Green Monster Smoothie

I've been wanting to try a green smoothie for a while now but never had the courage to put spinach into a perfectly good smoothie. But when I found this recipe on pinterest it said that It "doesn't taste healthy at all" so i decided to give it a try. I absolutely loved it and you literally cannot taste the spinach at all. So before you just push this aside and decide not to try it, just trust me and give it a try. I had one for breakfast and I wasn't hungry again until 2 when I got off work. It was awesome!

                                                 (Don't mind the mess)

Green Monster Smoothie

1 frozen sliced banana (peel and slice before you freeze or you'll be sorry)

1 Tbsp peanut butter

1/2 cup 0% or fat free vanilla greek yogurt (I use dannon)

1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 

4 cups spinach (or more, or less)

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth

350 calories, 10 grams fiber, 21 grams protein.

Caramel Apple Spiced Cider

Last week I went to Starbucks and got some of their yummy hot chocolate. David was a little more adventurous and tried their caramel apple spiced cider and we both ended up loving it. Since then I have been craving it daily so I looked up a couple of recipes online and kind of came up with my own recipe and it turned out SO good! And luckily, since this is a seasonal drink at Starbucks I can now make it whenever I want it!

Caramel Apple Spiced Cider

Serves 2

2 cups 100% juice apple cider or juice

1 tsp caramel syrup (the drink flavor syrup, not the ice cream syrup. I found it at Smiths by the coffee)

1-2 tbsp cinnamon dolce syrup (I used cinnamon coffee creamer)

whip cream

caramel syrup (the ice cream kind)

Heat apple juice, caramel syrup, and cinnamon syrup or creamer on medium heat until hot. About 5 min. separate into two cups and scoop whip cream on top. drizzle a little of the ice cream caramel syrup on top and enjoy!