Mom Tested & Kid Approved Smoothie

A good friend of mine sent me some pictures and directions to a smoothie she made the other day! 

I honestly can't wait to try this out simply because I've never thought of adding grapes to my smoothies! I LOVE grapes! I think my favorite thing to do is to freeze them then take them with me as a cold snack on hot summer days! YUM! So let's see how to put this smoothie together!

Ingredients

1 frozen pineapple puree packet

1 cara cara orange peeled

Small bowl of black seedless grapes (about a cup)

About 1/4 c of vanilla yogurt

Splash of almond milk

1 1/2 c of ice cubes

Put all this in your blender, and blend until you have your desired consistency! 

Her stand point is that this tasted like an Orange Julius, only better! I'm sold!

This can be found in the frozen section at select grocery stores!

If you have a Reasor's...that's where this particular bag came from

Cara Cara Navel Oranges! Delish

Boomer Sooner Realtree Mug! Looks so good (the mug and the contents lol)

I do believe she likes it! Almost getting a thumb's up from this sweet girl! 

Stay tuned for some more great recipes!

Until then...

Go Green

I'm so proud of myself! I made a green smoothie and I LOVED it! I see these floating around on Pinterest all the time, but the color has always made me second guess the flavor of these drinks. It's kind of like eating green eggs and ham! I just don't think a drink should be quite so "green" especially when I know the green comes from a leafy substance I usually put in salad or something else! So, I decided to give it a try and was very surprised that I couldn't taste the "green" at all. Instead this almost tastes like a banana & cinnamon drink! So let's get started on this delicious and nutritious drink...

Ingredients

2 c Kale

1 c ice

1/2 c almond milk

1/2 c plain yogurt

2 TB peanut butter

1 banana

6 strawberries

1 tsp cinnamon

1 TB Chia seeds

Put all this together in your blender and blend away! 

This smoothie is packed with potassium (660 mg), vitamin A (210% of your daily value), vitamin C (178% of your daily value), among others! It has 276 calories, which made for a great snack because it's about the same as eating 2 small bags of Doritos and much better for you! I wasn't tempted to snack on anything else because it is very satisfying! I came across this recipe at Tone It Up! 

If you want to know more about Chia seeds and their nutritional value you can check out this list on Livestrong. I throw some in to my water bottles and juices sometimes! The "texture" is something I had to get used to, however I barely notice it anymore!    

Stay tuned for the photo challenge update and many more recipes! 

Until then...