Super Feel Good, Look Good Smoothie

I blend up this smoothie almost every morning...
It's so jam-packed with nutrients...you'll look slimmer, feel better, and your skin is going to look great too!
It's got kale, which is one of the most nutritionally dense foods with, beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin, and reasonably rich in calcium.

When I drink this baby, I am not craving sweet, I feel full (normally my appetite it a little ridiculous)..and the benefits...
it's makes my skin look great, it's let me shed some pounds instead of eating a cinammon roll! ha ha

I try to drink at least one smoothie a day here's just one of my favorite recipes:

SUPER FEEL GOOD, LOOK GOOD SMOOTHIE:

8-10 ounces Coconut Milk (So Delicious Organic Coconut Milk)

1/2 or whole banana

2 giant leaves of kale (or basically a handful rinsed and torn in half)

about a 1/4 cup of blueberries

1 pack of Sambazon frozen Acai

2 Tablespoons ground flax seeds (Spectrum Organic Ground Flax Seeds)

*flax seeds are an excellent source of Omega 3 fatty acids, and a great non-fish alternative

Flax seeds have tons of fiber, reduce inflammation in the body, lower cholesterol, can help reduce cancer, help with everything from migraines to hot flashes, click here to learn more in fancy talk.

Put it all in a blender, my personal fav is my VitaMix blender, it is one of the best investments I've ever made...I use it sometimes 4 times a day, smoothies, sauces, more smoothies, desserts...you can even make soup in it, and it comes out hot!

Start it on variable 1, then move it up to the highest and I blend for about 45 seconds. Or if you have a regular blender, just blend til it's smooth....

and enjoy!

Watch, you'll eat less junk food, your energy is going to be amazing, your going to look better, feel better, and probably drop some unwanted fat, that those donuts and fried food have donated to you! ha ha ha

cheers to smoothies and feeling good, your kandee

Mosquitos, The BEST Chicken Salad Recipe & Love Signs

As soon as I took this picture I felt a little sting-itch on my leg...I looked down and about 8 mosquitos trying attack my poor, innocent legs.

I quickly told the kids...hurry...let's go back to the car because of the mosquitos everywhere....
what I thought would be a fun bike ride for the kids...me with baby in her sling... she was fully covered and didn't get one bite....
me on the other hand:
on my neck, legs, arms-, I think they mosquitos liked me the most. You're welcome mosquitos, for the fine dining you had compliments of myself.
I was slapping mosquitos the whole way back as we all sped to the car....to load up the bikes.

this picture I actually took without knowing...while I was speed walking back to the car...(fun little treat while I was uploading my iphone pics)

Blakey my precious, sweetheart, says, "Mama, thanks for taking us on a bike ride."....
I felt so bad, they barely peddled for 4 minutes before the Mosquitos attacked!

I made chicken salad sandwiches for dinner.

My WORLD's BEST (or at least my kids think so) CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE:

Shred a Rotisserie Chicken into bowl

1/2 cup seedless grapes (organic is how we roll)

1/2 cup, thinly sliced celery

a bunch of sea salt

several twist of Organic Smoked Pepper from my lil' peppermill

about a 1/2 cup or maybe it was a full cup of Mayo (I use the organic no soy kind)

2 Tablespoons or so of Honey Mustard

1 Tablespoon of Golden Sweet Vinegar

mix it all up

Place on yummy bread and decorate with a layer of spinach leaves

(maybe I should do a proper recipe post with pictures and exact measurements..ha ha ha)

After being the bath machine...giving everyone a bath, brushing teeth, finding pajamas that everyone agreed on, then I gave little tiny (baby Cupcake) a bathy, got water glasses for everyone, tucked everyone in, gave hugs and kisses and told them all how precious they are to me and how much I love them...

I nursed little tiny, she fell asleep....

I was exhausted....

but I needed to stay up and try to fix some things on my blog and type my blogs....

(the only time a mama can work)

and I finished, or said, "I'll finish tomorrow" at about 2am...

Mama's never get to rest...

But my babies are worth every single tired muscle and sleepless nights...

I wish I could tell every mama...to cherish, savor and enjoy every precious moment with your babies.

Your house won't always be messy, you won't always have a trail of toys in your house, and soon you will be able to get everything done...

rejoice in muddy handprints and little lego structures...

right now there is a little shoe on the living room floor...

and I love the little foot that it fits so much...

I'm glad it's out to remind me what a treasure I have in my babies and all the little things...

a perfectly neat house is sometimes missing the little love signs that a child lives there...

like a little shoe left out...

or Blakey's Rody on the porch that we had to wash off...

Someone once told me:

"What a mother sees as a messy house, is sometimes the most joyous sight....because someday you will wish you could see legos and dolls and bikes laying about, but they will be too big for those things and you will miss that."

Itching my mosquito bite on my neck...and smiling at the little car and shoe that Blakey left out...

kandee