MIKEY! HE LIKES IT! Part 2

A few weeks ago

I posted the page "Mikey! He likes it!"

In that post I tried to candidly

tell you all about how hard I've tried to get my kids

to regularly consume healthy foods.

I thought that someone out there might be able to relate

and might in turn be inspired to try

some of the things that

I've tried that work.

Saving the agony

of sour faces,

"toxic waste"

comments

and 

the like 

that I have endured over the years.

I also promised to give you two 

green smoothy recipes

that are 

without fail

winners!

With the Kids!

Yes, they are winners with me as well,

but I don't gag at that thought of

eating healthy foods,

I rather enjoy!

But for kids,

especially the one picky eater in my home,

the one that prefers

beige food-

crackers

chips

toast

pasta

cheese-

do you see a pattern?

The idea of this child getting excited about a 

Green Smoothy

is actually worth telling about.

So, here is the second recipe.

It's been adapted from one that I found

in  Real Simple magazine.

Let's call it 

"Green Vanilla"

as to not frighten the beige eaters,

after all,

Vanilla is creamy colored (well it's actually

quite dark espresso color, but thanks to the ice cream

industry we can reference vanilla as a shade between white and beige).

Here's what you need:

Now, you must not let the picky eaters

see this stuff. 

It seems impossible that grapes, spinache, coconut milk, and vanilla protein powder

are going to make an enticingly sweet drink,

even while I'm splashing one down now,

it is a mystery to me,

but trust me-

isssssgoooooooooooooood.

And they will love it!

I feel it is my necessary to explain that the Arbonne Vanilla Protein Powder

is absolutely divine.

If you read the first posting then you can sign out,

but if this is new to you,

then it's worth noting that this powder 

has been a God-Send to our home.

20 grams of vegan protein per serving

gluten free

no junky junk (you know what I mean)

no saturate fats

no cholesterol

no trans fats

no artificial sweeteners

no artificial flavors

(tastes like real Tahitian Vanilla, I'm telling you)

and no artificial colors.

It tastes AMAZINGLY good.

Almost like vanilla cake batter.

But without all the chemicals and junk.

It fills us up.

It does not bloat us all up

and if you are familiar with protein powders then 

you know what they can do to one's

digestive track.

All those pumped up farty weight lifters at the gym,

you know,

they are not drinking this protein powder.

It's fabulous!

We buy it from my friend Kris who just looking at 

how healthy and gorgeous she is,

makes us want to know what

she's eating and how

she's maintaining.

That was a side note.

Main text.

Try the smoothy.

Try the Protein Powder.

I will be giving you more amazing smoothy recipes

as time unfolds,

because they are the easiest

way to pack in a bunch of

nature's abundance

first thing in the 

morning.

It's cool, sweet, light, refreshing, nutrition packed,

and best of all

the kids will like it!

Enjoy.