Bombtastic Berry Blast.

This recipe calls for:

2 cups red cabbage

2 stalks asparagus

1/2 peeled cucumber

2 peeled/cored apples

1 dozen fresh strawberries

splash of agave nectar

handful of ice

If you haven't already guessed, I mixed all my greens together first with a little bit of filtered water.

I peeled my cucumber, only because I have a digestion problem when it comes to cucumber peel. The problem is, it won't digest, it makes me really sick. So unless you have that same problem, I don't see any  reason why you couldn't leave the peel on. Then of course, I add my fruit and at the end I add just a splash of agave nectar to give it a little extra sweetness.

Asparagus and cucumber both have a high water content, which make them a great Natural diuretic. Try drinking this if you have mild/moderate bloating associated with P.M.S. instead of taking a water pill.

Banana Nectarberry

The banana takes center stage in this one.

 

This recipe calls for:

3 cups baby spinach

2 cups strawberries

1 nectarine

1 whole banana 

1 cup cherries 

 

This time I blended the spinach and nectarine together because I left the skin on the nectarine. Next time, I think that I will remove at least a little bit of the peel.  Even though there are more strawberries than cherries, the cherry flavor really over powers the strawberry, so if you are looking for more of a strawberry flavor then I would cut the cherry measurement down and just add more strawberry.

 

Red Tropic with Protein

This had a great Pineapple flavor and smooth texture.

This recipe calls for:

2 cups red cabbage

2 cups Strawberries

1 cup frozen pineapple

1 cup frozen mango

1 peeled/cored apple

1/2 cup chopped tofu

splash of agave nectar

As always, I blend the cabbage first to make sure it is good and chopped.

Then just add your fruit, blend well, and enjoy!

It's a bird, It's a plane, No, It's SuperMOM!

 A dear friend informed me yesterday that she was in a conversation about how women lived their lives "back in the day" and she said that I immediately came to her mind. I cook,clean, craft, do the bills, do All school functions, stay at home with my son and try to teach him, and so on. She told me I was the ultimate SUPERMOM! I tell you what, I was almost in tears, we Stay at home Moms don't get much credit these days so it meant a lot to me that she said this.
  Now it's time for me to honor that title. Today I am going to be an aunt again, so I have to be there for that special moment.
 But wait, that's not all over the next few days I will be: being mommy to Buster and Sleepin Beauty , go to the candy store and get candy for a Tackle Box cake that I am making for my nephew,Meals, Bills, Preparing for Gamer Goob(my hubby) to come home, make a cake for Lance Corporal's (my brother) birthday, not to mention meet with the EASTER BUNNY, Easter Sunday church, and our traditional Easter egg cake decorating!
Wow, I know that there is more that I have to do, but after looking at all that I am wondering when I am going to have time to shower! Whew! Well, I guess there is no time like the present..Up,UP and AWAY!

The CrapRoller 3000 is on the loose again!

 It was such a beautiful weekend that I really hated it to end, especially since it is being followed by rain, heavy winds, cold temperatures and,get this, they will up date us on the chance of snow! Seriously! I have so many things to do this week to get prepared for my daughter's first pageant that I cannot afford for this week to start out terrible.

Still yet,the rain has brought with it a steam roller of setbacks, 

The CrapRoller 3000.

The sound was faint when it started it's engine at 3:30 am. My son climbed into my bed wanting to cuddle, but he refused to sleep, he was too busy watching the t.v.,with no noise so of course he complained about that, and right before I turned it off(which I sleep with on, for comfort) I noticed some red on his cheeks and mouth, but he told me it was nothing and I believed him.

 Ha,What a Fool I am! 

  The engine blaired it's loud ugly horn at me when my daughter woke me up at 6:30 saying that she tried to cuddle her brother in my bed and she thinks he drooled on her butt( okay, stop laughing because here comes the crappy part) He had peed himself all in my bed!
  Wait, we are not stopping there. After I have cleaned him up,and attempted to get started on cleaning my bed and getting my daughter started on her morning routine, I look in the fridge to realize that there is an EMPTY box of strawberries staring back at me,and we are talking the BIG box that you get from Sam's Club. The CrapRoller3000 has just turned on it's headlights preparing for a long, dark drive!
  Now, I know you all are remembering back to what I had said about my son having red on his cheeks and mouth, and if you haven't already figured it out, My 3 year old son got up sometime around 3am and ate approximately 1 lb of fresh strawberries! I have to say this though, when he sneaks into the kitchen for a snack, I am glad what he chooses is healthy. He could have opted to do some more investigating in the kitchen which would have resulted in finding my own secret stash of Oreo cookie icing!

What I don't understand is how a child that small can eat that much,

when I get full after just a few!

 So, morning routine is done, my daughter is safe at school and on time, so I am thinking that maybe today won't be so bad,  there have been a few setbacks but nothing I can't handle.
  I send my son to go play while I try to finish cleaning up my bed and get the ball rolling on the house work,what I didn't know is there was a lonely bottle of Gummy Vitamins sitting on the counter with the lid off, Thank You SleepinBeauty!
My  son caming walking into my room staring at the floor saying,my belly hurts I wanna lay in your bed. "why does your belly hurt?" I ask, and just then an image of a gas tank with the arrow on Full pops into my head. He says " MOM, I'm sorry I ate all the vitamins." Here folks, is where neighbors were probably covering their ears either from the sound of me freaking out or the obnoxious blairing of the horn because the CrapRoller 3000 is letting everyone know " My tank is full,my lights are on, I am sure you can hear me coming, so don't act surprised when I Roll my Crap your way!"
  As I am sure you figured out, I had to make a call to Poison Control, he had eaten a good 10-15 gummy viatimins. They informed me that as long as the vitamins do not have Iron or Flouride in them,then there is not a huge concern. Do Not induce vomiting. Just let nature run it's course and if he does start vomiting or getting dizzy or any other notable changes in behavior then I need to call them back. Whew, I thought we were gonna be rushing to the ER!
  So, now that I feel a little more at ease about my son's health and I have had a long discussion about this type of behavior being UNACCEPTABLE,now it's on to punishment. Grounded for the remainder of the day; that includes not being able to play with his sister, something that he thinks is worse than ANY  punishment.
But wait, my nerves are still shaky,and my belly is cramping. Oh H*LL NO, This CrapRoller 3000 Will NOT ruin my breakfast,over my dead body! Where is my sledge hammer,we have got to nip this in the bud? I am going to town ladies! Everyone get your game face on and your swinging arm ready, it's gonna take a lot of perseverance because I hear the CrapRoller 3000 was made in mass quantities and not one of them has fixed the "sticking accelerator pedal" recall!