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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Breakfast Nastiness

Recently, I've taken to making a green smoothie for breakfast which I never thought I'd do because they sound gross.  

And let's face it, they look gross, too.

green smoothie

i mean, it's GREEN

Oh, and smell gross. 

But they don't taste too bad and they get your morning started with a crapload (E. L. James has ruined all the fun words like "crap" and "clamber" for me; I'm using it out of spite) of vitamins and nutrients and they'll keep you from eating all the Halloween candy before 10am, so, there's that.

Recipe for a Not-Bad Smoothie:

  • handful of kale (or spinach or some dark, leafy green stuff; but let's face it, kale is the new black)
  • a cup of your milk of choice (I'm a big fan of vanilla unsweetened almond milk, but use whatever floats your boat)
  • a banana (this is the secret ingredient; if you don't use this, you're drinking a salad)
  • a scoop of protein powder (it seems like every store stocks this now; I use Vi-Salus, but Target's vanilla flavor ain't bad either)
  • optional add-ins: cocoa powder, peanut butter, chia seeds, granola

Throw your ingredients in a blender, in the order listed, and blend well.  Then blend some more.  

Tips: 

  • chia seeds are awesome, but soak up a lot of liquid.  If you like a not-thick smoothie, add chia sparingly.
  • if you use cocoa powder, you need about a tablespoon to get any chocolate flavor.  Plus, you might want to add some sweetener.  
  • why wouldn't you add peanut butter?  Peanut butter is delicious.  All the time.  

Try a green smoothie today.  Or tomorrow.  And tell me what you think.  

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4 responses to “Breakfast Nastiness”

  1. Leslie Avatar
    Leslie

    I found your blog through typepad when I logged on today. I was wondering if you could share how you got your instagram pics on your typepad blog? And do they update automatically as you take pics? I can’t seem to find a code to put one on my sidebar and I’m so not a blog/pc expert.
    Thanks for any directions/help/advice you can give me!
    Leslie

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  2. Kate Bratt Avatar
    Kate Bratt

    Hey Leslie!
    I used a website called SnapWidget (http://snapwidget.com). I customized the size of the photos and how many show in the grid through their website, and then copy and pasted the code into a custom widget (go to “design” on the dashboard for your blog, click on “content”, scroll to “widgets” in the left hand menu [select it], then choose “embed your own HTML” from the Modules column, click on “add this module” in the right hand column, then paste the code SnapWidget gave you).
    Good luck!
    Kate

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  3. warren Avatar
    warren

    Is that glass of stuff from before you ate your shake?

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  4. Jillian Avatar
    Jillian

    I actually recently started drinking protein shakes in the morning since they’re thick, great on the go and don’t taste that bad. They do look and actually taste better than veggie and fruit smoothies, but they’re even more beneficial for your body. My doctor recently told me I need to start eating more protein, so that’s why I started on the protein shakes. I found the banana cinnamon to be the best protein powder and when I look at it or smell it, it doesn’t make me sick to my stomach!

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