Back in our University days, we would often line up at Irish Pubs to drink green beer on St. Patty’s Day, all decked out in green St. Patty’s Day paraphernalia and faces decorated with four leaf clovers. There would be line-ups at the pubs by 10am on St. Patty’s Day; all the students were eager to get their fix of Green Beer and a day of skipped classes!
Yesterday, I thought I would remake the green beer, Green Monster style, all without a hangover by 3pm! And if you are going out to celebrate on Thursday you can start your day on the right foot, giving you some green power that would make even the Irish green with envy.
Did you just hear that?
It was the sound of my Irish relatives laughing at me while they drink their Guinness. They’re just jealous.
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Peppermint Patty Green Monster
Spin-off of Peppermint Carob Green Monster.
Ingredients:
Yield: 1 serving
- 1-1.5 large frozen banana (peel before freezing) (I used 1.5 bananas)
- 1-1.25 cup non-dairy milk (almond, soy, hemp, rice, etc)
- Handful of fresh mint leaves, stems removed
- 1-2 handfuls spinach
- 1/8-1/4 tsp peppermint extract (optional)
- 1-2 tbsp chopped dark chocolate, for garnish
Directions:
1. Add in all of the ingredients except the chocolate into a blender and blend until smooth. Adjust to taste and serve with a garnish of chopped dark chocolate and mint leaves. Enjoy with a spoon. Serves 1.
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I loved this GM…very minty and fresh!
In other news, this morning marked my very first Vegan Overnight Oat Parfait of 2011.
If you are new to the blog, you may not know about these VOO Parfaits that I started making last Spring. You can see a bunch of them on my recipes page here. Today I made Strawberry Banana Soft Serve and layered it with carob Vegan Overnight Oats.
Delish!
But COLD. Very, very cold. I froze while eating this (it was –6C when I got up this morning) and I needed a lot of green tea afterwards. I can’t wait until I am enjoying these on the deck this summer!
Updates:
– My apologies for the blog down time yesterday. Dreamhost had a site-wide outage yesterday morning and my blog was down for about 3 hours.
– I’m also thinking about doing a Japan Relief Fundraiser, auctioning off a bunch of Glo Bars in a raffle. Would you guys be interested in that? I have been looking and looking for a website in Canada where I can create a donation page, but so far no such luck. If anyone knows of how I can do it, I would love your tips!
Ang, try CanadaHelps for a donation page. :) xoxo
Ang, try CanadaHelps for a donation page. :) Great idea to give to Japan xoxo
I don’t think I’ve ever had a Green Monster. Interesting. I wonder how you get it so thick looking with so much liquid in it.
Peppermint Patty — Charlie Brown style.
I love anything and everything peppermit! Must. Make. Imediatly!
And that VOO Parfit, OMG! I need to try this too.
I got totally side tracked with the parfaits. I need to figure out how to make these gluten free. I must. They look SO delicious! Back to the green monster – fabulous idea! I love mint + chocolate combo. You’re so creative!
I just can’t get into cold breakfasts unless it’s pretty warm outside :) Kudos for eating a cold breakfast in -6C! Looks delicious!
Yess two of my favorites – GMs and St. Pat’s!!
Hey Angela,
Speaking of Fundraising for Japan, I just came across this fundraiser and immediately thought of you http://www.teaforjapan.com because I first heard about sencha tea from your blog :) I came to comment, and noticed you had mentioned Japan – coincidence?!
Mint is my absolute favorite. Mmm. Love it.
Love all your kitchenware, dishes, glasses, and little spoons. :)
Hey Ang! well first, that looks delicious. both of them. :) And second, I’ll try to see if or where we can find more info on that stuff for fundraising! It’s been really weighing on me and would like to see what can be done….have a glorious day!
Dreamhost issues. When I migrated to self hosted WordPress, I did tons and tons of research. Like…hundreds of hours I think…but I went with Bluehost not Dreamhost. I am so sorry that your site was down. Nothing like a little time, energy, and money lost! Glad it’s back up and all sites go down. And all bloggers have tech crap to deal with. AS IF we need it…but we get it. Joy of joys :)
Your parfait looks amazing…the berry one! So perfectly layered w/ the chias in there!
And also the Green Monster, you are so festive!
And saw your healthy mac n cheeze on FGawker I think? yesterday.. Either there or TS. Nice going :)
I bet the mint makes this GM doubly refreshing! I think I’ll need to start off the 17th with one of these before I start pounding the green beers. ;)
I can’t waaaait to try this. It looks super duper yummy. Is the consistency more smoothie-like or more of a liquid/watery type of drink?
Hi Angela!
That smoothie looks so good; I will definitely be making it :)
I love your raffle idea. I too am trying to put something together to raise money for Japan. I really want to go through Doctor’s Without Borders, and they have a section on their site where you can actually do a fundraising page to raise money. http://www.firstgiving.com/doctorswithoutborders
I just posted on doing a virtual bake sale or something similar…would you be interested in teaming up for something? This is something that is really important to me and I would love to get a group together to make a difference.
Let me know what you think!
Sonia
your posts are always so beautiful!!! everything looks delicious. actually saw this post (for the peppermint GM) on blisstree.com! :)
Omg what a yummy green monster flavor! I love mint! And I always freeze in the morning when I eat overnight oats with banana softserve….brrrr!
Wow cute smoothie cup thingy – I LIKE!
Mmmm, this sounds so refreshing. All these smoothie recipes are making me wish for summer!
I’m so excited to try this. I wonder if I can get a bottle of peppermint extract tonight so I can make this Thursday.
Angela, you just made a healthy version of a Shamrock Shake!! ( I see I’m not the only one bring that up.)
how festive! I love celebrating holidays! i MUST get my hands on a green monster on thursday