Good Morning Sunshine!

After three days of slow, painful, where am I? waking scenarios when my alarm went off to signal the start of my day (undoubtedly due to PMS), today's roll and stumble out of bed was not ideal but a welcome improvement! In honor of this, I decided to forgo my daily coffee and instead make a refreshing fruit smoothie to get my day started on the right path. As we all know, what we put in our bodies is just as important, if not more, than what we put on our bodies to keep ourselves young and beautiful.

Normally I just throw a banana, some berries, flax seed, and some vanilla soy milk in the blender and drink the result, no matter how good (or not so good) it tastes. Today I chose my ingredients with care:

1 banana
1/2 cup (approximately, I never really measure) of vanilly soy milk
6 pieces of frozen papaya (Trader Joe's has a huge selection of frozen fruit)
4 pieces of very ripe fresh mango (If you buy it pre-cut it saves so much trouble!)

Start at your blender's lowest setting, and every 20 seconds or so up the setting until there are no clumps of fruit and everything is blended together. Blending at a higher setting will give your smoothie a slightly foamy consistency, which I love, but if you don't just blend longer at a lower setting.

I forgot to add the flax seed today but a teaspoon of flax seed is always good! It was the best smoothie I've ever made for myself! The mango and papaya made it slightly tropical, which is fun for summer, and the vanilly soy milk added just the right amount of sweetness and flavor. A scoop of vanilla or coconut ice cream would make this smoothie an irresistible dessert treat (must try this next time!).