Farmgirl Paints: the smoothie that rocks my world...and a GIVE-AWAY!

Friday, March 23, 2012

the smoothie that rocks my world...and a GIVE-AWAY!

Good morning friends. We finally made it to Friday! I'm going to share one of my favorite recipes with you this morning. I kind of made it up myself or tweaked it from various sources. It's my mango smoothie. It's also a really great snack for your kiddos when they get home from school. It's the perfect blend of healthy and yummy:)

When I'm on the wagon and doing really good, it's usually because I started out the day drinking this! Not having bread in the morning somehow wires me to watch carbs the rest of the day. If I eat toast, or waffles or whatever then that's all I crave. Weird. For instance ya'll know I'm pmsing. Yesterday I had 2 pieces of toast for breakfast, a package of Ritz crackers for lunch...with swiss cheese and then before dinner I ate 3 scones! Oh yeah and before bed I made more toast! What in the WORLD?? Anyway that no bread thing isn't working for me as of late.

When I make my smoothie I load up the blender with tons of spinach...or a mixture of kale and spinach. We are talking two giant handfuls. I add approximately 1 cup of water, or you could add milk or a little orange juice if you wanted. Then add one scoop of protein whey powder...or half a scoop if you are watching calories. For me this step is super important because the protein keeps me from getting hungry in an hour.

I finish it off with one teaspoon of local honey, a few chunks of mango (but you can use any fruit) and two heaping spoonfuls of Greek yogurt. Again the Greek yogurt adds protein! Mix until smooth and creamy. SO GOOD! I also make variations of this with peanut butter, and bananas or raspberries. You really can't go wrong. If you know of a great green drink make sure to share your recipe with us.

I'm attempting to grow the Feed my Family Friday posts. I think alot of you lurk on Fridays;) Recipe posts tend to be a little boring in my book, but it's keeping me accountable with my goals for the year of feeding my sweet family. AND according to my linky page views the links are receiving between 6,000-7,500 hits. Who knew? That's so that's amazing! So link up friends:)

Okay so this week I'm offering a smaller version of my beautiful soul to one of my linked up readers. Don't worry if you don't have a blog, you can still be thrown in the pot if you leave a recipe in the comment section. So grab my button pretty please and link to your recipe post...not to your blog url. I'll leave the linky thing open until next Friday and announce the winner then. Can't wait to see what you've been feeding your families.