Tonight is game night! We are heading over to our friends house downtown to play board games. Yes I am a dork and proud of it! I have a new game to bring tonight called Wits and Wagers. Has anyone ever played it? It looks like tons of fun….
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Before game night we are going to try Graham Elliot’s new sandwich place in River North affectionately called Grahamwich. I am in love with Graham, he is amazing so I am hoping this place will deliver!
In other news, I’ve got another amazing smoothie for you guys – it’s soooo yummy and it uses a secret ingredient – avocado!
Banana Orange Smoothie
1/2 avocado
1 medium banana
1 orange
1/2 cup greek yogurt
3-4 ice cubes
1 Tablespoon whey protein powder
1 Tablespoon chia seeds
1/2 cup almond milk
Directions:
1. Add everything to a blender and blend away.
2. Put remaining avocado in the freezer for your next smoothie.
Nutrition Notes: Now what the heck is almond milk? If you are allergic to dairy products, don’t like the taste or just trying to cut down on dairy - almond milk is a fantastic alternative to use. With only 60 calories, 150mg of potassium and 5mg of sodium per cup almond milk it contains a lot of nutrients to rival cows milk. Almond milk is also lactose, gluten, casein and cholesterol free and it’s also free of saturated fats. The fact that it lacks casein (the protein found in milk) it is very low in protein. But since we added protein powder to this smoothie, we don’t have to worry about that in this recipe but keep it in mind if you use almond milk in other recipes. Sub for cows milk 1:1 in recipes.
Taste Test: The addition of avocado makes this smoothie so silky smooth – the texture is so great! I will definitely be adding avocado in more smoothies! Yum!
