Green Smoothie for Two

My sister has been making a lot of green smoothies lately and while I was living with her and the family I had about 3 a day. I miss the smoothies (and family) greatly! Yesterday I decided to make my first green smoothie.
 

• 4oz spinach
• 1 banana
• 1 very large carrot
• 2 individual sized yogurts
• 1 cup frozen mango
• water for desired consistency

I put it all in the ingredients in the blender and turned it on. I then used a wooden spoon to push the veggies down… while the blender was running… please don’t do that, you will be out a wooden spoon and you will have unwanted fiber in your smoothie. I will not be held responsible for anything you put in the blender while it is running!
There are tons of different ways to make smoothies, I’ll post as I make some more :)

Sweet Tea

I LOVE the sweet tea  they serve at Cracker Barrel and I finally decided to make some. I found this recipe and it’s really good. The baking soda kind of scared me but it works. Trust me!

• just under 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups boiling water
• 6 regular tea bags (or 4 big ones)
• 3/4 cup white sugar (or some honey to taste)
• 6 cups cool water (or less depending on how strong you like it. I found 6 diluted it too much)

Directions

1. Boil water and sugar together.
2. Sprinkle baking soda into a 64-ounce pitcher, add tea bags and boiling sugar water. Cover, and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
3. Remove tea bags, and discard; Pour in cool water, then refrigerate until cold.
4. I recommend tasting it as you put the cold water in so you don’t over dilute!