my mixed berry smoothie

For Christmas my family got me a Nutribullet blender and I love it!  I am planning on writing a review on it soon.  With it, I have really been pushing having a smoothie as a staple everyday, I usually have it as a breakfast treat, yes, I said treat.  The smoothies are perfect, all the nutrients, but I barely taste a thing.  

Anyways, with the blender I had just been throwing fruit into it each morning and after a while I got tired of the same stuff so I made it a goal to make a healthy smoothie that tasted just as sweet.  With how the Nutribullet is set up there is a specific level you can't pass so when I put my ingredients into it I don't measure anything so here is as close as I got to perfectly measuring.

my mixed berry smoothie

(makes a little more than one glass)

cup of greek yogurt

handful of kale

7-10 strawberries

1/4 cup blueberries 

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 cup blackberries

1/2 cup of water

some ice cubes

for a little bit of a change throw in some pineapple!

A trick I learned was that if you wet the fruit and freeze it it's just like added ice.  The colder the smoothie the better, it's refreshing and delicious.

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recipies to try (vol.1)

Coming back from numerous home cooked meals, all the holiday treats, and the new years food has been on my mind a lot.  I have to say, having food prepared that is just the slightest bit healthy is a really good feeling to have.  With everyone making their New Year's resolutions I just wanted to have a goal of cooking and preparing more food on my own.  It beats out eating unhealthy snacks and/or dining out.  With that, I spent a lot of time searching through Pinterest (because where else?!) I found a few that I would really like to try within the next two months. 

I attached the links right below the photos.

link: try the recipe 

link: try the recipe

I have yet to try this, but lately I have been just loving kale so I am excited to get my hands on this one.  Julia, of Lemon Stripes (a blog I follow)  had been talking about this the past few days so I can't wait to test it out!

link: the recipe

I love broccoli salad, but of course most of the ingredients I put in my recipe are not the greatest for you, so I am excited to try on with a healthy twist!

Most of these are definitely on the healthier side or are a salad.  I try to fix something that I can pack the next day for lunch so salads are key, but I also add a little something like trail mix with it. 

xo

2017.

2017 is here at last!  Finally!  

I don't know about you, but it's been a so-so year for me personally.  I would have liked to accomplish so many things, yet I never did or I just didn't really want to do them.  Sounding like every other person in the whole world, it's a new year, a fresh start, nothing has happened yet.  Every year I have made countless resolutions, only to feel depressed later when I fail to meet one of those goals.  I think it's time we put those to a rest, and only have one goal or word we base everything else around.  

My word is happy.

Everything I do I want to make sure that I am happy doing it. No longer will I wait to start a new year or week off, but I will start on a clean slate whenever I want. I have goals that are centered around my being happy and feel that way.  Staying fit would be a resolution, but I would always feel a bit of a drag while actually working out, now I think why I am doing it-in the long run I'll be happy with the outcome.  Why do I keep blogging?  Because in the long run I will even happier than I am now writing.

I mentioned this a little bit, but I want to add a few words of advice to those who feel down after not meeting your personal goal.  A new year is just something that people get hyped about annually (duh!), but feeling good about yourself starts when you want it.  Start today and don't make another excuse.  I am writing this on January 1st.  Today I was going to wake up early and do some yoga, but slept through nearly 25 different alarms. Hey, I was regrouping from NYE, but the point is I started off on the wrong foot, but still made time to do yoga.  Your happiness starts when you want it to.

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