Vitamixen Vixen

I’ve been a Vita-Mixen vixen today. Breakfast started as Melissa and I split a smoothie of a frozen banana, frozen pineapple, frozen blueberries, plain almond milk, spinach, ice and chocolate brown rice protein powder. I topped mine with some awesome Almond Granola from Trader Joe’s that Melissa brought me.

Wow, helllo there Vita Mix. So, I think I need to actual read a manual/ directions/ recipes and what not, but the high speed – holy. cow. It’s power is massive. Me like.

Since I was busy with emails and trying to figure out more stuff with this whole going back to school thing, breakfast was a little later and I only snacked on the small amount of leftover fat free refried beans from last night.

I brought along an apple, almond butter, and raw veggies to snack on at work (and include in a more well-rounded lunch) but I just never had time to eat. If you’re new to the blog please don’t think my skipping meals is habit – I promise it is not. I was already multi-tasking way too much to even think about food until around 4:00.

Fortunately dinner was ready in the crock pot right when I got in! I made a “kitchen sink” soup. I threw in random amounts (the last of what I had) of dried black beans (pre-soaked), lentils, split peas, frozen corn, frozen spinach, onions, garlic, broccoli, carrots, vegetable stock, water, spices (chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper and a tiny tiny bit of kosher salt). Once you got over the burn-your-tongue temperature, it was not bad for a thrown together crock-pot soup! 

I picked up this rosemary bread from Fresh Market on my way home. It was pretty good! Not as good as my beloved rosemary bread from Ward’s, but still tasty. I had two more half slices like you see below.

Then it was time to play with my new toy again. (Please excuse my disgruntled appearance – it’s been the longest week ever, and probably the longest day of the longest week).

Banana soft serve! It’s been far too long. Despite the fact that it may snow in Florida (!!!) tomorrow, this was one thing I was looking forward to making again! Wow – the texture was so much better in a properly-working appliance! We topped it with some vegan-friendly Ghiradelli semi sweet chocolate chips for a delicious dessert. 

On that note, it is close to bedtime! Tomorrow will be a long day too. Usually I don’t work on Fridays but it’s the end of a quarter so there’s lots of quarterly loose ends to tie up. Add in MORE hoops to jump through with college stuff, an eye appointment, errands and possibly/ probably driving down to Orlando tomorrow night and DANG! Busy day. Good thing I thrive under busy conditions.

Random question of the night – how tall are you? Melissa and I have been talking about bloggers tonight and apparently many of you all are shorter than you’d think! And some are taller! So spill – how tall are you? Also, I’m curious – do you think I’m short or tall? Bonus points for guessing my height (if you don’t already know it!)