Need Advice on Mid Day Shakes

Usually around 3-4pm on my average work day I get a strong craving for a snack. I am looking to make some kind of shake in the morning and keep it in the refrigerator at work until I am ready and then I could just microwave it for a minute or so to warm it up. I was thinking I could make something that is more than protein so it would be quite nutritious and filling but I don’t really know what I should put in it. I was thinking something along these lines:

1 Serving Optimum Nutrition Chcolate Pro Complex
1/4 Serving Optimum Nutrition Vanila Casein
3 Spoon Fulls Wallnut (or almond) Butter
1 Banana?
1/3 Cup Orange Juice

If it helps my post workout, pre-dinner and pre-bed shakes are as follows:

3/4 Serving Optimum Nutrition Chcolate Pro Complex
1/4 Serving Optimum Nutrition Vanila Casein
1 serving perfect food powder
2 tsp Omega 3 oil

I also want to mix up the flavors as I am getting tired of drinking the same stuff all day every day.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated

Microwave a shake? Why?

Make sure you get a microwave safe cup/bottle. First off.

Protein powder
carb powder - kool aid has many flavors, you can a have a different one every day of the week.
eggs
coconut oil
leucine
milk

I still dont get the microwaving thing though.

Well if I put it in the refrigerator for 5 hours it’ll be kinda cold and I tend to prefer my shakes closer to room temp, I’d be using a glass water bottle

You dont want to warm up a protein shake. Tastes disgusting. Colder the better, like beer.

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[quote]dreadlocks1221 wrote:
Well if I put it in the refrigerator for 5 hours it’ll be kinda cold and I tend to prefer my shakes closer to room temp, I’d be using a glass water bottle [/quote]

So dont put it in the fridge then?

I doubt that it’s going to spoil.

2 scoops protein powder
2 tbsp natural PB
1 oz wheat germ
3 tbsp raw coconut flakes

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The peanut butter orange juice blend is going make it taste funky. Try milk (or soy milk for no lactose) instead. My recipe is:

8 oz. Soy milk
2 tbsp. Peanut butter
1 tsp. Honey
1/2 Banana
2 tbsp. Ground Flaxdeed
2 scoops of protein powder. chocolate or vanilla is best

Take it to work, an hour or so before you want to drink it, take it out of the fridge.

Thread about shake ideas.

http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/diet_performance_nutrition_supplements/whats_your_best_shake?id=4061342&pageNo=0

can you leave whey protein powered mixed in water for several hours or does it degrade?

[quote]dreadlocks1221 wrote:
can you leave whey protein powered mixed in water for several hours or does it degrade? [/quote]

It’s fine… Just should be refrigerated and closed.

[quote]dreadlocks1221 wrote:
can you leave whey protein powered mixed in water for several hours or does it degrade? [/quote]

I mix the shake i described above at about 7am. Drink it around noon.

Refrigerating then mircrowaving is silly.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I’m going to have to try a few of these.