So I joined a 7 day green smoothie challenge that Jen from Peanut Butter Runner is coordinating and yesterday I posted my standard smoothie recipe. Today I wanted to change things up so I made a peanut butter, banana, spinach and carrot smoothie. Yes, carrot. I bought some organic shredded carrots (you read correctly, I… Continue Reading
Category Archives: smoothies
Better in a mason jar
Did you know I almost named this blog “Jars of Mason?” Yup, even had the URL and everything. See, I love mason jars. I know they’re pretty trendy right now but I’ve loved them forever. Seriously. I’m not just saying that so it looks like I’m not jumping on the vintage train bandwagon. I ate… Continue Reading
Green Bananas
So normally we make our smoothies with blueberries but we ran out and haven’t made it to Costco yet to get anymore. Instead, I’ve been using frozen bananas. Turns out, they’re a nice alternative to the usual. Only bummer is that they don’t have the same antioxidant power. But they’re super green which is fun.… Continue Reading
Blueberry Almond Smoothie
Here’s the recipe for my current favorite smoothie. In my quest to find natural forms of protein, I’ve fallen in love with “Just Almond Meal” from Trader Joe’s. It’s basically ground up almonds. I’m pretty sure the primary use for it is as a flour but I think it tastes amazing in my smoothies. I… Continue Reading
What I ate today
Today, I tried to be super healthy after getting on the scale and being bummed. Luckily, I’d made all my lunches on Sunday so it made things pretty easy. Breakfast was a smoothie with blueberries, greek yogurt, almond milk, spinach and almond flour. My pre-workout snack was some almonds (only ate 9 out of… Continue Reading
Smoothies are delicious
I can’t believe it’s not a milkshake (source) I love smoothies. For at least the past 5 years, maybe longer, I have had them as my breakfast before work. I’ll also have them for breakfast at least one of my weekend days (the other is usually reserved for something delicious like oatmeal, cream of wheat,… Continue Reading