Sundays are a long day for us with the whole family having to be out the door by 7:45 because of church and then not back home until around 1....and then a late lunch....and then well I just don't want to make dinner a few hours later...
we usually settle on something like 'Brinner' (Breakfast for dinner)...or leftover buffet...
well today the grandparents were in town...
and the kids stayed the night with them last night in their hotel....
spent the morning....and early afternoon with them...
and met us at the movies after church
(for us, not for them...skippers!)
and ate popcorn and candy....after the kids had lunch at Costco with the g-parents....
so when we got home at 4:30 NO one was thinking dinner....
then by 7 a few of us starting thinking they might be hungry....
and I was thinking that if I wanted the kids to NOT wake up at 6 am STARVING to death I needed to send them to bed with SOMETHING in their tummies....
so the smoothie is what won for dinner....
and here is my amazing smoothie recipe....
some yogurt
some frozen fruit
some juice
blend....
so tonight's recipe used vanilla yogurt, strawberries and mango were the frozen fruit, and a strawberry/guava juice (something that was in concentrate and cheap!)....
so a little protein (yogurt), a lot of fruit, and a little sugar (juice)...and you have a wonderfully easy dinner...
and my picture...well, um...they were all gone by the time I remembered to take a pic....
tons of other options for flavor combos....
strawberry and vanilla yogurt are a good base
and then the frozen fruit options and combos are endless (I just would steer clear of the frozen cherries...even without the pits...even with major blender time the girl child said that there were 'fruit scabs'...yeah NOT what you want in your smoothie!)
and the juice, whatever you think would be good, or what you have in your fridge/freezer...or skip the juice and use milk....
enjoy!
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