Try, Try Again….

I’ve tried making a Shamrock Shake Impersonator twice now.

The first one was gross—I tried to make it healthy instead of just trying to make it not “poison” (i.e. the McDonald’s version–which I did have last Sunday. Hey, I had to have a point of reference for my recipe experimentation!).

I put in pineapple, spinach, coconut milk, lucuma powder, a bunch of mint leaves….GROSS. The first sip was ok, but the mint smelled like catnip and when I tried to drink more than a sip, it was just bad.

The second attempt involved Coconut Kefir and Vanilla Coconut ice cream….and mint extract.  I think it would have been good, but I put in too much mint extract.  I had a choice—try to fix it by adding more ingredients (and then having to consume all of it), or drink a little to verify that it’s bad and dump the rest.  I dumped it.

I’ll try again this weekend.  I’m trying not to overdo the trying—this is good practice for me.  I’m not giving up, recognizing that it’s not really that big of a deal to figure it out right this minute, and I’m not consuming stuff that doesn’t taste good!

I have so many topics I want to cover right now, but I don’t have the time at the moment (I’m even sacrificing yoga class to do work—-I know, what has the world come to?).  Here are a few topics I’m itching to tell you about:

Maca

Coconut Kefir

Home Exercise Programs

Our new program coming up at RIT and Rotork— Couch to Challenge (as in Corporate Challenge)

….and Don’t miss Kristina’s upcoming post on Sweet Potatoes!