I don't know about you, but when the thermometer hits 90 at 9:30 in the morning...yeah I tend to freak. Man, it's going to be a hot one! But there are ways to beat the heat you know. Take this Tropical Summer Smoothie for example. Fill a big, cold glass, sit out in the shade on a comfy chair, close your eyes as the warm breeze blows across your face as you sip the tropical flavors of your heat-beating smoothie and imagine yourself on a tropical island. It's not so hot anymore now is it? Or have I just totally gone off the deep end?
(Yes, you can go ahead and slap me now for posting a baked oatmeal recipe on the second hottest day of the year! I'm making it up to you by this smoothie recipe.) I don't know about you, but when the thermometer hits 90 at 9:30 in the morning...yeah I tend to freak. Man, it's going to be a hot one! But there are ways to beat the heat you know. Take this Tropical Summer Smoothie for example. Fill a big, cold glass, sit out in the shade on a comfy chair, close your eyes as the warm breeze blows across your face as you sip the tropical flavors of your heat-beating smoothie and imagine yourself on a tropical island. It's not so hot anymore now is it? Or have I just totally gone off the deep end? This is wonderfully hydrating as well. The chia seeds give you a boost of energy while the pinch of salt replenish your cells. Fruity, flavors of summer! This is probably the smoothie I make most over the summertime. It's just SO good!
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I consider oatmeal to be more of a fall/winter food. This baked oatmeal is no exception. So why am I posting it now? Cause it's SO dang good you have to eat it all year long! No kidding. Some of my siblings really don't care for oatmeal but they rave over this oatmeal bake! Perks of this bake: It's sugar free, gluten free, super easy to whip up and so simple for busy mornings.
When the cow's not in milk I refuse to drink it from the store. What I fall back to is almond milk. How much better can it get when you make it at home? It sure is cheep, and tastes great too! I know some folks can't have cow milk so nut milks are the norm. I love to be able to whip up a batch of almond milk all by myself. It feels so good to squeeze the milk from the bag of nut pulp! Homemade ya'll! The way to go! Not only is this cheep, but it's easy, quick, simple and delish.
I adore working with seasonal foods. From the spring greens, to the summer fruit all the way to the autumn squash. I'm a seasonal cooker. One of the seasonal fruits that grow around here are (what we call) black raspberries. Some folks call then blackcaps, but we've always stuck with black raspberries. Why? Cause the fruit is red and looks like a raspberry before it's ripe. When it's ripe it turns a dark purple. Black raspberry. I wanted to create something fresh and sugar free, yet delicious with the buckets of fruit the kids were bringing in. I believe I accomplished my goal! And the kids even loved these fresh, cute little tarts!
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