March

My friend Wendy borrowed me a book called The Green Smoothies Diet, by Robyn Openshaw. Wendy went to a seminar by Robyn, and bought the book. I read through it in less than a week! It was a really easy book to read, and I totally love the green smoothie idea! Great way to sneak veggies into my kids diet, as well as Kyle and I. We seem to be really good at eating our fruit, and always have a veggie with dinner, but it doesn't seem like we get enough. We actually do pretty good in the summer when our garden is producing, but I think we suffer in the winter! This was the perfect way to do it! There are tons of recipes in the book, but the basic green smoothie ingredients are: water/ice, spinach, frozen mixed berries and a banana! We have thrown some pineapple in as well which was great! Really, you can throw whatever fruit or greens you want into your smoothie. Spinach is a great place to start for greens. Eventually I will try throwing in some kale, chard, beet greens, broccoli, etc. Plus there are lots of other things you can throw in that are super healthy. I have been throwing in lemon peel which is supposed to help prevent skin cancer, and I have been using flax oil too. So anyway, these are a really fun and easy way to get some good fruits and veggies into your day! I love it, and my family does too!


Feathered!!! Isn't it cute? Thanks Aunt Valerie :)


So I keep hearing things and seeing pictures of food co-op's lately, I just had to try it! This was my very first order, and I was so impressed! I went through Bountiful Baskets, and got everything you see below for $16.50! Asparagus, green leaf lettuce, green beans, green califlower, bananas, cantelope, pineapple, apples, roma tomatos, strawberries and blackberries! I am also going to try another co-op called The Community Food Co-op. It is only $10, but my guess is you don't get as much, and they only do an order once a month. Bountiful Baskets lets you order weekly! Until our garden is in full swing, I am thinking I will be participating weekly! Some don't like that you don't know what you will get in your basket (cuz you have no idea until you get there), but I think its fun. It will get me to possibly try new things or get something I might not normally pick up at the store! Plus, I am sure I will get plenty of good produce for my smoothies!


Little V turned 3!!! Birthday fun at Jungle Jims :)

So these March pictures are from my cell phone, I turned off our Comcast cable/phone/internet a few weeks ago so its harder to get photos from my camera on my blog! We have pinched pennies in our budget every way we could think of, and this was our next step! Honestly, spring is just around the corner and we do not spend time watching TV in the warm months. We are outside playing! I don't watch much TV anyway, so it didn't hurt my feelings! And I'm sure we'll get one of those converter boxes eventually. As for our home phone, we never used it, ever! It was just cheaper to bundle in a package with Comcast. And I will miss the internet at home, but our cell phones have internet, so I think we'll live! And its not a pemanent thing, or maybe it will be? But I'm happy as a clam to place the money we spent paying Comcast every month to something better in our budget. We are still working on our Dave Ramsey baby steps and it has been a life changing experience! Can't wait until we reach the goal line, cuz so far we are kickin @ss!