Look what I ‘surprised’ Eric with today! A Green Monster!!!
To say he was underwhelmed is an understatement…
Hahaha, the nervous look on his face kills me!
Here is what went into his mix:
Ingredients:
- 1 large handful organic spinach
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup Light ice cream
- 1/4 t Kyolic garlic extract
- 1 T flax (not shown)
- Ice
So what did Mr. ‘Smoothie hater’ think?
He really liked it (I think even more than his ego wanted to admit!!!). :D The only thing he didn’t like was the bubbles. The ice cream and milk combo made it very bubbly. He drank all of it! I was a proud Green Monster mama. ;)
I will slowly start making him healthier ones…but shhhhhh…. ;)
He said it was really refreshing! He had just come in from mowing the lawn and doing the trimming.
Last night we did some weeding for about 2 hours or so and we have a bit left to do today. Maintaining our yard is tons of work!!!
Yesterday I spent most of the day doing a new website design for Glo Bakery, and then around 11pm I ended up scratching the entire thing!!! :( I just wasn’t happy with it. I added a bunch of food pictures, but it looked so cluttered.
This afternoon, I used one of my new pumpkin spice bar pictures and re-did the header. I think it looks really nice now and I am finally happy with it!
This morning we went on a fun run + bike trip! The weather is just glorious today.
The run:
- Duration: 39 minutes
- Max heart rate: 176 bpm (up a big hill)
- Avg heart rate: 159 bpm
- Pace: 8:56 min/mile
- Distance: 4.47 miles
It was a great run! Lately, I have been picking up my pace and really challenging myself. My heart rate was in the high 160’s for most of the run!
Then I came home and did Exercises 7, 8, 9-10 for the Summer Glow Boot Camp!
I was one tired girl afterward. I saved the yoga poses for the end so I could stretch out my muscles. I have been doing really good for stretching after each run and I am positive this is a huge reason why I have not seen any more injuries. *knocks on wood* ;)
I was up early this morning baking an order of my Vegan Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice Bars!
Of course, being groggy is not the best time to bake….I forgot a key ingredient! Oops. The result was not horrible, but was obviously not something I was going to sell.
So I saved the batch and am going to use it to sprinkle over my cereal. It still tasted SO yummy! I also had a bar before my run for some GLO energy! ;)
I also made a new Glo Bar- For the time being I am calling them Hey Lassy Ginger Glo Bars :) Eric thinks the name is cheesy, but I told him to stuff it! lol.
If you are a ginger and molasses lover you will LOVE these bars- they turned out so flavourful and spicy!
This now makes 10 variations of Glo Bars!
This afternoon, I made a new batch of my Pumpkin Spice bars! I tweaked the recipe a bit and they came out really nicely.
Once cooled, cut, and drizzled icing, and they look like this:
YUM. :)
1. Tomorrow I will be announcing another Glo Bar sale– stay tuned for the details!
2. Week 2 of Summer Glow Boot Camp begins tomorrow. This week’s theme is all about goal setting! Get your pen and paper ready! Tomorrow is also an awesome Neal Brother’s contest for Canadian Readers. :)
3. The Green Monster Movement website has been updated! Check out some reader submissions here! I have about 6 up so far and many more to come!
4. I have a Hot Topic coming up tomorrow that I think is going to cause a great discussion- I can’t wait to hear your opinions!
Time to go get groceries, baking supplies, and get organized for another work week!
I love that you put ice cream in his smoothie. That should have sold him right away! Steve loves the smoothies- I need to take a pic of him drinking one!
Our yard is hard to maintain and I think it is like 1/4 the size of yours! I can’t even imagine! I love having a big backyard but I have had a hard time getting into the love of gardening! Maybe someday.
Love it! :-D The smoothie the yard, the baked goods… fabulous.
haha nice, good job eric!
love the bike/runs – warren and i do that except he bikes and i horseback ride hehe :-D wonderful for getting some quality time together :-)
My boyfriend loves the Green Monsters after he got over the initial shock of drinking a bright green smoothie. I love it when I’m proven right :)
Just wanted to let you know that I moved my blog to wordpress but kept your Summer Glow Boot Camp sticker up for everyone to see. Excited for week 2!
Looks like hell has frozen over here as well! I just bought everything I need to make myself my first Green Monster!!
I’ll let you know how it goes :)
That’s great that Eric liked the smoothie! I wish I could get my husband to be a little more openminded about it!
Your yard is gorgeous!
yum those bars look good
how come you added garlic to the smoothie? i would think that wouldn’t make it taste very good
I still can’t get my fiancee to try a GM but I’m sure he would like them. Maybe icecream is the way forward :)
I love when my husband finally gives in on trying things too :D
Way to get the man drinking the Monsters! I’m slowly converting my friends.
Yay for your man finally giving in a trying the infamous Green Monster. My hubby just tried his first the other day and surprisingly didn’t hate it either!! (See, if only they would just listen and trust us! :)
I wanted to ask you if you perfer spinach or kale in your monsters? I ususally use spinach but I’ve been trying more kale. For some reason, I can’t get over the “chewy” consistancy of the kale. Kind of makes me sick and I can’t finish the whole thing. I love kale, but not so much in my smoothies.
Hope you are having a great weekend girl!
My husband says the exact same thing about bubbles. What is it with men? lol
Those bars look soooo delicious!! haha and I love your post title :) “Hell has frozen over”
HAHA, I love Eric’s expression… classic! ;) I definitely have to start making these for my dad. I actually think he’d like them!
OMG, I am so jealous of all these delicious new bar flavors. You are so darn creative Angela. I am POSITIVE that you are going to be one heck of a business woman! :)
xxoo
Heather
You always seem so happy, do you ever just feel sad or depressed? what cheers you up?
I do the same thing when I’m trying to get my boyfriend to try new things – start small! I started making my boyfriend smoothies with a packet of Emergen-C, an orange, a scoop of vanilla protein powder, a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt, and almond milk – he loved it!
All the new bar flavors look great!
I was able to get my Eric drinking green monsters by adding in 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup black cherries in addition to spinach, Amazing Grass, almond milk, and banana. I think the fact that they aren’t so green makes it easier on him. Otherwise it might look too healthy :)
haha those pictures of Eric are hilarious! hurray for him giving it a go!!!
Those bars are beeeeeeeautiful!! I hope you are really proud of you work, Angela!! Your baking has taken off and is so beautiful and special!!!
A GM with ice cream… omg… sounds yum… but I think I’ll stick with the traditional version!
i love how eric’s smoothie got ice cream haha. think you’ve converted him to the dark side? :)
can’t wait to read your hot topic post!