The Green Smoothie

I'll update with the nutrition info soon...

The Green Drink
Makes 2 servings, 16 ounces each

Ingredients:
Handful of mint leaves (about 2 oz.)
Handful of baby spinach (about 2 oz.)
6 oz. Pineapple Juice or fresh pineapple with water
1 banana (frozen)
1 cup ice
1/4 cucumber, skin-on
1 stalk celery



Directions:
Cut up the banana, celery and cucumber into blender-friendly pieces and put into blender. Add the spinach, mint leaves, pineapple juice or fresh pineapple with water, mint leaves and ice. Blend all ingredients until smooth and serve.

Spinach Goat Cheese Tomato Mini Pizzas

This recipe is *C&M Approved.

Spinach Goat Cheese Tomato Mini Pizzas

- One package crescent rolls
- 8oz crumbled goat cheese or feta cheese, if you prefer
- 12-13 baby spinach leaves
- a handful of cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced
- 5 fresh basil leaves, chiffonade
- 2 slices of ready-made bacon
- small can of sliced black olives
- shredded parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Open crescent roll package and remove the dough without unrolling or separating anything! Using a bread knife, slice the roll into 12-13 slices and place on a cookie sheet. Tear the bacon into 12-13 pieces, depending on how many mini pizzas you're making.

Now, spoon equal amounts of goat/feta cheese onto each pastry disc. Then put one baby spinach leaf on top of each. Stack the remaining ingredients, bacon piece, tomatoes, then olives, basil and top each one off with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until the dough is golden brown. Remove and serve!

By Monika

*C&M Approved means it won't make you want to pull your hair out in clumps, it won't make you want to curl into a fetal ball and ugly cry, and it won't make you resort to hard liquor. 

Fresh Blueberry Tarts with Graham Cracker Crumble

This is a recipe I made for Christmas Day yummies...it's not a diet recipe but we're not starting our diet until January 6th, so this is still perfect for New Year's Eve/Day! This is a *C&M Approved recipe.

First, make the graham cracker crumble and set aside:

Garaham Cracker Crumble

- 2 graham crackers, crumbled

- 1/4 cup brown sugar

- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

- 2 tablespoons melted butter

- 1 teaspoon vanilla

- 2 Tb white sugar
- 1 dash salt

In a small bowl, mix together crumbled graham crackers, brown sugar, cinnamon, white sugar and salt. Combine melted butter and vanilla, then stir in. Mix well, set aside.

Blueberry Tarts
- 8oz fresh blueberries

- 1 package of crescent rolls

- powdered sugar

- whipped cream

- graham cracker crumble

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Unroll the crescent rolls and separate into 8 triangles. Using a cupcake/muffin pan, situate one triangle of dough into 8 cups in the pan so they form a bowl or cup. It doesn't have to be perfect.

Make the graham cracker crumble (see recipe), set aside. Sprinkle some powdered sugar into each pastry cup. Next fill with blueberries, then sprinkle more powdered sugar on top of the blueberries. Now, using your fingers, sprinkle graham cracker crumble over each cup. Be generous! 

Pop in the oven and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes before removing tarts from pan. After removing from pan, serve with a dollop of whipped cream on top and enjoy!

By Monika

*C&M Approved means it won't make you want to pull your hair out in clumps, it won't make you want to curl into a fetal ball and ugly cry, and it won't make you resort to hard liquor.