{ Quick & Cute for the 4th }

I saw these cuties a week or so ago when I was pinning my little heart away on Pinterest. 

I knew I had to try them.

They are cheap, quick, and hello, EASY to make for the upcoming holiday.

And your guests will think you are super clever.

Simply wash and dry strawberries, melt up some white chocolate per package instructions, dip into the chocolate, then dip into blue sprinkles, and let dry.

Congratulations. You’re a genius.

 I did these two ways.

First with blue sanding sugar.

and again with blue sprinkles.

The sanding sugar is my favorite, but the sprinkles are a more “American” blue.

Either way, they look really cute!

And taste even better.

~Tina

PS, for overuse of the word “cute”, you may now cyberslap me. k,thanks.

{ Easy To Make Smoothie }

The Bean?

He loves him some smoothies.

I can’t even enumerate the different locations that I’ve purchased smoothies for this child.

He’s a Smoothie Operator.

I decided to give this thing a go here at home.

How did it turn out? 

Smooth, baby.

For this recipe, like the Frozen Strawberry Lemonade recipe, you will also need a blender that will crush ice.

Quick, simple, inexpensive, and loaded with good stuff.

Here’s what’s on the list:

 

I love the Greek Gods Greek yogurt. You can use whatever you want, but this brand isn’t full of artificial ingredients and colorings.

If I’m making a strawberry based smoothie, I like to use the Athena – which is Strawberry and Honey. For others, such as a peach smoothie, I use the Hermes which is just a honey yogurt. As I said though, you can use any basic plain yogurt, vanilla, or in this case, strawberry, of your choice.

Moving along (you’d think Greek Gods was sponsoring me, eh? I wish!).

I use about 3 and a half cups of fruit. For this smoothie, I used Strawberries, banana, and a handful of blueberries.

nom.

I've also been known to sneak in a handful of spinach!

Throw in 2/3 cups of yogurt (again, here I’m using the strawberry and honey-see, white, not fakey pink, in case you missed that. ha.).

Now add:

1/2 cup milk (I use skim)

1 teaspoon vanilla (you know how I love my vanilla)

Sugar to taste (optional)-

and 8 ice cubes (I use the the half moon shaped ice cubes from my ice maker)

I blend until I can stop hearing the ice clinking around. Usually about 1 minute.

And….

 

Top with whipped topping if desired.

Delicious summer treat. Low fat, full of fruit, and refreshing!

mmmmmmmmm……

and of course my favorite part? This recipe saves me a ton of cash! 

Thankyouverymuch.

Hope you enjoy it, the Bean sure does!

~Tina