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Vanilla and Berries

A new smoothie test I didn’t expect to be this good. Enjoy the iPhone photos too! Cheers to good health!

Vanilla and Berries

Ingredients

1 single serve packet of vanilla Truvani protein powder (contains monk fruit pumpkin seeds chia seeds and pea protein)

1/2 cup of While Foods frozen pineapple chunks

1 1/2 cup of Whole Foods frozen mixed berries antioxidants and a couple extra pieces for the garnish

1/2 teaspoon ground Ceylon cinnamon

1/2 scoop of Ancient Nutrition collagen powder

1-2 cup of spring or filtered water

2 fresh ripe skin off bananas one for the blending and a few slices for the garnish and the remains for snacking

1/4 teaspoon of hemp seeds for garnish

1/4 teaspoon bee pollen for the garnish

Method

Blend all ingredients until smooth, except those reserved for the garnish. Pour into a bucket glass.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: hemp seeds, sliced banana, frozen fruit and bee pollen pearls.

Where to buy the goods? You know blending machines and bucket glasses. Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront, of course. Please know, I may receive compensation from eligible purchases.

Another Goodie! A Smoothie.

You are probably noticing a trend in the smoothie category for this site, right? One bag of protein powder can go a long way! This one is a fun one! It’s tart and sweet and packed full of goodness. Especially if you had too much wine or too many cocktails last night, uhmkay. Cheers to what does a body good when you need a meal on the go. Cuisinart To Go to the rescue!

Another Goodie! A Smoothie.

1 fresh orange (save an end slice for the garnish)

1 1/2 cups of frozen mangoes

1/2 cup of goat milk (more for fluidity)

1 scoop SAKRA Metabolism Chocolate Protein Powder

1 scoop Agent Nateur collagen powder

1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (who are we kidding, you know I did a few shakes and called it a day) 1/2 teaspoon for you.

Blend until smooth. Pour into a bucket glass. Garnish with citrus slice.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: citrus 🍊 slice

Before the light..

Where to buy the goods? You know, bucket glasses, spoons, blending machine and stuffs? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course. Please know I may receive compensation for eligible purchases. Thank you so much!

Sweet Tart Smoothie

Sweet Tart Smoothie

1 cup of frozen passion fruit cubes

1 cup of frozen cranberries

1 cup of frozen mangoes

1/2 cup of Diaspora Chai spice mix with water per instructions (this tea is the liquid here, wink wink) if you like it looser use more

2 tablespoons of honey

2 oz of goat milk

Pinch of pink salt

1 scoop of SAKARA metabolism protein smoothie powder

Pinch of cinnamon

1 heaping tablespoon of bee pollen for creating texture and the garnish (I love an edible garnish)

Method

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Top with bee pollen.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: bee pollen pearls

Where to buy the goods? You know bucket glasses, protein powders and stuffs?

Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront, of course.

Please know I may earn commissions from eligible purchases. Thank you so much!

From the Bar Top: A Ginger Mint Mocktail

Why mocktails? Mocktails are specifically for days when you just don’t want to drink, crave something refreshing, and want to feel included in the crowd without consuming alcohol. Bonus: no hangover and an overall healthy alternative to alcohol. This was a request from the other evening. I took a couple of snaps with my iPhone for continuity—too good not to post!

A Ginger Mint Mocktail

Ingredients

3/4 ginger simple (skin on juiced fresh ginger+ sugar+water)

1 oz fresh lime juice

6-8 mint leaves for the muddling

2 mint with stems bunch ??

1 skin on lime for making the lime garnish

Fever Tree club soda (blue label, if possible)

Method

For the syrup

Juice three knobs of fresh ginger with the skin on. Combine the juice with equal parts water and sugar to create a ginger simple syrup. Store any unused syrup in a sealed container for up to two weeks.

For the drink

In a mixing tin, muddle the mint leaves. Add the ginger syrup, followed by the lime juice. Add ice and shake well. Strain the mixture into the same non-iced mixing tin you just used. Add club soda and stir, then let it sit for a moment to create a nice foam. Pour over ice and garnish with mint and a lime wedge.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: a couple of mint leaves stems and a neatly trimmed lime wedge

Bar Chef Notes: For the adult version, you know what to do. Cheers!

Where to buy the goods? Storage jars, mixing tins, Fever Tree club soda and stuffs? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront. Please know I may earn commissions from eligible purchases. Thank you so much!

Mostly Blueberries Smoothie

Woke up late and needed something to chase down my calcium pill and complement the citrus vitamin D liquid. So, I mixed blueberries, chai masala powder, cocoa nibs, ground cayenne, sea moss, water, and chocolate protein powder, with a few frozen extra blueberries for garnish and for good measure.

And whoosh!! It’s a goodie. Interesting movement in the glass when sipping from the glass. You guessed it, the sea moss gel. Beautiful color. Plus, blueberries are a powerhouse of health benefits, providing a good dose of antioxidants. They support brain, heart, and skin health, and they also have anti-inflammatory properties to top it off. Some even say these powerful spheres help with weight management. All good reasons if you ask me. Which you are, because you are here.

Mostly Blueberries Smoothie

2 1/2 cups (ish) of frozen blueberries

1 cup of water

3 tablespoons of Navitas cocoa nibs

A single serve packet of Triviani chocolate flavored protein powder

1/4 teaspoon of cayenne ground pepper

dash or two of cinnamon

pinch and a dash of pink salt

1 tablespoon of sea moss gel (I make mine but it takes some minutes. You can buy sea moss gel premade should you want to save yourself time.)

1 tablespoon of Diaspora chai masala powder mix

Recommended dose of Erewhon Vitamin D citrus flavor drops

a few frozen blueberries for the garnish

Method

Add all ingredients to a blender; except the few blueberries for the garnish. Blend until smooth. Pour into bucket glass and garnish with the remaining frozen blueberries.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: several frozen blueberries

Bar Chef Notes: Please check with your health care provider when incorporating new supplements and vitamins to your diet.

Where can you buy the goods? You know, protein powder, spices, buckets, glasses, blending machines, and other stuff? The Blonde Behind the Bucket storefront, of course! Please know I may receive commissions from eligible purchases. Thank you so much!

BR Granola Smoothie

BR Granola Smoothie

Ingredients

2 large romaine lettuce leaves

1 1/2 cup of wild frozen blueberries (these came from a South Carolina farm)

1 cup of Chobani yogurt with pineapple (single serve container)

1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne

Water for fluidity

Tablespoon of honey unused a single serve packet Manuka 850

1/2 scoop Sakara protein greens

1 single serve of Sakara metabolism protein powder

1 scoop of Agent Nateur marine collagen powder for skin hair and nails

Recommended drops of THORNE Vitamin D/K3 drops

Method

Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth, except for the granola. Top with Bear Naked Vanilla Granola; the flavors in this mix really bring the smoothie together. Hey, vanilla, I’m looking at you!

Glass: milkshake glass

Garnish: Bear baked granola mix

Where to buy the goods? You know glasses granola dna blending machines? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront. Please know I may receive compensation for eligible purchases.

This Wine Is

I’m jet-lagged and making my way to the supermarket, which is on my list of things to do. I’m glad I made it.

Yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised and wished I had known about it sooner. There was a tasting at Erewhon Market.

This wine is clear. This wine is garnet. This wine is dark fruit. This wine is an Old European soul biodynamic New World California Syrah. This wine is you need a case for your personal cellar. This wine is don’t forget to tell your friends after you have secured all the bottles you can hold. This wine is 2015. This wine is Chateau Bellevue 1881. This wine is.

This wine pairs well with mustard greens, as well as vegetable and meat pâtés. It also pairs well with pasta, cheese and charcuterie boards, herbed ricotta with toast and fish and Thai dishes. This wine retails for about $88 USA dollars. Drink now.

Where to buy bucket glasses, wine openers and wine pumps? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course. Please know I may receive commissions from eligible purchases. Thank you.

Pourquoi?

I started testing smoothies and thought they couldn’t be that good. I didn’t even set up for the photos, but they turned out so dang delicious. Tossing ingredients into a blender and crossing my fingers sometimes works. Why did it happen like that? It just did. Lucky us. Stay cool.

Pourquoi?

Ingredients

1 cup pomegranate juice

2 1/2 cup frozen pineapples

1 single serve package of Blue Majik spirilina on-the-go singles powdered superfood extract (equals a tablespoon ish)

2 tablespoon of ground of flaxseed 

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon cayenne (less spice to taste if you don’t care for it)

2 oz sweet passion syrup (1:1 passion pure and rich simple syrup)

1 tablespoon ish of bee pollen (I use a local to California)

Method

Add all ingredients into blender except bee pollen and blend until smooth.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: bee pollen

Bar Chef Notes: bee pollen is packed with antioxidants nutrient rich energy boosting goodness.

Where to buy the goods? Bucket glass and stuffs? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront. I may receive commissions from eligible purchases. Thank you!

An Underrated Rioja?

I recently read that this wine was underrated. While I can’t say for certain, I agree with that sentiment? At least not by me. How about that? If you haven’t tried this one, you should.

This wine is clear. This wine is garnet. This wine is earth. This wine is dark fruits, black cherries, and spice (everything nice). This wine is dry tannins from thick-skinned grapes. This wine is Tempranillo grapes. This wine is Old World European wine. This wine is oak barrels, French, and American. This wine is Crianza, meaning aged for a specific time usually about twelve months. This wine is younger. This wine is everyday wine in a bucket glass wine. This wine is superb. This wine has an exquisite mouth feel is approachable and just damn good. This wine is a little bit of Spain in a bottle. This wine is Marqués de Cáceres Rioja Crianza 2018. This wine is.

This wine is excellent with or without food. This wine pairs well with baguettes with and jams, raw purple onions, French onion soups, cheese and charcuterie boards, burgers, sweet and sour cabbage dishes, marinade and flash fried tofu garnished with scallions (onions again), pizzas, and pastas. This wine also pairs well with chalky chocolate ice cream or cherry clafoutis. This wine is available at Whole Foods Market. This wine retails for about $16-$25 USA dollars a bottle. Buy a case. Store it properly. Drink now. Recommended drinking temperature is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bar Chef Sommelier notes: wine title missing accent indications from some posts, sorry to the wine.

Where can you buy the goods? You know, a similar bucket glass (like the one from Anthropologie on South Beverly Drive around 2019 ish since closed), wine glasses (if that’s your preference), a corkscrew, and other items at Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course. Please know that I may receive commissions from qualifying purchases.

Please drink responsibly and be of the legal drinking age. Thank you.

On a Whim! Smoothie 8/21

Maybe because I always want ice cream? This is the quelque chose de spécial smoothie. Aka, the something special smoothie. What is that taste? Tart tangy and sweet. Not too sweet. And the texture? Well, I used goat milk. Rich creamy smooth chewy (thanks to the dried mulberries) and crunchy (thanks to the cocoa nibs). It’s a goodie. You’re going to love it!

On a Whim! 8/21 Smoothie

11/2 cup frozen passion fruit cubes

1 cup frozen black cherries

1/2 cup ish of frozen mango chunks

Tablespoon of honey

Pinch of ceremonial matcha for earth, teeny tiny

1 cup of goat milk

Pinch pink salt

1 scoop Sakara chocolate protein metabolism smoothie powder

1 scoop Agent Nateur Holi (mane)

Blend until smooth. Top with dried mulberries and cocoa nibs.

Glass: Bucket Glass

Garnish: Dried Mulberries and Cocoa Nibs

Chef Notes: both the protein powder and collagen powders come with scoops.

Where to buy the goods? Protein powders and glasses and stuffs? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course.