Tag: smoothie

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Avocados

Hannah Lucio

I absolutely love avocados. I prefer avocados on my sandwiches over putting mayo or other spreads. I add them in Smoothies, the obvious mexican foods, and I even put them on pizza. It is such a super fruit that we all should be trying to eat. Some people might not want to eat them because they are fat but it’s a good kind of fat.

 

I found this online and thought it was funny-Hahaha

Since we do not live in California anymore the cost of avocados are a little higher over here on the east coast. I went to Costco and it was $7.99 for a bag! Since I did not want to waste money I made an effort to finish the bag before they went bad. And, to my surprise I succeeded! If you ever are looking for a way to add more nutrients and trash the butter and mayo I’d try switching to avocados. Of course everything is moderation is the best because too much fat isn’t great either. But, this is a great way to switch out the bad. I absolutely LOVE avocado!!!

 

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breastfeeding, Family, Food, Stay at Home Mom, Uncategorized, Women

Family favorite Healthy smoothie

Hannah Lucio

I have been trying to figure out how to add more veggies and fruits into our family diet. We don’t really have the drive to just eat our veggies. Ha ha.I have tried cooking different ways but it wasn’t enough. And you can only eat so many salads. So I started making smoothies for our family. I wanted to share what I “sneak” into them to make them really healthy for the whole family.

First I put frozen strawberries and blueberries (these bags last us one week) in the blender, add apple juice (we drink almost 2 bottles of Costco Apple juice in one week. In and out of the smoothie) and let it sit for a few minutes to thaw them out a little. I add 3 heaping Tbsp’s of ground flaxseed ( they recommend you add it slow, start out with a TBSP and work your way up), 1 avocado and at least 3 cups of greens (this bag from Costco lasts us one week). Blend it all up and voila, yummy healthy full of greens smoothie. The best part about this is that you can get your greens, flaxseed and avocado goodness all in one and it tastes amazing! I know that it sounds like a whole lot of sugar but natural sugars are ok for us. It is the soda, junk food and white sugars that are the worst for our bodies. Try it out 😀

 

Update:I am down 7 lbs YAY!! Enjoy!!

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Christmas, Family, Uncategorized, Women

Eggnog Smootie

Hannah Lucio

I had a few things that my husband wanted me to make this holiday season and an eggnog smoothie was one of them. I found a recipe that sounded good and gave it a try. Since we live in a state that sells hard alcohol at a separate store than the traditional grocery store, I didn’t put any in this. You can add some if you like. He loved it so I had to share! A few simple ingredients, all shown in the picture below  IMG_6716[1]

 

Eggnog smoothie:

2 cups Eggnog

1 Banana

1 cup Nonfat vanilla yogurt

1/3 cup 2% milk

2 cups of ice

pinch of nutmeg

pinch of cinnamon

Put it all in a blender and blend away. It came out great, smells great and according to my husband it tastes great. Since I am pregnant I cannot tell you how it tastes, maybe next year.  This is super easy, super simple and takes a few minutes to put together. Sounds great to me!

 

Enjoy and live simple!