Sneaky Smoothies
Made a smoothie for my kids last night.
Started with some soy milk, ice cubes, strawberries.
Then I glanced over my shoulder. Noted that the boys were playing in another part of the house.
"Aha!" I thought to myself. Time to get to work.
So I tossed a handful of fresh spinach in the blender and then egad! Footsteps! Running my way!
[OH NO OH NO OH NO I WAS SO DEAD MEAT!]
My three-year-old took one look at the blender and with a pained look on his face cried out, "Mom?!?!? Did you put buh-lock-uh-lee in our shake?!?!?!?!" ["You rotten nincompoop of a mother!"]
Me [sing song voice]: "Noooo, that's not broccoli!!!"
Son [not convinced]: "Well...well...what is it?!?"
Me [moving into fast-talk distraction mode]: "Oh, it's just some extra vitamins. You'll never know they're there! See this banana?!?!? Let's put that in there, mmmmmmm!!!"
So then I blended and blended and rammed those greens "out of sight."
You should probably know that when you put greens in a smoothie--there is no such thing as "out of sight." You cannot hide "dark green" behind banana and strawberry. Colors are funny that way.
So instead of a nice pink smoothie (what the kids were expecting), it ended up a nice green-gray.
Which I hid in opaque lidded cups with a dark-colored straw.
[Bu wa ha ha.]
And they drank it 'til the last drop, much to my Green Livin' Evil Mommin' Satisfaction.
Started with some soy milk, ice cubes, strawberries.
Then I glanced over my shoulder. Noted that the boys were playing in another part of the house.
"Aha!" I thought to myself. Time to get to work.
So I tossed a handful of fresh spinach in the blender and then egad! Footsteps! Running my way!
[OH NO OH NO OH NO I WAS SO DEAD MEAT!]
My three-year-old took one look at the blender and with a pained look on his face cried out, "Mom?!?!? Did you put buh-lock-uh-lee in our shake?!?!?!?!" ["You rotten nincompoop of a mother!"]
Me [sing song voice]: "Noooo, that's not broccoli!!!"
Son [not convinced]: "Well...well...what is it?!?"
Me [moving into fast-talk distraction mode]: "Oh, it's just some extra vitamins. You'll never know they're there! See this banana?!?!? Let's put that in there, mmmmmmm!!!"
So then I blended and blended and rammed those greens "out of sight."
You should probably know that when you put greens in a smoothie--there is no such thing as "out of sight." You cannot hide "dark green" behind banana and strawberry. Colors are funny that way.
So instead of a nice pink smoothie (what the kids were expecting), it ended up a nice green-gray.
Which I hid in opaque lidded cups with a dark-colored straw.
[Bu wa ha ha.]
And they drank it 'til the last drop, much to my Green Livin' Evil Mommin' Satisfaction.
4 comments:
Girl, you are crackin' me up! You go Mama!!!
Have a good one!!
oh...you are so bad....but we think alike! Love it!
Love it! You're so sneaky, you evil mother. :)
I've been reading your blog for awhile (found it during the Rocks In My Dryer mega-giveaway) and am officially de-lurking today. I too put greens in my daughter's smoothies. The color is quite off, but as long as there is a ripe banana in there, she'll drink it all. I also drink one each day and I love that I get some guarenteed greens in my daily diet. It is so much faster to drink one than to eat a salad. Thanks for the great blog - I really enjoy reading your thoughts and tips.
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