Word to the wise
If you run out of your normal smoothie base (coconut water, in my case), DO NOT substitute chocolate almond milk and chocolate hemp milk for it. Don't do it. Trust me. Just don't do it.
BLECH.
Regular water always makes my smoothies taste...well, watery. lol So, I tend to shy away from water as the thinning agent for my smoothies. So, when I looked in my fridge and realized I was STILL out of coconut water (I'm not sure if I expected some to magically show up overnight, or what) I searched around for something else. Well, I substituted chocolate almond milk for half of my coconut water the other day and it tasted fine, so maybe using that exclusively would be okay. Ran out of chocolate almond milk after about a cup. The smoothie still wasn't blending, even though all I had in there was a bunch of kale. So..hmmm....what else do I have in the fridge? There you go...chocolate hemp milk. Throw about a cup of that in there. It's blending. Add the frozen kiwi. It's blending. Add the frozen blueberries. It's blending. That's one gross looking, brown smoothie. No big deal. It should still taste good, right? I was wrong. Not only is it gross looking, it's gross tasting. I'm still chugging it down though because it's good for me. I'll eat just about anything, no matter the taste, as long as it's good for me. Plus, what a waste of money if I didn't.
Ick. No more chocolate almond or hemp milk in my smoothies. Must make a trip to Jimbos today for some more coconuts.
Dinner last night was terrible for me. Remember how I mentioned that once I have some coffee, I just crave it? Yeah, well...remember that mint mocha chip frappucino I had the other day? Had another one last night...along with a seven layer burrito from Taco Bell. Tasted AMAZING going down, but made me sick to my stomach the rest of the night. That wasn't even supposed to be dinner. I had the burrito at 3:30. But, I was so sick from the burrito that I couldn't eat the rest of the night.
I cheated and stepped on the scale this morning. I think you're going to find me one happy (not so) little Katie come Saturday morning! As long as I can stay away from Taco Bell, anyways. lol