As I stepped out the door this morning and was devoured by the wonderful 45 degree temperature and the smell of melting snow, I just knew that I was not kidding myself, Spring is here.. SPRING IS HERE!!!! If mother nature hadn’t threw me enough hints already on the way to work I saw two massive flocks of birds migrating NORTH! NORTH!! I say… Oh Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!!!
As mentioned in the earlier post, Sara and I are going to have 45 days of green smoothies.. Instead of posting every morning on Facebook the kind of smoothie I made and hearing all of the ‘uuugh’ comments from people, I have decided to just keep a running journal inside this blog post of each day… So.. With that said.. Let’s talk about today (Day 2) and update you what happened on day 1. [I always add ice and water to my smoothies to make them end up about 1 quart of green yummy-ness, so I'm going to omit that from the daily list below...]
Day 1 ( February 17th, 2010 ) – Strawberry (1 1/2 Cups Frozen), White Grape (12 grapes), & Kale (5 leaves)
Day 2 – Banana (1 medium), Blueberries (1/2 cup), White Grapes (18 grapes), Almonds (14 almonds), Kale (3 leaves), Spinach (1 cup) and fresh Parsley — Wow! This one turned out great and the parsley really added a nice touch! The almonds and banana really made it creamy..
Day 3 – Apple (1 Red Delicious), White Grapes (16 grapes), Strawberries (1 1/2 cups), Almonds (7 almonds), Kale (5 leaves), Flaxseed (1 TBSP) and fresh Parsley – Was a little sweet, could’ve probably did without either the apple or grapes.. But still good…
Day 4 – Avocado (1 1/2 including the pit), Grapes (10 white grapes), Apple (1 medium Granny Smith), Almonds (7 almonds), Kale (5 leaves Lacinato Kale), Chard (1 leave rainbow chard) and fresh Parsley
Day 5 – Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (1 large Red Delicious), Chard (3 leaves rainbow chard), Kale (2 leaves Lacinato Kale) – Super sweet today!
Day 6 -Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (Granny Smith), Spinach (1.5 cups), Bean Sprouts (1 cup) – Yummy addition of bean sprouts today
Day 7 – Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (1/2 Granny Smith), Banana (1 medium), Spinach (2 cups), Bean Sprouts (1.5 cups), Flax Seeds (1 Tbsp) – little too many bean sprouts today….
Day 8 – Strawberry (1 cup), Banana (1 medium), Pear, (1/2 pear), Spinach (1/2 cup), Kale (2 cups Lacinato Kale), Flax Seed (1 Tbsp)
Day 9 – Strawberry (1 cup), Banana (1 small), Apple (1 Red Delicious), Kale (3 cups lacinato Kale)
Day 10 – Strawberry (1 cup), Banana (1 small), Apple (1 Red Delicious), Kale (3 cups lacinato Kale)
Day 11 – Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (1 large Pink Lady), Kale (2.5 cups lacinato Kale)
Day 12 – Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (1 large Pink Lady), Banana (1 medium), Kale (3 cups lacinato Kale) – Added a shot of wheatgrass as well!
Days 13 – 29 – Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (1 large Pink Lady),Kale (2 cups lacinato Kale)
Day 30 – Strawberry (1 cup), Blueberry (1/3 cup), Apple (1 large Pink Lady),Kale (2 cups lacinato Kale)
Day 31-38 – Strawberry (1 cup), Apple (1 large Pink Lady),Kale (2 cups lacinato Kale)
Well,
It never ceases to amaze me that as informed I think I am about what’s going on in the wild wild world of the Internet, I’m just that much uninformed about the hottest items and latest trends..
As I pulled myself out of bed desperately trying to kick myself in the ass to start recovering from the flu, Sara yells in at me.. “Hey, November is Nation Blog Posting Month.. You’re supposed to post one blog entry a day for the month of November…” Oh boy, I’m already behind.. lol
So here it is.. The first blog post on the 3rd of November. I’m going to have to dig deep for my first two posts, but I’m sure something will come to me real quick.
Happy NABLOPOMO09 everyone!
The family went out into the woods last weekend to get the ever critical Christmas family photo op. Here is the lucky winner..
Well, it’s been almost a year since my brilliant idea of saving Capri-Sun juice pouches to sew a reflective blanket for the underside of each of our pop-up camper beds and the project is… well.. in a holding pattern. I have about two onion bags full of juice pouches and now it’s just going to be time to cut, open, and clean them all in preparation for the sewing machine.
Hopefully will have some pictures up soon of the process and progress!
Ed
With a house of two wonderful girls and a creative wife, it can get a little hectic around the old homestead. But this doesn’t deter me from coming up with creative ideas, crazy projects, and even crazier plans. It’s amazing how much you can get done between naptime and before the 2 AM bedtime curfew.
