Happy Friday everyone!
While driving home from practice yesterday, I decided that I was not going to go to school today. Usually, my team has hard workouts on Mondays and Fridays but my coach decided to move today’s hard workout to yesterday (Thursday). With no hard workout planned for today and no tests at school, I decided to take the day off 
Plus, my sister doesn’t have school today so I want to be able to spend time with her.
When I got back home I was in a mood for dessert. Unfortunately, I gave up dessert for Lent. Bummer. So I made myself a Thin Mint Protein Smoothie instead.
After seeing this on Catherine’s blog, I decided to give it a try. To be honest, I did not have very high hopes for this smoothie. I threw everything into my blender and hoped for the best. And you know what? It was the best. I have NEVER had a better green smoothie in my life! Here is what I put into this amazingly delicious smoothie:
- 2 cups of spinach (you can’t taste it!)
- 1 cup soy milk*
- 1 scoop chocolate vitamix*
- 1 scoop whey protein powder*
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/8 tsp peppermint extract
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips*
- 6-8 ice cubes*
*My changes to the recipe
Ashley is usually anti-spinach smoothies, but she absolutely loved this one. Madison (in the pink sweater) also loved this recipe! In fact, she wrote down the recipe so that she could make it for breakfast at home! I hope that you all give this smoothie a try!
Dinner
Last nights dinner was soooo good. I had my favorite kind of fish, Tilapia, and a delish smoothie!
Later that night, we (Ash, Madi, and I) made some banana bread muffins. Madison has celiac disease, so we made gluten free muffins. They were sooo good!
Breakfast
Breakfast this morning was super simple- Oatmeal.
Ah, i love chinese food, so good! And it is always great to take a day off school, especially when it is much needed!
Asian food is just the bomb
Chinese is the best! I still need to try making brownies other than the usual Ghiradelli (spelling?) Homemade it is!
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Wow! That is a crap-ton of good food you have there! Props to you for keeping the healthy desserts coming as you work your way through lent! Have a wonderful weekend Brittany!
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I have to admit, you drew me in with the title! Thin mints and brownies are the best. Your smoothie looks AMAZING!
Glad you had a good day off! My mom used to let my sisters and I take “mental health days” occasionally when I was in high school. Have a great weekend!
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Those protein brownies look delicious! I’ve been having problems lately with dairy (especially yogurt and ice cream) so I’m gone lactose free for a week. IT’S SO HARD! I can’t imagine being your friend and being allergic to gluten! Wow.
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The worst part is that she is lactose intolerant AND she has celiac disease plus some more allergies. Poor girl! I will be trying to post more recipes that have no lactose or gluten in them
I had sushi last night as well!
What did you mean “all you can eat” sushi? Never heard of that. Sushi is so expensive where we go. Just me and my husband, 2 drinks each and sushi was over $100!
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Most places by my house don’t have all you can eat sushi… but this place did
Practically, you just order as much sushi as you want for one price. Sounds awesome right?!
Those protein bars look super good! I wanna try them out!
Try them and let me know how you like them!
That smoothie was sooooo good
thanks burt
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i scarred myself with mint smoothies once, i poured a LITTLE to much mint in there… it was like drinking toothpaste.. horrible! haha this recipe though looks and sounds promising ill have to def try it ! and those brownies, yummm! perfect for my gf friend too!
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Oh no! Peppermint extract is veeeery strong, 1/8 tsp works the best! I hope that you give this one a try
Theres an all you can eat sushi restaurant near my house that my friends and I adore but they charge 1$ for each sushi you dont eat
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Oh I’m so bookmarking those brownies. YUM. And all you can eat sushi sounds amazingggg
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