So, as I mentioned in THIS POST, I’ve been drinking a lot of homemade smoothies these days. I know you guys just love how I start off a blog post like we had been having a conversation the whole time, right? No? I’m sorry. Hiiiii Guys! How’s everyone feeling? I hope the week has started well for you all. I’m feeling GREAT! Maybe it’s all these healthy smoothies I’ve been drinking these days. I make it my business to drink at least one a day. Usually, I don’t follow a recipe. I just think about what flavors I’d like to taste, put them together in a blender and whiz up something. My body thanks me whenever I feed it all that goodness. The most recent smoothie I’ve made was this one that I call Truly Tropical Smoothie. If you think you’d like it, then give it a try! Come back and tell me how it was for you.

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Yay! It’s Friday. The beginning of the weekend and my time to let loose a little. Today, I’m sharing with you another rum cocktail. This is the third one in a row. I must be going through a rum phase. Don’t worry, I’ll soon make a cocktail with another type of liquor. I hope. This cocktail, according to About.com, “became popular at Pat O’Briens bar in 1940′s New Orleans, apparently debuted at the 1939 World’s Fair and was named after the hurricane lamp-shaped glasses the first drinks were served in. It’s said that O’Brien created the heavily rummed drink as a means to get rid of the large stock of rum his Southern distributors forced him to buy” I found it to be very delicious because of all the citrus juices. Try it and get your weekend started in style!

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Every day I wake up I think of my lovely St. Vincent and the Grenadines. I wish I was there right now. In fact, every day I wake up I say to myself “Boy, I really wish I could go (to) Salt Pond today” or I can be often heard telling one of my hanging buddies from St. Vincent “Today would have been a reallll(y) nice day to go (to) Salt Pond”. Salt Pond is my favorite beach in St. Vincent & the Grenadines. It has black sand and mildly rough waters. It’s definitely not the typical beach many think of when they hear the word “island” or “Caribbean”. Day after day, there’s no Salt Pond for me. Alas, I’m stuck here, in the States, and won’t be there for a while *Tears* You see, my most recent trip home just reminded me of what a beautiful country I was born and raised in. In retrospect, I can’t believe I was, at 17 years old, dying to get out of there. Only now, as a fully grown adult, can I truly appreciate the rich culture of my country, the warm and usually sunny weather to be had there 365 days a year, the beautiful, scenic views throughout the island and all that lush vegetation that provides those tasty fruits and vegetables. I love and miss you St. Vincent & The Grenadines.

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Quite a mouthful there huh? Shall we cut it down to just Trail Mix Smoothie with banana and peanut butter? What’s that you say? It’s the same thing? Well I was only trying to help….So I guess we’ll stick with the name in the title. Oh wait how about BPB Trail Mix Smoothie? Sounds mysterious doesn’t it? Ahhh, knew you’d like it! Whatever we end up calling this concoction, just know it tastes amazing. I had a trail mix package in my pantry and my girl friends and I have been trying to drink at least one smoothie a day, so trying to be creative, I thought I’d just blend my trail mix with some milk, add a banana and some peanut butter and abracadabra, my smoothie for the day

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So as you, my readers know, just the other day I made Coconut Milk. Geeze, let me tell you how tasty this stuff is! I used it in a Strawberry-Banana smoothie last week and I declare it was the best smoothie I have ever made. Sooo good. Because that coconut milk was so good and a little less guilt inducing than cow’s milk, I decided to experiment with pecan milk. My people, this is just gold! I have included a recipe for a smoothie and oatmeal that I used the pecan milk. You must give it (or them) a try!

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Oh how I love the flavor of coconut. It’s so…tropical. It reminds me of home any time drink or eat any coconut flavored drink or food. Where I live, canned coconut milk is about 1.50 for each can. Over time, that adds up. Recently, I ran out of diary milk when I was craving oatmeal so I was forced to improvise because 1. It was snowing outside and 2. I was just tooooo lazy to drive to the store. I’ve seen my grandmother make coconut milk already. She pretty much followed THIS method but I didn’t have a whole coconut on hand nor was I up to the task of grating. What I had though was a bag of coconut flakes lying around and with the help of Google, I was able to enjoy a nice bowl of coconut flavored oatmeal that day. I’m also experimenting with making pecan milk. Will post my results soon.

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This piña colada drink was inspired by one I had on Young Island (St Vincent & the Grenadines). I’ve had piña coladas before but when I had this particular one, I knew my new mission in life was to come back to States to make one that replicated this deliciousness to the T. I know this one deviates from the original but it’s still really good. If you ever give it a try, come on back and tell me how you liked it.

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