banana & orange smoothie bowl

Happy Sunday!

I'm back with yet another smoothie bowl recipe. I am obsessed with these, but I haven't been eating them much in the Fall/Winter. I've been sticking with oatmeal... but oatmeal doesn't make pretty pictures -- smoothie bowls take nice pictures.

A couple of days ago, I made this banana bowl. I never really like to post the exact measurements of ingredients because unless it's baking then it doesn't really matter (and I don't know how much of each I use). So, I'm just going to write what I used and give you a rough idea in the method part.

Banana-Orange Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
bananas
orange juice
almond milk
quick oats
toppings: kiwi, chia seeds, coconut and the best cereal chunks to top.

Method
Blend frozen bananas (I only used 2) with orange juice, almond milk and about a cup of the oats. Use enough liquid to help the blender move, if you know what I mean.
Pour the smoothie into a bowl and add toppings! It's January, so I only have kiwi and apples right now, so I used kiwi and the typical chia seeds and coconut. I also used this AMAZING granola/cereal mix that I love. I'm trying to remake it but haven't found a good enough recipe yet -- but I will share when I do!

hello, 2016!

My year began the way it began last year -- watching fireworks. Only this time, I was with friends instead of family, and I was watching them in person instead of on TV.  I've been lucky and met so many great, new people in the last few months, through school.

2015 was a good year for me, the biggest part of all obviously has to be my schooling. I've found a program I love and, unlike how I felt at the end of 2014, I am finishing 2015 looking forward to the next years of my degree. It feels nice to enjoy the things you're doing.

I am also going into 2016 without a job, which has been a trend for me in the past few years! Maybe not the best trend, but one day I will keep a job for longer than 6 months.

In terms of resolutions, I succeeded in 3 out of 4 of my 2015 promises. I will carry over the "Practise Mindfulness" but that'll be my only resolution, I think. I don't think there's anything else I want to try to change, really. Life seems to be going pretty well right now!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope it turns out to be a good one.