We spend a lot of the day getting ready for the week. Since both ZB and I work away from home, we have to be prepped for the week or it is complete chaos and super stressful. Hadley loves to help me in the kitchen and to be completely honest, I love it too! We have so much fun together. Here are a few pictures..
Also check out the bottom of this post for my go to smoothie recipe!
Gahh! She is so cute! I just love this little girl. :) :)
Later that evening we painted pumpkins and ate apple crisp!
And then there's this cutie...
She is such a good baby!!
I have to share my smoothie recipe with you guys though - it is SO good! I make one every morning and it's the best way to start the day. I always feel better when I've had a smoothie before heading out the door and it helps me make better food choices throughout the day.
My smoothie tastes a bit different every day because I don't use specific measurements and I'll add different fruit to it depending what we have. Here is what I (usually) use...
1 banana
3-4 cuties
about a cup of frozen fruit
2 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp flaxseed
handful (or two) of kale or spinach
1 large spoonful of plain yogurt
1 large spoonful of peanut butter
liquid - orange juice, milk, or water
I usually fill the blender up about halfway with liquid and then I blend it together and enjoy! This fills 2 large glasses and a small toddler cup.
I get my frozen fruit from Costco. They have huge bags of frozen fruit for a great price. We switch it up so sometimes I put strawberries in smoothie, or times it's blueberries or some type of mixed fruit. Either way, it tastes great! I try to throw in as much greens as I can get away with in the smoothie and I've learned that I can get away with about 2 handfuls of it and you literally can't taste it at all!
This use to be super easy to whip together in the morning before work. However, trying to get a toddler and two month old ready so we can be out the door by 7 has made it a bit more difficult. So the night before when I am getting supper together I put about half of my smoothie together. I will put the cuties, yogurt, peanut butter, chia seed, and flaxseed in the blender the night before and put it in the fridge. In the morning I just have to add the banana, frozen fruit, and liquid. SO EASY. We have no excuse not to make it. Plus, my 2 year old LOVES this. She drinks from my cup in the morning and then drinks her entire cup as an afternoon snack at my sister's house. She is starting to get picky about what veggies she eats, so I feel good knowing that she is getting a little bit from the smoothie.
Enjoy!
xoxo,
amanda
