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Bonjour, mes amis!
As promised in my January Favorites post, here is my new favorite smoothie recipe! 
I’m usually not a HUGE fan of blueberries in my smoothie, but this smoothie works perfectly for me. I love the tartness and fresh taste that the lemon juice adds to it! I don’t go a day without adding lemon juice to something, so smoothie it is!
Even though it’s fall, I do like some tropical flavors every now and then. There’s only so much fall-flavor you can pack into the two months. Do I love fall-themed foods and drinks? You better believe it! Do I want to have an apple pie smoothie everyday for 60 days? As much as I love it, I really need some variety. I was inspired by a Facebook post of a friend of mine who had made a similar smoothie, but jazzed it up a bit.
If I have one guilty pleasure (besides sweets of course), it’s bacon. Recently I found a paleo no-sugar added turkey bacon that takes the guilt out of guilty pleasure. So when my mom fixed these, I was all on board! They’re simple to make, quick, and require few ingredients. Enjoy 1-2 as a breakfast with some greens and you have a complete meal! If you have younger siblings, who beg you to teach them how to cook (like my brother does), then this is also the perfect fun activity to help ease younger children in to the world of cooking.
Love, love, love going to smoothie bars! In fact after hitting a salad bar on my bday, I went straight to a smoothie bar a few blocks away. And there I got my usual: a dreamy creamy full of chocolate-y goodness banana smoothie! It tasted so good in fact that it was gone in less than 5 minutes! Because I’m a huge smoothie lover and because I’m wayyy too curious for my own good (got that from my mom), I was watching like a hawk at what they were putting in. While theirs was different in the sense of them using cashew milk and no protein powder, I found this tastes almost exactly the same!