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For Orange H Day

The cloves are from the Diaspora. They aid in digestion after a meal when chewed, not swallowed. They also make a great mouth for the garnish of this frozen goodness. This smoothie tastes like pie! So good! I mean so good! The citrus flavored activated charcoal liquid seals the deal—it’s too good to believe it’s healthyish. It really brings all the flavors together. And who doesn’t love a chocolate orange combo? Hey pumpkin hey! I did extra tests to confirm the first try wasn’t just a stroke of great luck. Just a great each time after; and because it was, again, so good! For a thicker consistency, use less liquid; for a thinner consistency, use more. I left the little half peeled Dracula oranges in the refrigerator for a day so they could develop a bit of skin and become firmer. A little extra security for the cloves. They are still juicy inside.

I mean aren’t they the cutest little pumpkin garnishes ever? If there was ever a smoothie that caters to the inner child, this is it! Nothing has to be perfect in the decorating—that was my thought process. And because I piped the zigzags with hotter than recommended chocolate in the piping bag. Have fun! It’s so good!

For Orange H Day

Ingredients

1 single serve packet of Ancient Nutrition multi-collagen protein powder 10 grams collagen per serving

1 CYMBIOTIKA single serve lemon cream citrus activated charcoal (inside of the the glass and top swirl)

Melted 74% Ghirardelli chocolate pieces add a little coconut oil for fluidity and shine

1/2 cup of goat milk

1 cup of filtered or distilled water

1 single serve pouch of vanilla Truviani protein powder

Some cloves for decorating and chewing

A pastry bag or zip locked bag to pipe a chocolate zizag pumpkin mouth

2 1/2 frozen baby Dracula oranges

1 baby Dracula orange for decorating

1 1/2 to 2 cups of Whole Foods 365 frozen mango chunks (use your best judgment regarding size). If you have fresh mangoes, freeze them ahead of time and use them when ready.

Method

This a second test. Are you real zig-zag mouth or zig-zag side eye?

For the chocolate zigzags

Melting, piping and chilling. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler (Ban-Marie) or microwave. Let it cool slightly. Place ziplock bag or pastry bag into the glass and fill with chocolate. Make zig zag shapes onto a plate. Place in the freezer to set.

For the chocolate cover orange(s)

Peel the oranges, keeping one half intact. Dip the top half into chocolate and place it in the freezer to set. Once set, decorate with the cloves. Use a cocktail pick to fasten it to the glass.

Blending decorating consuming

Snip with scissors or tear open the top of the charcoal single-serve packet. Roll the glass while adding some of the liquid to coat the inside. Reserve the remainder for the top of the smoothie swirl. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Pour the mixture into the glass coated with charcoal. Add more liquid charcoal and swirl it using a toothpick, fork, or your fingers. Add pumpkin garnish.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: little orange pumpkin

Where to buy the goods? Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront. Please know I may receive commission from eligible purchases.

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!

Almond Milk Joins the Party..

Soaking the almonds..You know what that means…More than five almonds in the almond milk.

Up until recently I had been having almond milk delivered to me. Things changed. I wanted better quality for my recipes anyway. Making it at home is easier than you may think. Creamy, full-flavored smoothies, cocktails, and more are now in your future.

Start of the almond soaking process

Ingredients:

– 2 cups of raw almonds

– 4 cups of water (extra 2 cups to add after final strain to create a thinner milk)

– 1/8 tablespoon of pink salt

– 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla paste

Method:

1. Soak the almonds in water overnight or for at least 6-8 hours in a covered bowl in or out of the refrigerator. This helps soften the almonds for blending and improves the texture of the almond milk. Got time constraints? 4 hours will do, but 6-8 hours is best.

2. Discard the soaking water and rinse the almonds.

3. In a blender, combine the soaked almonds, 4 cups of fresh water, pink salt, and vanilla paste.

4. Blend on high speed for 2-3 minutes until the almonds are finely ground and the mixture is smooth.

5. Strain the almond mixture through a nut milk bag or a fine mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth into a bowl or pitcher.

6. Squeeze and press the almond pulp to extract as much liquid as possible.

7. Transfer the almond milk to a sealed container and refrigerate. Shake well before serving. Lasts 3-5 daysish.

Bar chef note: Add extra 2 cups of water after straining for a thinner milk more quantity milk. Leftover almond pulp can be frozen and used in various food and drink recipes. Adding extra vanilla paste, salt, and date syrup are excellent options after straining.

Note: There are some exceptional brands on the market (obviously), but I promise you won’t regret making your own almond milk.

Where can you buy the goods? You know, wide-mouth jars, almonds, nut milk bags, bowls, and stuff? Blonde Behind the Storefront, of course. Please note that I earn commissions on eligible items. Thank you.

Cheers!

fully loaded hemps seeds cherries smoothie

This smoothie is earthy, bitter, slightly sweet, and packed with goodness. It’s fully loaded.

Where to buy the goods? Glasses, SAKARA and other ingredients, blender and stuffs? BlondeBehindtheBucket Storefront of course. Please know I may receive commissions from eligible purchases. Thank you.

fully loaded helps cherries smoothie

for the rim/garnish

Gather the necessary ingredients and materials: honey, hemp seeds, a small plate or shallow dish, and a glass.
Pour a small amount of honey onto the plate or shallow dish. The amount will depend on the size of the glass rim you want to coat.
Spread the honey evenly on the plate, making sure it covers an area slightly larger than the rim of the glass.
Take the glass and dip the rim into the honey, gently rotating it to ensure the honey coats the entire rim.
Lift the glass out of the honey and allow any excess to drip off.
Immediately after dipping the glass rim in honey, dip it into a separate plate or shallow dish filled with hemp seeds. Again, rotate the glass to ensure the hemp seeds stick to the honey-coated rim.
Gently tap the glass to remove any excess hemp seeds.
Place the glass upright and allow the honey and hemp seeds to dry and set for a few minutes.
Once the honey and hemp seeds have dried and set, your honey hemp seeds glass rim is ready to use.

Note: Make sure to handle the glass carefully to avoid dislodging the honey and hemp seeds. Additionally, be mindful of any allergies or dietary restrictions when serving drinks with a honey hemp seeds glass rim.

for the smoothie:

1 scoop Sakara metabolism protein (can be purchased in larger or smaller “travel” size packet)
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 scoop Holi (mane) Agent Nateur collagen powder
1 tablespoon 200+ manuka honey (plus extra for glass rim)
3 tablespoons hemp seeds (plus extra for glass rim)
1 cup frozen black cherries
1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks
1 tablespoon ground cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon Ceylon cinnamon
1 sambazon original açaí frozen packet
1 tablespoon of avocado oil
1 tablespoon sea moss gel (prepared according to packet instructions) I use Erewhon dried sea moss.

Add all ingredients to a blender. I use Cuisant to-go. Blend until smooth.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: honey hemp seed rim and maybe a few hemp seeds for the top

bar chef notes: additional goodness and a tang, add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar

Where to buy the goods? Glasses, blending machines, hemp seeds, and other stuffs? My Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course.

*Please know I may receive commissions on eligible purchases. Thank you.

Motivation Monday Mean Green Smoothie

Today looked like Monday. The Monday that gets the bad rap Monday. A cold rainy January Monday case of the Mondays Monday. It could be Tuesday or Friday and would still feel like that Monday. To add to the case of the Mondays feeling, I don’t have any more of my usual frozen fruits for the smoothie. I contemplate click and ship within two hours via Amazon Fresh and decide against it. I am glad I did, decide against it. After rummaging through my freezer fridge and cupboards, I figured it out. You’ll thank me. The Motivation Monday Mean Green Smoothie for any day of the week that feels like, you know, is a happy smoothie. It’s fresh bright light and satisfying. After a few sips, you will be asking yourself, case of the Mondays what? Who me? And I don’t know know about you but I feel a teensy bit healthier it being green and all.

Motivation Monday Mean Green Smoothie

1 Cup of Frozen Spinach

1/2 Fresh Cucumber

1/4 Cup of Frozen Black Cherries

8 Fresh Mint Leaves and a sprig for garnish

1 Scoop of SAKARA Protein + Greens Super Powder (contains pea and hemp protein pumpkin seed protein sesame protein coconut milk powder AND Super Greens Blend (spirulina, I’m guessing green and wheatgrass some barley and more..) addition coconut and vanilla for good measure. These are the ingredients listed in the package. Saves the trouble of buying all the seeds and peas and powders. It’s an all in one.

1 Scoop of Agent Nateur Holi (mane) Hair, Skin, Nails Supplement (marine collagen and pearl powder)

2 Tablespoons of Primal Kitchen Collagen Fuel Vanilla Coconut Drink Mix

2-3 Tablespoons of Agave

1 Cup of Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk

Method

Add almond milk to the blender. Then add frozen spinach. Continue with remainder ingredients. I recommend adding powders after the agave and almost last if you can; This way the powders don’t sink to the bottom of the blending machine and clump. Please don’t forget to wash your cucumber and your mint. I chopped extra and ate while I was preparing and contemplating what other ingredients I might add. Cinnamon could be nice too? I skip it. Anyways, blend all together and pour into glass.

Glass: Bucket Glass

Garnish: Mint Sprigs

Where to buy the goods? Glasses, blenders, ingredients.. Blonde Behind the Bucket Storefront of course. I may receive commissions from eligible purchases.

Pomegranate Fruit Blast

Pomegranate Fruit Blast

Ingredients

1 cup of evaporated milk OR unsweetened vanilla almond milk (both are excellent with these ingredients)

1 Pitaya Foods frozen dragon fruit package

1 cup frozen chopped strawberries

1/2 cup of frozen pineapples

1/2 frozen banana

1/4 cup of frozen black pitted cherries

A little but of frozen spinach for good measure. Extra greens are a good thing was my thinking. Small handful worth..

1/2 cup of pomegranate kernels (reserve some for the garnish. I eyeballed this ingredient for the garnish. Maybe a tablespoon worth)

1 scoop of Agent Nateur & Dr. Will Cole holi (mane) collagen powder

1/2 scoop -1 scoop Vega vanilla protein and greens protein powder depending on desired sweetness

Method

Add all ingredients to a blending machine expect the reserved pomegranate kernels. Blend until smooth.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: pomegranate seeds

10.05.22 smoothie

I managed to put this one in a glass. More often than not I use the Cuisinart To Go cylinder and spoon (I don’t like to do extra dishes) but I need to apply makeup to my face today and transferred this one to a glass because. Inspired by my cluttered vanity, I decide to snap a few iPhone photos. This smoothie is a goodie. Sweet salty and satisfying. Tastes too good to be healthy but it is.

Cuisinart To Go

10.05.22 smoothie

1 cup frozen cubed mangoes

1/2 cup frozen cubed pineapple

1 frozen banana

1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk

3 tablespoons of hemp seeds

2 Tablespoons of Amazing Grass greens blend powder

1 scoop of Agent Nateur & Dr Cole ho l i ( m a n e ) hair, skin, nails, 2 daily combined

1 Tablespoon of Matcha Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides powder

1 scoop of Vega Vegan Vanilla Protein and Greens

1 1/2 Tablespoons Sunflower kernels roasted and salted 1 inside the smoothie. 1/2 for the garnish

Method

In a blender, in my case the Cuisinart To Go cylinder, add all ingredients. Blend until smooth. Pour smoothie into a (chilled) glass to enjoy. Top with many roasted salted sunflower kernels.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: roasted and salted sunflower kernels