Dr Oz Green Shake - AKA Life in a cup!

GOOD MORNING!

Today I'm posting a "not-so-family-favorite."

Nobody in the fam will jump on board 

this refreshing shake/smoothy.

BUT

I'm guessing most of you are mommas and 

might venture on board.

You will be pleasantly surprised.

I saw this many years ago on 

The Dr. Oz Show

Lots of goodness in this drink 

but 

I will tell you how it makes me feel.

Refreshing

Energized 

Like I can check off my veggies for the day:)

Lastly, it really fills me up with hardly any calories.

Ingredients:

1/2 cucumber

 4 celery sticks

 1 green apple (any apple will work)

 1/2 inch chunk of ginger root (tip below)

1 lime

1 lemon

2 BIG handfuls of spinach

ice

Notice my son's football helmet:) I had just cleaned it in the dishwasher.

Chop up and throw in blender.

Tip: put spinach in after all the other veggies and blend well.

Put ice in last and enjoy.

If you want some EXTRA goodness and FULLNESS then 

add a scoop of chia seeds in with the veggies.

You will be full for a long time and no real extra calories!

This is my go to drink when I serious on 

losing some extra pounds.

Why? 

Because it fills me and makes me fill so alive.

Ginger root tip:

Place ginger root in baggie and throw it in the freezer.

It last forever and does not change it's integrity.

BONUS:

I usually don't have an afternoon tired slump when drinking these.

Now go drink up and feel like a grown up 

for eating all your veggies for the day:)

Creamy Jalapeno Ranch Dip/Sauce

Creamy Jalapeno Ranch-dip/sauce

8 oz mayo

24 oz sour cream

1 cup milk (I use whole milk)

1 Cup tomatillo Salsa

1 BIG handful of Cilantro

3 Ranch dressing packets

1/2 pickled jalapeños

Non of this has to be spot on exact.  Just eye ball it:)

OK, here's how I make this delicious stuff as fast as I can.

I have a Ninja blender that came with a food processor.

Throw the cilantro and jalapeños in the processor and

let the machine do the chopping work for you.

Once chopped in smallish pieces, add tomatillo and ranch packets.

Blend well.

Now add the sour cream and Mayo and blend again.

Now add the Milk.  

TIP: Gauge how much milk to add by

 how loose or thick you like your sauce.

ALL DONE!

~This should have only taken 10 minutes tops~

Your family will be spoiled and only want this sauce from now on.

**GOOFY ME:)

Weekly Meal Menus

Hey everyone!

Yep, that me...Sweatshirt and easy bun.

It's my everyday look these days.

So, I'm committed to do better on posting.

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I'm going to post one last time about meal planning,

and show you my meals for the next 2 weeks.

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Making a weekly meal menu is really important if you want to 

feed your crew good meals and not feel stressed each day on 

"what's for dinner?"

When I don't get around to making mine is when I have 

to pull from my 15 min dinners and 

if I ever get around to creating tabs I'll make a 

super quick dinner tab.

Here is the next two weeks of meal planning for my crew.

I though it might inspire you to make your own list.

Monday: 

Meatballs and rice

There are the yummiest crockpot meatballs.  

Tuesday: 

"Healthy" Chicken Enchilada's with Spanish rice

Option: topped with my a family favorite that isn't "as" healthy...

Homemede Creamy Jalapeño ranch

FYI: I made the rice with the left overs from Monday:)

Wednesday:

Lasagna for picky eaters, garlic bread, side salad 

No chunky tomatoes or lumpy cheese sauce...

just yummy to their tummies.

Thursday:

Chicken Gyros with ?? veggies:)

Homemade greek yogurt sauce

Friday:

PIZZA 

I'll be out of town so I wanted to make it easy for the crew

Saturday:

LEFTOVERS or out to eat

I'm getting in late and will not be wanting to cook. 

Plus, we will have plenty of leftovers to choose from.

Sunday:

Kona Chicken with strawberry spinach salad and brown rice

One of my hubby's favorite!

Monday:

Brauts and oven baked MacN'Cheese (grams style)

I like to have an easy option on Mondays.  

I picked up 2 different brauts, chicken/spinach and beer brauts.

Tuesday:

Chicken Fajita's

Wednesday:

Garlic-Lemon Double Stuffed Chicken

Alright, I'm not gonna lie.  

The only healthy part of this dish is the chicken and the garlic.

 It is filled with a delicious cream cheese filling and topped

with more cheddar cheese. 

 BUT...it's yummy!

Thursday:

Turkey burger sliders and fries

I will be trying my hand at home made sweet potato fries.

I might be trying to recover from the fatty Wednesday dinner, lol.

Friday:

Chicken Fried Rice

I love all-in-one dinners:)

By now I will be in need of another big HEB run but I'm sure I

will have needed to run there for more of "something".

Because I'll be out of town the last few days of the second week,

**College unofficial visits for my volleyball girl**,

I will try my best to prepare these ahead of time enough for 

anyone to throw on the grill or in the oven.

I also bought enough pizzas to cover a couple days, lol.

Hopefully I'll take pictures and post recipes here soon for these meals.

Looks like I'm 2 days behind since it's already Wednesday:)

ONE MORE THING...

Meal planning tip:

When you sit down to plan out your meals, be sure to have 

your calendar, recipe book, and your trusty phone.

Why a calendar? 

Plan your meals around your schedule. 

If you don't then you probably won't be able to stick to your menu.

Why recipe book? 

To look up favorite meals and get ingredients needed.

Why Phone? 

To look up at least one or two new recipes to try...or 

to just inspire you to create you own.

Time saver tip:

BE SURE TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY LIST WHILE CREATING YOUR MENU.

Happy Planning!