Got Schmilk?
When I first started selling my own homemade soylent online, the recipe everyone wanted was People Chow 3.0.1, the most popular recipe on the DIY Soylent website.
Back then, almost no one had tried official Soylent yet, and I hadn’t come up with Schmoylent yet either. So naturally, people wanted what was popular, with a catchy name. Hence, People Chow.
Naturally, People Chow has some things going for it – it’s cheap and nutritious, and not too hard to make. But it doesn’t taste too good, and the texture is thick and gritty. Yum!
Not too long after I started this website, I made a slight modification to the People Chow formula, substituting a plain multivitamin powder and stevia for the milk-based and sucralose-sweetened GNC Mega Men Sport multivitamin powder, and called it People Fuel Plain. So, maybe a little more natural and safer for those with lactose intolerance, but not really any better on the taste and texture front. In fact, it’s arguably worse, to the extent that you can tell the difference.
But People Fuel Plain is still one of the top five most popular products I sell here. Why? Because it’s only $60 per week – the cheapest 2000-calorie blend you can get.
Time to fix that.
Introducing Schmilk, the new cheapest 2000-calorie blend here on Custom Body Fuel. No water or oil. Just add milk.
At only $55 for a week’s worth, and $180 for a month’s worth, it’s by far my cheapest option, even when you include the price of the milk you mix it with each day.
And even better, it tastes good. Way better than People Chow or People Fuel. And it’s smooth – smoother than Schmoylent, and definitely smoother than People Chow.
And just like Schmoylent, it comes in four flavors – plain, original, cinnamon, and of course, chocolate.
So instead of getting a sample of People Fuel Plain in the Schmoylent Sampler now, you’ll get Schmilk. I think this will be a good thing.
If you can drink milk, there’s no reason not to try it.
Got Schmilk? ;)
Can you mix schmilk with water? Is it only milk? I spend lots of time at the gym and I don’t have fridge there so could I just bring water and mix it then?
Not really. You do need the milk for protein, fat, some carbs, and electrolytes (especially calcium). Soy milk is fine, almond milk is okay, but just water is not enough.
First I tried 1 batch of chocolate Schmilk. Tasted good! A bit later I ordered 1 weeks worth and I’m using that now. So far I make it once a day with 1/2 cup powder and 2 cups of milk in the blender some time after 12:00. Late afternoon I eat something else and that’s my diet for the day. (If I ever ate 2,000 calories a day I’d gain way too much weight as my activity level is pretty low these days.)
I’m feeling like cancelling my Soylent subscription and just drinking Schmilk. May even go to drinking it twice a day at some point.
Sounds great! I’m glad it’s working so well for you – let me know if you do end up canceling your Soylent subscription. ;)
That’s 98.95 grams of sugar per day, doesn’t that seem like way too much?
I would say it does seem like a lot, but not “way too much” – it’s still half the daily sugar consumption of the average American. Schmilk is designed to be cheap and relatively healthy, not perfect.
Going to order soon. Sounds to good to be true. I’m still kinda scared of the whole not eating solids anymore part though. But I truly do hope I can drink this and this only and still be healthy as can be
Won’t the phytic acid in the Oats mess with nutrient absorption?
Also, someone mentioned using Almond milk; but what about Goat Milk? Although more expensive it should be easier for the body to digest.
The phytic acid will be a problem to the same extent that it is in Schmoylent or other oat-based recipes. Generally, this doesn’t seem to have been a problem for people. Soaking overnight may help mitigate the effects, in theory.
Goat milk should be fine – I’ve heard that it’s easier to digest too.
Ok – a few things ;-)
First one is easy – Have you ever thought about creating a Schmilk sampler pack so that someone can try one of each of the flavors?
Second, do you plan to integrate different calorie levels like you are doing for the Keto fuel?
Third, I went and did some calculations plus soul searching, etc. and I don’t see myself going back to cow milk. On the flip side I love goat milk and think it’s much healthier – well – I’m not making it rain – so this would be too expensive for me to consume 64oz a day.
So next I thought about the premade almond/coconut/hazelnut/hemp yatta yatta yatta milks and frankly they are pretty bad. While cheaper than goat milk almost all of them contain what I think are very questionable ingredients. Well – they do have a purpose – allowing the grocery store to keep them on the shelf longer – but may have side effects to ones health.
So NEXT I thought about making my own almond milk. Well – I found a video that explains the process two ways – one with making it in a vitamix grade blender and was a bit slow. The other way is using almond butter with water to achieve the same effect.
Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ZpEYjE6Wo
Also this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaC1SSMtJhI
So my suggestion would be to examine the videos and look at the almond butter nutritional info to give people possibly another option for the “milk.” It’s got to be healthier, it’s vegan, definitely will take less space and you can even blend it up first and then add the Schmilk afterwards.
It just needs your blessing on how much almond butter to how much water before adding the Schmilk.
If this is not possible maybe Coconut milk + Water?
You’ve already ditched the oil and chia seed. Sooo close! ;)
I’ve thought about created a Schmilk Sampler pack, just haven’t gotten around to it yet. ;)
Not planning to integrate different calorie levels for Schmilk though, it doesn’t make as much sense.
As far as almond butter and coconut milk, it doesn’t work too well, I’m afraid:
http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/schmilk-almond
http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/schmilk-coconut
It’s not terrible with soy milk, but it’s not perfect either:
http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/schmilk-soy
Oh well?
Just for LOL’s I’ll keep an eye on the site for the Schmilk Sampler. I’m very intrigued by this ..
Just ordered 1 day’s worth. Sounds good but I usually drink only Raw milk and that would make it a lot more expensive! Thinking I could just use 4 cups raw and 4 cups of the ‘other’ and the taste would be about the same.
Hope it tastes good!
Raw milk sounds great! :) Mixing it half and half should be fine, and everyone who’s tried it says it tastes pretty good, so I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
Do you have to mix it with dairy milk or will almond milk work?
It’s gotta be whole milk from cows (or goats), unfortunately. Would be great if almond milk could work, but it doesn’t have enough protein or fat (and probably other micronutrients too).
Actually, if you use a nutrient-fortified non-dairy milk, it could be pretty close. The macronutrient ratios will be different, and the calorie count will be lower, but it could be worth a try. Just be careful if you’re trying to subsist exclusively on it.