Banana Berry Smoothie

Not the best picture, I know.  But I was in a hurry to eat it up!
Lately I've been trying to lose my weight from having the twins.  This has been working great!  For breakfast this is what I have.

1 large or 2 small bananas
1 cup of frozen berrries (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries)
1 cup of Juice - usually white grape

Blend well and enjoy!

Light Saber Cake & Yoda Soda

My son, Carson, wanted a Star Wars Birthday Party.  This is the easiest cake we could come up with.

The Cake: (try to ignore the seams in the fondant)

Make a regular 9 x 13 cake.  Cut into 3 strips and lay end to end.  Frost the "light" part of the light saber and cover with Marshmallow Fondant.  Then frost the handle with gray frosting (vanilla frosting with a little black food coloring) and pipe black frosting for details. 

This was a team effort with my husband.  He is awesome!

Yoda Soda is this... green Kool Aid.  And if you can't find green Kool Aid like I couldn't last night at Walmart, buy the invisible Kool Aid and add green food coloring.  It was really cool (and simple) and the kids loved it.

Lime Ricky

I know I should have a lime wedge on the glass for a garnish but I made this just for me and the kids so I wasn't too worried about impressing them.
I got this recipe from my brother and his wife who decided it would be so simple to make these instead of running to Arctic Circle.  They were right.  


Ingredients:
1 2 liter of Grape Soda - my brother and his wife use Diet.  I prefer the hard stuff.
1 can of Frozen Limeade

Mix well and serve.
And yes, lime wedges or slices are a nice garnish.

Spinach Smoothies

I know this is the least appetizing sounding smoothie you could possible create while still edible. But I keep hearing about people LOVING these smoothies. Each recipe I find is different so I did what I thought sounded the best.


Prettier before the mixing

Doesn't look edible but I promise it is. And it's good.
I didn't add blueberries but I'm sure they would be pretty good

2 Bananas
4 Strawberries
1/2 Cup Raspberries
1/4 Cup Orange Juice
1 -2 cups of Spinach
1/2 T. Honey

These are a great way to get your fruits and veggies in or if you're not a breakfast person, this would be great for breakfast, too.

Banana Shakes

I grew up with my mom making these for me. She always used to say that it was healthy because it has bananas and milk in it. So I'm going to stick with that.

These measurements are more of a guess than anything. I don't ever actually measure when I make it, I just do what I think looks good. But when I made them today I paid pretty close attention to what I put in and did the best I could at guessing how much it was.

2 Ripe Bananas
1 1/2 Cups Vanilla Ice Cream
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1/2 Cup Milk

I used store bought chocolate milk today
and it didn't taste a ton different but it was definitely yummy

Mix all ingredients in the blender until there are no more chunks.
Serves 3 medium size servings or 2 large servings