I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day
weekend! Regular weekends are
great but they’re always gone so quickly and I find myself wondering when I had
time to relax and have some fun.
Three day weekends on the other hand, are magical, and by the time I go
back to work I feel like I’ve actually had some relaxing time off. I definitely felt that way this
weekend, although that could have something to do with the fact that I didn’t
do anything productive for the later part of the weekend and focused instead on
completing an X-Men movie marathon so I could get caught up to see the next one
in theatres later this week.
Important stuff, people!
One productive thing I always
do on summer weekends is smoothie prep for the week. For the past few years, Mr. C and I have these smoothies
every single weekday morning in the summer. If you’re looking for a light, refreshing smoothie packed
with fresh fruit, then look no further.
It’s pretty basic and I’ve been asked why I don’t throw in some
kale/spinach/(insert something healthy/ something very unhealthy here), and the
answer is that I love it just the way it is, although I do alternate between
the mangos and peaches as the sales change. I also throw in blackberries sometimes but I feel like they
get moldy quickly so I don’t use them often or add them right before blending.
Fruit Smoothies
-makes 10 servings (2/day for the week)
1 pineapple, cubed
1 large or 2 small clamshell strawberries
1 large or 2 small clamshell raspberries
2-3 Mangos
AND/OR
2-3 Peaches
5 bananas
Greek yogurt (I use peach honey or raspberry
flavored typically), ¼-1/2 c. per smoothie
Orange juice, ¼-1/2 c. per smoothie
***There’s really no
measuring going on here typically…..the Greek yogurt is a big spoonful, and the
orange juice is a big splash, but I tried my best to measure the “spoonful” and
“splash”.
I wash, chop, and divide the
fresh fruit (minus the banana) into 5 containers on the weekend and have never
had an issue with the fruit going bad.
I would suggest layering with the pineapple on the bottom, berries in
the middle, and mango/peaches on top.
In the mornings, Mr. C. dumps the containers into the blender, adds a
banana, orange juice, the Greek yogurt, and blends. The whole process takes less than 2 minutes in the morning,
and I wake up to a fresh fruit smoothie before work everyday. If you don’t have a Mr.C, then
you may not be able to wake up to the smoothie already made, but I promise it’s
worth the extra 2 minutes in the morning!
