Hi blogging family!

Yesterday, my friends and I had a blast celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. I made a shamrock shake to start the morning off on a festive note, then invited a few neighbors and a friend over for soda bread and a plant-based stew for dinner. It was hard to narrow down a movie to watch because they’re so many great Irish movies out there. We ended up watching Brooklyn with Saoirse Ronan and Banshees of Inisherin with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

As far as eating healthy all day, that didn’t happen 🙂 We had a lot of sweets that evening that my neighbors brought over. I’ll get back on track tomorrow. Thankfully its another sunny day. I’m sure I’ll burn off lots of calories playing ball with my neighbor’s son like I promised. Well…I’m off to prep the veggies and fruit for platters that I’m making for a birthday party. I hope you enjoy the shamrock shake. It’s a twist off of a friends recipe for mint “nice cream.”

Shamrock Shake

Yield: 1 Shake       Prep Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsweetened soy, almond, or oat milk
• 3 sprigs of mint, stems removed
• 1/2 cup of frozen banana slices
• 1 scoop vanilla plant-based protein powder (I used Orgain Organic Protein powder)
• Coconut whip cream (Trader Joe’s has the best in my opinion)
• gold sprinkles (optional)
• green food coloring (optional)

Directions:
Blend all ingredients until smooth and drink immediately. Enjoy!