Seriously Good Caramel Frappe Meal Replacement

If you like cold and creamy, smooth and caramelly, blended coffee wonderfulness, you've just got to try this recipe.

This high-protein, filling and satisfying, yet low-calorie frappe tops my list of high-protein amazingness, and is a seriously filling alternative to any other breakfast out there. When I have this for breakfast, I'm full and energized for hours. Packing 3 times as much protein as a slim-fast shake, this recipe carries only 382 calories...skinny enough to keep you from sabotaging your weight-loss goals, but full enough to feel like you ate the Grand Slam at Denny's. (That Grand Slam, by the way, has 795 calories, 50 grams of FAT, 65 carbs, and only 34 grams of protein. I don't recommend eating that.)

So, the nutritional breakdown on this Seriously Good Caramel Frappe Meal Replacement is as follows:

Calories: 382 Protein: 36g Carbohydrates: 39g Fat: 9g

I add a few nutritional supplements to mine, including D3, Chromium, MSM, Alpha-lipoic Acid, and I pop a multi-vitamin on the side. When adding nutritional supplements to my blender, I break the capsule open and empty the contents. The capsules will not blend well.

So here it is...the recipe:

SERIOUSLY GOOD CARAMEL FRAPPE MEAL REPLACEMENT

1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder (I used Body Fortress)

3 tbsp Hills Bros. Skinny Latte fat free caramel (found in the instant coffee section)

1 cup 1% milk

1 tablespoon cinnamon (good for you, helps metabolism)

1 teaspoon Flaxseed Oil (packs a ton of Omega 3 and Omega 6)

Add all ingredients to a blender, and process on the lowest setting for one minute. Add 6 to 10 ice cubes, and pulse on highest setting until ice is crushed. Then process on highest non-pulse setting for one minute.

Want to reduce calories further? Use skim milk (cuts 22 calories) or water (cuts recipe by 102 calories). If you don't add the flaxseed oil, you cut 40 calories, but you lose the Omega 3 & 6. Remember, it isn't all about cutting calories. To keep from becoming so hungry you eat things you wish you hadn't, maintain a healthy, nutrition-packed, protein-packed diet. At least, that is what works for me.

And just for motivation... a similarly sized Caramel Frappucino Blended Beverage from Starbucks has the following breakdown: Calories: 490 Protein: 6g Fat: 16g Carbs: an eye-popping 79 grams. Talk about a sugar rush followed by a "pass me some of those chips" moment. Yeah... don't drink that :)