Hiya, try the following, perhaps one of the variations might help:
Chocolate shake:
- as hot choc add very hot water (cca 0.4 litre) & whisk it
- on a hot day as a cold shake - add 6-7 ice cubes, shake a lot & it's veeeery nice
- add hot coffee into lukewarm shake
- (my fave) make cold shake with ice & add hot coffee
- (my total fave - I eat this ALL the time now!) - make a mouse by adding only a bit of water to the powder & whisking it (I love mine quite runny, but after few times am sure you'll find your own texture)
- some people make mint tea, let it cool down & then make a shake with it
Vanilla:
- hot shake as above
- cold shake with ice as above
- you can also make mouse but I find it too salty
- (my fave) make ice shake & add coffee
Chicken soup:
- (I only eat it max once a week) I use very hot water, cca 0.4 liters & whisk really well
Strawberry shake:
- I like this one best with ice cubes
Peanut butter flapjack (I tried the coconut one - not nice at all.....): - now this is an art in eating LOL
- every morning I have a ritual - I make a decaf (normally don't drink coffee) with 2 Splenda mints (normally yuck, I hate sweeteners but they are quite good with flapjacks), then I put my mug on a small plate and next to it the flapjack; I then very leisurely start breaking off tiny bits of flapjack & put each bit into a spoonful of coffee, wait a bit until the flapjack piece gets moist and then eat the spoonful - I reallllllllyyyyyyy really like this little ritual
But am sure you'll find yours too !
Don't give up if the only issue is the taste & smell of the shakes. You really will get used to them
))) Just experiment a bit & find what you can eat. For example, I find that putting ice cubes into shakes makes them taste the least so they're good on days when I don't really wanna taste them much ;-) All the best!
BTW - I don't think you can use black pepper cause it's not a herb