Small Town Summer: Berry Good Night

A solo-night in the life of the College Cuisiner:

After an indulgent lunch of two slices of mushroom and onion pizza at my favorite pizza place in Harrisburg, I needed to make up for it.

A night to myself is an extremely rare occasion, where I do not have to conceed to anyone else's food or tv preferences. Ahhhh...

So I decided to make whatever I was craving and watch my guilty summer pleasure, Pretty Little Liars.

On the random Marisa Craving menu tonight was a fruit smoothie, a big salad, and oh yes, honey nut cheerios.

The best way to recap my night is to tell it food by food:

I started with the Smoothie:

fresh strawberries

banana

frozen mango chunks, and orange juice.

With the help of my handy-dandy emersion blender, we were in business.


Then the Salad. Going with my berry theme I wanted this to be a super salad:

Garden greens, arugula, and bean sprouts

cherries, strawberries, kalamata olives, blue cheese

poached egg

and my easy honey vinaigrette.

Sweet and salty, with lots of fiber.

And gone in 3 minutes flat...

Sticking with the healthy approach and my craving, I went for a bowl of Honey Nut cheerios for dessert. Mmm…I do love that stuff.

None of my meal really requires a “recipe” but I will at least share my favorite fruit smoothie with you.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie: 1 smoothie

Ingredients:

10 strawberries, diced

1 banana, diced

¼ cup of frozen mango chunks

¼-1/2 of orange juice

Directions:

Add strawberries and banana chunks to a bowl.

(If you are using an immersion blender like me, if you are using a glass blender, put all ingredients in the blender.)

Add ¼ cup of orange juice, blend well.

Add mango chunks and blend well.

If the smoothie is too thick, add more orange juice and stir.

Enjoy!

Love,

The College Cuisiner