The LL shakes are quite think - I actually like that about them! One piece of advice is to put a lot more water in than it says - so around 400ml - that makes them thinner and not so strong tasting. Another option is to make them hot. I love the vanilla pack mixed with hot black coffe (using a hand blender) it's like a latte. Or you can make a hot chocolate, a hot choc orange (with the ornage water flavouring) or hot mint choc (with mint tea). Also, you can add abut 100ml of boiling water to the banana and hand blend to make banana custard...