I’m thinking more about doing a high smoothie week, kind of my version of a cleanse/detox diet since I’m not sure I could ever try a juice diet. Plus it’ll force me to get creative with new smoothie recipes, give my digestive system a rest, and free up time to work on some house projects this week. Sounds good, right? We’ll see. I started today having a pea protein smoothie for breakfast and a hemp protein smoothie for lunch utilizing leftover watermelon chunks from yesterday’s baby shower.
I also had leftover broccoli and carrots to add and threw in chia seeds.
Nice thing about adding watermelon chunks to a smoothie is there’s no need to add additional liquid, the smoothie was almost too runny with just the watermelon.
By the afternoon, I was hungry for a snack and dove into a bag of Terra Sweet Potato chips.
I grabbed them for hubby at Costco, but he wasn’t impressed with the flavor or lack of it. I actually liked them because they had a natural sweet potato flavor with a nice crunch, but weren’t too salty. And I liked the simple ingredient list.
The flavor would work well with savory or sweet dips. But hubby was looking for a saltier, more-seasoned flavor from them.
We headed for an afternoon showing of Bridesmaids and what a great movie! Funny, well-acted, and pretty raw. Highly recommend it!
Then we stepped over for a light dinner at a Turkish restaurant of sauteed spicy veggies and rice.
Fresh, tasty, and not heavy or bloating. And I think Turkish food is growing on hubby. :-)
I’m sad that the another weekend is over, but at least I get to pass off on-call duties for work for a few weeks and have some house project to start on this week. How was your weekend?
I’ve never seen broccoli in a smoothie before. It’s a good idea, I get a bit sick of spinach sometimes.
This will be an interesting week because I think I’ll be throwing lots of new ingredients into smoothies! The broccoli wasn’t bad, the watermelon overpowered it’s flavor.
good luck with the smoothie week, or whatever version of that you end up doing…cant wait to read all about it
every time i get terra chips, i.e. bloggie swag, scott is in heaven. lol
and turkish food. love that you have access to it! kinda like the ethiopian or persian food in my ‘hood. That’s what i love about where i live…diversity in food!
Thanks, perfect time to try a smoothie experiment with hubby on business travel again.
I really liked the chips and it’s probably dangerous that there’s a huge bag in the pantry just for me this week. :-)
I’ve had those chips – I also thought they needed a bit more salt, but the flavor is great!
I like to freeze watermelon during the summer for smoothies.
oooh I want to try a turkish dish!!!
Has your husband tried Guiltless Gourmet Baked Corn Chips? They are baked…not fried so much better for you than the chips. And they only contain: Stone Ground Organic Yellow Corn, Expeller Pressed (Canola or Safflower or Sunflower) Oil, Salt.
You can also buy them without salt. Plus, they have all kinds of flavored ones if you don’t like them plain…chili lime, spicy black bean, spinach artichoke parmesan, blue corn, mucho nacho, chipolte.
They are great with homemade pico de gallo which of course is made from all raw veggies!