My Stash

I came home the other day to a large envelope sitting on my front porch. Odd, because we have a mailbox. I quickly glanced at it and saw the return address - it was from Deb, my favorite smoothie expert!

This sticker cracked me up.

Look! My stash has been replenished. Kidding, but seriously look how incriminating the contents of this envelope appear.

First off, we have some lovely white powder - I'm sure if anyone but me opened this envelope I would have quite a bit of explaining to do. What's inside this mystery baggie? Well, xanathan gum of course. Geez.

As well as two individual packets of homemade nut butter. Being who I am, I grabbed a butter knife and immediately tasted a dab from each packet. Deb, can I come live with you?? This stuff is fantastic.

For those of you who are confused about the use of xanathan gum - let me show you. It turns an ordinary green monster into a thick and creamy delight.

• 1 frozen banana
• 1 C soy milk
• splash of vanilla extract
• 1 scoop Biochem chocolate fudge protein powder
• tons of spinach
• ice
• 1/4 tsp of xanathan gum

How amazing does that look?? I could tell the difference the second I sprinkled it into the blender - the texture changed dramatically. But, one thing that did surprise me was the fact that I couldn't even finish half this glass! I also had a ton leftover in the blender so I did what any frugal smoothie-lover does. Put the rest in the freezer for another day.

For my dinner last night I finally made a recipe I've been saving for a rainy day (although it wasn't raining...). Egg and turkey mini quiche. :) The original idea for these came from Diana from My Marble Rye. Just a simple combo of turkey deli meat, scrambled eggs, shredded zucchini and pepper. Some just had egg whites and turkey.

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Spray non-stick spray into muffin tins
• Line with deli meat
• Fill about halfway (I did 2/3, it was messy) with egg/veggie mixture (you can use whatever mix-ins you prefer)
• Cook for about 20-25 minutes, or until eggs fluff up and run all over the bottom of your oven.... Grr.

Workout: Level 3 of the 30 Day Shred. Yikes - this level makes me feel so out of shape....