February 12, 2020

Bright Green Smoothie

My friend Catherine (of Weelicious) is a smoothie QUEEN! I love tuning in to see what she’s putting into her children’s smoothies every morning when she shares her #smoothieproject stories on Instagram. Catherine’s latest book, Smoothie Project recently hit the shelves and this Bright Green Smoothie is the first of maaaaany smoothies I cannot wait to try. I’ve got my sights set on both the Mocha Almond and the Halva smoothies next.

This color makes me so happy.

Here’s what’s in it!

I tested the recipe in this High-Speed Philips Blender . I’m giving one away!

Stay tuned!

Orange juice goes in. I didn’t have a frozen banana so I used fresh.

Either one is fine.

That green is something else, huh?

Such a perfect way to start the morning.

It tastes tropical and citrusy! You would never guess there’s spinach in there, other than the color.

Now I just need to make sure I have spinach on hand.

Oh! Hey! I’m giving away this Philips High-Speed Power Blender ($600 value) to a lucky reader on my Instagram this Friday, February 14th.

To win, go to my Instagram account- @shutterbean and see how to enter! Post will go up 9am PST!

Bright Green Smoothie

serves one

recipe slightly adapted from Smoothie Project

1 cup fresh spinach

1/3 cup frozen pineapple chunks

1/3 cup frozen mango chunks

1/2 banana (fresh or frozen)

3/4 cup orange juice

Mix ingredients together in a blender. Blend until well combine. Drink immediately.

LISTS

February 10, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week- Week 7 of 2020

Hi Friends!

It’s MONDAY. Let’s get into it. Our weekend included basketball and baseball. I also did a ton of housework and meal prep!

Here’s what I’m starting the week with:

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Meal prep done! You can find me on the couch watching the Oscars for the rest of the night. whew! Recipes for applesauce, lemon ginger elixir, cornbread, killer granola and iced tea are on my blog. Turkey burger recipe coming soon! #shutterbeanmealprep

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Meal Prep this Week Includes:

Iced tea
turkey burgers (recipe soon!)
washed lettuce
polenta cornbread (turned into muffins!)
carrots
pasta sauce (like from baked spaghetti)
croutons
applesauce
killer granola
rice
lemon ginger elixir

I’m glad to have some healthy things in the fridge to start the week with.

Now it’s time to get down my Intentions for the Week!

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February 9, 2020

My Everyday Life: Week 6

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 6

My safe place is here.

Library adventure.

Beautiful morning light.

A corner of my house that makes me smile.

Huggy toe beans.

LISTS

February 7, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

I LOVE LISTS:

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February 5, 2020

Currently January 2020

Currently January 2020

January was LONG. I kept seeing memes all month saying that the longest YEAR is January. It made me laugh because that’s how it felt. I spent the entire month (and have kept it going!) of tracking what I eat in my food journal. I gave myself an elimination diet. No dairy, gluten or alcohol for all of January. Mostly because I did a lot of stress-eating in December and indulged a bit too much and wanted to be accountable for what I ate. Writing down what I eat/how I feel has been helpful in gaining information about what works and doesn’t work with my body as I am getting older. In the process of food journaling over the year, I realized that I can go off the rails eating-wise if I have more than two drinks. I’m slowing myself down and learning how to eat for fuel instead of for comfort. Alcohol and food are big numbing tools for me and my body doesn’t want to do that anymore.

Practice makes progress!

I also started my Currently 2020 workbook with SO MANY OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ORDERING ONE. I AM SO GLAD WE ARE DOING THIS TOGETHER.

I realize that I didn’t share my first few pages with you. Here they are.

My word for 2020 is GROW.

These are my Intentions for the year.

My letter to myself this year:

And here we are! January!!!

I was inspired by citrus this month and I played around with my favorite colored pencils and made this page.

My friend Neiley let me use her neon pencils and I fell in love with them on the left-hand page.

All the Good Things that Happened this Month:

Let’s break it down, shall we?

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February 3, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week – Week 6 of 2020

Hello Friends!

Happy Monday! This weekend we had baseball, basketball and a super bowl party to attend. I make turkey white bean chili and am going to enjoy some leftovers for lunch this week. I woke up pretty early both Saturday and Sunday so I’m wiped out! I hope to catch up on some sleep this week. I also didn’t get a chance to do meal prep on Sunday. That’s what happens when we make plans on Sunday. I’m hoping I can do some meal prep some night this week to get rid of whatever is left in my fridge right now. Let’s sit down and write some Intentions for the week, shall we?

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February 2, 2020

My Everyday Life Week 5

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 5

This slipped out of a book today. I needed it. Maybe you do too.

We are on the second day of February!
I’m setting some time aside today to finish the January entry of my Currently Workbook! It’s been so fun to see how people are using it, on our private facebook group. I’m so proud of your work!!!

Highlight of the week was making this cat box with Cooper.