Vitamix

Did I mention Erik gave “me” a Vitamix for Christmas? I’d been making fruit smoothies for awhile. My old blender did an ok job (I could sneak in a handful of spinach undetected) but it was no match for kale. The Vitamix—no problem. When Erik stopped eating meat at the first of the year he started making himself a smoothie everyday for lunch. His are much grosser than mine. I’m really stuck in a banana-strawberry-blueberry-vanilla-flax meal-spinach or kale-yogurt or a splash of heavy whipping cream*-orange zest rut. But here it looks like I branched out in a tropical direction with orange sections, pineapple, papaya, mango, banana, coconut milk ice cubes (plus spinach, of course). It is nice to start the day with one green vegetable checked off the list.

*smoothie makers: try it! just the tiniest bit makes the whole thing seem like ice cream!