TROPICAL GREEN SMOOTHIE

 

 

Things I currently love: my crock pot, a smooth schedule, a good book, and green smoothies.

 

I feel that this is the time of year when it gets hard being a mom. Activities are starting up, Valentine's need to be signed, it's still cold and dark early, and everyone is getting a little stir crazy from being inside the house. All. Of. The. Time. We've had a lot of evening activities lately which can easily wide up with lots of convenience in the form of dinner: meaning we've ordered a lot of pizza and had some nights at the drive-thru lately. Which then results in feeling...a bit blah. How to remedy this? Green Smoothies.

 

 

If you're on Pinterest (and let's be honest, you are) you know that there are about 4782974 million recipes out there for smoothies.  I absolutely love this formula chart from Simple Green Smoothies:

 



credit: Simple Green Smoothies

 

 

I toss my choices into my Vitamix and am ready for the day. (I love taking smoothies to work for lunch.)

My current favorite is a tropical tasting smoothie packed with sweet pineapple and my boyfriend, coconut milk. It's a burst of sunshine on these cold winter days.

(Not really. It's just a smoothie, not a miracle. But it does taste yummy.)

 

Tropical Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

2 cups of spinach
2 cups of coconut milk (1 can, shake well)
2 cups of pineapple
1 cut up banana (frozen or fresh)
3-5 ice cubes

Toss all of the ingredients into a blender and whirl to your heart's desire. Makes 2!

PEACHY KEEN SMOOTHIES

 

 

This past weekend, Ava and I headed to Farmer's Market to pick up some fruit. There is a severe drought going on in Northern California and it's hit small farmer's hard. The stands were few and far between as farms try to beat the heat/lack of water. But the peach seller we always buy from was there, handing out free samples and selling glorious yellow and white peaches. I bought 2 1/2 pounds of them. And then I got home and remembered we are moving-very, very soon-and I need to use up our food, not buy more and waste it. So this morning I whipped up a big batch of smoothies with those delicious peaches. These smoothies are both dairy free and vegan and the perfect, EASY breakfast on a hot July morning.

 

Peachy Keen Smoothies

makes 2 large servings

 

2 large peaches, pitted and sliced

1 banana (fresh or frozen), sliced

1 cup of orange juice

1 cup of water

3-5 ice cubes.

 

Add all ingredients together in a blender. Blend and serve. Enjoy!

PUMPKIN ALMOND MILK SMOOTHIE

I love fall. The weather, the clothes, and the food. Oh, pumpkin pie, how I love you.
This pumpkin smoothie is how I've been starting my mornings during the week. Perfect fall taste, in an easy breakfast form. No baking required.

Ingredients:
1 cup of vanilla almond milk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
big sprinkling of cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in a blender, blend until smooth. Top with a little granola. Add a festive straw (they make mornings a little better). Enjoy.