by LT MarathonGirl | Jul 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
My garden is my pride and joy. I love being able to relax in the back yard with a different scene almost daily depending on what is in bloom. Tucked away in the blooms are edible delights that almost look too pretty to eat. Chives in the spring and fall, strawberries in early summer, blackberries in late summer, and herbs almost year round.
Not big on rum, a server at my old favorite restaurant (so sad that it is gone) talked me into ordering a blueberry mojito. I have to say, it was fun summer awesomeness in a glass. It was this morning’s inspiration for our morning smoothie.
Blueberry Mojito Smoothie
Printable Version
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- 1 1/2 c. fresh blueberries
- 1 small bunch fresh mint leaves
- 1 small handful kale
- 1 slice lime
- 1/2 c water
- 1 c ice
- 1 squeeze agave
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Instructions
- place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
by LT MarathonGirl | May 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Did you know that an avocado is actually a fruit? I didn’t. I always thought it was in the veggie group. Green, slimy, kids won’t eat it. It must be a veggie. Digging deeper the avocado is a berry. My kids new better. “Mom, everything with a seed is a fruit”.
High in fiber (10g), vitamin C, vitamin B 6, and more potassium than a banana sneak these heart healthy fruits into your morning smoothies.
We enjoy this recipe so much we have it every week.
Purple Sludge
Printable Version
Ingredients
- 1 cup red grapes
- 1 1/2″ slice of pineapple
- 1 orange peeled
- 1 avocado peeled
- 1 large slice of lime
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup ice
- 1 squeeze agave (optional)
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Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
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Helps arthritis
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Heart Healthy
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Regulates Blood Sugar
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Anti-cancer agents
by LT MarathonGirl | May 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Life is 5% what happens to you and 95% how you react to it, or so they say. You can choose your attitude is another way of saying the same thing. I am generally a super optimistic girl, but what happens when the 5% isn’t really 5%? What happens when the 5% thing is so big that you can’t see past it? There are always exceptions after all.
Randy Pausch has this to say about those exceptions, “Another way to be prepared is to think
~Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
negatively. Yes, I’m a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it ‘the eaten by wolves factor.’ If I do something, what’s the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don’t worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.”
What is your contingency plan?
When are they appropriate?
by LT MarathonGirl | Apr 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” ~Henry David Thoreau
This has been a long – no – the longest – coldest winter I can remember. Looking forward to spring break and ready for the weather to turn we decided to bring our beach party inside for our family dinner night.
The menu:
Turkey burgers 2 ways
Baked Beans
Potato Chips
Kale Chips
For a beach party you can’t forget the décor: beach decorations, paper plates, beach boys music, and of course, a beach ball. We made up fun beach ball games around the dinner table. Here are several variations of our silly games.
Clear the area of any breakables. We knocked over a few drinks. You just have to relax and laugh it off. No Type A behavior allowed.
Pass the ball around the table and each time you get the ball you must say:
- a food in alphabetical order (apple, banana, cheesecake)
- change it up when the first and last letter are the same reverse the direction of the ball pass
- counting by 1’s, then 2’s, then 3’s and so on (make this more difficult by not starting on evenly divisible numbers. Start counting by 2’s on an odd number, by 5’s on 34, etc.)
If you drop the ball or mess up you are OUT!
Olive Turkey Burgers
Printable Version
Ingredients
- 20 oz. ground turkey
- 1/2 c mayo
- 1/2 large white onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup jumbo green olives, chopped
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Mix the above ingredients.
- Form into 6 burgers.
- Line a pan or your grill with tin foil. Make small slits in the tin foil for juice to run through. (If broiling use a drip pan). Spray the foil with cooking spray.
- Broil or grill until desired doneness (medium or medium well is recommended).
Awesome Turkey Burgers
Printable Version
Ingredients
- 20 oz. ground turkey
- 1/2 large white onion, chopped
- 2 Tbs. olive oil
- 2 Tbs. fresh mint, minced
- 1 Tsp. ground cumin
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Mix the above ingredients.
- Form into 6 burgers.
- Grill or broil until desired doneness (medium or medium well is recommended)
by LT MarathonGirl | Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
At a networking breakfast yesterday, someone mentioned leaving the skin on kiwi when you make
smoothies. It just didn’t sound right to me, but then someone added “my kid eats kiwi with the skin on like an apple”. OK, but kids eat worms too. I still wasn’t 100% sold, but I tried it this morning anyway – you couldn’t tell they were in there. Believe me, if anything was funky our 10 year old would have called us out.
Thanks for the great tip.
I did some research this morning, there’s actually a California Kiwifruit Organization. I found out that by leaving the skin on the fiber value is tripled and more of the vitamin C is retained. Hey, I just like that it’s a shortcut in the morning.
According to Wikipedia to have “skin in the game” is to have incurred monetary risk by being
invested in achieving a goal. In my smoothie recipe having skin in the game is to retain more of the vitamins and add fiber.
Skin In Kiwi Smoothie
printable version
Ingredients
- 2 oranges peeled
- 8 strawberries
- 1 slice lime
- 1 inch slice pineapple peeled
- 2 kiwi, ends cut off, but not peeled
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup water
- 1 squeeze agave
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Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Enjoy!
