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Start Your Day Right Choco Soy Smoothie

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:19:26 +0000

Healthy Smoothie to start your day right!

1 cup vanilla soy milk
1 medium banana, sliced
2 tbsp chocolate syrup
4 ice cubes

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Drink Up!!

Easy Almond Oat Milk

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:22 +0000

1 cup oatmeal cooked
2 cups distilled water
1/4 cups almonds
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 dates

Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix well. Add 5 cups of distilled water to mixture and strain to remove pulp. Chill in refrigerator until ready to serve. Shake before serving.

Tip: You can add the pulp left from the straining step to muffins, breads or hot cereals for added flavor.

Sizzling Summer Lemonade Stand Lemonade

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:11:54 +0000

1 cup water
1-1/2 cups sugar
Juice from 5-7 lemons
4 cups cold sparkling water or plain water
Lemon Slices for garnish
Mint Sprigs (optional)

Mix together one cup water with one cup of sugar in small pot. Heat mixture to boiling, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved. Allow water and sugar mixture to cool, pour in pitcher or bowl and refrigerate. Once the mixture has reached desired coldness, add juice from lemons and stir completely. Mix four cups of cold water into lemonade and pour in pitcher adding lemon slices and optional mint sprigs.

Vanilla Yogurt Fruit Pops

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:00:54 +0000

2 ½ cups vanilla yogurt
2 small bananas
2/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate (undiluted)

Combine yogurt, bananas and orange juice in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Pour mixture into Popsicle containers and put in freezer.

Vitamin Smoothies to Beat the Summer Heat

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:05:28 +0000

Vitamin smoothies are a great way to enjoy a cold beverage and relax on a hot summer day. Smoothies are not only delicious, but they are good for you as well, providing many nutritional benefits which will improve your dietary habits. These refreshments are perfect for long car rides, picnics or to make at home to enjoy in front of the television. Some of the most popular types of smoothies include protein smoothies, energy drinks and vitamin smoothies, but it is important to know the ingredients in these drinks in order to determine which type of drink suits your lifestyle.

* Protein Smoothies
Protein is known as the building block for muscles and insufficient amounts of protein will make it difficult to obtain muscle mass and grow larger muscles. Protein supplements are available in powder forms and can easily be added to smoothies in order to build your muscles faster. A large container of protein will cost about $30.00.

Who Drinks Them?
Protein smoothies are great for individuals looking to build larger muscles in a short amount of time. Protein is also used for individuals looking to lose weight while maintaining strong and healthy muscles. Body-builders and weight lifters often use protein supplements.

* Energy Drinks
Energy drinks include stimulants, vitamins and minerals such as caffeine, guarana, taurine, ginseng and creatine. The caffeine and stimulants are the ingredients which give you the energy boost you desire. The amount of caffeine in one energy drink is usually equal to the amount used to make one cup of coffee.

Who Drinks Them?
Individuals, with busy schedules who require and extra “kick” to help them get through the day, will often use energy drinks for the uplift they need.

* Vitamin Smoothies
Vitamin smoothies which use pure fruit with no added sugar can have great nutritional value. Beverages such as these provide the individual with a significant amount of Vitamin B and C as well as fibers and minerals. For the healthiest form of smoothie, do not use cream, ice cream whole milk or peanut butter. For best results, used crushed ice and pure fruit juice.

Who Drinks Them?
Anyone looking to maintain a healthy diet is most likely to drink these beverages. They are a great alternative to ice cream, pop or iced tea and provide vitamins and minerals which are great for healthy living.

Now that you have become familiar with the different types of smoothies, maybe you would like to try making your own at home. Making your own smoothie is as easy as 1-2-3, literally! Read the directions below to find out at to make great-tasting smoothies in the comfort of your own home:

1. Choose the kind of fruit you want to use (strawberries, blueberries, oranges, bananas etc)
2. Blend the fruits that you chose with crushed ice (or fruit juice or yogurt) in a blender.
3. Pour into a cup and serve.

Whether you purchase them from a store or make them yourself, smoothies are an easy, healthy way to beat the summer heat and cool off on a hot summer day.

About the Author: Jeff Matson is an avid health enthusiast who owned and operated his own natural health food store. Now retired, Jeff spends his time keeping fit, walking marathons and writing articles as a contributing editor for http://www.vitamin-insight.com – a site that offers information on vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements.

Fun Facts About Ice Cream

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:48:36 +0000

To this day, the history of ice cream remains a mystery. However, many say that the first ice cream is credited to Emperor Nero of Rome. It was a mixture of snow, nectar, fruit pulp, and honey. Others proclaim that Marco Polo, a 13th century adventurer, brought ice cream to Europe from the Far East. However, regardless of where it came from, today’s average American consumes 23.2 quarts of ice cream per year, with the first ice cream parlor in America opening in 1776 in New York City.

So, which countries like ice cream the most? The United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Australia top the list. The favorite flavor is the classic vanilla. Then comes chocolate, strawberry, Neapolitan, and chocolate chip.

How do these line up with your own list of favorites?

The most popular topping for ice cream —- chocolate syrup. Who would of thought ; )

Around 13% of men and 8% of women will admit to licking the bowl clean after eating ice cream.

Biggest ice cream sundae – 12 ft tall! This one was made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream in California in 1985.

The average single-scoop ice cream cone takes 50 licks to finish. Try it out with the following recipe.

Quick Strawberry Parfait:

* 1 quart of strawberry ice cream
* 1 pint of whipped cream

Mix the strawberry ice cream with the whipped cream at serving time. Serve in a glass of your choice and top with whipped cream, with a strawberry on top. (Feel free to top your parfait with other fruits as well.)

This recipe will fill eight glasses.

For other parfait flavors, simply use a different flavored ice cream.

About The Author: GranMamma is the webmaster at the Baby Names Box – http://www.babynamebox.com – Where you can explore over 20,000 first names and their meanings. Read articles on parenting, family, home and gardening. Be sure to say hi to GranMamma! granmamma@babynamebox.com

Fresh Peach Ice Cream Pie

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:36:46 +0000

Fresh peaches make this peach ice cream pie a sure winner.

3 c. sliced, fresh peaches
3 tbsp. sugar
3 oz. pkg. lemon jello
1 pt. good quality vanilla ice cream, cut up
9 or 10 inch baked pie shell
whipped cream (optional)

Add sugar to sliced peaches and let sit about 20 minutes. Then pour accumulated juice into 1 cup measure. Add water to fill cup. Bring to boil and pour over the Jello. When dissolved, add the ice cream. Stir until ice cream is melted. You may need to chill this a few more minutes until thick enough (starting to congeal) to add peaches Mix together and pour into 9 or 10 inch baked pie shell. Chill. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

Easy Iced Coffee

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:27:15 +0000

Hot strong coffee
Ice cubes
Cream
Sugar

Brew coffee, fill tall glasses with ice and slowly pour hot coffee in glass. Serve with cream and sugar if desired.

Easy Chocolate Ice Cream Soda

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:50:14 +0000

1/4 CUP MILK
3 TABLESPOONS CHOCOLATE SYRUP
ICE CREAM (chocolate or vanilla)
CLUB SODA

IN A TALL GLASS, STIR MILK AND CHOCOLATE SYRUP UNTIL WELL BLENDED. ADD 2 SCOOPS ICE CREAM, FILL WITH CHILLED CLUB SODA.

Easy Orange Ice Cream Soda

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:49:06 +0000

4 cups orange juice
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 cup chilled cream soda

Pour 1 cup of orange juice into each of 4 glasses. Top each with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and pour in 1/4 cup cream soda. Stir. Makes 4 servings.