Quick, Delicious, Nutritious Breakfast Smoothie!!

These days I don't have much time to spare.... with soccer going full speed ahead, the kids' social calendars, hubby's schedule, my exercising and studying for my PT exam time is always of essence.  It is vitally important to make time to get in a healthy, nutritious breakfast on a daily basis.  Sometimes i'll make a breakfast sandwich (whole grain english muffin, turkey sausage or turkey bacon, 1 egg and low fat cheese), grab a breakfast bar, a bowl of oatmeal or cream of wheat OR a nice bowl of cereal.  Here lately i've been on a smoothie kick!  They're quick, healthy and packed full of nutrition!!!  Here's one that I made today and I thought i'd share it with you:

Strawberry Banana Breakfast Smoothie

 

~ voskos plain greek yogurt,
~ a splash of 2% milk
~ 1 small banana
~ frozen strawberries
~ 1/2 cup of Kashi Go Lean Honey w/ Flaxseed Cereal
~ 1/2 cup of crushed ice...
Yummmm! Feel free to add a tsp of agave nectar if you want to sweeten it a bit. Only 165 cals per glass... this makes 2 glasses! I drank 1 glass pre workout and 1 glass post workout. This smoothie was full of protein and extra vitamins from the kashi cereal but you can add protein powder to it if you'd like.  Some other healthy additions would be pineapple, spinach, kale (a friend recommended I try this), chia seeds, blueberries, mango and any other fruit or nutritious veggie you'd like.  Have fun with it and ENJOY!!!! 

I'll be sure to take pix and share recipes for all of the other smoothies I try in the weeks to come.

MY RAVENS!!!!!

So, I know it's been a while since I last posted anything.... I've been soooooo busy with life that it's hard to keep up with posting.  All is well over here.  The girls' soccer seasons are about to be in full swing!  My eldest daughter has already had 2 soccer tournaments over the past 3 weeks and they won both of them.  She scored the winning goal in the Championship overtime game!  I can't even begin to describe the emotions behind that! Here are a few pics from that tournament:

 

 

 

 

 

Hubby also celebrated his birthday that weekend so that win was a great birthday present for him :-)

 

The following weekend, we celebrated my sons 11th birthday!  He had an aweome football party (it happened to be Super Bowl Weekend) at a sports themed location with tons of friends.  Here are a few birthday pics from his special day:

 

Bumper Cars

 

Football shaped cupcake for the birthday boy!

 

The girls on a roller coaster :-0

 

Fun and Games

 

Laser Tag

 

Pizza & Cake

 

Blowing out the candles 

 

The party complex

 

We ended the weekend with a SUPER BOWL WIN FOR MY BALTIMORE RAVENS!!!!!