Healthy Smoothies

Smoothies are such a great treat during the summer, but can be enjoyed almost anytime of year.  I like to incorporate fruits in my smoothies during the hot summer months and warmer vegetable flavors during the fall months.  Smoothies are really simple to make too, with just a blender you can create some of the best tasting and filling drinks you never thought you could. Here are some of my favorite smoothies to blend up and share with my kiddo.

• Apple Veggie Smoothie

4 carrots

2 apples

1/2 cucumber

1 stalk celery

1/2 cup Swiss chard

1 cup ice cubes

Blend together until smooth.

•Cinnamon Pumpkin Smoothie

1/2 cup frozen pumpkin

3/4 cup evaporated milk

1 cup vanilla yogurt

1 cup ice cubes

1 cinnamon stick

Blend until smooth.

• Vanilla Cantaloupe Smoothie

1/2 cantaloupe

1 cup milk

1 cup vanilla yogurt

1 cup ice cubes

Blend until smooth.

To learn more about healthy, fruit smoothies and the benefits they provide, 

please visit Thoughts Unveiled here

Enjoy!

Eco-Tip:  Add door sweeps to the bottom of exterior doors on around doors that lose heat throughout the winter.  This will help conserve the heat inside the home and in the long run save you a lot of money.  For this and other tips on going green visit, The Earth and Me Go Green.

    

Goodbye Sunflowers

It's come to the end of the season for my precious, lovely sunflowers   It's been such a treat to see them all grow on the side of my house the way they did.  I had someone tell me earlier in the season that they wouldn't have a sunflower head on them, well I am here to say, I was quite pleased to see that they all produced a bright yellow, very full sunflower, and looked lovely!

Although this year was sort of an experiment with them to see if I could actually grow sunflowers where the sun doesn't shine on my house very much, I think it went quite well and I am looking forward to doing it again!

Eco-Tip:  Turn off your oven 10 minutes before the cooking time is up on cooking food inside the oven.  The food will continue to cook and you will save about 10 minutes in wasted energy with your oven, as well.  For this and other tips on going green visit, The Earth and Me Go Green.