Cinnimon Vanilla (Protein) Frappe

I'm in love.

I'll start with saying I've been on a protein smoothie for breakfast kick so am always looking for new smoothie/shake recipes to try to keep my taste buds entertained.

I was browsing Facebook last night and looked on a BeachBody facebook page of a great girl I know, which you can find Here !  Check out and like her Facebook page, she has lots of inspiring posts and if you need any sort of beach body products from work outs to shakeology, she's your girl. She posted about a Cinnamon Vanilla Latte recipe that I had to try. Especially because I already had all the ingredients.


Here is what you need to make this delishhhy bev.

Currently I'm trying a sample packet of Vega One Nutritional Shake (French Vanilla).

 Vega one is a protein shake that has..

15g or protein (same as 2.7 eggs)

1 billion probiotics (same as 1 yogurt cup)

1.5g Omega-3 (same as 2.3 servings of salmon)

6g of fiber (same as 3.2 slices of while grain wheat bread)

3 servings of Greens (same as 3 servings of vegetables)

2.7 cups antioxidants (same as 2.7 cups of blueberries)

 

..can you see why I wanted to sample this shake?

I got my shake sample at a local Health Hut.. otherwise you can order online, or use your own favorite protein, or buy shakeology from Raina

 

Of course I used my new 1500 watt Ninja Complete System Blender.. :)

With the amount of ice I used it was more of a frappe.. hense me naming it a frappe.. but next time I'll try and make it more of a smoothie consistency. It was delicious, because of this recipe I may make the plunge to buy the Vega One French Vanilla tub of protein shake.

 

Om NommMm

Calories: 246
Carbs: 32
Fat: 6
Protein: 16
Sodium: 291
Sugar: 18

Give it a try!!

Baked Poato Chips!

These looked so good on pinterest so we had to make them!

Pretty self explanatory, but slice up your potatos as thin as you can, which can be kind of a pain. Put all the slices in a bowl and add your olive oil and mix around, then add your spices and mix around again.

 

We added parmesan to it to top it off before putting them in to bake :) #cheeseoneverything

 

Bake at 375 until you've reached the crisp of your choice, and Wa-LA! Yummy side dish or something to snack on if your craving potato chips! Next time I'm going to try this with sweet potatoes & brown sugar!!

 

 

 

Pinterest inspiration: Baked Potato Chips

Avocado Smoothie!

more like avocado smoothie...fail.

 

 

I've been trying to get myself to like avocados, buuttt I haven't reached that point yet. I saw a recipe on Pinterest which of course I couldn't find now, to put it in your smoothie. I make a lot of green smoothies so I was curious to try this as well.

 

Avocado, milk (I didn't have almond) Greek yogurt, spinach and honey.

 

Blended them all together with ice and I just didn't love.. very creamy. I could probably edit the recipe, less milk, less yogurt etc. but it certainly wasn't my fav.

 

 

 

 

 

I added some mangos and pineapple to hopefully make it better, helped a little bit but I would still be hesitant to try again. I think it's the avocado, I just don't have the taste for it unfortunately.