Saturday, January 14, 2012

Dairy Free Weekend Smoothie

Posted by Bonnie / 4 comments » / Egg Yolks

I don’t make New Years resolutions, because I feel like if I want to change my life, I should just get up, and do so.  I have no idea though, when that became so hard, or when I became so old.  Chip never wakes up and then groggily says, “Please, mom, just 5 more minutes.”  But I literally am peeling myself off my sheets in the morning to get up.

And I honestly wish that it was different.  That I was a morning person.  But the truth is, is that I’m not a morning person or a night person really.  So I’ve implemented a few things to give myself more energy.

Such as, eating dinner earlier.

Such as, more protein.

Such as, a smoothie every day.

Ugh I’m tired of typing “such as.”  Isn’t there a video of a beauty queen saying “such as” too much?

And of course, a little surprises in my day gives me more energy.  Yes, this smoothie has oats! Not cooked.  Just blended!

What do you do for more energy?

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Dairy Free Weekend Smoothie

Yield: 2 smoothies

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Cook Time: 2 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 banana

2 heaping scoops of some sort of peanut buttery type food. I used sunflower butter.

1 cup rice milk (or other milk if you prefer)

1/2 cup quick cooking oats

honey to taste (optional)

Directions:

Pour all ingredients except honey into blender, and blend for 1-2 minutes to ensure that the oats get blended real well. Add honey if you deserve for smoothie to be sweeter and blend again. Enjoy!

 

Posted by Bonnie on January 14, 2012
4 Comments »
 

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4 Responses to “Dairy Free Weekend Smoothie”

  1. 1

    Julia — January 14, 2012 @ 4:30 pm

    There’s a little bit of brown on that banana, haha!

  2. 2

    Shawn @ I Wash… You Dry — January 15, 2012 @ 2:52 am

    I love smoothies in the morning! I use my magic bullet all the time. I too have trouble jumping out of bed when there is nothing exciting in store. I recently started doing workout classes after the kids go to school and that is fun!

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    Daisy — January 18, 2012 @ 3:24 am

    Thank you for this reminder of good starts with protein and healthy smoothies for more energy. It’s hard for me to believe that you need more vitality as you are so full of life. I love your last blog, too, about journaling God’s blessings. You have a beautiful gratefulness for all that God has given you and an deep desire to maximize every moment in your life. It’s so cool how you share nourishment of all kinds…

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    Erin — January 19, 2012 @ 11:36 pm

    YES ! I love this. I’m going to try it out! Especially since I have some huge diet changes on my horizon! Thanks Bonnie! Plus, I love that you used Sunflower butter rather than peanut butter :)

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