Frugal In Florida

Most mornings, I eat eggs. And veggies. But some days I am just Over. Eggs.   Yes it happens! Then I think back to when the bosses surprised me with that Vitamix for my Christmas bonus. THAT was a huge surprise ... and then I was  on a mission ... success or failure, to make every attempt to post one recipe a week using the VitaMix to see if I can really incorporate it into my life ...   I was so sad that I wasn't more excited about using it ... and I am still open to tips and recipes to try and share .... PLEASE! Enough whining (I just feel real bad STILL as it's not a cheap gift by any means) ...  Today's featured attempt was a fairly good success and I'm actually looking forward to making it for breakfast this week!  Banana Nut Smoothies 2 frozen bananas (yes, do peel them before you freeze them. You are freezing your borderline overly ripe bananas, right ?) 1 ripe pear, cut in half, seeds removed 1/4 cup raw nuts (not peanuts!), I use...

This may be a no brainer to some of you, but I am amazed that others don't know this ... Have you ever brought home a bunch of green bananas, telling yourself that they will somehow ripen one at a time, instead of the whole bunch in one day, sometimes, within hours?? And the next thing you know, there are brown specks all over the skin, and the younger people in the house will refuse to go anywhere near them NOW! Unfortunately, I am not a big fan of banana bread, so those overly ripe, soon to go south bananas will not be used for that. But at 69 cents to 99 cents a pound, I'll be darned if they go in the trash! No Way! Go ahead and do this. Peel all the ripe bananas and break them in half and toss in a ziplock bag. Squeeze the air out of the bag and put in the freezer. Tomorrow morning, or the next day, week, whenever you want to make a smoothie, pull out 2 halves of the banana, toss in the blender with the rest of your smoothie ingredients and let it rip....