Smoothie Sensation For This Broken-down Fibro body

This weekend the hubs and I broke down and bought a Vitamix. Should've done it a long time ago with what I've paid for on other much less wondrous blenders and food processors in the past few years. We debated between that and a good juicer but Costco had the Vitamix at $100 off the normal price and so we gathered our pennies and took the plunge. Is it that expensive? I guess in the grand scheme of life maybe not but its about the same price as washing machine, an iPad, a television for our bedroom - and all it does is blend! I think it should have a few more features for that price. I say all of this just to give my train of thought and to admit that I really am cheap and don't like to spend over $100 on anything. BUT this overpriced blender is probably the best appliance we've ever purchased. Totally worth the money and I guess it proves the adage "you get what you pay for".

So since we have this new toy I'm determined to use it every day and honestly we've used it several times a day this week. The whole family is drinking our yummy vitamins. I've noticed that I'm feeling a little better in the mornings. The fibromyalgia is not knocking my on my arse as much as normal and my sugar addiction is not clamoring in the back of my head during every waking moment. I'm still crashing out in the afternoons but I'm afraid I might be overdoing the chores when I have a little extra energy and feeling less bad than normal.

Thought I'd share today's recipe which was yummilicious even if Andy said it looked like something Fat Bastard drank. But as any kindergartener will tell you, if you mix red, green, and yellow you'll get brown! So it may look a little gross but the taste is all that matters! At least to me anyway! Please note that 2 bananas are in this smoothie. If bananas give you migraines, don't use them. Unless you want a migraine. If you want a migraine you are too stupid to read my blog - these are not the droids you're looking for, you can go about your business. Move along, move along.

Today's smoothie is called:
Fibro Can F*** Off For All I Care

1/2 fresh pineapple
2 bananas
1/4 lemon
1 orange
1 large spoonful of organic plain yogurt
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
A healthy dollop of honey
1/2 c water
1 c frozen kale
15 large frozen strawberries

Put ingredients in the blender in order listed, reserving half of the following items: pineapple, banana and strawberries. If using a Vitamix start on 1 and work up to the highest setting until completely blended, tamping down all the while. Once blended, lower the setting to 3 and add remaining ingredients. Place on highest setting and blend until all fruit is fully mixed in and no chunks of fruit are remaining, approximately 30-45 seconds. Smoothie will be the color of cat sick.