• Recipe: Special Strawberry Smoothie

    Special strawberry smoothie with cool whip & sprinkles

    Every once in awhile in celebration of our Saturday mornings together occasionally we do something extra special like add a little cool whip and sprinkles to our smoothie or waffles!  With Spring in the air and the weather getting warmer I want to share a smoothie recipe.  In case you haven’t already notice we love smoothies in our household!  If the girls are home and I start up the blender they are immediately in the kitchen asking for a smoothie.  Also, since one of our girls needs a little extra protein in her diet and one of the best ways to get her to drink a pack of Carnation instant drink mix is to add a touch into a smoothie (she can’t tell the difference and drinks all of it).

    Special Strawberry Smoothie:

    • 5 frozen Strawberries
    • 10 frozen Grapes
    • 1/2 Banana
    • 1/2 cup Vanilla Yogurt
    • 1/2 cup Milk
    • Cool Whip
    • Sprinkles

    Put the strawberries, grapes, yogurt, and milk in the blender and mix until smooth.  Pour into a cup and top with cool whip and sprinkles! Enjoy! 🙂

    Special Strawberry Smoothie (before the cool whip & sprinkles were added!)

  • Recipe: Seasoned Bok Choy

    Seasoned Bok Choy

    One the newest vegetables our family has gotten hooked on is Bok Choy!  It was first given to us their our Community Supported Agriculture group and after cooking it a few different ways we decided it was one we wanted to eat more often.  Jake came up with a couple different recipes that our whole family enjoys.  Our favorite way to eat Bok Choy is grilled, but over the winter since it was cooler and we weren’t grilling as much he came up with another tasty recipe.

    Seasoned Bok Choy:

    • 12 fresh Bok Choy Leaves
    • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
    • 1/2 Onion
    • 1/2 tablespoon Soy Sauce
    • 1/4 teaspoon Garlic (or 1 clove)
    • 1/4 teaspoon Sesame Seeds

    Remove the bok choy leaves from the stock.  Rinse and cut up into about 1 inch lengths.  Fill a bowl full of ice and water then place the leaves inside the bowl to cool.  In a pan begin to heat up the olive oil on medium after a minute add the onions and garlic.  Saute the onions for a couple minutes then add the cooled bok choy and soy sauce for about a minute just enough to make the leaves more tender and blend the flavor.  Remove from heat and stir in the sesame seeds.