I have a smoothie, EVERY.SINGLE.MORNING. A smoothie, packed with fruit, almond milk and lots and lots of spinach. Don’t stick your nose up. You can’t even taste the spinach, I promise. Smoothies, fill you up and you can make them as healthy or non-healthy as you want. With my ever growing butt, I choose to stick to the healthier version.
This is my Everyday Green Smoothie. It’s my go to. And it makes me happy.

Well, it’s offical The Hungry Housewife turned 4 yesterday and I have a wonderful giveaway for you.

Have you heard of the Blendtec Blender. It’s the blender of all blenders. The Creme de la creme in the blender world.

Forget about breaking out the big food processor, the Blendtec does it all.
It crushes ice into snow( and even has an ice crushing-Guarantee ) with its 1560 watts of power.

The pitcher is HUGE, nearly 3 quarts. That’s a lot of margaritas if your into that sorta thing {cough}…

One thing that I immediately noticed with the Blendtec is that I didn’t have to shove a big spoon into the blender to make sure everything was getting blended. My old blender used to get this air pocket above the blade and it would never blend…it was very VERY frustrating. I have made 9 smoothies so far with my Blendtec and never once had that happen, when it happened EVERY time with my old one.
Another thing I love about the Blendtec is the Blend Cycles. I obviously use the “Smoothie” button everyday. It blends everything perfectly and I don’t have to pre cut my fruit. I could throw a whole apple in there with no problem if I wanted to.

So what am I getting at here? The Blendtec is a superior blender. Far more superior than another blender I have ever had, and I have had several brands in the past.
They are so confident in their product that they offer a 7 year warranty. Good stuff people.

Here is a horribly  shot video. My iPhone is giving me a fit, so please forgive the quality.
Oh and have you ever seen any of the “Will It Blend” videos??? They are great, you can watch them here.

Also, go check out the Blendtec recipe section..here

Yes, I am aware that I said Flaxseed Oil. Nope I added Ground Flaxseed, NOT Flaxseed oil.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

I bet you are dying for a Blendtec? Well, one of you will win one!! WAAAhhhooooo.

GIVEAWAY RULES *****CONTEST CLOSED*****

One winner will win One Blendtec Total Blender Classic Series WildSide
Approximate Value $454.95

Contest ends Thursday May 3rd at 9 am est.

Winner will be chosen by Random Org.com
Contest open to US residents ONLY.

Main Entry
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1.) What is your favorite Smoothie?

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And there you have it, a total of 10 entries for you.(only #1 is required to enter)

*I was provided with a Blendtec, however all opinions are 100% mine*

Man, I totally forgot it was World Nutella Day.
Pretty sure it should be a religious holiday.
Since I forgot, I obviously didn’t  make anything.

I will share the Nutella Recipes on my site for you…

by far, this unassuming drink is the most popular thing on my blog,
NUTELLA HOT CHOCOLATE

Nutella Peanut Butter Potato Chip Panini

Nutella Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

Nutella Peanut Butter Brownies (horrible photo from 2008,one of the 1st things I ever posted)

And if you follow me on instagram or Facebook, you will know I even take photos of Nutella Jars.

“Nutella is located on the top shelf because it is closer to God.”

New Years Eve was great. My husband decided he wanted to have a party last minute. And by last minute, I mean the day before. Gotta love em’.
If you read this post, you know that none of my clothes fit me, so I began stressing out on what I was going to wear for the party. I mean, people usually get all fancied up for New Years.
So I decided to make our New Years party a PAJAMA  party! Everyone had to come in the P.J’s. Sure, I still put on some make up, but let me tell you how comfy I was!!!!
I had too much to drink…doesn’t happen often, but when it does….good lord.  Diet Coke and Cherry Flavored Vodka is VERY easy to chug down.
I was dancing all night long. One low point was, dancing to Beastie Boys- Brass Monkey with my dog under one arm and a wooden spoon in the other hand as a microphone.
I had fun

I am wishing each and everyone of you a Happy 2012.
I can’t thank you all enough for continually stopping by my blog and reading what I have to say. You all are very much appreciated. You make doing what I do worth every calorie!!!!

So onto my top 10 recipe/posts of 2011 (according to Google Analytics)

#10 Rustic Love Bird Wedding Cake

For the more photos of this beautiful wedding cake I made..click over to this post.

#9 Filet Mignon

For tips on how to cook the perfect Filet Mignon click here

#8 Sugar Cookie Tips and Icing Tips

For my Sugar Cookie and Icing tips head on over to here.

#7 Rice Pudding from Left Over Rice
This has been in the top 10 every year. This post was when my blog was only 3 months old!

Click here for the Rice Pudding Recipe

#6 Lemon Bars

Click here for the Lemon Bar Recipe

#5 Pretzel Rolo Turtles

For the recipe for the Pretzel Rolo Turtles click here.

#4 Ice Cream Bread

Ice Cream Bread Recipe is here

#3 Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

The ever popular Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal recipe is here

#2 Antipasto Kabobs

Antipasto Kabobs are here

#1 Nutella Hot Chocolate- Sooooooooo Addictive and delicious. My Nutella Hot Chocolate was ALLLL over the web!

Nutella Hot Chocolate recipe lives HERE

All is right in the world when you drink this little concoction of mine.
It will be sure to warm your belly and add cellulite to your hips. Gotta love the Holidays.
My jeans are already getting too tight, but that did not stop me from drinking this whole glass of Nutella Hot Chocolate with homemade whipped cream.
I hope you guys are still not buying the pre-made “whipped topping”. Please tell me your not. Homemade whipped cream takes like 2 minutes to make and tastes FAR superior to anything that comes from a tub or aerosol can. Oh, and it is a million times cheaper!
I hope you enjoy this heavenly beverage!

**** COME BACK TOMORROW FOR A YUMMY GIVEAWAY!!!****

NUTELLA HOT CHOCOLATE
1 serving

1 cup milk (I use skim)
2 1/2 Tbsp Nutella
1 Tbsp Cocoa
Tiny pinch of salt

In a small sauce pan over medium heat, whisk all ingredients together until well blended and hot.
Pour in a cup and top with homemade whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

HOMEMADE WHIPPED CREAM

1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
2 Tbsp Sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Place a medium bowl and your beaters from your electric mixer in the freezer for 10 minutes (this helps the whipped cream stiffen faster)
Pour all ingredients into the chilled bowl and start to beat. Start off on low and gradually work your way up to high. It will be done when it is the consistency of ..well…whipped cream. Don’t over beat.

You don’t see anything wrong with the Whipped Cream/Hot chocolate ratio, do you? No? I didn’t think so.