Ok... where do I begin????
Well, Misty and I got Easter pictures for our parents. Is this the cutest picture or WHAT??? In height order Kent 17, Denny 14, Jade 19, Mason 10, Aurora 12 & Kelsey 3!!!! The last time we did this Kelsey was only a few months old... now she's one of the big kids, and she's standing on a box- so cute- even her socks tie all the colors together...
This picture is adorbs also, except the photographer kind of cut Mason and Jade a little on the ends... (remember these pics are all a little distorted being a picture of a picture)
I got one of just my kids: Kent, Aurora and Jade... (Misty got one of just her kids but she has that one!)
I got one of just Jade and Kent to send to their dad....
Ok, just for fun... we happened to have cousin Kyle with us cause his parents were out of town, and we- ok... I- couldn't leave him out of the pictures! Get in there Kyle! Both boys at 17... Kyle is now 18 tho...
Now this one is really just for fun- the boys were doing some kind of karate move or something...
NOW- onto my vitamix.... this morning before church, I made a strawberry and banana smoothie, and I remembered to add flax seed!
Sooo yummy....
Jade didn't go to church with us today cause she had a one time, all day "First Aid" class for college. It was 8 hours. It wasn't the same with her gone. Missed you Jade! So did the Sunday school class!I've just been so thankful to God for all the fun things we've been doing lately and things we've been blessed with. I've just been so excited about this vitamix! I also got another neat kitchen thing but that will come later in this post! God has been so good to us. I'm so excited to be eating whole/raw foods!
Here's the dinner recipe I was trying tonight. Tortilla soup- but I like to leave the chips out till the end. Look at all those fresh vegetables. Tomatoes, onions, peppers, celery, fresh garlic clove, a chunk of cabbage, and carrots. I got this yummy stuff that the vitamix demo guy recommended and my mom liked- it called "Better than Bullion" and it's delicious. I throw all that in the blender with a few cups of organic chicken broth and let it go for 5-6 minutes. And during that time the blender is actually making the soup HOT! All those ingredients get pulverized to liquid, then the last 20 second or so I turn the blender down and add some black beans and cooked- it's gotta be cooked- chicken!
It's kinda weird cause the broth is kind of orange, but I have to remind myself that most foods have food coloring added to make them look like we want them to look, or how we think it should look, but when it's all natural- that's the color you get! Do you see in the back ground how the vitamix cookbook props up like an easel??? How cool is that?
It was kind of weird at first. But after a few bites, everyone thought it tasted pretty good. Everyone gave it about 3 stars, and the chips to scoop it out made it a 4 star for everyone- definitely liked the scoop chips!
A nice little close up of all the fresh vegetables I got today at Costco/Albertsons...
Ready to blend... remember that's organic chicken broth making it that smoky color... looks like dirty water...
Pretty good and spicy- I like spicy! It was almost like the consistency of melted cheese for the chips but there was no cheese...
Next, after our stomach's settled I wanted to make the Kale Ice-cream... you read that right- KALE ICE-CREAM! Actually it's more like a sorbet. First a little bit of frozen lemonade concentrate, a handful of kale and then a handful of ice...
Look at that! You CANNOT taste the Kale in this. I think I might have over powered it with a little too much lemonade concentrate- kinda tart but still yummy and it's kale!
The kids weren't sure about it, but after a few bites they ate it all.
Jeromy wasn't too sure about it either...
I loved it... I think the kale ice-cream brings out the green in my eyes LOL...
Jeromy got a new iphone for his birthday- it's not his birthday yet, but he's learned from me that it is now his birthday MONTH: April!
Ok, back to me, I got a new coffee machine- my other one was kind of broken. This serves individual cups of coffee! I love it!
The coffee is actively brewing here- can you see it?
After brewing the coffee I had to let it chill to try yet another vitamix creation... those are white chocolate chips and dark cocoa powder.... let's just say this vitamix will occasionally see an unhealthy food item. But not often- and it's dark chocolate! Ya know- all those antioxidants that are good for you!
Well, I have to say the picture looks better than it tastes, I didn't really follow a recipe I just looked at several and than just picked what I wanted to put in it... oh well, it's a learning process!
Such a fun day! God bless you all out there!
Ready to blend... remember that's organic chicken broth making it that smoky color... looks like dirty water...
Pretty good and spicy- I like spicy! It was almost like the consistency of melted cheese for the chips but there was no cheese...
Next, after our stomach's settled I wanted to make the Kale Ice-cream... you read that right- KALE ICE-CREAM! Actually it's more like a sorbet. First a little bit of frozen lemonade concentrate, a handful of kale and then a handful of ice...
Look at that! You CANNOT taste the Kale in this. I think I might have over powered it with a little too much lemonade concentrate- kinda tart but still yummy and it's kale!
The kids weren't sure about it, but after a few bites they ate it all.
Jeromy wasn't too sure about it either...
I loved it... I think the kale ice-cream brings out the green in my eyes LOL...
Jeromy got a new iphone for his birthday- it's not his birthday yet, but he's learned from me that it is now his birthday MONTH: April!
Ok, back to me, I got a new coffee machine- my other one was kind of broken. This serves individual cups of coffee! I love it!
The coffee is actively brewing here- can you see it?
After brewing the coffee I had to let it chill to try yet another vitamix creation... those are white chocolate chips and dark cocoa powder.... let's just say this vitamix will occasionally see an unhealthy food item. But not often- and it's dark chocolate! Ya know- all those antioxidants that are good for you!
Well, I have to say the picture looks better than it tastes, I didn't really follow a recipe I just looked at several and than just picked what I wanted to put in it... oh well, it's a learning process!
Such a fun day! God bless you all out there!
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