Week 55 Monday (1/26/15)

Recipe Review                              

Today’s Recipe and Location:     Resolution: Green Smoothie        

Found in: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays

                  Pages:  4 - 5     Copyright:  2013  Harper Collins

I figured out that there are 212 calories per serving, if 5 servings are made without the honey and 160 calories if 5 servings without honey. (Please note that the calorie counts vary depending on the specific brands of ingredients that you choose to use.)

Here is some of the fruit - green grapes,
a pear, and a large banana

The blender was totally full

Had I added the Kale this would have been
bright green, but without Kale it
just turned a soft green color

This made five servings for me

         This is a really fruity smoothie. Think green fruits and they’re here. I have a lot of trouble getting in any fruits in the day, so this is a great way to solve my problem. I did skip two items in the recipe. I am allergic to the pineapple and kale is not okay either, so I left them out. I figured out the calories with the optional honey and without it. I really liked this smoothie, because it is sweet and light. I actually froze the extra servings, so I can have it a breakfast during the week. Low calorie, sweet, yummy, and ready to serve – what more can I ask for each day. It’s like eating sorbet for breakfast.

        

Random Reflections - Bucket List #43

         I want to be able to do something fun with each of my nieces and nephews individually. I wrote the word day, but I would settle for less. They are all busy and working, but I want to keep our close connection. When our family is all together, it is hard to hear all about where they are in life. So, I want time with each of them alone.

spend a fun day with each of my nieces/nephews

Take a formal cooking class

Organize and host a Christmas Caroling Party

Watch the IMBd list of the best 250 movies

Vacation in Colorado

create a list of home repairs

Prepare to teach a new course at Aurora University

Visit Brookfield Zoo and photograph the animals

Have absolutely no debt

Set up a schedule for next summer to visit area cities

Organize and purge the basement

I am going to learn as much as I can about large animals

Make repairs in each and every room of my home to prepare to sell

Research Hadrian’s Wall for visit to Scotland

Enter a quilt in a local fair

Write a book about school for parents

Host a game party

Purchase a truck

I would like to learn more about fostering animals

Visit the narrowed list of Kentucky towns each for a weekend

Have a B.M.I. of 24.9 or lower

Return to Florida/Alabama and see old friends

Play tennis again

Learn to play bridge

Have an in-ground pool

Finish writing a book on the Scent Family

Save up enough money for a down payment on my Kentucky house

Research every town in Kentucky in hopes of relocating

Work on learning calligraphy and bettering daily penmanship

Begin making my own clothing using a mannequin

Volunteer at an animal rescue

Visit all 50 states

Photography courses

Complete all of Mom’s and my scrapbooks

Go skiing again in Colorado

Meet the Duggar family

Watch every nominee and winner for the Academy Awards to date

Remodel my kitchen

Take piano lessons

Write 2 books for my great-nephews

Travel to Wales

Travel to Scotland

Alaskan cruise

Wants and Wishes

         I want to begin to create a list of places where I can volunteer after I retire. Of course, I would like it to be locally, if at all possible. I hope that I can locate choices that I am deeply interested in at this time.