Avocado Smoothie?!

Yep, well a little avocado, and lots of other good stuff too. As I have mentioned before here at Alaskan Brothers my boys and their "picky eating" habits in addition to living as rural as we do can make it a challenge to have the things on hand you'd like to. At certain times each month the fridge starts to get a little empty so like most Alaskans you get used to using what you have. Luckily my kids like smoothies and I can put a plethora (never typed that word before, it's weird but I like it) of good things into them, like veggies, yogurt,spices etc. Thank you to the inventor of the blender by the way. So yesterdays smoothie turned out extra creamy, yummy and almost milk shake like, and here's what I threw into it:
A brown frozen banana (we also use them in bread, muffins, pancakes etc.)
1/4 of a leftover avocado
1/2 cup or so, maybe more, I don't measure anything, of honey greek yogurt
*these first 3 ingedients are what gave it that creamy ice cream like texture
juice, any kind, we had cranberry cherry in the fridge
a dash of ginger powder (fresh is awesome if you have it)
a squirt of lemon juice
3 or 4 ice cubes
and blend until creamy!
I love experimenting with berries,veggies, juices & yogurts and the boys, most always, love it no matter what's in it. Sometimes it's more of an icy smoothie, no yogurt just fruit, ice and juice. I do tell them after what's in it. So they know what veggie they had. Jaxon has been really good about trying new things lately, Hawken not so much. We are working on it. Today was our turn to bring snack to Hawken's class so last night I made some homemade granola bars and they were a hit. They are super easy. We also brought some bulk dried banana chips, not as popular but something Hawken surprisingly likes, sometimes...
Granola Bars:
Warm a little butter in a pan, this helps with sticking issues. Add some peanut butter and honey or a little brown sugar. Get it warm and gooey then add whatever you want, I did oatmeal, sunflower seeds and some mini choc. chips (at the end so they were not completely melted) because it's what I had. Sometimes I do dried cranberries or raisins even Cheerios or granola cereal works if you don't have oatmeal. Then scrape your mixture onto a plate or cookie sheet or wax paper works well, press it down and shape it. I put it  in the freezer for an hour or so and then the fridge for the night to set up. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters or just sqaures and enjoy. * (Sorry if I have misspelled anything, spell check isn't working right now and I so winged the word "plethora" I have no idea if that one is right but I really wanted to use it) ;0)