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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Pina Colada Smoothie

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That Paula Deen doesn’t mess around when it comes to her recipes. Even something as simple as a smoothie should be followed to the letter. You could de-virginize this smoothie in a heartbeat with a little trip to your liquor cabinet, or keep it family friendly for the kids. Either way, it’s delish!

Ingredients

1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 banana
1/4 cup ice cubes
2 teaspoons honey

Directions

Throw all ingredients into a blender {I use my Blendtec} and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

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Preventing Food Waste – How to Freeze Juice {Plus a Simple Smoothie Recipe}

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I recently teamed up with Glad Food Protection to take the #SAVEITSUNDAY pledge to not only help eliminate food waste in my own kitchen, but to show you some cool and creative ways you can reduce food waste in yours.

#SAVEITSUNDAY Freeze Extra Juice and Make Smoothies

What is the #SAVEITSUNDAY pledge?

Well basically it’s about loving food more and wasting it less, one day at a time.

Today we’re talking about a totally overlooked freezable thing: juice. If you ever stumble onto a bunch of clearanced juice at the store or you have some juice in the fridge you think will go bad before you finish it, here’s the perfect solution!

Preventing Food Waste - Freeze Extra Juice and Make SmoothiesJust whip out an ice cube tray {this is my favorite one that I use for those handy DIY detergent tabs too!}, pour some juice on in and plop it in the freezer.

how to freeze orange juiceOnce the juice is frozen solid, I pop them out and bag them up in my Glad Zipper Freezer Quart Bags. Sometimes I’ll just label them and have them on hand to use in smoothies. Other times I’ll find one of my favorite smoothie recipes like the one below and bag all the ingredients together so I can just grab the Glad bag from the freezer, dump the contents into a blender and have a quick and healthy snack in seconds.

Preventing Food Waste - Freeze Extra Juice and Make Smoothies

Blueberry Orange Spinach Smoothie

Ingredients
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup spinach
4-5 frozen orange juice cubes
1 tablespoon sweetener, optional {I used agave, but you can use honey, sugar or whatever your little heart desires}

Note: For a creamier smoothie, add 6 oz of yogurt {yogurt can also be frozen in cube trays and tossed in the bags with the other ingredients if you prefer}.

Directions

Throw all ingredients into a blender {I use my Blendtec} and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

blueberry orange spinach smoothies

For more information about the #SAVEITSUNDAY Pledge and how you can enter to win a gourmet chef prepared meal in your home, head on over to SAVEITSUNDAY.com.

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Triple Berry Smoothie

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Triple Berry Smoothie

When one berry {or two} just isn’t enough, bring on the triple berry smoothie. It’s good. So good you’ll have to pace yourself or you’ll for sure wind up with a brain freeze. Might be worth it though!

madhave agave nectar

Ingredients

1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 cup blueberries
1 cup strawberries
2 tablespoons agave syrup
6 oz nonfat Greek yogurt
1 cup ice

Directions

Throw all ingredients into a blender {I use my Blendtec} and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

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Blueberry Banana Smoothie Recipe

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With all my crappity crap mouth surgeries lately, I’ve been eating a lot of my meals through a straw. Good thing I love soup and smoothies. Speaking of smoothies, when that’s a staple in your daily diet, you start to experiment and come up with some fun varieties. The recipe below is one of my simple favorites!

Ingredients

1  banana, peeled and chopped
1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries
6 oz vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup milk {I used 2%}
1 tablespoon sweetener {I used agave, but you can use honey, sugar or whatever your little heart desires}
1/2 cup ice cubes

Directions

Throw all ingredients into a blender {I use my Blendtec} and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

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