Summer Time Smoothies

This is the scene at our house lately:

Daddy man handling the grill. Thomas observing from his bouncy seat. Momma inside making the vegetables and sides.

Lady supervising and waiting for her hand out hot off the grill. And yes, we grill an extra piece of meat for Lady every time. And she knows it’s there. And she knows it’s hers. And she waits patiently like a good girl.

Anyway, you have got to try these smoothies I’m about to tell you about! Not only are they delicious, but they are easy and nutritious! My sister, Katie, got me hooked on them. And by the way, I’ve heard rumors of her starting her own blog with accounts of what goes on around the Dove nest. And trust me, there is always something interesting going on around there. Does that excite you?? Unlimited access to pictures and videos of MayFray, Tuff, and Big Shelby?? What’s not to love!?! No worries, I’ll be sharing the web address as soon as I get it.

Back to the smoothies….please go make yourself one! I promise you won’t regret it! They’re good and good for you!

It’s easy! Just do this:

Get your food processor/chopper out (these are really thick smoothies, like ice cream, and the food processor/chopper works a lot better than the blender…trust me, I’ve tried both and the blender took me like twenty minutes).

Start here:

Add one carton of Activia Light Vanilla yogurt and a couple scoops of Cool Whip Free. Then, add your fruit! I usually put in one banana, some blueberries, and some frozen strawberries. Or you can use all fresh fruit. To each their own! Then, all you do it blend it together!

I like to put mine in the freezer for just a few minutes while I clean up my mess. This makes it even more frozen and even more yummy!

These smoothies are also a great way to get several servings of fruit in every day! And a good way to have a “treat” and still not blow your calories for the day! And what better time to gulp down a smoothie than the beginning of Summa-Time!!!

Oh yeah, I almost left out the most important step: Make sure your baby is sleeping soundly when you make it so you can actually sit down and enjoy it without having to make silly faces and sings “A-Boogitty-Boogitty-Boo!” or “Dance! Too much booty in your pants! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!” over and over to keep him entertained. And yes, I actually sing both of those to Thomas throughout the day, and he thinks I am hilarious!!

Speaking of baby Thomas, can you spy him on the monitor?? He’s there! In between the two pillows…Sleeping like a baby while I enjoy my smoothie. And on days where he screams the entire time I’m in the check-out line at Wal-Mart with a grocery cart FULL of groceries and I end up taking him out and “shh, shh, shh-ing” him in my arms to sleep while paying and loading all the groceries back into my cart (one handed!) by myself…this is what I do: come home, put him down for a nap, and make myself a smoothie.

Hallelujah for sleeping babies, smoothies, and summer-time!!