Laura: Fat to Fit: dessert

Review // Muscle Mousse Protein Dessert!

5/21/2015

For full disclosure purposes, I received 1 tub of Muscle Mousse for free in return for an honest review. I am not being paid to talk about or advertise their products. All opinions of the product are my own. Any links marked with a * are affiliate links.

For the longest time, I've always had a big sweet tooth. After a savoury meal in the evening for dinner I sometimes like to have a dessert afterwards, maybe not straight after my dinner but sometime after. However, the choice of whether or not I should have dessert can also come with a side of guilt.

Do I REALLY need a sweet treat? ...but what about those calories I'd burnt during my workout earlier? it will just be like a wasted effort!

I recently had the opportunity to try out Muscle Mousse. Muscle Mousse is a high protein, gluten free food that can actually be enjoyed any time of the day and also doubles as a guilt free dessert or snack! It has no added sugar(sweetened with Stevia), is low in fat and has 30g of protein! Muscle Mousse is fortified with BCAAs and they strive to use the highest quality ingredients. Their micellar casein and whey are imported from grass-fed dairy cattle in Switzerland.

There are 6 amazing flavours to choose from, it was hard making a decision. The flavours are: Strawberry, Mint Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Butterscotch, Peanut Chocolate and Banana. I'm actually quite the sucker for a Milky Bar and the White Chocolate apparently tastes quite close to it but in mousse form so I totally went with that!

The mousse was actually surprisingly easy to prepare. The powder just mixes with water in a regular shaker bottle until combined, then the mixture can be put into whatever container you want and put in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.

I actually prepare this before I do a workout in the evening and by the time I am finished, it is set and ready to eat! So Convenient!

Muscle Mousse is Casein based protein, which means that its slow-releasing, making it more ideal for after workouts in the evening before bed - basically, its more efficient for when you need to go long periods without food or protein.

It is less effective for after a workout because it's slow releasing and whey protein would be more beneficial - but that doesn't mean you can't have it after a workout! I had it as a dessert and a treat post workout in the evenings not long before I got into bed.

This is the muscle mousse set and I just added some nakd nibbles to mine, it was delicious!
Obviously, you can just have it on its own too!

The flavour is amazing and just what I need to kick the sweet craving. It has the mousse texture that you would expect too. I actually found it to be REALLY filling and I actually now only use half the serving size recommended to make smaller portions whilst still getting in a decent amount of protein.

Obviously, you don't have to have this in mousse form. It can be used in its shake form like you would any other protein shakes and it is quite popular in baking! It keeps bakes light, fluffy and moist and also had self-raising properties too.

I've been following Muscle Mousse for a while and saw their #GreatBritishMousseOff competition where people used Muscle Mousse for their baking creations. The possibilities are endless and there were some mouth watering entries!

Picture Screenshotted from the #greatbritishmousseoff hashtag on twitter.

These are just some of the amazing creations. People were making everything from pancakes to cheesecakes, cookies and brownies! I haven't personally tried it in baking, although I do want to try and make a cheesecake with it, so it might be a challenge for this weekend! I'd also like to try it in pancakes too! I'm just not very adventurous with baking so I will probably have to find a recipe somewhere! ;)

I'm definitely going to try out some of the other flavours. I've heard PB Chocolate tastes amazing!

Where can you buy Muscle Mousse?
There are lots of stockist that sell muscle mousse, you can actually buy it straight from the Muscle Mousse website. You can also find it at: GNC, MuscleFood UK, Cardiff Sports Nutrition, Sports Nutrition Warehouse and even Amazon*!

Muscle Mousse Links
Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Thanks again to Muscle Mousse for the opportunity to try out your product!

Question: What is your go-to dessert in the evening? Do you have any guilt-free treats that you like to have?

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breakfast

What I Ate Wednesday #16

1/15/2014

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Gosh, It's been quite a while since I wrote one of these posts. I was supposed to do one over Christmas and never got round to putting the post up.

Me and Phillip went out last night for a meal and then Cinema. We went to see The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug, a bit late, I know. The cinema was actually pretty busy considering the film has been out for a while.

I bought a small bag of Tesco Light Choices Popcorn for us and a bottle of Pepsi before we came out, other than that, we didn't have any other cinema snacks and we'd had our meal before we went to see the film, so we weren't particularly hungry.

The film was awesome, as expected, although I HATE the way the end on a cliff hanger and then you have to wait for what feels like forever until the next film comes out.

So, lets get onto my food for the day shall we?

Breakfast: New Porridge from Costa - OhEmGee, this was actually amazing when it was combined with the honey that I got too. Yummy! I'd definately recommend to anyone that goes to Costa if you're interested in trying this one!

Lunch: Not Pictured - I had some Black Pepper Ryvita Crispbreads topped with cucumber and Tuna, lovely and light and full of protein with the Tuna.

Dinner before Cinema: Hungry Horse (name of the pub) New Yorker Chicken - Chips, peas, 2 chicken breast topped with Melted Cheese and Bacon - Not the healthiest option on the list but Phillip had this once before and I wanted to try it.

Dessert: This was the best bit - It was Choc Fudge Brownie Cookie Sundae - Vanilla and Chocolate Icecream with bits of brownie and cookie in the middle. Scrumtious.

Drink Pictured: Costa Skinny Chai Latte - My favourite drink at the moment, I never really get bored of it and Phillip hates it so he never tries to steal sips of my drink ;)

And that was it! As you can see, these are nowhere near healthy options for food, but me and Phillip don't go out very often for meals, so its nice to not have to worry about calories and just have a treat that I want every once in a while.. and I'm not the type of girl that will order a salad for dinner when I go out somewhere. It may be other peoples preference, but not mine :)

As always, Thanks to Jenn over at Peas and Crayons for the linkup. If you like posts like these, go on over and read the other posts from the linkup! :)

Until Next Time!

What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

Whats your favourite cinema snack?

dessert

Recipe // Jam Roly-Poly

11/09/2013

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So, remember last Sunday when I said that I'd be coming up with a new recipe? Well.. Here it is. For Dessert this Saturday, I made a childhood favourite dessert - Jam Roly Poly.

I've never TRIED to make anything like this before.. and therefore, I had a look at recipes online and then amended them as I needed. However, the dessert is not as healthy as I would have liked it to be.

I may try to recipe again at some point to substitute some of the ingredients for healthier ingredients such as Wholemeal instead of White Self-Raising flour. I had no idea they did a lighter version of the Suet.. so I would opt for that.

I used Semi-Skimmed Milk and Reduced Sugar Jam which lowered the calories and Fat and it still turned out alright. Pretty Yummy actually.

Without further ado..

Jam Roly-Poly

by Laura Dryden

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour

Keywords: dessert

Ingredients (Serves 6)

50g salted butter, cold and cut into chunks, plus extra for greasing
250g self-raising flour, plus extra for rolling
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out or 1 tsp of Vanilla Essence
50g shredded suet
150ml milk, plus a drop more if needed
100g jam of your choice
custard, to serve

Instructions

1. Put a deep roasting tin onto the bottom shelf of the oven, and make sure that there’s another shelf directly above it. Pull the roasting tin out on its shelf, fill two-thirds with boiling water from the kettle, then slide it back in.

2. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

3. Tear off a large sheet of foil and grease-proof paper (about 30 x 40cm). Sit the grease-proof on top of the foil and grease the paper well to prevent sticking.

4. Put butter, flour and vanilla seeds into a food processor; pulse until the butter has been mixed and there are no big lumps of butter left.

5. Stir through the suet granules, pour in the milk and work together (I used a cutlery knife) until you get a sticky dough. You may need a drop more milk, depending on your flour.

6. Transfer dough out onto a floured surface, quickly pat together to smooth, then roll out to a square roughly 25 x 25cm.

7. Spread the jam all over, leaving a gap along one edge, then roll up from the opposite edge. Pinch the jam-free edge into the dough where it meets.

8. Carefully lift onto the greased paper, join-side down, loosely bring up the paper and foil around it, then scrunch together along the edges and ends to seal. The roly-poly will puff quite a bit during cooking so don’t wrap it tightly.

9. Lift the parcel directly onto the rack above the tin and cook for 1 hr.

10. Let the pudding sit for 5 mins before unwrapping, then carefully open the foil and paper.

Thickly slice and serve (I used custard as this combination was loved as a child).

So, Let me know if you try it out.. and definitely let me know if you swapped out any of the ingredients for others!