tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2870340218726962952024-02-06T22:07:26.641-08:00Smoothies By ErikaErika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-6074509940213635092012-06-05T08:05:00.003-07:002012-06-05T08:07:27.361-07:00Pineapple Peach GreenieGood Morning. So I have an hour commute every morning to work, usually I savor my smoothie during the ride and typically have some left over to drink once I get to work. Well, not this morning. This smoothie was so good I drank the whole thing within 15 minutes (and 2 brainfreezes later) I was left wanting more! The sweetness of the peaches and juice, the tangyness of the yogurt, and the citrus from the pineapple make this a winner. And who doesn't love all the added vitamins and minerals from the spinach? Basically this smoothie is a winner.<br />
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1 cup pineapple mango Trop 50, 2p+<br />
1 cup )% plain Greek yogurt, 3p+<br />
1 cup frozen peaches, 0p+<br />
1 banana, 0p+<br />
1/2 cup frozen pineapple, 0p+<br />
1 1/2 cups baby spinach, 0p+<br />
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Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.<br />
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Yield: 1 | 5p+<br />
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<br />Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-25378254829404810702012-05-31T09:16:00.002-07:002012-05-31T09:24:51.207-07:00Nutella Chocolate Decadence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTrvPGpY1pxRxxiPdIBATGxTy-FWin8HSLhDqUnnoRhZSiH0G1hma6ozdAdHvLsQNiytSwkZyunvs-cY-lsPW60SX2fEifDQD4mgliNQNUT3Hp5yCkuHmHAO-qD_z6NHBOd401EGGzFI/s1600/photo+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTrvPGpY1pxRxxiPdIBATGxTy-FWin8HSLhDqUnnoRhZSiH0G1hma6ozdAdHvLsQNiytSwkZyunvs-cY-lsPW60SX2fEifDQD4mgliNQNUT3Hp5yCkuHmHAO-qD_z6NHBOd401EGGzFI/s1600/photo+(1).JPG" /></a>Oh my wow. If you have a chocolate craving, for whatever reason then this is the smoothie for you! Check it.<br />
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1 cup 1% milk, 3p+<br />
2T Nutella, 5p+<br />
1/2 cup plain 0% Greek yogurt, 1p+<br />
2T sugar free Hershey's syrup, 1p+<br />
1 banana, 0p+<br />
2T cool whip free, 0p+<br />
5 ice cubes<br />
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Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.<br />
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Yield: 1 | 10p+<br />
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Now, I know the p+ value of this is kind of high for a breakfast smoothie. But look at it this way, you get in 1 1/2 servings of your dairy and a fruit/veg serving as well. The Hershey's syrup is not really needed as it was crazy chocolatey. The Cool Whip would have been just as delicious on top of the smoothie as it was mixed in.<br />
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I have noticed that a lot of people from the Weight Watchers board I frequent are beginning to count calories instead of points. I want to start posting the calories but need to find a reliable source to begin doing it from. So I am working on it and if you are counting calories don't give up on me!!<br />
<br />Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-50089174455947193122012-05-30T08:03:00.001-07:002012-05-30T12:05:04.379-07:00Strawberry Kiwi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwtnUNuJTHd2JTOqGRdQjUc9p5DnXPPK9QuGF6lMQH5eB02DuAmjIGORYN76FltOc8ky5V_cEjU3ZfUtyFxmjo42Kj5-CkPffk5Wwcw1PBco6YQjqzHOg9KKD9POqLloQwXsSxS_6Bj4/s1600/strawberry+kiwi2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwtnUNuJTHd2JTOqGRdQjUc9p5DnXPPK9QuGF6lMQH5eB02DuAmjIGORYN76FltOc8ky5V_cEjU3ZfUtyFxmjo42Kj5-CkPffk5Wwcw1PBco6YQjqzHOg9KKD9POqLloQwXsSxS_6Bj4/s1600/strawberry+kiwi2.png" /></a>Good morning! Look at me, posting 2 days in a row. I almost added a handful of spinach since the color or this is kind of ugly, but whatever I rolled with it.<br />
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1 cup light minute maid OJ, 1p+<br />
2 kiwi, peeled and cut in half, 0p+<br />
1 cup plain 0% Greek yogurt, 3p+<br />
5 frozen strawberries, 0p+<br />
2 heaping T Cool Whip Free, 0p+<br />
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Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.<br />
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Yield: 1 | 4p+<br />
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<br />Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-65698698958037283092012-05-29T10:29:00.002-07:002012-05-29T10:32:33.373-07:00Pineapple Mango Banana Smoothie<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">H</span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ey all! So I am finally back with some great new ideas. Here is one that is so delicious. I will give you warning though, it is quite tart, likely due to the large amount of plain Greek yogurt. My mango was a little under ripe, if you were to use a really ripe mango it might help but if you make this as is, don't be expecting anything sweet. You could always add a packet or 2 of splenda to sweeten things up.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, nearly all of my previous smoothies had protein powder in them. While you will still see smoothies that contain protein powder I am looking to obtain more protein from the Greek yogurt, instead of from the protein that has tons of other gunk I can't even pronounce in it. The protein powder I use, Deisgner Whey has like 20g of protein for 1 scoop and 2p+, the 1C of Greek yogurt I used in this recipe has 19g of protein and 3p+. I weighed heavily on this decision but decided that since I normally use 2p+ for protein and 1p+ for 1/3C regular yogurt, the 3p+ for Greek was the way to go.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So finally, here's the recipe:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1C minute maid light OJ, 1p+</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1C non fat plain greek yogurt, 3p+</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 banana, 0p+</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 mango, chopped, 0p+</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 chunks frozen pineapple, 0p+</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups spinach, 0p+</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yield: 1 | 4p+</span><br />
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<br />Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-83989442352204427312012-03-05T12:04:00.002-08:002012-03-05T12:04:59.162-08:00<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey Blogland!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been so off the map lately and I do apologize. I kind of fell off the wagon of my weight loss journey and therefore fell off the smoothie making journey as well. But fear not smoothie lovers, I am ready to make my return! I have been pinning some amazing new ideas and can't wait to try out some yummy new concoctions in the near future. Look for some new recipes coming late this month!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Erika</span>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-30554688513801864242011-10-09T13:29:00.000-07:002011-10-09T13:30:26.200-07:00Tropical Smoothie<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1/2 6oz container 2% pineapple Chobani greek yogurt (2)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1 banana (0)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">4 strawberries, frozen (0)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1/3 cup mango sorbet, I used Ciao Bella brand (3)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">I made this smoothie as a mid day snack, and I will have to say it is quite large for a mid day snack. I probably could have split it with someone. But it is so good, that will most likely not happen. Enjoy!</span></span>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-19172969679335363092011-09-21T08:47:00.000-07:002011-10-09T13:31:06.212-07:00Pumpkin Smoothie<a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/D1E0E84C-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/D1E0E84C-orig.jpg" width="238" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup 1% milk (3)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup canned pumpkin pie mix (2)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 banana (0)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2T rolled oats - uncooked (1)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 ice cubes (0)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yield: 1 | 8p+</span><br />
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<a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/0D42460F-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/0D42460F-orig.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note: I used canned pumpkin pie mix here instead of plain canned pumpkin because I knew it would have a better taste, however, if you want to use plain canned pumpkin (for 0 p+) try adding in a tsp of pumpkin pie spice (0) then you can get the same taste for 2 less p+!!</span><br />
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<br />Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-7711631605175873802011-09-06T08:40:00.000-07:002011-09-06T08:42:01.625-07:00Spinach and Kale aka Green Goblin Smoothie<a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9A158A68-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9A158A68-orig.jpg" width="238" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup 2% milk (3)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 handful, about 1 cup, packed spinach (0)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">leaves of 1 stem of kale (0)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 banana (0)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 kiwi (0)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See, I am finally posting some smoothies with veggies as promised. I have to give some credit to my sister on this one. She used Trop50 orange juice in place of milk and hers was equally delicious. You can make the executive call on that one. Thanks sis!</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This smoothie is so yummy, I made this one as a dessert and it was delicious. I probably could have skipped the protein and had a 4p+ smoothie instead. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-65294132795090696392011-08-20T14:37:00.000-07:002011-08-20T14:38:26.861-07:00Cherry Cheesecake Smoothie<a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/8515CD31-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/8515CD31-orig.jpg" width="240" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Well, I would first like to start off with some awesome news! I follow a blog called </span></span><a href="http://emilybites.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Emily Bites</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> it is an awesome sight with tons of delicious recipes, she is also a part of Weight Watchers and also posts all of the points+ values for her foods. Trust me though, if you are not a Weight Watcherer her food is still delicious and something everyone will absolutely love. So I told you that story to tell you this story. I was perusing Emily Bites one day and noticed she was doing a giveaway in corroboration with Del Webb. They were giving away a free, ya FREE, Kitchenaid Cooks for the Cure blender. I of course entered the contest and low and behold I was the WINNER!!! Seriously most awesome thing I have ever won. I think Emily was correct when she said it must be fate that I won since I have a smoothie blog! Isn't she gorgeous. I think I will call her Rosie :) So I had to test that puppy out and here is what I came up with for today --</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Note: I made this as an afternoon snack today, not as a meal. Therefore, I didn't add the protein powder simply because I didn't want to add the extra points. It is mine and my boyfriends 4 year anniversary today so I am splurging on dinner and need to save all the points I can.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Enjoy, and thanks again to </span></span><a href="http://emilybites.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Emily Bites</b></span></span></a>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-24830757446312130682011-08-10T08:36:00.000-07:002011-08-10T08:38:25.907-07:00Pineapple Cherry Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/E4A7C217-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: purple;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/E4A7C217-orig.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/28129A44-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: purple;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/28129A44-orig.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: purple;"><br />
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Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-14038511418120023442011-08-05T09:15:00.000-07:002011-08-05T09:15:50.419-07:00Chocolate Almond Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/F01D0C34-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/F01D0C34-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/8CC225B5-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/8CC225B5-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This smoothie was awesome this morning! And seriously, only 4 points+, that rocks. I am going grocery shopping this weekend and I plan on getting some more flavors of pudding mix and doing some more experimenting with those flavors. I also see a peppermint patty smoothie in my future!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ordered 4 1/2 pounds of protein powder and the New Rules of Lifting for Women book from amazon on Wednesday. They probably think I am some kind of body builder, haha. I got 2 pounds each of French Vanilla and Double Chocolate (!) and 1/2 pound of Vanilla Almond all Designer Whey brand. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-69212989955722294372011-08-04T08:24:00.000-07:002011-08-04T08:24:05.970-07:00Blackberry Cherry Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9827D754-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9827D754-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/97879BF7-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/97879BF7-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This smoothie tasted an awful lot like my smoothie from yesterday. Don't get me wrong it was delicious but I wish you could taste the cherry more. And I forgot a banana. It was a weird morning. Expect better from me tomorrow. I will come up with something uber delicious, promise :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-63759806954161867642011-08-03T08:41:00.000-07:002011-08-03T08:41:54.966-07:00Blackberry Blueberry Banana Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/B258C827-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/B258C827-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/E549D64E-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/E549D64E-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup blackberries (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup blueberries (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 banana(0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 ice cubes**</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend until smooth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">** Note: I was lucky enough to get out yesterday and pick fresh blackberries, so since they were not frozen I opted to use a few ice cubes for a colder smoothie. If you use frozen blackberries you can definitely omit the ice cubes, the rest of the ingredients remain the same. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So how awesome of a color does this one have?!? And it was amazingly delicious. </span>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-24691291411091140492011-08-02T08:34:00.000-07:002011-08-02T08:34:29.193-07:00Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/F076154A-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/F076154A-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/A81E97C7-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/A81E97C7-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note: I doubled this recipe to get the 2 smoothies shown in the picture. You can buy PB2 <a href="http://bellplantation.com/">here!</a> It is an awesome product that tastes just like peanut butter but with like no fat or points. This smoothie tastes just like a chocolate peanut butter milk shake, yummmm!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-63715296774502290002011-08-01T08:40:00.000-07:002011-08-01T08:40:08.193-07:00Blueberry Peach Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/C16E0500-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/C16E0500-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9ECDDDAB-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9ECDDDAB-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup blueberries, frozen (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">heaping 1/3 cup peaches, frozen (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-17893679307833589072011-07-29T08:33:00.000-07:002011-07-29T08:33:54.010-07:00Banana Cream Pie Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/F1129B66-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/F1129B66-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9A829369-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/9A829369-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/283F3201-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/283F3201-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 banana, frozen or not (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 package FF SF banana cream pie pudding mix (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1tsp vanilla (1)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 1/2 (3 squares) graham crackers broken up (1)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I doubled this recipe this morning, like I do most mornings actually, and gave the other half to my boyfriend. He took one drink and said this is his favorite one I have made so far! The graham crackers are not in the original picture because I had that stroke of genius after I had already taken the first one. Do add the graham crackers, for only 1p+ the texture and deliciousness they add is totally worth it! Enjoy :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little weight update:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I don't know if my scale is messing with me or what is happening but after a 2.6 pound gain last week I dropped 7.6 lbs on the scale this morning. I have been making really good food choices lately and I have been at a plateau for about a month so I think all my hard work finally caught up with me! I am going to go to the gym this weekend and a couple times next week to ensure these pounds stay off. Total weight loss to date: 32.2 pounds!!!! Just 17.8 pounds til goal, woooooooo!!!!!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-28952722467941123632011-07-28T08:12:00.000-07:002011-07-28T08:12:20.028-07:00Banana Nutella Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/65A0217F-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/65A0217F-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been reading this book and in the book these starving kids find an entire train car full of Nutella, so it has been on my mind lately. I love the delicious chocolatey goodness of Nutella so much I decided it would make an excellent smoothie, and I was right. I sucked this one down in about 20 minutes this morning, this is a must try!</span>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-15232125669387822732011-07-27T08:41:00.000-07:002011-07-27T08:42:30.328-07:00Apricot Blackberry Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/58936A47-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/58936A47-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is by far the prettiest smoothie I have made so far. That purple liquid goes quite well with my rocking purple cup. Enjoy this one, I know I did!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-70020589083770050972011-07-26T10:15:00.000-07:002011-07-26T10:15:07.077-07:00Peach Apricot Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/DCDE05FB-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/DCDE05FB-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/24D3D5B3-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/24D3D5B3-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yield: 1 | 6p+</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This smoothie was absolutely delicious! The apricot really added a nice tang. Tomorrow's recipe will definitely be using some more of those canned apricots, yum!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-53870547947149045082011-07-15T07:59:00.000-07:002011-07-15T07:59:51.856-07:00Peach Banana Smoothie and Vacation News!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/1349E21C-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/1349E21C-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/D6208875-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/D6208875-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">3/4 cup peaches, frozen (0)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1 banana, cut into chunks and frozen (0)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">1/4 cup water (0)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Yield: 1 | 5p+</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Apparently my protein powder didn't make it into my picture this morning, oops!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">So as of tomorrow I am officially on VACATION!!!! I will be returning next thursday from a 5 night camping adventure at Yosemite. So no more new smoothies until then. I am however, going to use this time away to come up with some new ideas. I really want to start incorporating new ingredients. I think some citrus zest and maybe even some vegetables might be on the menu for when I return so please, come on back!</span></span>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-48213437445399075582011-07-13T08:51:00.000-07:002011-07-13T08:51:00.073-07:00Pineapple, Peach, Strawberry, Banana Smoothie<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/C9F506DB-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/C9F506DB-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/8AF1FCC1-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/8AF1FCC1-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup peaches, frozen (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup pineapple, frozen (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 strawberries, frozen (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just less than 1/3 cup water (0)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yield: 1 | 5p+</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is really good. I added the few strawberries for just a little color but you if you wanted to do just banana, peach, pineapple that would be equally delicious. You see I got my awesome new smoothie cup!! It is so cute but it is not insulated so the cup was a little wet by the time I got to work (I have a 1 hour commute to drink my smoothie each morning). Small price to pay for cuteness I guess.</span> </div><div align="center"></div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-45178555309677409992011-07-12T08:14:00.000-07:002011-07-12T08:14:56.376-07:00Chocolate Covered Cherry Smoothie<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/D61B30B8-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/D61B30B8-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/30C34638-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/30C34638-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup cherries, frozen (0)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal chocolate protein powder (2)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 ice cubes</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup water</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yield: 1 | 5p+</span></div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-31141578492971205012011-07-11T08:47:00.000-07:002011-07-11T08:47:13.311-07:00My Weight Loss Journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzaOqqO0onFy1fBe1q_Z_nBDgfTrZrDKkloq-0pEIwB72m4WhpcFEee0C4qIwXsKiMsT41wsdMv3ygsaQc_D51laOGBuGmiTwU2vjc0IzSWBbS3hEioHgea5bUrQ7HYt2KF_VAtgOXFY/s1600/before+and+after.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzaOqqO0onFy1fBe1q_Z_nBDgfTrZrDKkloq-0pEIwB72m4WhpcFEee0C4qIwXsKiMsT41wsdMv3ygsaQc_D51laOGBuGmiTwU2vjc0IzSWBbS3hEioHgea5bUrQ7HYt2KF_VAtgOXFY/s320/before+and+after.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I mentioned Weight Watchers and that I have been doing it for a while now so I figured I would let you see the progress I have made so far. The first picture was taken on New Year's Eve (the date stamp is a day off) and the last picture was taken on the 4th of July. I am just over 1/2 way to goal, 23 pounds to go til I get to a healthy weight for my height. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beginning weight: 186.4</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Current weight: 159.2</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Goal Weight: 136</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Height: 5'2"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is no doubt my smoothie blog but I wanted you all to know why I am doing this blog and why I am choose a healthy nutritious breakfast each and every morning :)</span>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287034021872696295.post-44159132275762305482011-07-11T08:12:00.000-07:002011-07-11T08:12:29.753-07:00Blackberry Peach Smoothie<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/B217E36C-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/B217E36C-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/915DE4C2-orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff490/emalsom/Snapbucket/915DE4C2-orig.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup light plain soy milk (2)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt (1)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup blackberries, frozen (0)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup peaces, frozen (0)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 scoop low cal vanilla protein powder (2)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layer ingredients in blender in order shown and blend til smooth.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mine came out just fine with this amount of soy but if you hear your blender struggling, please do not blow your motor, add a 1/4 cup water - that should help it right along. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana;">Yield: 1 | 5p+</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana;">This is one of the prettiest smoothies I have made so far. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana;">Last night I attempted a chai smoothie. It did not turn out so well. I am going to keep trying to get that one right though because I love chai and I think a chai smoothie would be an awesome morning pick-me-up. I will keep experimenting with that one and be sure to keep you posted. Happy Blending!</span></div>Erika*http://www.blogger.com/profile/16175066166097956893noreply@blogger.com0