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Shamrock Green Smoothie

2 cups coconut milk, unsweetened
1 ½ cups fresh spinach
½ cup fresh mint leaves
2 bananas
4 medjool dates, pitted
1 teaspoon vanilla
OPTIONAL: top with fresh cherry, coconut whipped cream, and/or cacao nibs

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Pink Sunrise Breakfast Smoothie | serves two

1½ cup frozen strawberries
1 cup frozen raspberries
1 orange, peeled
1½ cups light coconut milk
2 medium carrots, scrubbed well and chopped
1 small beet, peeled and quartered

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Well day 11, which was supposed to be Saturday, didn't happen. So on Sunday the new day 11 I made ORANGE JEWELS again sans piff, and it was good. I disliked peeling the oranges, so I don't think I'll be making it frequently. I made enough for two days, so I also had it today.

It's a new week with new recipes. I think I will try the BANANA RAZZMATAZZ or PUMPKIN DREAM PIE for tomorrow.

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Thursday I made STRAWBERRY CARROT PINEAPPLE, which I thought was the SHAUNA’S CARROT CAKE, so I was extremely disappointed when I tasted it. I was so disappointed that I didn't drink it during the day because I thought it was the most horrible recipe ever.

So after I put Toddler!Mojito to bed I made ORANGE JEWELS. It smelled and looked wonderful but tasted absolutely disgusting! I read you should leave on the piff (white stuff) for smoothies. Whoever said that has no god damned taste buds!!! It made ORANGE JEWELS so bad I went back and drank half of the STRAWBERRY CARROT PINEAPPLE from the morning.

Yesterday I made the SHAUNA’S CARROT CAKE for real this time. The ginger was way overpowering, and it made my the inside of my lips tingle in an unpleasant way :o\ I only drank one cup.

Today I might try the ORANGE JEWELS again and peel off that damn piff!

I must say 3/4ths of these recipes just aren't good at all. I will have to start looking for recipes somewhere else if I'm going to make it through this challenge -_-

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I had the CREAM MACHINE and used too much avocado. I think it would have been a lot more paleTtable with a regular sized avocado rather than an extra large one. Tomorrow I will make SHAUNA'S CARROT CAKE.

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OMG, day 6's B-LIMEY STRAWBERRY was straight up nasty even after I added a banana, a cup of pineapple, and 2 tablespoons of sugar in the raw! Even Mr. Mojito didn't like it; we think the lime killed it. Fortunately Baby Toddler!Mojito liked it, so she will have it for her breakfast smoothie for the rest of this week.

I couldn't even finish that damn B-LIMEY STRAWBERRY, so I made HAWAIIAN BREEZE to drink on day 6. It was good, so I drank the rest of it today for day 7. Tomorrow I will make CREAM MACHINE.

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Yesterday I had the U PICK ME UP, which was tart to the extreme. It might have been tart because I dropped the frozen bag and lost a bunch of blueberries and then lost a bunch of raspberries in a sink of soapy water, so I'm fairly certain my measurements were off. I added some almond butter to try to save it, which worked somewhat. I'm also having this smoothie today.

While making U PICK ME UP I realized I was drinking 32 oz of smoothie rather than the 16 oz required. All because I thought mason jars held 8 oz lol. Obviously canning is not my strong suit!

I also came to the realization that I can't just take my prepared smoothie out of the freezer and blend it. That ends as some weird sorbet that must defrost before drinking :o/ I think I will try putting the smoothie bag I want make in the fridge the might before. All of my fruit except the bananas and oranges is frozen, so I hope this strategy doesn't end up with a really runny smoothie.

Tonight I think I'll put B-LIMEY STRAWBERRY in the fridge and freeze a banana to add, since I read this smoothie is super duper tart.

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Yesterday I made ALMOND PEACH NECTARINE BLUEBERRY. I liked this one a lot even though I didn't follow the blending directions and ended up with chunky spinach and blueberries. Mr. Mojito didn't like this saying it was too nutty.

Today I made KALE ‘N CHERRY. This one was just OK, though the kale flavor was a little overpowering. I corrected the blending error from yesterday, but then I forgot to measure the chia seeds and ended up with a 1/4 cup...

Tomorrow I'm going to try U-PICK ME UP with the green tea, even though I dislike tea.

Yesterday I received the shopping list for week 2, which starts on Monday. The starting on Monday is odd, since week 1 is apparently not 7 days...

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Hopefully I like week 2's recipes more than week 1's.

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