School is starting soon for my ducklings and it's nice when things run smoothly in the morning. Especially when you are just getting back into the routine of school after alot of sleeping in on summer break! We love smoothies only no one ever seems to want to drag out the blender and then the clean-up from just one smothie. Ugh!
There is a blog I like to follow LifeAsMom She posted about making a batch of smoothies ahead and freezing them. Genius! I've had bags of those Yoplait brand smoothies sitting in my freezer taking up space. I had 8 bags that I got on sale with coupons for less than 50 cents a bag. They really do not stack well and they kept falling out too. On a whim today tween duck and I decided to make up the whole lot of them! We made a trip to Walmart for the Ball Plastic Freezer Jars. They were $3.00 for a pack of 5-8oz. jars and $3.00 for a pack of 4-16 oz. They also sold variety packages. In about one hour together we made 5- 16oz and 6- 8oz smoothies in varying flavors. We've found the easiest way to label items for the freezer is with first aid tape. You can write on it clearly, it sticks great but peels off without leaving all the sticky residue. Easy and alot of fun to make together. Now all we need to do when the mood strikes us for a smoothie is thaw it on counter for a few minutes or pop in the microwave at 50% power for 20 seconds.
Yay for finding ways to make things run more "smoothly" :)
We are test driving LifeAsMom's posted recipe for Oven French Toast tonight with a bag of rolls I got on the bakery mark down cart for 80 cents.
~Ducky
