1 Corintians 6:19-20

Or do you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirt within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body.

Wow, what a powerful verse.  There are so many ways you can take that.  Glorify God in what you eat and put into your body.  Glorify God by what you wear ON your body.  Glorify God with what you DO with your body.  And I'm sure there are many more.

 Ingredients:
2 Cups Orange Juice (Can you tell I really like OJ?)
1 Cup Frozen mango
1 Cup Frozen Strawberry slices
1 Banana

 Mix till it is smooth, hence the name smoothie.....

Enjoy!

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.

My daughter and I started a Bible study class a couple of Sunday's ago, and this is our memory verse for the week.  We are really loving the Bible study, even though she grumble every Sunday morning when we go.

Today's Smoothie is a tropical one.  It got me in the mood for summer, even though its only in the 60's today.

 I only had a few frozen bananas left, so I used them up.

Ingredients:
2 Cups Orange Juice
2 Cups Pineapple/Mango
1/2 Cup Frozen Banana

Mix until smoothie like.

Enjoy!

Psalm 34:8

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!  Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!


I'm feeling a bit better today.  So, I'm not going to up my vitamin C today.  Although, I am getting a good amount in my smoothie.

This is what we used to call a SUICIDE when I was young.  We would mix every kind of "soda" together and drink it.  So, today I am almost out of grape juice, so I'm using that up.  And then the rest of the liquid is Apple juice (since apple juice is not very strong, it won't cover up the grape juice).

2 Cups Juice
2 Cups Pineapple/Mango
1 Cup Blueberries

Mixing it up!

Oops, no after picture......

Anyway, it was good!  Enjoy!!!!

Psalm 135:3

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!

So, I'm feeling a little under the weather today, so I want to boost my vitamin C intake.  Your smoothie is an excellent way to accomplish this.

THE OJ, STRAWBERRY, NANA SMOOTHIE!

2 Cups Orange Juice
2 Cups Sliced Strawberries
1 Banana
1 Tblsp Chia Seeds

I forgot to take a picture of it mixing.  I told you I was feeling under the weather.....

Here is the results!

Drink up and Enjoy!

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

THE WHATEVER IS IN THE CABINET SMOOTHIE:

2 Cups Apple Juice
2 Cups mixed fruit
1 Cup Blueberries
1 Banana

Mixing it up!

The results!   See that cloudy stuff on the side of the right hand cup?  Yea, I let them sit on the counter for a minute and it started to seperate.  If this happens to you, just take your spoon and stir it up and enjoy!

1 Peter 2:9

Today's verse 1 Peter 2:9  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

I just realized that I am on day 23 of a 31 day devotion for Fathers and Mothers and that has me a little bummed.  I have learned so much from this devotion that I hate to see it end.  I know I will learn just as much on the next devotion series, but man this one has been outstanding!

I am on day 30 of reading the Bible in one year (I read 2 days by accident once, oops!).  YAY!  I wasn't sure I would even get through the first month, but here I am, moving on into February in a couple of days, wow!



I might be starting a debt series soon.  My hubby and I read the Dave Ramsey book a few years ago, as well as listened to him on the radio, and watched him on tv.  Well, we got out of debt except the house.  Then, I was turning 40, shhh!  So, I "thought" I needed a new car.  New car = car payment.  Then, we went to Disney (paid cash for the whole trip!  But, on the way back, we decided we needed to trade in our PAID FOR 5th wheel on a beautiful motorcoach.  New motorcoach = motorcoach payment.........

Well, I am pleased to say that we bought my car (drove it out of the showroom with 7 miles on it) in December 2010.  We paid it off in May of 2012.  So, we paid of a brand new car in about a year and a half.  Our next goal is to pay off the motorcoach, unless my hubby talks me into selling it (I don't want to sell it! AT ALL!)  We purchased it in August of 2011.  It may take us 2 more years to do that, but I would like to do it sooner than that. 

After that, I want to get our house on the market and sell it so we can move to the country on a LARGE piece of heaven and grow LOTS of our own fruits and veggies, as well as have lots of animals.

Today's smoothie is a little different. I love experimenting. My family doesn't like me experimenting, unless it turns out good. Well, I think this one turned out real good, but that is me. My hubby hasn't tried this and if I tell him what is in it, he probably won't touch it. I left the house before my daughter tried it, so I'm not sure she had it or not. On the bright side, if she didn't then I have a smoothie for tomorrow and most of one for Thursday. LOL!

Lets start with the star of the show, my NINJA!  If I haven't said it before, I LOVE MY NINJA!

As you can see I have 2 cups of juice in my NINJA!  I used orange juice.  Next we will move on to the cast of characters:

Since it is winter, I do use a lot of frozen fruits.  Otherwise, we would have the same smoothie every day because there just aren't a lot of fresh fruits available right now.  I also go to the veggie market and buy their almost bad bananas and chop them up and freeze them.  This saves you time and money, and who doesn't want to save money???

Now, let me show you all these things mixed together.  (Don't worry, I will give you the full recipe at the bottom)

Does that not look delicious?  Oh my!  My mouth is watering again just looking at the pic.

And this made 2 and 3/4 Cups (red solo cups) of smoothies.  See?

YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, here is the full recipe:

2 Cups Orange Juice
1 3/4 Cups frozen strawberries
1/2 Cup frozen bananas (you can use 2 fresh bananas also)
6 dates
1 1/2 Tablespoons Chia Seeds (my SSIL will be posting something on her blog about chia seeds, when she does, I will share it with you as well)

The dates are like little surprise pieces of sugar in the smoothie!  LOVE IT!

The only thing I am missing is a handful of spinach in there.  My store was out of spinach this week, so I am having to do without.....

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did!

Til Tomorrow!
Sherie

We are Trailblazers!

Good Morning everybody!

Its been a long time since I blogged.  I hope I remember how.  LOL! 

This blog will have many aspects.  I plan on doing some scrapbooking, diet and recipe posts, daily Bible verses, garden updates (right now there are none) and anything else I can think of.

Why the Title to this blog?  Well, I know I am not the first, but it is a first for me.  I started my "diet" journey, I actually call it a lifestyle change, back in October.  But, I didn't find the Bible verse until this year when I vowed to read my Bible all the way through.  God spoke to me the very first day of my Bible challenge, Thank you Lord!

Anyway, I started out my journey at 167.8.  No, I'm not afraid to say it.  Because I plan on never going there again.  Well, I forgot to take any pics of me when I started.  But, then I lost 5 pounds and actually DID take a pic.

Then, I lost another 5 pounds. 

Now, I have lost 10 more pounds.  I forgot to take a pic at 15 pounds down..... 

I have lost a total of 20 pounds in 3 months and that was even through out the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year holidays.  I have another 20 to go.  But, I know I can do this!

So, now you ask how I did this?  Well, it was simpl really.  You HAVE to change the way you think about food.  Everything you have grown up eating, STOP!  Fast food is BAAAAADDDDD!  Soft Drinks, even diet are BAAAAAADDDDD! 

Breakfast:
The first thing I did was start drinking smoothies for breakfast.  Not the mixes you buy in the freezer section of the grocery store.   I mean, go out to your local farmers market and buy some fresh fruit.  Your favorite kind, because if you buy stuff you don't like, you won't do it.  So, we bought strawberries, blueberries, bananas, apples, etc.  Then go to your grocery store and buy your favorite juices.  Make sure they are NOT from concentrate, and it MUST be 100% juice.  We bought Florida's Finest OJ, Apple juice, Grape juice, and my hubby's favorite Cranberry juice. And also buy some organic Spinach.  Yep, spinach.  I promise you will never taste it.

I cannot tell you how much I love my Ninja blender.  (Pic goes here)

Ok, I make smoothies for 3 people, so if you need to make a smoothie for 1 or 2, cut this recipe in thirds.

Strawberry smoothie:
Wash one handful of spinach.  Pour 3 cups of juice (your favorite) into the blender.  Now, place the washed spinach into the blender. Peel and core an apple, and chop it up.  Put 1 Cup Strawberries, 1 cup Blueberries, and 1 Cup chopped up bananas into the blender.  Blend until smooth.  Then, add 2 Cups crushed ice.  If your icemaker does not make crushed ice, put it in a ziploc and hit is with a hammer or rolling pin. (you want to save your blender some energy so it doesn't burn out on you).

Now, pour it up into your glass and enjoy!

Tomorrow, I will go over lunch.