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Refreshing and Cooling Smoothie, Perfect for Summer!

June 9, 2016

I’ll be honest – I’ve never been one to eat enough fruits and (especially) vegetables in a day, so I love smoothies for this reason. Smoothies are such a great way to incorporate some more fruit and veggies into your diet, without it feeling like a chore.

My rule of thumb when I’m making mixed smoothies is that you should be using more vegetables than fruit. I like to use just plain water in my smoothies too so that it doesn’t get too sugary, (I’m not a fan of coconut water personally), but I’ll still put int a little bit of juice for taste.

Breakfast, Food

Detox Green Smoothie

January 19, 2016

I just thought I would do a really quick blog post today, (so sorry about the photo quality – I just snapped it on my phone because I was in a hurry!) and share with you a smoothie that I’ve been kind of obbessed with lately.

If you’ve been following along lately, you know that in November I injured my leg and couldn’t move around for quite some time. (Almost two months!) I’ve been doing physiotherapy almost a month now and while I’ve come a really long way I still have a ways to go. I can walk around now, but stairs are still hard and I get winded easily. I’m still trying to gain my muscle back in my leg and foot (I lost it all from the injury) but I’ve made some serious progress! My leg is usually exhausted and achey by the end of the day. I’m still dealing with some inflammation too, so between these two things my mom made some recommendations of some things I could add to my smoothie to help my muscles and to reduce inflammation.

Dessert, Everything Else, Food, Gluten Free

Lemon & Carrot Cupcakes for Spring

April 6, 2015

Happy Monday and belated Easter! I spent the weekend baking these treats for my family Easter dinner at my Grandmother’s. I love Easter because it always gets me so excited for spring.. Mother nature had different plans though, and it actually started to snow in the middle of our Easter dinner. I suppose I can’t complain too much though because I do remember there still being snow on Mother’s Day last year! Man, what a drag that was.