Pink Pina Colada Smoothies for Busy Mornings

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This smoothie has a little surprise built into it. Don’t you want to know why this is a Pink Pina Colada Smoothie? Well there is no artificial dyes, I promise. Instead of making a traditional green smoothie I decided to use beet greens instead. What happens when you add beet greens to a smoothie? Everything turns pink!

I’ve seen people who freeze their smoothies in muffin tins or ice cube trays but I just couldn’t figure out why you would want to dirty your blender twice. For me the worse part is cleaning all the dishes so freezing and then re-blending doesn’t seem to save me anything actually it seems to add work.

So I wanted to share a new trick I learned for busy mornings. I found the perfect solution.

Freeze the smoothie in sandwich bags  and then the night before serving just toss them in the fridge to defrost slightly to pour in your glass the next morning. You can even pour them in into the glass by simply using scissors to snip a corner off the bag.

To try this out I made a large batch of the smoothie and then placed servings into sandwich bags. I do 1/2 servings for each of my boys as they don’t drink as much as I do of the smoothies. I marked what they were and wrote down the calories for me for my food journal. I tossed them in the freezer to freeze.

The night before one of the days I had to work I tossed the bags into the fridge to defrost.

It worked out great! The boys smoothies were not as icy as mine, but they didn’t care at all, they still slurped them down. Plus I didn’t have to worry about cleaning the blender that morning.

Pepper Ferguson

Healthy Mom = Healthy Family - That is my life motto and I hope to encourage it to be yours too. January 2011 I made the decision to lose weight and lost 80+ pounds. I saw my boys start getting active with me and I realized I wasn't only changing my life but also my boys.

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   Michelle @Special Mom Space
   Twitter: specialmomspace
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   at Jan 24

   Pepper this is a great idea! I’m with you. Cleaning the blender is the worst chore. I have a Ninja so I have to take the blade out and clean it too.
   I’m going to try this recipe. I’m wondering though. Where do I get beet greens? I’m so not a veggie lover so I have only consumed a few types in my lifetime.

   thanks
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     Pepper Ferguson
     Twitter: unicornbeauty
     says:

     at Jan 24

     Actually that’s a funny story – I was getting beets for another recipe. While picking them up I was looking at how they kept the huge long greens on the beets and thought what am I supposed to do with that, why did they keep those on. So I started googling and found they were edible and actually very yummy.

     I guess you can buy them separately too, but no idea where. But I just bought some beets and used the whole plant. Beets in a sandwich and a salad and the greens in the smoothies!