Smoothie Fun (4): Strawberry-Banana-Mango

Today's smoothie: Strawberry-Banana-Mango

Soy milk
Vanilla greek yogurt
strawberries
banana
frozen mango
fresh spinach (of course!)

Another favorite!

Enjoy your reading!

Christi

Smoothie Fun (3): Strawberry-Banana

Today's smoothie: Strawberry-Banana

Ingredients:
Coconut milk
Strawberry greek yogurt
strawberries (we used a mix of fresh and frozen in lieu of ice cubes)
Banana
Spinach

Tasty and one of our go-to smoothies!!

Enjoy your reading!
Christi

Smoothie Fun (2)

A break from the reading routine--Best Girl and I have been making smoothies for breakfast and I thought I'd share!


This morning's smoothie: The Original (banana-berry, named because it's the first one we ever made together):

Ingredients:
Soy milk (about a cup)
Blueberry greek yogurt (6oz cup)
1 banana
Strawberries (about 2/3 of a cup)
Blueberries (handful)
Spinach (handful)
ice cubes (about 6, this is a super thick smoothie otherwise!)

Blend and serve!

Best Girls' favorite so far, but she only drank a little today. Big day for her--orchestra and choral concert (she plays violin), so I think she was a little nervous. Still, it was yummy!

Enjoy your reading!
Christi

Smoothie Fun!

Last week I had a smoothie program at the library--a woman came in to teach my teens all about the health benefits of smoothies, they sampled a mystery green smoothie, and she made them a berry smoothie to taste. It was way fun and my kids had a blast. I was inspired and the next day I ran out and bought a ton of ingredients for Best Girl and I to experiment with. We have been making smoothies for breakfast every day. I thought it might be a nice change of pace for the blog if I posted about them here.

Today's smoothie: Pineapple-Mango Smoothie
Ingredients: (um, we don't measure, exactly, but that's the fun of smoothies!)

• coconut milk (about a half cup), 
• vanilla greek yogurt (a couple spoonfuls), 
• fresh pineapple (three rings, cut up. Yes, I buy the pre-cored fresh pineapple!),
• frozen mango (a handful), 
• frozen banana (about half. We used frozen bananas instead of fresh instead of watering the smoothie down with ice cubes), 
• fresh spinach (about a half cup. Best Girl insists her smoothies are as healthy as possible, which is awesome considering normally she won't touch the stuff LOL)

Result: "It's OK." It wasn't the favorite smoothie we've tried thus far--Best Girl says to add less pineapple next time (it overpowered every other flavor) and she only had a few sips, but the more I drank it, the better I liked it. It's a light, refreshing smoothie, perfect for a summer day (which today is decidedly not, it's raining and gross out).

I have no idea how long this trend will continue in our house (this is actually Smoothie Day 3), but I thought it would be nice to keep track of what we're making, and maybe you guys will enjoy this non-reading side of my life. :)

Opinons?
Enjoy your reading!
Christi