It’s Monday! Woot.
😉 actually today has been a pretty decent Monday thus far. The office is super quiet since many of my coworkers opted to use our floating holiday today. I decided to bank mine and take my birthday off (next week) instead.
Hope you all have a fabulous fun/food/framily filled weekend!
The PB2 Giveaway ended last night!!! Read further for the lucky winner 😀
Breakfast #1
It’s been so hot these past few days, that I was craving something super cold for breakfast this morning. I decided a fruit smoothie would be the ticket to cooling things off. I threw the following into the blender:
Once I blended everything up, I opened the fridge to put the almond milk away and saw a lonely half-empty bag of spinach sitting on the shelf begging to be eaten.
I’ve read lots of posts on the “green monster” smoothies, especially on Julie’s blog, but I’ve never tried one myself… Until today that is!
I grabbed a handful of spinach and threw it into the blender and gave it a good pulse.
Yes, that is spinach you are seeing
The result:
One huge smoothie with “monster” flecks:
This was surprisingly tasty! You can’t specifically taste the spinach itself, but it gives the smoothy a hearty fullness. It also cuts on some of the sweetness of the fruit, so I was glad I used a whole packet of truvia. I think I’ve officially jumped on the green monster bandwagon 😀
If you’re intrigued — check out the Green Monster Movement.
Stats on the Green Monster: 197 calories, 37g carbs, 2g fat, 12g protein, 6g fiber
Breakfast #2
O…. O….. mmmmmm…. haven’t had overnight oats in a few days, so I went with the go-to OO Combo:
All stirred up:
Overnight oats… oh how I’ve missed you :-*
Stats on the oats: 208 calories, 38g carbs, 5g fat, 6g protein, 6g fiber
Lunch
Keeping on with today’s cold theme, I thought I’d add a little crunch to my lunch with a nice salad. Last night, I threw together a monster salad that consisted of:
Topped it all off with 2 tbsp of fat free ranch dressing:
Stats on the Monster Salad: 295 calories, 28g carbs, 10g fat, 22g protein, 7g fiber
And the winner of the PB2 Giveaway ……………
Drumroll please……
Based on the random number generator, the lucky winner is:
Monique at She’s Going the Distance!!!
Thank you guys for taking the time to post on my blog! I really love seeing what you guys have to say, and as cheesy as it may sound (who doesn’t love a little cheese?) it really brightens my day 😀
Monique – please send your mailing address to: ferventfoodie@gmail.com
Everyone else – you can purchase PB2 online at www.netrition.com. Since it’s flat rate shipping, I’d recommend getting some Mama Lupe’s low-carb tortillas, Joseph’s low-carb pita, and some carba nada pasta 🙂
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I'm very intrigued by the smoothie...but also very frightened. I'll have to try it out though.
Definitely give it a shot!