Lorainne’s 

My boo, Mel suggested we go to her good friend’s new veaux Mexican restaurant.

Barry loves Mexican, but sometimes fancy Mexican can be a little too much.  I tend to like grubby Mexican, you know – where you order from pictures and generally can tell the quality of the burrito by how much it weighs.  The fatter the better.

Howeva, let me tell you.  This place is the real deal.

The Blackened Tuna Tacos were off the hook!

Here’s my favorite part.  The ginger, yogurt dressing on the taco.  I could actually taste the blackening and the ginger – which is impressive.

Nutty Banana Smoothie

Drink Your Fruit

I’ve become addicted to smoothies.

But as with any good addiction, one must watch for the hidden booby traps.  You know, the yellow teeth and inability to breath that comes with smoking;  the inability to sleep and rapid heart beat that comes from drinking too much coffee; and the general destruction of your life that inevitably comes from a strong cocaine addition.

Well, with smoothies the hidden booby trap is CALORIES!  You willie-nillie pour in the yogurt and the peanut butter and the fruit and the milk, “oh, its all so healthy”!  Yes, it is and it also has calories!!!

Here’s how my Nutty Banana adds up:
2 Small Bananas – 180 calories
1 TBS Almond Butter – 80 Calories
1/2 C Almond Milk – 20 Calories
1/2 C Greek Yogurt – 60 Calories
TOTAL:                          340 Calories   

Make sure you blend in 5 ice cubes while you’re blending!

But do you see how the calories add up so fast!  Now, that 340 calories has about 16 g of protein, which I needed as I just got back from the gym after a really hard leg & tricep work out!  However, I was very careful and measured everything!  Often times people don’t, just dumping in the ingredients.

I also make an almond milk, strawberry, kale, banana smoothie which has half the calories, twice the fiber and so many more vitamins & minerals!

Enjoy.

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