Here's a pic of a lovely smoothie I made the other day!

Yumm

hehe ;)

My Super Delicious Secret Recipe ;)

Yesterday morning I made a smoothie, as I do most mornings, and froze half of it for today's breakfast. My smoothies consist mostly of a large amount of fresh spinach. I know what you're thinking..."Gross! No way in hell am I eating/drinking that!!" ...but wait! There's more! Won't you give one of my Super Delicious Secret Smoothies a try?!

Here's what you'll need:

• A highspeed blender with one of those stick thingys that helps the blending process along. (I recommend a Vitamix, I'll tell you all about them later! For now, I'm using a regular smoothie machine which gets the job done...fairly well...but, I can tell the motor is dying on me. It's not meant for breaking down fruits and veggies like the VM is.)
• A HUGE bunch of fresh spinach (I mean, I really pack the whole blender up with leafy green goodness!) Three times as much as this image shows. I just wanted to show the prettiness of all the ingredients ;)
• Maybe a half cup of organic greek yogurt (Chobani is good but a bit pricey) I've recently switched to Dannon Oikos, which is just as delicious and equally Greek!
• A few frozen strawberries from the garden
• 4 or 5 dark sweet cherries (fresh or frozen)
• 4-6 small red seedless grapes (can be frozen-btw frozen grapes make a great snack!)

Add a small amount of your choice of milk or coconut water and blend on high speed (with lid on!) use stick thingy until, smooth.

Be amazed at the beautiful color you're about to see! ;) *(hint it should be bright green..if it is poopy brown, your "strawberry, cherry, grape::spinach" ratio might be off. It will still taste DELICIOUS. You can add more SPINACH next time! ;) I promise, you won't taste the spinach!!!! But the color will be prettier.

Pour into your favorite glass or mug. ========>>>
Enjoy!...share, if you must. ÷)

-A few variations I have made, include adding:

• Milled flax seed and an apple for fiber ..OR
• Oats, peanutbutter, and honey (yummy!! Even with the spinach) OR
• Can add frozen peaches, mango, pineapple, or another exotic fruit!

**Best prepared with a highspeed blender i.e. A Vitamix or else you might notice a few small un-chopped bits of skin. I just add a couple ice cubes after everything is completely liquefied and then blend some more. It makes it colder and more unnoticable until I can get my Vitamix!!!

*Did you know - you can put a whole apple into a Vitamix machine and it will just eat it up! ..core, seeds and all! ÷) This enables us to get the vital nutrients we would normally throw away when eating an apple, or even by chewing our food. That's just one example. You should look it up! Be forewarned they're not cheap. Which is why I don't have mine yet! The day I get one will be a birthday to myself, and Christmas! I'm excited just thinking about it!! Ha!
*DO NOT TRY TO PUT A WHOLE APPLE IN ANY OTHER BLENDER/SMOOTHIE MACHINE!!!

By the way I do not work for Vitamix in ANY way. lol I have just been an admirer for about 7-8 years and have finally got serious about changing my life and health one step at a time! ÷)

For a simple, yet delicious recipe, I did not expect this post to be so long! Ha...and really, no one is going to read it. Wunderbar! Arrivederci ÷)

Intro:

Here I am, in the "prime" of my life, on an adventure and sooo ready to get healthy! I've created this blog to chronicle my efforts, thoughts, accomplishments, failures (if I admit to them), and possibly pictures if I'm brave enough in the future.

I'm going into this with the MINDSET that no one is reading, and hopefully I can keep up that way. Be forewarned, I may not censor, and sometimes I may seem downright mean. ;) Hey, it's who I am and I'm SICK of holding it in any longer! Truthfully, I'm the kindest, most caring and sympathetic person you'd ever know..but oftentimes have a difficult time showing what's really going on inside.

Thus, the blog is born!

I've been pretty bad at keeping up with previous blogs in the past, but I really want to make a strong effort to do this! Let's see what happens, shall we?