Smoothies!!

This goes along with the "health" post I promised to write about but I wanted to do this one separately because there are a lot of parts to it....

So, I am not a breakfast person. For some reason, eggs, bacon, cereal, etc. never seems appetizing to me in the mornings. However, we all know that breakfast is important and I read time and time again how you should ALWAYS eat something for breakfast.  I began making smoothies in high school but it wasn't until college that I became a lot better at it. I longed for the smoothies like they make at Dairy Queen.

One Christmas, we got a Magic Bullet from Brett's aunt and it made this simple dream come true.  I know a lot of smoothies they make at restaurants and such are not very good for you because they are often high in sugar content. After much practice, I believe I have mastered how to make them now!

Here is how:

now, I use different ingredients depending on the day but most are like this....

-bag of frozen fruit (I usually get a berry mixture with blueberries, strawberries, etc. but right now we just have frozen strawberries).
-a magic bullet (or some kind of processor.... blenders never work well for me but you can try it
-milk (can be regular, soy, almond milk... whichever you prefer
-yogurt (I prefer vanilla, it offsets the bitterness of some of the more healthy ingredients)
-ground flax seed (bought a huge bag for $7 at Costco)
-instant oats (uncooked)
-kale or fresh spinach leaves.  (kale is a little better for you but harder to find in some grocery stores).

Now... you can make a smoothie with just milk, frozen fruit, and yogurt if you want.... this is just the mixture I prefer to add extra nutrients.

step one: I always take the kale/spinach leaves and put them in the container first, then add a little milk until it is covering the greens completely.  Then, I blend it until it's complete liquid.  If you blend it with everything else, you'll get chunks of spinach or kale in your smoothie... not my idea of delicious.
2: then I add a few spoonfuls of yogurt, a few spoons of flax seed, a handful of frozen fruit, and a few pinch-fuls of uncooked oatmeal.  I don't really measure any of it because it's fairly personalized with whatever suits you.
3. Then, I blend all ingredients together until I hear that it has a smooth consistency. A.k.a I don't hear the crazy loud sound of grinding frozen fruit. I'm not sure how I still have my hearing after the recent amount of smoothies we have made... but anyhow....

add a straw (I have sensitive teeth), and enjoy! 

Now, I have also done this and poured the mixture into Popsicle molds for Vera since Brett doesn't like all the gross added ingredients in regular popsicles... she loves them!