{"id":1248,"date":"2011-09-02T13:53:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2012-08-31T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T21:50:25","slug":"sweet-tart-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1248","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Tart Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sweet<\/p>\n

I have very sweet childhood memories. Really sweet.<\/p>\n

Such as going down the street to the local drug store tightly clutching four quarters in my sweaty palm\u2026imagining all that I would buy with it. Would be it gummies, chocolate, sour cherries, or gum? I remember such sweet agony trying to decide between coco-cola bottles or fuzzy peaches. But one of my favourites was \u201cSweet Tarts\u201d\u2026little hard candies made of pressed sugar powder. You could suck on them a loooong time and they lasted forever.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, while I was salivating in the candy aisle, my big brother was carefully putting every quarter and loonie straight into his bank account. Yup. That\u2019s the difference between us. He\u2019s smart and plans for the future. I am impulsive and not\u2026as smart. But, I swear\u2026I\u2019ve grown up quite a bit.<\/p>\n

Hey, I don\u2019t even buy candy anymore! \u00a0Except for a little bit of chocolate. Actually\u2026a lot of chocolate. Nevermind.<\/p>\n

In other news…guess what!!! I finally got on the band wagon and acquired a Facebook page for Colourful Palate<\/a>! Yay! I don’t know why it took me forever to get around to it! If you enjoy my blog and want extra Colourful Palate love, articles I like, updates, or just want support my site I’d love it SO much! Now…let\u2019s get to my new recipe!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so excited about it\u2026it tastes like the \u201cSweet Tarts\u201d I was crazy about as a kid. I got warm fuzzies while I was drinking it yesterday morning and realized that I needed to share it with you all. It would be selfish not to. Who knew you could make a healthy version! Kids will love this one!<\/p>\n

Sweet Tart Smoothie<\/h2>\n
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  1. \u00be cup almond milk*<\/li>\n
  2. 2 tbsp. cranberries<\/li>\n
  3. \u00be cup organic strawberries (frozen)<\/li>\n
  4. \u00bd banana (frozen)<\/li>\n
  5. \u00bd lemon, juiced<\/li>\n
  6. 1 tsp. maca powder (opt)<\/li>\n
  7. 1 scoop protein powder (opt)<\/li>\n
  8. 1 tbsp. chia seeds (opt)<\/li>\n
  9. 4 ice cubes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *I used this almond milk recipe<\/a>!<\/p>\n

    Blend all the ingredients\u2026and then if you are adding chia seeds like I did, add them for a few seconds at the end. I like them not completely blended up. Serves 2.<\/p>\n

    I love how you can hide some super nutritional things you\u2019d never eat by itself in a shake. Brilliant way to get your family healthy without them even knowing it. I added some burdock powder (just a tiny bit) in mine as well.<\/p>\n

    \"Sweet<\/p>\n

    Tastes just like liquid candy\u2026mmmmmm.<\/p>\n

    \"Sweet<\/p>\n

    Nutritional Info (per serving, without protein and maca):<\/span><\/strong> Cals: 100. Fat: 4g, Sodium: 69mg, Fiber: 5.5g, Sugars: 7g, Protein: 3g<\/p>\n

    Oh, and guess what came in the mail?<\/p>\n

    \"Sweet<\/p>\n

    I recently won a little giveaway from Carissa (another Carissa blogger! Who knew?) at Fit2Flex<\/a>. I got 5 bags of \u201cFood Should Taste Good\u201d<\/a> chips.<\/p>\n

    \"Sweet<\/p>\n

    I\u2019m kind of excited because I had no idea that there was such a thing as chocolate chips! And nervous\u2026that I\u2019ll eat the whole bag by myself.<\/p>\n

    Thankfully I have a sister who doesn\u2019t let me do such things. We share a lot of our stuff\u2026sometimes even our chocolate. And our clothes. Gum. (No! Like a package of gum, not each piece!) She\u2019s already asked to try my chocolate chips. After much deliberation, I’ve decided to share. It’s only right.<\/p>\n

    \"Sweet<\/p>\n

    Oh, and another that gets happy…when I get samples from people! Thanks Quaker<\/a> and Vega<\/a>! So fun trying new foods!<\/p>\n

    What was your favourite childhood candy? Any fun ideas for other candy based flavours for me to make?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I have very sweet childhood memories. Really sweet. Such as going down the street to the local drug store tightly clutching four quarters in my sweaty palm\u2026imagining all that I would buy with it. Would be it gummies, chocolate, sour cherries, or gum? I remember such sweet agony trying to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,232,1182,1066,290,8,4],"tags":[328,329,331,1136,1138,330,327,1137,326],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3437,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/3437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}