cubes

blend well, refrigerate the other half of your EAS Protien Shake, and enjoy!

nutritional facts for one serving

1oo calories
12.5 grams protien
9.5 grams carbs
1.5 grams fat
6 grams sugar
1.5 grams fiber (if you would like to add more fiber, sprinkle a tablespoon of flaxseed into the blender as well, this will only add about 30 calories!)