Thursday, April 21, 2016

Green Smoothie

A lot of people don't eat the right amount of vegetables that an average person should have. One way that I have found that is easy for me to get the right intake of veggies is making a green smoothie. I know it might look a little off just because a lot of people see a green liquid and say no thanks. But this smoothie is actually really good!

Not only is it good for you but it is incredibly easy to make and takes about 5 minutes. You can see the 10 benefits that the green smoothie gives and the recipe below.

The recipe:
1 c coconut milk
1/2 mango chunks
1 c super greens (spinach, kale)
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup ice




1. Green smoothies have pure nutrition and vitamins that you get from the certain type of fruit and vegetables you choose to put in the smoothie.

2. When you just get fruit juice you can get the vitamins and minerals but you can't get the fiber that you can get from the smoothies.

3. If you don't like eating your veggies making a smoothie is a great way to get your greens. The vegetable is hidden by the fruit and yogurt or whatever else you put in the smoothies.

4. These smoothies take about 5 minutes so it quick and easy to make, all you need is a blender.

5. Making the smoothies at home can also save you money. If you go to a juice bar it can cost you at least $5 for one glass. Not only do you get the vitamins you need you save money instead of buying multivitamins.

6. If you have kids it is a good way to get them to "eat" their greens.

7. Green smoothies is also a great source of energy. Eating fruits by itself will only provide short bursts of energy but combining the veggies will give you the long lasting energy that you need.

8. The smoothies are low in calories but also very filling. It contains high amounts of water and fiber that makes you feel like you just ate a meal.

9. If you need something that is easy to digest then green smoothies are the best thing. Since they are already blended and it's liquid it is way easier to digest.

10. These smoothies also keep you hydrated. Experts say that you are supposed to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day and that people don't even drink half that. Adding water to the smoothies can keep you hydrated and get you drinking water without even realizing it.




Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Tarp Fail

If you have ever had the not so pleasant experience of tarping a field you will understand where I am coming from with this post.

No team enjoys tarping and untarping a field and if you have ever heard someone say they like don't believe them because they are lying to you. It takes about 15 minutes for our whole team to roll it out and cover our field. After we get the field covered we have to put tires and pretty much whatever we can find on the tarp.

Our tarp that we have isn't the best so we have to look for tiny holes and tape them up (it's ghetto we know) then finally we can leave.

We are supposed to play today but we all got to the field and saw this....


The storm blew off our tarp and it made another Broncho Lake on our field. Seeing this the day before you're supposed to play isn't the best feeling especially after you searched so hard for those stupid little holes that took 10 minutes to find.

Tarping brings out the worst in everybody, with all the yelling at each other and different people saying different things at once we always managed to get it done.

We are supposed to play on our field Friday and Saturday so hopefully the wet vac that the coaches got can suck up a lake before then.