This weekend was filled with highs and lows. The highs were amazingly good–Eric was offered a year-long contract for an awesome job (yay for employment!), there was good news at Pigs Peace on Saturday–Judee the pig is making a remarkable recovery, and we got to spend all day Sunday with my dear friend Theresa, who was visiting from Spokane. We went to Cafe Flora for breakfast after we picked her up from the airport (delish!), went to the Goodwill for a little treasure hunting, hung out around the house, and then got some kick-ass Ethiopian for dinner at Saba on 12th Ave. A great day. The lows of the weekend were pretty low and involved unexpectedly watching three pigs get slaughtered at the farm next door to Pigs Peace on Saturday and the looming specter of the revision for my funding application, which is (unfortunately) not writing itself and is subsequently sucking my soul out of me a little bit at a time.
To counteract the slow death from the funding application, I’ve been trying to make green juice and smoothies whenever I can to give a little boost of life to this body. A lot of times the green juice is great because it’s not that filling and it’s lots of vitamins in a quick format. I enjoy smoothies when I’m feeling hungry but I don’t want to eat a full meal. I’m a big fan of simple smoothies. I find that smoothies with too many ingredients cause two problems:
1. It can get expensive, and smoothie recipes can be a bummer if you don’t have a lot of ingredients on hand.
2. Too many ingredients can result in a muddled flavor.
As such, I’m on the keep-it-simple smoothie train.
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Katie,
Have you ever used matcha or Sei Mei Edible green tea to make smoothies?
Melinda, Great idea! I actually have a small jar of matcha I forgot about–it would be a great addition to the green smoothies. Thanks!
I have a smoothie almost every morning as my breakfast. I love my vitamix blender, it was a game changer. This morning I had Almond Milk, Flax Oil, Plant Fusion Vanilla protein powder, and frozen strawberries. I would through a banana in there but I was out. In the freezer I have a section that we have named the smoothie station that keeps all of my frozen fruits in one place so no matter what I feel like that morning it’s available.
Holly-That sounds really good! I fantasize about having a Vitamix. We have a pretty good blender at the moment, but it’s certainly no Vitamix. It will have to wait, as a dehydrator is next on my list of kitchen appliances. 🙂 BTW, dumplings with Eric and David some day soon?
Congrats to Eric! Another round at the Foundation? Dumplings?? Where? I haven’t had dumplings that make my mouth happy since Amitabul – Chicago (the old Southport location)! I dream of vegan dumplings. xoxo
Yes, ma’am! Thank gawd for employment! Dumplings at Szechuan Noodle Bowl in the International District. Our all-time fave!