As a kid, I remember going to the mall and getting an Orange Julius. That was before my coffee days. I found this recipe on Pinterest (best website ever) and it makes me want to try it!

Homemade Orange Julius

This recipe requires that you make fresh orange juice “ice cubes” the night before, so plan ahead!

Makes enough to fill 4 tall glasses

Ingredients
2 cups freshly squozen orange juice (see *note* below)
1 cup ice cubes
1 cup Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon honey (more or less to taste)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Make small orange juice “ice cubes” with 1 cup of the orange juice by filling compartments of an ice cube tray about 1/3 full. Freeze overnight, or even for about 2 hours to get them “slushy.”

Put frozen orange juice cubes, orange juice, and ice cubes in blender. Blend on high until ice cubes break down.

Add yogurt, honey, and vanilla extract. Blend on low speed to combine, then serve.

*note* It took 1 large orange, or 2 smaller Mandarins to make ½ cup of juice, so about 4 large oranges or 8 small ones (Yes! We can do math!)

Source: http://www.tastespotting.com/features/homemade-orange-julius-recipe

In my quest this summer to eat a bit more nutritious I am looking for foods that are easy to make and don’t seem to be a lot of calories. I have this huge appetite which is one of the main reasons for my current weight, as well as having a weak respiratory system and weak ankles any type of exercise was difficult when I was younger. I also get bored easily and hate thinking of doing something for so many reps of the same thing.

I will try this recipe next week and will report on it!

Also hello to my newest follower! I need to figure out how to view followers on blogger.

Source: http://juliamitchell.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/paleo-chocolate-banana-muffinscup-cakes/

What to do with the brown bananas?

Did a Google search found a few good recipes but I wanted one to use up the bananas but also to have a chocolate fix.

So I stated out doing them in muffins, but you need too much mixture.

I would rather have small cupcakes to eat.

Brian just said they were really nice

Ingredients: 1/4 cup Oil

1/4 cup honey

2 eggs

1 cup almond meal

1/2 cup cocoa

3/4 bananas I used 4 small ones

Instructions:

Pre heat Oven

Mix oil, honey and eggs in bowl until light and fluffy. Add almond meal, cocoa powder and bananas and mix well.

You could make a large cake or do what I did and made patty cakes.

They didn’t take long to cook and even less time to eat.

Enjoy