Another Fruit & Veggie Smoothie

For breakfast yesterday morning, I made another fruit and vegetable smoothie. I kind of made up the recipe!

• 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1/2 cup strawberries
• 1/2 cup chopped up carrot (half of a big one!)
• 1/2 cup yougurt
• 1/4 cup milk

I threw it in the freezer because it was a little too runny for me. If you try this, you may want to leave the milk out. After slushing up a little, it wasn't that bad!

Just another way I'm trying to get in my fruits & veggies! Do you have any creative ways to get yours in? If so, comment and let me know!

Until my next post.....

More Healthiness!

It's been a while since my last post... I have been kinda busy and have had a lot going on! I wanted to take a few minutes to quickly share with you another healthy recipe I tried. Enjoy!



Here is another smoothie I tried. It was actually pretty good! To make this smoothie, blend:

1/2 cup diced strawberries

1/2 cup blueberries

1/2 cup (maybe a little less) chopped carrots

I cut off the tops of a some broccoli to get the little green things in there

1 cup cranberry juice

 After I tried marinating zucchini in Italian and stir frying it, someone told me to try it with terryaki sauce (like they use at Little Tokyo). I tried it this way and I liked it a WHOLE lot better! Like I told other people, I think if I forced myself to eat it a few times, I could get used to the taste and texture. Please excuse my large portion of macaroni and cheese. No, I did not eat it all! :) And yes, that is chicken-just like the kind from Little Tokyo!

Until my next post...

More Healthiness

Since I'm on my little health kick, I am trying new things--mainly vegetables. So, last night I decided to make chicken stir fry style on the stove. I marinated it like normal- in italian dressing and added some seasoning....and a little butter :) I made garlic and cheese biscuits (we can't go ALL healthy!)

 and... drum roll please..................................................................

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ZUCCHINI!

I know, you're proud of me!

People, I am so uneducated when it comes to vegetables that I had to Google a picture of zucchini on my phone while I was in the grocery store looking for it to know what color/shape to look for. I know, you don't know whether to laugh or have pity on me! Honestly I thought it was yellow, so I'm glad I did Google it or I probably would've been looking for a while. I guess I can thank my mama for my lack of knowledge in this department- Thank You, Mama! So, I washed the zucchini, cut it up, let it marinate in italian dressing and threw it in a frying pan. I also added a little butter, S & P. Now, I was not a huge fan (shocker, I know!) but I think it's one of those things I could MAKE myself eat and adapt my tastebuds to like it. As mentioned in my last healthy post, I am a texture girl, so I didn't like the fact that when I bit a piece, juice squirted all in my mouth. Ew. Someone told me to cook it in terrayaki sauce, so that is what we are going to try tonight! More to come on that tomorrow :)

Until my next post!

Finally... some news!

I am reporting to you this morning to let you in on some exciting news I have received! This morning I received a call from a local elementary school offering me a long term subbing position in kindergarten!!!!

It will be for at least 30 days, but it could be longer. I am so excited just to be in a school, teaching kids, and in the education setting! I'm sure there will be more exciting posts to come. I guess I should start adjusting my sleep schedule.... and practice waking up early! :) Stayed tuned- this afternoon I am posting another new healthy habit I tried out!

Until my next post! 

Health Kick

I've recently got on my own little "health kick". I am trying to eat more fruits and vegetables! I like a lot of fruits, but am not a fan of vegetables. In fact, the only "vegetables" I eat are fried okra and ...potatoes-if those are even vegetables. I think they are considered a starch! Anyways, I went to the store yesterday and bought a lot of different fruits and vegetables because I had found some smoothie recipes online that I wanted to try. Apparently you can add veggies into a smoothie with fruit and you can't even taste it. So, I wanted to give it a try!



Carrots, broccoli, cucumbers, apples, bananas, strawberries, blueberries,
applesauce, yogurt, apple juice & cranberry juice

So the first smoothie recipe I tried was:

• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 cup of sliced apple (sweet tasting apples are better)
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup of cucumber (peeled and sliced)
• 2 cups of ice
• a dash of nutmeg or cinnamon (optional)   recipe can be found here



The above ingredients + a blender = .........





Ta Da!! "Sweet Veggie Smoothie"


This smoothie wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. I could make myself drink it to get in my servings of fruits and veggies each day. But, I am a texture kind of girl and the texture of this "smoothie" wasn't very smooth. What I mean is it felt like I was drinking applesauce. It made enough for two glasses, so I poured one glass (yesterday) and stuck the rest in the freezer. This afternoon I took out the frozen leftovers to thaw out and when I got home from the gym it was really good because it was cold and icy! Other than that, I pretty much forced myself to drink the glass yesterday.... only because of the texture! The taste was fine. It was very apple-ly! I will probably end up making another one, like I said, just to get in my fruits and veggies. More to come on new things I am trying!

Until my next post!

2 Days, 3 Nights

Hello Blog World!
Hope you all are having a great weekend! Although every day feels like it's the weekend to me, my weekend officially started Thursday afternoon. Because that's the day....my hubby left me. Yep, left me! He flew out to Ohio to visit some of his family on his dad's side. I just stuck around here because, well let's just says planes are not my best friend. Thursday afternoon and night I tried to keep myself busy, so I packed the schedule out-- at 5:30 I went to Body Combat at the gym to work on my fitness a little..... and after that I went out to eat with my Mama and Carlie (my little bro's gf) tagged along. Curlz stayed with me Thursday night and ended up being lucky enough to stay with me every night-ha :) Will came over and we watched the Lincoln Lawyer, which is VERY good! Friday I woke up.... and the day...... lasted...... forrrr---evvv---errrrr (imagine the quote from the Sandlot) It was such a dreary day and all I did was lay around-bored as could be!!! I couldn't wait to go out with my good friends, Kaylin & Jamie Lynn. As always, we talked and laughed the night away-it got deep, just take my word on it! Friday night Curlz stayed with me and kept me company, again! This morning we got up, went to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast, which I hadn't had in a WHILE! We stopped to get a newspaper so I could check out the coupon situation for this weekend, and rented Blue Crush 2, don't waste your $$$$! It was okay, but not as good as the original! We waited for Will to get off of work because we were gonna go back to his place and pull him on the wakeboard. Well, I decided to get brave and try to wakeboard myself! After a few tries and some good coaching from my little brother, I finally got up.... and I screamed my head off! I don't know why, all I could do was scream! It was kinda scary, but fun at the same time. I just want to note one special little moment I had today---when I finally made it up, Will said, "I am SO proud of you!" Told yall--he's a sweet thing! After some encouragment, I finally got Carlie to try wakeboarding again. Apparently last time she didn't have any luck, but she finally got up too ;) I told her she just needed a little female coaching! After I got up, I tried to explain to her how I did it... as opposed to my little brother & it worked! So we did that for about 3 hours, then got ready and went to Jackson's for karaoke for a little while. None of us got brave enough to sing, except my Daddy---gotta love him! I don't know if wakeboarding tired me out or what, but I am about worthless at this point! I'm gonna stay at Willy P's tonight, go to church tomorrow and wait for my lovie to get back home! I can't wait to see him... 2 days and 3 nights has been toooo long for me!

Until my next post....

TA DA!!! BLOG BUTTON!

WHEW! After hours and hours of trying to figure this thing out, I have finally figured out how to make a "Blog Button" yay me! Yes people, it took all afternoon and night to make that little button you see in the upper left hand corner. So, now you *should* be able to copy the link below my button and put it on your page! I don't really know what else you do with it, but I was proud of myself for learning a new blog "trick". If anyone is an experienced blogger and knows  what blog buttons are all about, please fill me in! Hopefully the link works. You can add it through a "gadget" on your design page of your blog. Let me know if you try it and if it works/doesn't work! Try to make your own blog button and link it up so I can check it out!

Until my next post....