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 It’s been cold and damp outside  for a long time now.

Our backyard is in a perpetual state of wetness. The earth is cold and crumbly. The rain stopped a while back, but the mud just hasn’t recovered.

I’m painfully aware of the state of my backyard because I have a puppy and a white carpet.

Perhaps it was after this morning’s shenanigans where my muddy dog came tearing past me into the house, running laps and dodging my attempted side tackles, leaving a trail of her dirty feet like a horrifying dance-step diagram, that I really started longing for warmer and drier days.  She is currently on time out. She seems pleased with herself as usual.

It was at 8:30 this morning, on my hands and knees, cleaning up a trail of muddy paw prints, I started fantasizing about luxuriating out in the sunshine and sipping on mojitos and  piña coladas.

Don’t worry, this story does not take a weirdly uncomfortable and depressing turn. There was no early morning  solo drinking (However, if you are on a beach somewhere ordering booze for breakfast, can you please have some for me? Thank you.). I created you a healthy smoothie that mimics some of the tropical flavors of my favorite vacation drinks. There is lime and plenty of coconut flavor with some sweetness from a nicely frozen banana. I made it green because who are we kidding, we could all use more greens in our diet. A smoothie is a sneaky way of putting a couple of cups of spinach in your body without realizing it.  Hooray!

I hope you enjoy this hydrating and refreshing powerhouse!  I also hope that you are not chasing a wild-eyed, muddy-pawed animal around your carpeted living room. It’s rough. Don’t worry though, this smoothie will help. xo

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Lime and Coconut Green Smoothie

Ingredients

  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup coconut water
  • 1/2 frozen banana
  • 2 cups of spinach
  • Ice (if you like your smoothie a little thicker)

Instructions

  1. Juice your lime and measure out all of your other ingredients.
  2. Layer them together in your blender and blend until smooth.
  3. Garnish your glass with a little extra lime if you so desire.
  4. Bottoms up.

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