Berried in Bliss

Here's what you need:

• Ice cubes 6-8
• Bananas 4
• Blackberries (frozen) 2 cups
• Raspberries (frozen) 1 cup 
• Ginger Root 1" knob, grated
• Açaí Powder 1 teaspoon
• Carob Powder 1 tablespoon
• Shredded Coconut 2 tablespoons
• Full-Fat Organic Canned Coconut Milk 2/3 cup
• Pure Organic Maple Syrup 1/4 cup
• Water 1 cup

Here's what you do:
Throw everything in a large blender (ice in first!), and blend the hell out of it.  Pour, sprinkle with a pinch of extra coconut shreds, serve & enjoy!  Remember, if you like a thicker consistency, peel, break into chunks, and freeze your bananas first (I like to keep a bag of them on hand for when the mood strikes).

When February rolls around, it seems, we're bombarded with decadent desserts, and chocolate everything at every turn.  For those of us who can't participate in the month long cacao-love-in, I've created a faux-chocolate treat we can spoil ourselves with.  Make a batch for you and your sweetheart, and help them warm up afterwards!

xoxo

Still Waiting for the Out Like a Lamb Part...

*Looks outside* 

Well here we are in April (already?) and for all you faithful readers I regret to inform you I'm still waiting for my monthly prank call from my mother - she didn't even leave me any instant messenger bombs!- if nothing happens in the next couple of hours I'll have to file a missing persons report. 

I figure today's as good as any to share a couple of recipes.  Yay you!  Ok, so you're looking at the picture and asking, "Girl, do you really drink your breakfast from a champagne flute with a heart shaped fun-straw, and eat strawberries from a crystal bowl all served on a little silver platter?"  Not every breakfast.  Thing is, my 7/11 big gulp cup with a female wrestler on it didn't exactly visually translate.  I do, however, make a fruit smoothie most days for my breakfast, and not one of those icky ones with wacky junk that tastes like it should be served in a feed bag.  No dear, mine taste like they could be served at a beach resort, and if you close your eyes you can almost make out the faint tinkling of a friendly little steel drum.  The point, while it may not be drink your breakfast from a champagne flute, is most definitely to take a moment to spoil yourself, and do special things to make your day a little more magical.  Besides, who doesn't want an excuse to sing about putting limes in coconuts?  So, get out your blender - here we go!