More Veggies, Less Ice Cream

When we were deciding on the domain name for our blog a few months after we were married, we found that all the combinations of our names that we were interested in were taken.  We had to get slightly more creative.  What we came up with, "Veggies and Ice Cream," is us.  Anyone who knows us well, knows that Mike is the veggies and I am the ice cream.

I have not lived up to that lately.  We have gone months without having ice cream in our freezer.

You are probably wondering what in the world I am eating!  Well, I am eating things I have never eaten before, and so are my kids.

Things like:

• kale
• chard
• beet greens
• beets
• avocado
• mango
• flax seed
• coconut oil
• agave nectar

We add in more normal things like:

• strawberries
• blackberries
• raspberries
• bananas
• lemons
• peaches
• spinach
• homemade yogurt
• honey

I grab whatever ingredients are convenient and blend them together.  Every night at dinner we have a green smoothie and we each drink a full glass.  The kids love them and wish they could have more.  I am proud of myself for eating green veggies, and even happier that my kids are eating them (and without complaining).