Green Smoothie Recipe

This is my favorite Green Smoothie recipe:

8oz of milk (any kind. cow, soy, almond)
1/2 cup (or so) Dole Frozen Mango Chunks
1 Banana
Baby Spinach - Handful
-add some water if it's too thick

Yummy! It's simple and taste great! I swear they are addicting.

Sunday is only 1 day from Monday :(

I've been terribly busy for well over a month now. I feel like I will never ever NOT be busy again. I had to work on an off all day yesterday. It's crazy!  Yes, I am just complaining to complain.

Ah....That feels better!

My Ninja

I finally did it!

I bought a Ninja Pulse. For the past few years I've wanted a Vitamix. They are really cool and are like a food processor and blender mixed in 1, but they are $500. I just can't bring myself to buy one if I am not 100% certain I am going to use it and use it often.  I do however still want a blender that can make a green smoothie that isn't chunky and wouldn't mind some food processing ability too.

Then one day I was watching TV and an infomercial came on for the Ninja. It seemed to do almost everything the Vitamix did for less than half the price. I don't normally trust things I see on TV and in my experience cheaper is NEVER better so I just put it in the back of my mind.

Well...My husband and I were at Bed Bath and Beyond and I see all the Ninja varieties available and they are even cheaper than the were on TV. I decided to give it a shot. If it can do most of what the Vitamix could do, but slightly worse; i'd still be thrilled.  The coolest thing and the reason I picked the pulse was because of the 3 16oz portal cups that you can make smoothies in. I guess similar to the Magic Bullet. This allow me and Eric to make different types of smoothies without having to wash the blender in between. It's SOOOOO much easier.  It's really freaking awesome to be quite honest.  I can now make green smoothies that are perfectly smooth. That's all I really wanted it for, but now that I have it I am going to have to give food processing a try.

This week I am going to make hummus and I'll post a review with pictures with how my Ninja Pulse handled it.

If you are looking for a good blender that does job and does the job pretty well without breaking the bank...Try out the Ninja. They are on Sales at Bed Bath and Beyond for $80.00 right now.