Tropical delight

If you're in Utah or any other cold state-take yourself away for a few moments with this blissful tropical smoothie. I am yearning for some warm vitamin D and this flavor helps me see the light of beautiful springs and summers on its way...hopefully before June this year.

TROPICAL DELIGHT
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 c pineapple
1 small banana
1/2 orange or 1/2 c orange juice
1 scoop whey protein powder
A couple ice cubes for desired thickness

This is a great mid-day snack or add a serving of veggies or a small greens and veggies salad with little light dressing to make it more of a meal replacement.

Sorry for no pics, having some technical difficulties:/

Hope you all have a fabulous day! How did you like the workout yesterday? I'm going to be posting a new workout every Monday and the goal is for you to do that workout 3 times that week, so let me know of any special requests! Have a terrific tasty Tuesday!

Food week - Lunch

The hardest meal of the day for me to get in...sporatic schedules in every sense is usually what gets in my way of making this meal a real one and not just grabbing and snacking during the midday hours. So the thing I find most effective is throwing a bunch of stuff together in a blender and drinking it while I go about doing my tasks. Like I said, I've got some work to do because I know it's better to sit down and eat, but hey, it's more important to get whatever I can that is still healthy and keeps my metabolism going. So props to that! Celebrating the small things, right?

My favorite lunch concoction is a strawberry banana spinach smoothie. It's delish and packed full of the nutrients you need so you stay full for hours.


1 cup SO Delicious Vanilla Coconut Milk
4-6 frozen strawberries
1/2 frozen banana
Handful of Spinach
1 scoop CytoSport protein powder (about 30 grams protein)
1 Tbsp Udo's Omega DHA Oil

Throw it all in a blender and mix it up! If you want it thicker, add a couple ice cubes. Thinner, add a little bit of water.

Here's the products I use that aren't as self-explanitory as bananas, strawberries, and spinach (get Organic). Vanilla Protein from Costco: $48.99 and it lasts forever. SO Delicious Coconut milk from Sprouts: $3. Udo's Oil from Sprouts: about $28 and lasts a couple months. 

The Sprouts items you can get from basically any health food store, Sprouts and Good Earth are just the ones we have in our area, and they carry them at both. I know Whole Foods, Trader Joes, any of those places would have them too. 

And again, I'll be doing a menu for more lunch options/recipes, so be on the look out for them:)

Current Post-Workout Obsession

If you're like me, after getting your trash kicked, the last thing I want is something hot and heavy (wish I could think of another way to describe it). What I'm meaning is - I want something cold and don't feel like chewing, I'm still trying to catch my breath! Protein smoothies are a really easy, quick, and yummy way to get the nutrients you need after a killer sweat sesh. I can't even explain all the reasons why it is SO IMPORTANT to fuel and refuel your body no more than 45 minutes after a workout. That is when your body's cells eat up everything and they need to be replenished. This one is simple and seriously tastes like a milk shake! If you're craving ice cream when my sweet tooth hits majorly around 4 or later, mix up one of these bad boys and you'll be fuller longer and satisfy that craving, at least a little bit:)

1 cup SO Delicious Vanilla Coconut Milk
4-6 frozen strawberries
1/2 frozen banana
1 scoop CytoSport protein powder (about 30 grams protein)
1 Tbsp Udo's Omega DHA Oil

Throw it all in a blender and mix it up! If you want it thicker, add a couple ice cubes. Thinner, add a little bit of water. And if you want to make this in the middle of the day as more of a meal replacement, add a big ol handful of spinach!

Here's the products I use that aren't as self-explanitory as bananas and strawberries. Vanilla Protein from Costco: $48.99 and it lasts forever. SO Delicious Coconut milk from Sprouts: $3. Udo's Oil from Sprouts: about $28 and lasts a couple months. 

The Sprouts items you can get from basically any health food store, Sprouts and Good Earth are just the ones we have in our area, and they carry them at both. I know Whole Foods, Trader Joes, any of those places would have them too. 

ENJOY!!

Green Banana Smoothie

It’s super important to replenish your body after a workout. It’s within that first hour, especially half hour, that your body absorbs what you put in it really fast! So it’s even more important that you give it the good stuff within that time frame. One of my “go-to” concoctions is this Green banana smoothie. I serious have something like this everyday and it does the trick. It’s simple, fast, healthy, and extremely yummy!

3/4 c to 1 c Organic apple juice

1 Organic Banana (I prefer frozen)

1 large handful Organic Spinach

1 scoop protein powder (or equivalent to abut 25-30 grams of protein)

     

Protein is crucial. It helps rebuild muscle and leaves you fuller longer. Now your body can only absorb so much protein at one sitting, so no need to get protein happy with this and put in multiple scoops-it won’t do you any good and it’ll just add extra unnecessary calories. about 30 grams is great for a post-workout.