sweet potato pie smoothie

I like to throw a bunch of things in the blender and hope for the best. I made a sweet potato pie smoothie that turned out pretty darn good.

Since I don't have prettier glasses, enjoy this cat.

Into the blender went:

• Single-serve container of Chobani Honey yogurt
• 1/2 cup or so of unsweetend coconut milk
• Insides of one sweet potato, previously cooked (I didn't use the skin)
• Liberal squeeze of maple syrup (I used sugar free)
• 1 frozen banana
• 6-8 ice cubes
• Pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
• Torani SF Pumpkin Pie syrup  (optional, if you have it -- I only used one pump)

Mix and enjoy!

s'mores

I know I said on Thursday that I was enjoying the rain, but we are going on day 3 of 60 degree weather. I thought August was supposed to be the hottest month?

To help conjure up some thoughts of summer, I thought I'd do a recipe round-up of one of my favorite summertime treats: s'mores. Yesterday was National S'mores Day (did you celebrate?), but why not keep the party going all weekend long by making one of these?

From the Queen of stuffing delicious foods into already delicious cookies, S'mores-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies from Picky Palate:

From Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body, S'mores Refrigerator Cake:

From How Sweet It Is (one on my favorite blogs), Red Velvet S'mores Bars:

From Our Best Bites, S'mores Hot Chocolate (I could go for some of this right now!): 

S'mores for breakfast? Don't mind if I do... S'mores French Toast from Buns in my Oven:

S'mores Bar Cookies from Lovin' From the Oven:

Chocolate Drop S'mores Pop-Tarts Cookies from the Mad Genius Cakespy:

And last but not least, S'mores Cheesecake Bars from Annie's Eats:

Ugh. Now I'm hungry!

All photos belong to their respective blogs, which I hope you will visit.

intro

I've been wanting to start a blog for a long time, but never made it a priority. I just made a delicious smoothie that needed to be shared with the world. So, what better reason to start?

I can't guarantee that i will remember to update this thing, although it is certainly my goal. I've had blogs in the past (I'm looking at you, LiveJournal), but they have always kind of fizzled out. I hope to be consistent, but no promises. 

I also can't really say what I am going to write about, because I have no idea. food, fitness, soccer, cupcakes, crude humor... these are a few of my favorite things. I can tell you that there will likely be too many pictures of my cat, but I will try to reign it in. 

Well! Now that I have convinced you of all the reasons not to read, how about that smoothie? 

Peach Cake Smoothie (serves one, or maybe two if you are a normal person)

• 6-8 frozen peach slices
• 1/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 1/4 cup cottage cheese
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 scoop Muscle Milk Cake Batter protein powder (optional)
• 1 packet sweetener (I used Stevia in the Raw)
• Drizzle of sugar-free maple syrup
• Ice (4-6 cubes, depending on preference)

 This made enough for one giant cup. Obviously not everyone will have Cake Batter protein powder on hand, but I'm sure it will be just as delicious without. 

The credit for using cottage cheese in smoothies goes to the Dashing Dish. I was highly skeptical (and I actually like cottage cheese), but you cannot taste it at all. It just gives it an amazing consistency. Tofu may also work. 

The nutrition info worked out to about 290 calories, 3.7 g fat, and almost 25 g protein. Not bad, eh?

If you make it, let me know what you think! 

Start a blog? .. Let's do this!