This morning I was lazy and stayed in bed a little later and by later I mean like 6:30 am. Once I finally dragged myself out of bed I decided to make a green smoothie in my new Blendtec Total Blender. Let me tell you how excited I was when I came home to this a few weeks ago. The good people at Blendtec sent me my own red Blendtec Total Blender and I am just loving it. I have mostly made smoothies and vegan ice cream it in it so far but I am dying to try my hand at making soup in it. This morning was a yummy green…er brown smoothie (1.5 cups water, 1 cup frozen raspberries, 1 small apple diced, 1 small banana diced, 2 handfuls of spinach). The best part about this blender is that I only have to push one button for my smoothie to be made (the button that says smoothie) and it does all the work for me!
I did some yoga this morning and then an elliptical session where I finally finished reading The China Study – I read a good chunk of it when I was on vacation back at Christmas but just haven’t taken the time to do much reading lately but I told myself I HAD TO finish it this week. Now I am on to working on a blog post about this amazing informative book.
For lunch I made up some of Kristen Suzanne’s “Twilight Pecan Shallot Pate” from her Entrees book. I served it up on some romaine pieces and let me tell you this stuff is sooo good I will be making it again!
After lunch I did some yoga for abs with Rodney Yee and then headed to the co-op to pick up a couple of things. To my delight there was a package on our steps from Tropical Traditions when I returned home. Once I got things put away I decided it was to make my Kitchen Sink Cookies since my husband has been asking for about a month for me to make them.
Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions
Kitchen Sink Cookies
So Kitchen Sink Cookies are crazy easy to make the base is:
1/2 cup nut butter (I used PB today)
2 T water
2 T agave
1t vanilla
1/2 t cinnamon
Mix this all together and to this add whatever nuts, dried fruit or chocolate you’d like to it.
Today I used: 1/2 cup raw trail mix (goji berries, pistachios, cashews and a few other dried things), 2 T raisins, 1t shredded unsweetened coconut, 1 T pumpkin seeds, 2T sunflower seeds, and 1 T mini chocolate chips
These are best after they have set in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
OOh how lucky are you with that Blendtec!! the smoothie sounds delicious!!
Wow…those cookies sound great, and so easy. I might just make some tonight!! Thanks for the ideas.
I’ve always wanted to try a Blendtec! Those cookies look awesome 🙂
Those cookies look awesome! So pretty. Your romaine-with-pate is making me hungry too 🙂
Ooh! A RED Blendtec – SASSY!!!!
Thanks for mentioning the Twilight recipe, glad you liked it! It’s a favorite in my house. 🙂
The China Study – AMAZING! Can’t wait to read your blog post about it. And, those cookies. HELLO! Sound AWESOME!
Your cookies sound terrific, easy and healthy. I am definitely going to make them some time!
Your blender is one powerful beauty! I want one!
Glad you liked The China Study. I thought it was pretty incredible, I wish everyone could read it.
That raw dish looks really tasty!
I can’t wait to read your review of The China Study. I have had so many people recommend it to me!
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