feel good Friday: Green Monsters

I've sort of had this idea in the back of my mind for a while now, but I am not very good at keeping up with these sort of things...
I do like the idea of sending you off on your weekend on a happy note.
SO, I'm going to give it a shot. maybe every Friday I will give you something about feeling good...
Should we give it a shot?

Today I want to tell you about the green monster revolution.
You could probably search "green monster" and find many variations of the recipe.
I tried a few, and the first few were sort of fails for me.
I didn't really like them. I think one of them had yogurt in the recipe and the tartness just didn't go.

Recently I decided that I wanted to change the way I was eating and just maybe wear a bikini this summer...something I have not done in a very long time.
So on a Thursday, I got up and just started.
By Sunday, seriously, stop the presses.
I had lost 7 pounds.
By Thursday (7 days in) I had lost 10.
I died! How in the world!?
I did not exercise. I just made a few changes.
I started drinking tons of water &
I went from eating 2 true meals a day to 5 meals a day.
{every 3 hours. 3 meals, 2 snacks. No more cleaning the kids plates. The dog might get fat now}

One of the meals is always this green monster.
So before you turn your nose up, hear me out.
My kids eeeeewwwed and gagged at the sight of this beast.
But guess what, I caught my daughter chugging my monster just the other night.
"heyy!!! that's mine!" I yelled.
"it's actually good mom. It tastes like a vanilla milkshake."
we were fighting over a spinach smoothie....
A VANILLA MILK SHAKE.
I rest my case.
So are you going to try it?
Here is the recipe that turns out delicious every single time.
I promise you will not taste spinach,
and eventually, you might even find yourself drinking it with your eyes open ;)

single serving. 
1/2 a frozen banana 
2 Tablespoons of "healthy" peanut butter 
1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
3/4 cup unsweetened, original Almond milk
a giant handful of baby spinach
a giant handful of ice.
throw all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until completely mixed, pour into a tall glass and enjoy feeling a little like a monster for a minute ;)

*cut your bananas in half, peel them and throw them into a freezer bag then throw the entire bunch into the freezer this way.
*healthy peanut butter can be bought at Walmart. Just by the brand you usually do but buy their "healthy" version.
*I usually double this recipe at once because the hubs is totally on board with me and it all fits into the blender just fine
I calculated about 375 calories per serving if you are wondering about that sort of thing.

are you also wondering what else you can do with that container of almond milk?

I used it to replace coconut milk for a curry sauce on my veggies and it is also delicious over a bowl of granola instead of milk. for reals.