Mmm D'Licious: Smoothilicious! {and a story}

His, Hers & Bubba's

Spinach in your smoothie? Yes please!

I have to say I'm one of those lucky moms whose child will eat anything and everything you put in front of him.  A trait he comes via his father, definitely not his mama. I was the pickiest eater ever! By that I mean I ate about 5 things: peanut butter sandwiches,

quesadillas, rolled tacos (no guac), mac n cheese, and turkey on bread {you really can't even call that a sandwich}. My mom would make a separate "salad" just for me every night= lettuce and carrots.

I passed on every condiment known to man, and everything had to be plain, dry and not touching anything nasty. I wouldn't eat butter on anything, and at Mexican restaurants, I'd dip my chips in water because I didn't like salsa but I still wanted to participate in the dipping aspect of chips 'n salsa. Picky is probably not even an extreme enough adjective to describe me. I should probably insert a huge [sorry Mom] right here! 

I actually remember in high school wondering what I would ever cook for a husband or family some day since my own preferences made up such a small and limited list of foods. Luckily, my taste buds evolved [either that or I just decided to be brave/normal and try things]- not so lucky for my mom...I was like 20 at that point!

Now I love salads with dressing, mexican food with guacamole, and   while I still avoid mayo at all costs, honey mustard is pretty yummy on a turkey sandwich. 

But back to the original purpose of this post...the smoothie.  I started making a smoothie every morning when I stopped nursing Jack.  He had stopped nursing except for right when he woke up in the morning, so when I decided I was done [he was 16 months...that's a good long time] I used the smoothie as a diversion.  My husband also liked the morning smoothie routine, so it stuck. I figured it was a good way to get everyone a nice helping of fruit, protein, and I even sneaked some veggies in there when no one was looking! So here is 1 of my many combinations for a morning smoothie:

2 cups unsweetend Vanilla Almond milk

8 strawberries

1 banana

a heaping handfull of spinach

1/2 cup blueberries

1/4 cup pineapple

I also add a scoop of Juice Plus Compete vanilla protein powder. It is a whole food based protein that is super good for you! That could be a whole post in and of itself (right Alice?).

I use frozen (and organic when I can) fruit. Makes it cold, but not watery. I don't like adding ice. 

This is kid & husband approved! You really cannot taste the spinach, and its a good way to get the kiddos to eat some leafy greens!

  Now that's lovely!

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