beyond smoothies: need whey ideas & recipes

[CloveApple]

I've tried baking muffins with plain unflavored whey and I've used it in hot chocolate and cottage cheese. Any other suggestions? What other kinds of foods have you added it to? Any luck with sauces with whey as an ingredient? Or added to meat dishes?

[CaraBeth]

I like protein powder in my oatmeal, and I have this pancake recipe:
http://carascravings.blogspot.com/20...n-pumpkin.html

[butterbeean]

I make a "Power Yogurt" with pp, yogurt, and blueberries.

[CloveApple]

Thanks CaraBeth and Butterbeean.

Since my first post I've found a few recipes and ideas. I haven't tried many of them yet though.

I found this Macaroni and Cheese recipe on a lap band forum and I'm going to try the cheese sauce portion of it.

I found a suggestion of adding whey to spaghetti sauce. I didn't follow their recipe but tried the general idea but with a higher proportion whey and it wasn't bad but it was just a tiny bit odd. I think it might work better in things that I expect to have a hint of dairy about them or if I'd gone with less whey then I did.

The same site had a creamed tuna recipe and a chicken noodle soup one as well as suggesting adding it to minestrone. I'm thinking whey would be a natural for homemade versions of cream soups like cream of tomato.

Another page suggested adding whey to the mayo in a tuna sandwich.

A page of mostly baked goods.

Yet another page with a bunch of recipes, most of them the usual baked goods, but there's a breading recipe in the mix and a recipe called Sweet Serendipity Black Beans with Cilantro Citrus Cream. (The breading recipe doesn't have all that much whey in it, but might be nice if you are low carbing.)

And then here's a bunch of protein powder ice creams, many of which don't need an ice cream maker. (I think I might have seen this page linked in somebody's log?)

I used to be vegetarian (and vegan) once upon a time and I've been thinking whey might work well in variations of some of the vegan fake cheese sauces. (If you're familiar with sauces based on nutritional yeast like this Creamy Mild Cheese Sauce or Easy Cheese Sauce for Nachos, Fries & More I'm just thinking of subbing whey for some of the yeast in that kind of thing. And if you're not familiar with fakes cheeses, don't try these expecting true cheesiness.)

I'm also planning to try a major whey addition to a peanut butter hummus recipe I'm going to make. (I'll post it if it turns out well.)

And last but not least here's a page of guidelines for adding whey to foods.