Smoothie

avocado recipes

August 16, 2011

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemakers program, I recently received a large box of California Avocados. I know. I was excited. I eat a lot of avocados, so to focus on them and come up with dishes to include them in was fun. You know, instead of standing at the kitchen sink with a knife, [...]

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jalapeno peach smoothie

July 28, 2011

Yep. I sure did. and it was good. I had some of the freshest, sweetest peaches the other day. So sweet I thought adding some spicy to them would be a good thing. This recipe couldn’t be easier, and you could take it in a couple directions – add protein powder for some staying power, [...]

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cinnamon cantaloupe smoothie

July 22, 2011

I am not complaining at all, but it has been unseasonably cool here in Portland. I’ve been wearing my long sleeves on our morning walks, and the pool is just sitting there, ready to be jumped into. After a week of cold weather and even rain, summer is returning! We are going to a wedding [...]

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blueberry protein shake

July 13, 2011

It’s summertime, and my Tuesday nights have a new activity. After my weekly #fitblog chat, a small group of us go on a #fitblog walk. I heard about this last week, and was invited by my dear friend Kris to join in this time, and she, Deb, Jules, Mo, Foodie McBody and now Basil and I [...]

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tropical cure all

April 25, 2011

I have been having headaches again – this one has been four days now. Thursday and Friday all day, then I woke up with it Saturday, but it was very mild. We went downtown that morning for the movie, and went to my favorite coffee shop first. I think the caffeine helped, while Jason thinks [...]

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simple spinach smoothie

April 3, 2011

I regularly go through two of the large boxes of spinach in a week. I should have added spinach to my Favorite Things list, because it most definitely is. simple spinach smoothie serves two 3 cups hazelnut milk 5-7 handfuls fresh spinach 2 tablespoons lucuma 2 tablespoons hemp seeds 3-4 ice cubes Blend and enjoy! This [...]

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es pokat

April 2, 2011

Today’s breakfast was another from my recipe testing gig – a vegan version of the Indonesian avocado drink, Es Pokat. Cool, creamy and satisfying, I have made this several times for our breakfast smoothie or a mid afternoon snack. What is your way to eat avocado? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]

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veggie power!

March 3, 2011

Good morning, y’all!! I hope your Thursday is starting off great. I have slowed in my daily juice posts, because while they’re not the same each day and they’re never boring, they sometimes look similar… today’s juice was too good not to share, though, and once again it looks like a nice spot of sunshine [...]

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attitude

February 21, 2011

outlook. approach. I am thankful to have learned long ago the importance of attitude. Each of us has a choice each day how we will approach the day, what our attitude will be. The day may start out well, and then challenges appear. We also have a choice as to how we will react to [...]

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