Summertime at Grandma's House

My mom has a great yard. So much space and the pool is fun. Actually everyone loves it. Booey gets to bark at the neighbors, Lucy gets to run like mad all over the place and that day C walked up and down the long driveway. He would be pushing his toy and all of the sudden next thing I know he's walking next to me holding nothing. That day, Dan had a practice course for his bike on the driveway. What a nerd.

One of These Everyday

 

I'm trying to eat better, I know it's the just the way that normal people eat all of the time but I'm trying to convert from eating Jack in the Box and McDonalds every day to eating more whole foods. It was hard at first because I've always sworn that I was born with a "hunger" gene. I've found that if I eat spinach in the morning in my shakes it helps curb my craving for "disgusting food." I got these books by Dr Fuhrman and his whole philosophy is the more nutrients your body gets, the more your brain will know that you are getting what you need and you will be less hungry. I think it's working, I've lost about 10 pounds, but I'll update you in a month. (I don't follow his whole vegan thing, but I've been cutting back.)

Anyways, the point of this post is these smoothies are actually REALLY good! Here's a recipe for the one that I created. I've been using a magic bullet but my Vitamix gets here today!! Yipeeeeeeeeee!

Purple Smoothie

1.5 Tablespoons Ground Flax Seed

1 Cup of Frozen Blueberries or Frozen Mixed Berries

1 Whole Green Apple

1&1/2 Cups Baby Spinach

Half Frozen Banana

A Few Pieces of Frozen Pineapple or Frozen Mango

Some Almond Milk to help Smooth it Out

(You can also add some plain yogurt)

Another One I Love 

The Green Mango Smoothie

1.5 Tablespoons Ground Flax Seed 

Fill your Blender with Half Spinach and Half Frozen Mango

Use your Liquid of Choice or Yogurt of Choice

Blend until Smooth. Yum.

Yo Yo Yo Yogurt

We bought a yogurt maker a few weeks ago and I make a fresh batch every week. Nothing like some good organic, fresh yogi. I usually make plain but Dan hates it that way so this time I used vanilla and a little Stevia. Mmmm. All you do is boil a quart of organic milk, let it get back down to lukewarm, add 5 tablespoons of your favorite plain organic yogurt to a few oz of the cooled down milk (or buy yogurt starter) and mix that back into the original batch. Put it in the little jars and it does all of the work overnight for you. You can also make cheese from yogurt, that is my next adventure.

Hello.

Counting Down the Days Until September 13th.......

Yes please... saw a preview of some luggage I already know that I want. 400 other items are coming along with that. Yummmm.