Freezer-pack smoothiesare blowing up right now.
When I came across Pinterest’s latest phenomenon, I was intrigued to say the least.
I know, I know, breakfast is “the most important meal of the day.”
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This is the true story of how my week went.
For anyone not schlepping it in NYC, grocery shopping is a leisurely weekly jaunt.
Here, my journey to Trader Joes requires two subway transfers and a 10-minute walk.
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It is not pretty.
But the trek always ends up being worth it.
So prepare yourself for lots of strawberries and spinach.
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Another important (and obvious) tool you’ll need?
Luckily, I’d just received one of those for my birthday.
Now prep could finally begin.
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Make the yogurt and coffee ice cubes.
I let them set before continuing prep.
The rest of prep was pretty simple.
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Just so I wouldn’t forget.
OK, that’s kind of an exaggeration, but I was definitely excited.
And when I tried to look up the recipe, my computer had died.
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What was the worst that could happen?
Much to my chagrin, the worst did happen.
I like things on the sweeter side so this was definitely a swap I should have made.
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Instead of re-blending it with more honey, I proceeded to stubbornly drink it in its pucker-inducing state.
On the bright side, I was surprised to find that I had a decent amount of leftover smoothie!
I put it in the fridge for my roommate to try and she also thought it was too sour.
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Oh well, lesson learned.
Now I’m getting the hang of things.
Two birds, one stone, no?
This one was SO GOOD.
I was much more careful about adding the remaining ingredients.
Instead of cranberry juice, I used orange juice and almond milk.
Oh, and I made sure to top it all off with a hearty drizzle of honey.
I was able to finish this one with no problem at all.
Maybe I’m finally kicking my bad breakfast habits, I thought.
Eh, probably not.
I think this one was just too tasty to resist.
Again I saved the leftovers for my roomie.
To my delight, she also loved this smoothie!
I was super pumped about this smoothie.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
I even added dates, becausein case you don’t already knowbanana-date smoothies are LIT.
Unfortunately, I hit a bit of a roadblock while blending.
The everything-got-stuck issue was bound to happen.
In the future I would use cold brew coffee to make the cubes, rather than French press coffee.
This was my first attempt at a green smoothie ever, and it ended up…not so green.
It was really tasty, though!
Confession: I don’tloveavocado.
IMHO, the extremely over-hyped fruit is just OK. That being said, I really did like this smoothie!
It was nice and creamyprobably because of the avocadoand some chopped dates gave it a satisfying sweetness.
If there’s only one smoothie I take away from this whole experience, it’s definitely this one.
Best for last, I guess!
All in all, this was a pretty easy project.
Plus, I ate a breakfast for a whole week!
Well, technically Idrankbreakfast, but that is still an accomplishment in my book.
Because nothing is worse than dealing with your gear’s rainbow wheel before you’ve had coffee.
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