I stumbled upon this smoothie recipe the other day (on my daily Pinterest peruse) and yesterday morning, I made it. If you know anything about me, I love bananas and oatmeal and I hate mornings. So anything that combines food I love and gives me an energy boost to start my day is a winner in my life.
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I followed the recipe other than the ice. I threw in a small handful, but I used frozen bananas, so the consistency was delivered through that. And I went a little light on the almonds simply because I used my remaining stash and didn't quite have enough. It was delicious!
As for the protein-energy-inducing part, I don't know for sure. I still felt a little laggy, but since I woke up this morning with a pretty wicked head cold, it's possible the low-energy was a result of the impending ick. I do know that it was filling. I did not need any additional food until lunch and was satisfied with the substantial-ness of the smoothie.
Once we hit Sam's Club this weekend and pick up more almonds and bananas, I will be making this again. Perhaps on mornings where I have a workout planned and need an easy but delicious energy-infused breakfast. I'll report back if I start to see more results in that area.
In other news, I am completely bored by this season of Army Wives. I intended on recapping episodes 3 and 4 and I could not come up with enough stuff I remembered or cared about to make a worthwhile post. I can't stand Ashanti's "acting" and most of the story line feels contrived. It remains that my favorite moments involve the original characters and I am not forging the same bond with the new ones.
I will still see it through at least a few more episodes to see if it gets better. And now that Walking Dead is over until the fall, I have a little more TV time on my Sunday nights. We'll see if my feelings change going forward.
Finally, Kramer is settling in to our family just fine. We have finally gotten past many of our original hang-ups developed a bit of a routine. He's now bell and leash-trained as well as many other commands. He now handles bedtime with ease and can play by himself if necessary. Now that he has the basics down we need to move on to the more complicated issues - like his random fears and his stranger anxiety. We need to socialize him with people and dogs more and we need to get him more comfortable in the car.
We are making progress and know that he has come so far in such a short time, but it is still frustrating to have him backtrack or demonstrate a whole new fear. But, really, can you stay mad at this face?
As for the protein-energy-inducing part, I don't know for sure. I still felt a little laggy, but since I woke up this morning with a pretty wicked head cold, it's possible the low-energy was a result of the impending ick. I do know that it was filling. I did not need any additional food until lunch and was satisfied with the substantial-ness of the smoothie.
Once we hit Sam's Club this weekend and pick up more almonds and bananas, I will be making this again. Perhaps on mornings where I have a workout planned and need an easy but delicious energy-infused breakfast. I'll report back if I start to see more results in that area.
In other news, I am completely bored by this season of Army Wives. I intended on recapping episodes 3 and 4 and I could not come up with enough stuff I remembered or cared about to make a worthwhile post. I can't stand Ashanti's "acting" and most of the story line feels contrived. It remains that my favorite moments involve the original characters and I am not forging the same bond with the new ones.
I will still see it through at least a few more episodes to see if it gets better. And now that Walking Dead is over until the fall, I have a little more TV time on my Sunday nights. We'll see if my feelings change going forward.
Finally, Kramer is settling in to our family just fine. We have finally gotten past many of our original hang-ups developed a bit of a routine. He's now bell and leash-trained as well as many other commands. He now handles bedtime with ease and can play by himself if necessary. Now that he has the basics down we need to move on to the more complicated issues - like his random fears and his stranger anxiety. We need to socialize him with people and dogs more and we need to get him more comfortable in the car.
We are making progress and know that he has come so far in such a short time, but it is still frustrating to have him backtrack or demonstrate a whole new fear. But, really, can you stay mad at this face?
