Great Hot Coffee Protein Powder - Orgain Protein Powder - Plant Based (Brown Rice)

Orgain Protein Powder - Plant Based (Brown Rice)
(Choco and Vanilla Bean Flavors)

http://shop.orgain.com

I found this new protein powder at Costco and it worked out great.

Experiment #1:
Mixed a slurry of powder and cold water until all the powder was fully hydrated.
Added very hot water afterwards.
Perfect consistensy. No curds or granuales at all.
This worked and tasted great !!
This product is worth a try.

Experiment #2:
I mixed a scopp of protein powder straight in my hot coffee.
It did not clump up as I put it directly into my boiling hot water.
It did clump up though after 1.5 minutes into fine floating granules that tasted a little grainy.

The first experiment worked so well and tasted smooth that I 'm going to stick with that.
$24.99/ 2.2 Lb Bottle

Hot Coffee Protein Drink-Mixing success !!

Hot Coffee Drink Mixing Success !!

After much trial, error and frustration I finally found a winning technique for making a successful hot protein coffee using off the shelf Costco name brand protein powder. Sweet!! 

 (See photos below)

Key Point #1: 

   rehydrating the protein powder first into a pancake batter/ pudding slurry so that it is fully dissolved. 

   Do not add anything hot to the slurry until ALL powder lumps are fully dissolved. And I really mean ALL lumps, this includes all dry spots or clumps on the bottom of the cup. It needs to look like pudding. It must be a super fine slurry to make it good in the end.

Key Point #2: 

  SLOWLY Adding Hot water /coffee from a tea pot and vigorously stir the slurry as hot water is added to the top of your mug. You must add the initial hot liquid slowly in small amounts so you don't flash cook the protein.

Key Point #3: 

  add hot instant coffee to your mix LAST. This eliminates the chance that the whey protein will latch onto the coffee crystals and hitch a ride creating clumps and curds in the early hydration process. This will spoil your final mix.

Costco Standard Whey Powder

Slurry of Whey powder and milk: fine pancake / pudding slurry thickness. No lumps at all; check entire batch with a drip test for evenness throughout like this.

SLOWLY: add hot water/coffee in spurts/small amounts and mix vigorously as you go.

Success: no lumps! Add instant coffee crystals LAST.

Makes a great drink.

The order of the steps matter. 

Technique #2:

  Great YouTube video by another chef demonstrating the above technique:

     http://youtu.be/9THVuGrgRbQ

Technique #3:
  http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/2011/12/bf-basics-how-to-make-hot-protein-drink.html

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Failures: why they failed

1) All at once: adding instant coffee, protein powder, water and nuking it in the microwave.

  It will cause an explosion and a huge mess in your microwave just like an over cooked exploding egg does. The protein powder acts much like an egg does.  

2) Adding hot water directly to powder:

Makes the whey powder instantly turn to cottage cheese and clump together just like milk and eggs behave.

3) Dumping all the Hot Coffee/Water ALL at once to fill your glass up: you will flash cook all of the whey protein instantaneously and cause it to curd up like cheese again. Slowly adding hot fluids is a key point here. Slowly add and mix a lot.

Skyr-Icelandic Super Thick Yogurt

http://siggisdairy.com/faq/skyr/

6- Great Australian Microbrew beers

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/25/six-great-australian-craft-beers

Lobster Mac and Cheese with Marscapone, Cheddar and Parmasan Cheese Sauce

http://www.howtocookmeat.com/recipes/lobster/how-to-make-lobster-mac-and-cheese.htm

Farang: Chef Andy on a Thai Food Journey

http://youtu.be/dr4HHepGxxM

Lobster Chowder at Duke's: Amazing... Recipe

http://www.potsandpins.com/blog/2011/10/lobster-chowder-.html

BBQ Fried Ribs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGBd3V4wWAo

Stuffed Bacon Bowls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsI3BXWDi24

Stuffed Onions:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCLUvRa0N7c

Competition Brisket in Steps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly6U8CgsTMs

Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce

http://youtu.be/R6AQexd7I1I

Lobster mobster Pernod Chowder- Duke's

http://www.potsandpins.com/blog/2011/10/lobster-chowder-.html

Cooking beef brisket for beginners

http://youtu.be/G2stIx-KvHs

Pork buns

http://youtu.be/uOr68MbE0Wk

Gourmet Pork and Sausage buns

http://youtu.be/jDq-7EBnSsY

Street food: Shainghai

http://youtu.be/UEkbRb2vCNQ

Crepe: Chinese style

http://youtu.be/dOcmUl8c7Sc

Coke: how many bubbles in a can of Coke when it is opened

Using the average diameter of a bubble, he calculated that every can contains a massive 18.9 million bubbles. So next time you're gulping down a Coke, now you know just where those burps are coming from.
Read more at http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/world/196468/how-many-bubbles-in-a-can-of-coke.html#mul5R57LxPp0TKTG.99

There are 49 million bubbles in a bottle of champagne. 

Killing Grease Fires on the Kitchen Range

http://youtu.be/3fD1hkfubKE

Great Avocado Recipes

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tashweenali/super-easy-avocado-recipes?s=mobile

Paleo Mom

http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/03/recipe-bacon-braised-cabbage.html

Rice Cooker: Steamed Fish

Steamed fish is way better than it sounds.

Because when I think of steamed fish I’m like, EHHHH….

But then I read this little ditty in the last book (well, second to last) I finished, and was like, THIS SOUNDS AWESOME. Mostly because it’s an absurd short cut that uses a rice cooker to steam fish AND make rice, which I am totally into.

 

Here it is:

Mahi Mahi (however much you can eat/fit into your rice cooker)
Rice (again, how much do you feel like eating? Put that much in your rice cooker)
For the fish rub:
2 Tb soy sauce
2 Tb sesame oil
1 Tb minced ginger

Green onions and cilantro for garnish 

Start the rice cooker. While the rice is cooking pour the fish rub mixture over the fillets and let them soak up the goodness. Wait until the rice has about 6 minutes left (I couldn’t really tell, so I just forced the button into the “cook” position since I waited until the rice was pretty much ready to eat. It didn’t matter.) and then lay the mahi mahi on top of the rice. Close the lid and let the fish steam until it flakes apart with a fork. Garnish with chopped green onion and plenty of cilantro.

That idea was taken from Judith Jones’ The Tenth Muse, which I really enjoyed for it’s insight into the world of cook bookery and essentially the beginnings of America’s food renaissance. It was rife with celebrity chefs (the likes of James Beard and Julia Child… the originals, not exactly Anthony Bourdain) and jaunty trips to Paris and classy restaurants, which essentially just made me long to be a pivotal food writer in the 60s. After I finished that, I took to Cleaving (Julie Powell), and finished it in no time flat. Although it was a great read as a memoir, her writing about butchery is difficult to follow and left me nearly as clueless as I was before the read. Granted, it’s probably pretty hard to describe in writing how to break down a whole cow, and I’m a visual learner, so I should probably just watch a documentary, I guess. Anyone heard of any good butchery movies?

Now I’m onto the last read, Cheesemonger(Gordon Edgar) and am already infatuated with his self described “cheese punk” lifestyle. What am I going to do when I finish this one and I’m out of food memoirs?

21 Things You Never Thought you could do with a rice cooker

This is pretty sweet: I've only done a cour, but need to try out a bunch of these recipes:

21 Surprising Things You Can Make In A Rice Cooker

It’s time you outsmarted the machine.

posted on April 3, 2013 at 6:05pm EDT

Ariel KnutsonBuzzFeed Staff

You have been lied to your entire life.

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ic4uae.com

A rice cooker can cook more than rice.

Yes, a standard electric rice cooker is designed to bring rice to a boil, sense when it needs to reduce to a simmer, then lower the heat again to keep rice at serving temperature without overcooking it.

That may sound like a very smart little machine, but YOU ARE SMARTER. You can trick the thermostat (just press "Cook" again) and manipulate that nonstick cooking surface to do whatever you want!

In her excellent New York Times piece on the topic, Julia Moskin explains it just right: "Cooking foods other than rice in a rice cooker is like baking a layer cake in an Easy-Bake oven: best approached with patience, curiosity and something to snack on in the meantime."

But it's worth the experimentation, especially for people who don't have a full stove or a large kitchen. Just take it from Roger Ebert (RIP). Put a bunch of ingredients in there and give it a go. Melt a little butter, add onions or shallots, and use it the same way you might a big dutch oven. Know that the heat doesn't get very high. Here are some recipes to try.

1. Tofu And Asparagus

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cookinghawaiianstyle.com

Put the ingredients in, turn on the rice cooker, come back 15 minutes later and you have a meal. Find the recipe here.

2. Mac And Cheese

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weelicious.com

Using chicken stock makes for some interesting mac and cheese. Find the recipe here.

3. Chocolate Lava Cake

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allmoneyblog.blogspot.com

Yes, you can even make delicious chocolate cake. Recipe here.

4. Pomegranate And Quinoa Salad

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slapdashcook.blogspot.com

No more burnt quinoa! Find the recipe here.

5. Cheesy Jalapeno Bread

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insunee.blogspot.nl

Find the recipe here.

6. Black Bean Chili

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cookingwithmykid.com

Find the recipe here.

7. Poached Pomegranate Spiced Pears

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jeanetteshealthyliving.com

Rice cookers are surprisingly great for poaching fruit. Find the recipe here.

8. Lemony Risotto With Shrimp

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ifood.tv

So easy! Find the recipe here.

9. Mahi Mahi

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wolfsoup.com

Find the recipe here.

10. Steel Cut Oats

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tastespotting.com

Recipe here.

11. Balsamic Dijon Chicken With Farro And Mushrooms

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cleaneatingmag.com

A complete meal in one pot! Find the recipehere.

12. Banana Bread

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wideislandview.com

Find the recipe here.

13. Wheat Berry Salad

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tinyurbankitchen.com

Find the recipe here.

14. “Stir-Fry” Cabbage

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teczcape.blogspot.com

Other veggies would be good too. Find the recipe here.

15. Rice Cooker Bibimbap With Salmon and Spinach

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Get the recipe

Francesco Tonelli for The New York Times

16. Banana Pudding With Caramel Sauce

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bakingmakesthingsbetter.com

Making caramel in a rice cooker is seriously impressive. Find the recipe here.

17. Vegetable Frittata

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justbento.com

Recipe here.

18. Apple Upside Down Cake

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cavolettodibruxelles.it

This is brilliant. Find the recipe here.

19. Vegetable Hot Cake

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shizuokagourmet.com

This is kind of like a big vegetable pancake. Find the recipe here.

20. Rice Cooker Chicken Biriyani With Saffron Cream

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Get the recipe

Francesco Tonelli for The New York Times

21. Japanese Anime Bread

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seriouseats.com

21 Surprising Things You Can Make In A Rice Cooker

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This video is from the end of an episode of the popular Japanese manga turned anime seriesYakitate!!, about a boy on a quest to create a national bread for Japan. Get the full translated recipe at WikiHow.