Afternoon Smoothie

My husband and daughter both LOVE smoothies, so he came up with this quick afternoon smoothie to help pick you up and get you going for the rest of the day! We had a whole coconut so the meal and water is fresh!

1 cup coconut water
1/2 coconut meat
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 scoop MILA chia seed

If you don't have a whole coconut, then use coconut milk instead! Enjoy!

Salsa Chicken Black Bean Soup

I found this recipe on a crockpot recipe website, but of course I altered it to our family's liking. It tasted great, and it made a lot of soup. We had company so five of us ate it for dinner and there was enough leftover for lunch the next day! It was warm and tasty...my three year old loved it too!

1 pound free-range chicken (I used frozen chicken breast tenderloins)
2 cans organic black beans (drained)
3 cups organic chicken broth
2 cups diced mushrooms (plus a handful of dried gourmet mushrooms)
2 tsp. organic cumin
1 jar organic salsa (your favorite kind, I used Archer Farms brand)
Shredded, raw cheese, avocado slices (as an optional topping)

Then, simply cook in the crockpot all day. I did high for 4 hours, then low for 4 more hours with my crockpot! If you are gone all day, you could probably just do low for 8-10 hours. The longer it cooks, the more the flavors will disperse...mmm! Then, we shredded the chicken before we served it. This was not too spicy and had great flavor, if you like spicy foods you may want to add some chili powder or chipotle powder!