Chocolate Almond Butter Smoothie

Happy Friday!

I don't have much time (I am leaving for a business trip in 20 minutes!) but I wanted to share my delicious and nutritious breakfast with you.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTHIE

Dairy free, gluten free, vegan, paleo...

This smoothie contains: 

1 large frozen banana

Two large handfuls of FROZEN spinach (I buy mine fresh and then freeze it)

Two scoops almond butter (tastes like peanut butter!)

Two large scoops of all natural cocoa powder

1 tsp honey

Almond milk (enough to get everything moving)

Two ice cubes

I promise that you can't taste the spinach AT ALL! It's an amazing thing to get two servings of veggies in when you think you are drinking dessert.

This smoothie is SO SO SO YUMMY. You must try it!

Oh, and don't forget to lick the almond butter spoon :)

 Have a great weekend!

<3 Beth

Pinterest Fitness Inspiration

I hope you are all having a lovely Tuesday!

I have been spending quite a bit of time on Pinterest lately (perhaps too much?), and definitely too much time catching up on the third season of Downton Abbey (how DARE they kill my favorite character!!). Since I can't stream my favorite D.A. episodes on my blog, I figured a little Pinspiration might suffice to explain my happenings as of late (or, I suppose, what I would LIKE my happenings to be of late, since I have been sick in bed for the last few days).

Side Note for my Mom:  I don't endorse dressing like a hoochie mama while working out...I like these pictures because they display strong women who have worked really hard to achieve their fitness goals!

And here, my friend, is a glimpse at last night's Costco grocery run:

($3 giant bags of romaine!!! Costco is my happy place.)

Where do YOU shop for groceries???

 

Paleo/Gluten Free/Vegan Home-made Ice Cream

Like my post titles?? I am very creative. 

I also love apples. 

Sigh. Fall is so my favorite season. 

 

 

Anywho!

Last night I was CRAVING (ladies, you know what I'm talking about) ice cream. Like really badly. Like, I-am-going-to-drive-to-the-store-and-eat-an-entire--pint-of-Ben & Jerry's kind of craving.

Here's how I deal:

Pumpkin Banana Home Made "ice cream". 

 It's brilliant, because it makes your craving go away and it's super good for you AND low in cals! 
 

Here's what you need:

1 1/2 cups Pumpkin (the can needs to say 100% pumpkin!)

4 frozen bananas

1 tsp maple syrup

Cinnamon

Cocoa powder

Dash of almond/soy milk

Just in case you were interested:

Here are six reasons why you should eat tons of pumpkin: 
 
1. It's loaded with cartinoids.
2. It contains 3 grams of fiber per serving.
3. It promotes production of the anti-oxidant beta carotene.
4. It contains the amino acid tryptophan, which helps the production of serotonin. 
(aka it makes your mood happy)
5. One cup has 564 milligrams of potassium (oh daaaang). 
6. 1 Cup contains more than 200% of your daily intake of Vitamin A.

(source)
 

Anyways, 

Now that you know why you should make this incredible dessert, all you need to do is blend all of the ingredients in a food processor and voila!!!!

 

Happy Travels!

<3 Beth