re: What's the best substitute for protein powder when highly allergic to whey?

Seriously - 5 egg whites and two whole eggs, a banana, 1/2 cup frozen berries, 1 cup of oats, 3 tbsp olive oil, 3 tbsp peanut butter and water in a blender. Once a day of this is about 1400 calories in one meal and it's cheap, prlly less than $1.50 a shake. That shake along with eating alot of vegetables mixed with rice or roasted potatoes as his side dish and a grilled or pan fried protein for his big meals everyday should get him eating the right stuff.

Tell him to buy fresh produce as it's cheap and goes a long way. Buy red potatoes, zucchini, broc, cauliflower, onions, peppers, carrots, squash, snap peas, asparagus and lay them out on a baking sheet with alot of olive oil and butter and bake. He can also do a separate batch of sweet potatoes. It'll make a giant batch of roasted vegetables for about $15 that can be used as side dishes for the entire wk, then he wont have to cook again except for grilling his proteins. He just needs to find his maintenance calories and put himself at a big surplus to add the bulk and he's got to lift right.

Another cheap meal idea - mexi-rice. This will make about 6-8 good servings and can be used as a pre-workout/post-workout meal and is easily divided into portioned sized tupperware containers for on the go.
-2 lbs of ground meat cooked and seasoned with taco seasoning packet (or cumin, black pepper, cayenne, chili powder and salt)
-3 cups of rice cooked
-1 grilled onion
-minced garlic grilled
-1 can black beans (or any beans really)
-1 lime juiced and zested
-1 can of corn
-1 bag of frozen edamame
-3 tbsp soy sauce
-1 tbsp hot sauce
Mix it all up and use as a side dish with some grilled steak or use as a stand alone meal. Alot of people complain about not having the time or money to cook but waste their money on protein powder and their time making shakes. It takes 20 mins of effort to cook a large meal like this on Sunday to take care of the next 3-4 days.

Another good protein idea - wait until ground beef (80/20 is the best) is on sale and buy about 10 lbs of it. Make 20 1/2 burger patties out of it, freeze 10 of them and grill the other 10 in one night. It will take about an 30 mins. He will then have protein source for lunch and dinner already cooked. All he has to do is throw in the microwave along with his vegetables and potatoes that he's also already cooked and he has dinner/post workout meal.

Hemp protein