Ice cream for lifters

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by Chris and Dani Shugart

Eat ice cream, get lean. Here are three high-protein, no-added-sugar ways to make it at home.

One of the biggest myths in fitness is that desserts are off the table if you want to get lean. Not true. But we're not talking about eating tiny portions of regular desserts on rare occasions. Nope, we're talking about eating big portions of high-protein desserts every day that taste like the real thing. Here are three of our favorite ice cream recipes for summertime leanness.

1. Not-So-Basic Vanilla Ice Cream

You'll need a Ninja CREAMI ice cream machine, but it's one kitchen gadget worthy of your counter space. We came up with this recipe to show people how to use the machine and create a versatile ice cream base you can flavor up any way you want.

Ingredients

• 12 oz 2% milk.
• 2 scoops of vanilla MD Protein ➔ Buy at Biotest

Directions

1. Whisk the MD Protein into the milk.
2. Pour into the Ninja CREAMi pint cup and cover.
3. Freeze for at least six hours.
4. Spin the frozen pint in the Ninja CREAMi machine using the lite-ice-cream button.
5. Add one tbsp of milk after the lite-ice-cream cycle and hit the re-spin button.

Nutrition facts for 1 pint

• Calories 400
• Protein 54g
• Carbs 24g
• Fat 9.5g

2. Triple Chocolate Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 12 oz 1% milk
• 2 scoops chocolate MD Protein ➔ Buy at Biotest
• 1 tbsp cacao powder (100% pure)
• 2 tbsp 90% dark chocolate bar (chopped)

Instructions

1. Whisk the MD Protein and cacao powder into the milk.
2. Pour into the Ninja CREAMi pint cup and cover.
3. Freeze for at least six hours.
4. Spin the frozen pint in the Ninja CREAMi machine using the lite-ice-cream button.
5. Add one tbsp of milk after the lite-ice-cream cycle and hit the re-spin button.
6. Make a hole in the ice cream with a spoon, add the chopped chocolate, then hit the mix-in button to bring it all together.

Nutrition facts for 1 pint

• Calories 500
• Protein 60g
• Carbs 36g
• Fat 16g

3. Peanut Butter Ice Cream

There's only one thing more delicious than peanut butter: peanut butter ice cream. But at 640 calories, 57 grams of sugar, and only 12 grams of protein per pint, it's a rare treat. So, make your own.

Ingredients

• 12 oz 1% milk
• 2 scoops Metabolic Drive (Buy at Amazon), vanilla
• 2 tbsp PB2 powdered peanut butter
• 1 tbsp chopped peanuts

Directions

1. Whisk the MD Protein and PB2 powdered peanut butter into the milk.
2. Pour into the Ninja CREAMi pint cup and cover.
3. Freeze for at least six hours.
4. Spin the frozen pint in the Ninja CREAMi machine using the lite-ice-cream button.
5. Add one tbsp of milk after the lite-ice-cream cycle and hit the re-spin button.
6. Make a hole in the ice cream with a spoon, add the chopped peanuts, then hit the mix-in button to bring it all together.

Nutrition facts for 1 pint

• Calories 480
• Protein 64g
• Carbs 32g
• Fat 10g

[Chris_Shugart]

If you like these recipes above, check out these citrus ones: last few in this thread.