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By Estela - Weekly Bite, March 2, 2011 6:50 am

I did it…

I made my kid a green smoothie.

M’s a big fan of smoothies & I’m a big fan of green smoothies. Anything that contains 3 cups of raw spinach and tastes like banana’s and honey sounds good to me.

Yesterday I was a having a major green smoothie craving and knew a certain someone would be begging for one of her own. Here’s everything that went in the mix…

• 1 frozen banana
• 1/2 frozen avocado
• 1 sliced pear (or any fruit of your choice)
• 3 cups raw spinach
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 cup milk (I used soy milk)

*note* if you use fresh banana & avocado add 1 cup of ice to the mix

I thought she’d turn her nose up to the green color…. but no…

If mommy was drinking it she had to have it too…

I think its safe to say this kid’s a fan.

She drank it up… green color an all.

Now if I can just get Mr. Weekly Bite to drink one.

He refuses to give into the green smoothie trend

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, January 11, 2011 6:44 am

Despite the freezing cold temps, I’ve been craving lots of smoothies.  There’s something clean and refreshing about a smoothie.  You wanna know something weird though… when I drink a smoothie for breakfast, I drink a cup of coffee too.

See, weird.  Anyone else do that? Or am I solo on this one?

Despite my weirdness, this smoothie is perfect.  It also makes for a great kiddie snack too!

Here’s everything you need:

• 1 frozen banana
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
• 1/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup mango nectar

Throw everything in a blender and blend away  If you’re using all fresh fruit, add a handful of ice cubes to make it nice a slushy.

You can also change up the flavors of this smoothie by switching out different fruits or a different flavor nectar.

Someone else enjoyed the smoothie too….

This was clearly the highlight of her day

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, July 15, 2010 9:15 am

Yes…

I went there….

But… before we get to those delicious sounding popsicles…

I had a great lunch with Tracey & Ameena. We had lunch at Zaytinya in DC. I had such a great time! Tracey and Ameena were so nice and very easy to talk to! I love meeting bloggers

Here’s Maya & M. M didn’t feel like cooperating for the picture…

Ameena was so sweet and brought Tracey and I gift India Town in Los Angeles! We were so surprised!

Here’s the bracelet she got me…

And here’s the bracelets she got M!!

Ameena, she LOVED them!!! Thank You!!!

Now on too those spinach popsicles….

I know… you think I went to far…

But I was thinking… since we put spinach in our smoothies, why not try them in popsicles?

These popsicles involved blueberries…

Spinach…

Banana….

And a tablespoon of honey.

I threw everything in the food processor…

And there you have it… murky looking swamp water…

This actually tasted VERY VERY good

Ready for the freezer….

To help get the popsicles out, I spray a little nonstick cooking spray inside each popsicle holder before I pour it in.

I still need to wrap my head around the idea of eating a green popsicle… I do drink green smoothies, so how different can it be? Right?!?!?

Next thing ya’ know I’ll be throwing amazing grass and chia seeds in Justing kidding… maybe…

Stay tuned for the verdict….

The question is…

Would you eat a green popsicle???

On the agenda for today:

• Get a 6 mile run in
• Buy gift of a first birthday party
• Work on Weekly Bite Newsletter
• Run a few errands
• Come up with a dinner idea for tonight
• Buy a new toothbrush for M… (Shiner chewed hers up… jealous much?)

Have a great Thursday