PURPLE SMILE

It's no secret that I love my newest appliance, it's a wonder we haven't gotten fat from all the smoothies I have been mixing.  Most of the smoothies come from recipes I've found on line but I did  come up with my own concoction that would put Jamba Juice to shame.  It is our absolute favourite and even the kids can't get enough of it.  Lucky for you, I am willing to share the recipe.  I wanted to get a nice picture of the to die for smoothie but it never lasts long enough for me to get my camera out and snap a few shots.  Fortunately, Emily was able to get a few with her iphone of the kids enjoying theirs.

I call it the Purple Smile because even the adults look like this when we are done.    

1 ripe banana 

1 cup orange juice

1/2 ripe avocado

1/2 cup plain yoghurt

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

Blend until smooth and voila you too can sport this lovely smile.  This is enough for two servings but if you want to have it all to yourself, I won't tell and I certainly wouldn't blame you.   Seriously though, try it, it is soooooo good and good for you too but we won't tell the kids that. 

PINTESTED

If you know me at all you know that I am all about Pinterest.  It's a great site to get ideas and save them so that you don't have to search the internet for that great quilt, craft, recipe, or printable you came across once weeks ago.  I'm pretty much addicted but that's a whole other story.

Often the captions under some pictures will say something to the effect that the original pinner tried it and it was the best/easiest/most delicious thing ever.   I have to admit that sometimes I am taken in by these claims and rush out to the store to buy ingredients only to be disappointed. Sometimes though the recipes are worthy of every bit of praise.

DO TRY:

Roasted Broccoli

Avocado Pasta

Chicken Taquitos

Lemon Tartlets

Coconut Lime Sugar Cookie

Avocado Milkshake

GIVE THESE A MISS!

(No links here, trust me, you won't want them)

Crockpot Sludge Oatmeal

Brownie made in a waffle iron.

That last one was a disaster and a half.  It took me ages to clean my waffle iron.  I was able to salvage some of the brownie and use it as crumble on top of ice cream which was actually rather nice and crunchy.  My advice, don't bother trying, it's not worth the effort it takes to clean up the mess.