u/motherlovemelon

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp whole psyllium husks (I'm starting slow and working my way up to 2 tbsp eventually)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 packet unflavored gelatin
• 2 tbsp unflavored milk protein powder (use your protein of choice)
• 1 scoop collagen peptides (optional)
• 1 scoop creatine monohydrate (optional)
• 3/4 cup cold brew coffee
• 2 tbsp powdered non-dairy creamer (optional, use chosen creamer to taste)
• 2.5 tbsp sucralose (optional, use chosen sweetener to taste)
• 1 tbsp Torani sugar-free vanilla syrup (optional, use chosen syrup/flavoring to taste)
• Ice (I used 6 average-sized cubes)

Directions: [Customize]

1. Boil the water, then stir in the psyllium and whisk constantly until thick and goopy. Remove from heat.
2. Meanwhile, sprinkle the gelatin over a couple of tbsp of water to let it bloom. Then whisk it into the psyllium goo while it's still hot.
3. Pour the psyllium/gelatine mixture into a container (I used a silicone soup mold) and refrigerate for 2+ hours, covering with plastic wrap and pressing the plastic wrap onto the goo's surface to prevent it from forming a skin. (I made three servings’ worth yesterday, so I had it ready for a few days in a row.)
4. Place the jellied psyllium mixture into a blender. Add the remaining ingredients, blend, and enjoy!
5. Immediately after finishing your shake, drink 12-16 oz. of water. This step is not optional when you're working with psyllium husk.

Nutrition facts (exactly the way I made it):

• Calories: 209
• Total fat: 3.3g
• Saturated fat: 3g
• Trans fat: 0g
• Cholesterol: 0 mg
• Sodium: 178mg
• Total carbohydrate: 18g
• Dietary fiber: 3.5g
• Total sugars: 4.5g
• Protein: 30g

Initial impression:

Delicious! Cold, sweet/light, just the way I take my coffee. This went down smooth and was initially very filling, especially with my 16oz of water on top. I loved being able to combine my daily psyllium experiment with my daily coffee. This one's a keeper! Finished at around 11:30, and immediately ate a pickle afterward to beat my usual sweet-then-salty craving. I'll return later with my satiety results.

(Yes, that drink name is rather unwieldy. Feel free to shorten appropriately.)

Now, u/pppaaaooollloo, let me know what you think about this idea. I'm hoping that boiling the psyllium with a little water, then dumping it into my Ninja smoothie cup and blending the daylights out of it, won't destroy its satiating power!

The psyllium technique:

• 1 tbsp psyllium husk powder
• 1/2 cup water

Boil the water. Add the psyllium and boil, whisking constantly, until thick.

In the meantime, boil another 1/2 cup of water and steep a chai spice tea bag in it.

The recipe:

• Boiled psyllium goo
• Steeped chai tea
• 1 cup unsweetened plain almond milk
• 1 tbsp vanilla whey protein powder
• 1 tbsp collagen powder
• Sucralose to taste
• A splash of Torani sugar-free vanilla syrup
• A handful of ice cubes

Add all ingredients to blender and blend (I used the "smoothie" setting).

The result:

A cold, delicious, smooth, flavorful, thick, not-at-all-mucousy beverage that I'm hoping will keep me full for hours. We'll see! (Now, off to drink a giant glass of water after downing this thing.)

ETA nutrition info (entire recipe, 1 serving):

• 215 calories
• 27 g protein
• 5 g total fat
• 1 g saturated fat
• 36 g carbohydrates
• 7 g total sugars
• 50 mg cholesterol
• 361 mg sodium
• 8 g dietary fiber