Our weekend was pretty uneventful…sleepy and slow…lots of cuddles and a Sunday afternoon matinee
we ate ourselves silly with popcorn
while one fur child pawed around the couch to find the perfect spot next to Gracie
and together we made endless popcorn crumb messes
and
I know. we may have paused (paws-ed) our show 300 times.
But no matter what…we sat in comfort and laughter and each others arms (and paws)
we also made a little bug trap….had to google it…because i’ve never made a bug trap (nor had the desire) but i had a little 7 year old who woke up saturday morning and was inspired to do so….this is what you need
- 1 jar
- spade
- 1 piece of fruit (we used 1/4 of a ripe banana)
- a spot in your garden to dig
- puppy to help dig, watch, be intrigued, follow along (optional)
dig a hole in the ground deep enough to hold the jar so when sitting, it’s ground level…place jar in hole…and fill dirt around the jar to secure…put some dirt in bottom of jar and place fruit on top of dirt….then check ever so often for bugs….
at about noon…she went out and made her first check up and i heard screams of joy….”MOM, I’VE GOT 3 ANT CRAWLING IN MY JAR…AWESOME…..ANNNNNNNNNTTTTTTS!” (i’ve never seen anyone so excited to have ants…love it….like i said…it’s makes us realize all the little things that we tend to forget when we grow up) and she had one last check before bedtime…in which she was so excited to find a worm (and let me say this…the worm was not in the jar..but crawling next to it) ~but she is confident that if she would have given it a little more time…the worm would have gone in after the banana….
and as promised…..here are some Vitamix Recipes….boy are we having fun with this…absolutely LOVE it! and Gracie is in charged of naming all of them~
Homemade Applesauce
- 4 apples cut into fourths and cored
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 T sugar
- 1/4 cup water
add all in and blend…top with whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon
Blush
- 1/4 pineapple skin removed
- 10-15 strawberries
- handful coconut
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (i use activia)
- 1/2 cup milk
- ice
pour into vitamix and blend
Coconut Island
- 1/2 pineapple
- 1 banana
- handful coconut
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (i use activia)
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- ice
pour all into vitamix and blend
Banana Dream
- 1 banana
- 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (i use activia)
- 1/2 cup milk
- ice
pour all into vitamix and blend
Resee’s Peanut Butter in a Cup
- 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
- 2 heaping tablespoons of peanut butter
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- ice
add all into a vitamix and blend
Iced Vanilla Frapp
- 1 cup strong coffee (i used organic decaf)
- 1 cup skim milk
- a pour of vanilla syrup (you can use anything…i’ll do caramel next time)
- ice
pour into vitamix and blend
Green Monster Smoothie
- 1 banana
- 1 T natural peanut butter
- 1 cup skim milk or vanilla almond milk
- 1 T yogurt ….greek or original and flavor is your choice..i normally use greek vanilla
- 4 cups spinach leaves
- 1-2 cups ice (your preference)
We’re curious….what’s your favorite vitamix recipe?
