Stawberry Smoothie

Here in Michigan it is strawberry season. we have been picking them every weekend just trying to get enough to last us through the winter. Walking up the the strawberry fields you can smell their summery sweetness.....mmmmm, nothing better. one of the things we LOVE to do with strawberries is make smoothies!!

Asher LOVES strawberry smoothies!!

 

 

 

Here is the recipe for our favorite recipe for smoothies.

1 cup milk (we use raw, yummy!)
1 cup plain yogart (homemade!!)
4 Tbsp honey
couple handfuls of strawberries
Toss all the ingredients in the blender and wah-la the best strawberry smoothie EVER!

if there happens to be any left overs (there never are here :)  ) pour the rest in the popsicle maker and put it in the freezer. this makes the BEST frozen smoothies too. a cold, refreshing and HEATHLY treat !

Boy-barians favorite snack

here is a recipe for the boy-barians favorite snack. Easy to make and easy to personalize. Make it, try it, never be without it again!

{imagine a picture of granola here} it's coming soon!

Granola

½ cup sweetener (honey, maple syrup)

½ cup HOT water

½ cup oil (coconut is the only one I use)

2 tsp. Vanilla

4-5 cups rolled/flaked grain (oats, rye, barley, wheat)

1 cup of seeds (sunflower, sesame, flax)

1 cup coconut

1 cup nuts (walnut, pecan, hazelnut, peanut, almond)

preheat oven to 225.

mix water and oats, let sit foe a minute or so. Add seeds, nuts and coconut, mix well.

In a double boiler add coconut oil and honey. When the coconut oil has melted remove from heat and add vanilla, mix well.

Slowly pour oil mixture into oat mixture. Mix until oats are well coated. Grease (I use butter) two sided-cookie sheets. Pour half the mixture on one sheet and the other half on the other sheet. Spread out, making an even layer over the cookie sheet. Put in oven. Stir every 20 minutes for an hour. After an hour stir every 15 minutes until nice golden color. About 2 hours.

This recipe is very customizable. Mix and match the ingredients, add some of your own favorite thing. When our granola is done we like to add 1 cup of dried fruit (raisins, cranisians, papaya). I bet a cup of m&m would be great to add too.

 ENJOY!!