Vitamix = LIFE

Hello to all my party people. I am about to whisper the secret of house betch success in your ear. Are you ready for it???

GET A VITAMIX

GET A VITAMIX

GET A VITAMIX

GET A VITAMIX

You will be thanking your betchy gods, me, for telling you this now. Your life will never be the same. You will be able to blend soups, smoothies, sauces, (I'm running out of "S" words) hummus, ANYTHING! You can even pulse your ground beef for all I care. Your life will be changed.

Now for all of you that don't know, I'm getting married in April - GAHHHHHH! So excited! And if you don't know, now you know. If there are any brides out there, or grooms, you MUST and I mean MUST put this on your registry. Like if you are reading this and are at this point of the post and haven't logged into your Bed Bath and Beyond or Williams Sonoma registry yet, you are truly missing out. SO DO IT! Here, I'll make it easy, here are the sites:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/page/Registry

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/pages/registry-landing-page.html?cm_type=gnav

If you want my honest opinion, you should really get it from BBB. They always have coupons, deals, and as I mentioned in a post before, take back ANYTHING. Even without the box. So if it breaks or you just want to upgrade, you can take it back there! You can also register yours online and I believe it is covered for life. Like FOR-EV-ERRRR.

Whenever I have the time and feel like going to work and putting on pants and I'm not eating Muesili for breakfast, I mix up a green smoothie. Check out Pinterest. Specifically, my board that has anything and everything you need for a Vitamix original green smoothie: http://www.pinterest.com/lindsaysgordon/vitamixin/

To build off of my greek feast post yesterday, here is a recipe for some homemade Roasted Red Pepper Hummus.

Shopping List:

2 cloves of garlic

1 (15 oz) can of garbanzo beans aka chickpeas, drained

1/3 cup of tahini (this can be found in the Mediterranean aisle)

1/3 cup of lemon juice

1/2 cup of roasted red peppers

1/4 tsp dried basil

taste it and add some salt as you wish

In your vitamix, combine your garlic, garbanzo beans, tahini and lemon juice. Process this until the mixture is smooth. Then add in your roasted red pepper, basil, and salt (as needed). Process this until the peppers are finely chopped and you will get a nice light red color. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer your hummus to a small bowl and chill until you are ready to use.

I served mine with Naan, whole wheat pita and veggies!

Enjoy this easy recipe! And most importantly, GO OUT AND BY THAT VITAMIX, NOW, BETCH!

Hot Muesli with Sliced Bananas

Hot Muesli with Sliced Bananas

Do you ever go to sleep at night thinking tomorrow is the day I will wake up early to go to the gym and leave enough time to come home and make a healthy breakfast before I go to work? That is me basically every night, and ya know what happens? The second my alarm goes off, I can't hit snooze fast enough. So rather than the scene of me padding around my kitchen making a yummy healthy breakfast in my work out clothes, in reality is me running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to find my pants...I hate pants. One day, when I become a full time house betch, I plan on outlawing them. On day's like this, my breakfast normally consists of a banana or a peice of cheese. Did I ever mention to you that I LOVE CHEESE??

But, one day, everything changed when I discovered muesli. For those that don't know what muesli is, it's basically oatmeal, but in my opinion better for you. It is loaded with whole grains, seeds, raisins and slivered almonds. Here is a picture of the label from the brand that I buy:

For 1/4 a cup: 110 calories, 21g of Carbs (carbs are your friend! Stop dissing them! 4g of Fiber)

So now instead of my unhealthy and unbalanced breakfast, I make muesli every morning. The fiber in this also works wonders...if ya know what I mean!

This stuff is good whether you are eating it cold or hot. It's a pretty complicated recipe so hold on betches, here it comes:

1. 1/2 cup muesli
2. 1/2 cup milk (if you are eating it cold) or 1/2 cup of water (if you are eating it hot - or you can use milk for this)
3. Put it in the microwave for 4 minutes - stir after 2 minutes
4. Take out of the microwave and top with berries or nanners
• For a little extra POW add some ground cinnamon 
5. Thank this house betch in training for your new favorite breakfast

See! I told you that was pretty complicated! If I'm on the run, which is everyday, I just put it in a to-go cup with a plastic spoon and eat while I'm driving (I'm so talented). If you are eating it cold, which is what I do most mornings, just add milk and skip the microwave part...DUH!

Here is mine from this morning - I'm off today so I took advantage of making the presentation look a little better than being thrown in a plastic to-go cup.

Let me know what you betches think?!