Green Juice

Okay- let me tell you all what I did today and then you can stand up and applaud when I'm finished.

Today I......

woke up at 6:30, showered, dressed, got kids up and fed, left to take PG to school at 8, dropped Roo off with my grandparents at 8:30, came back home to pick up my friend's daughter so I could drive her and J to preschool, went to work as a receptionist at my mom's office for 2 hours, dealt with a deeply narcissistic man on the telephone, practiced the art of showing grace (apparently, if I'm going to keep working there I'll need more practice), came back and did the whole Mom Taxi thing in reverse, went to my tutoring client's house at 4, tutored, came home, grabbed a quick bite, went to Back to School Night, went to the grocery store, came home, put kids to bed, and now I'm writing.  With a glass of wine to my right.

I was impressed with my list until I realized that I'm not doing anything that hundreds of other moms aren't doing as well, and that made me realize that we all really need to band together and demand a higher salary.

Who's with me?

Anyway.  I bet you're wondering what all this has to do with the title of this post.  Well.  Green Juice is something that my friend Alisha has been telling me about.  It's a smoothie recipe that contains a cup of spinach, mixed with 3 other fruits and 8 oz. of yogurt.  Her daughter (who I drive to preschool in the morning and who I love to make laugh because she has the greatest "preschooler giggle" ever) loves it.  Alisha brought me a sample of Green Juice yesterday when she dropped Taytum off.  She told me she was feeling like Supermom that day.  So that's where the whole Supermom/Green Juice connection comes in.  You sneak those veggies into your kids, it's quick, it's easy, they love the taste, and you feel like Supermom.

Just don't try to make a video of it, as I tried to do (in no less than 4 takes) yesterday.

Several things went wrong.  1) I didn't realize that I'm one of those people who turn every statement into a question?  It's really annoying to listen to?  I'm wondering how many friendships I've lost out on due to this annoying quality that's only recently come to my attention?
2) I talk really fast.  To compensate, I'll write out the recipe for you all at the end of this post.
3) I apologize for the Star Wars Fighter Ship that J puts down right in the middle of the frame at the end. He didn't know his was blocking Camera A.
4) WHEN did I start looking so DANG OLD?

Anyway, here it is.  See if you can manage watching it without covering up your eyes in embarrassment.  I found it hard to do, myself.

Groovy Green Juice from Tacy Cauthron on Vimeo.

I guess it's a pretty safe bet to say that I'll never land a job at the Food Network. Oh well. Here' s the recipe for those of you who couldn't quite catch my valley-girl style mutterings.


Groovy Green Juice
1 cup of grapes
1 green apple, peeled and sliced
1 banana
1 cup of spinach
8oz. vanilla yogurt
Puree it in a blender and serve it up!


And like I said, you can use any types of fruit you want. I used apple, nectarine, and blueberries. Yum. I love being sneaky and making my kids eat their spinach. Like I tell them whenever we find ourselves locked in a power struggle of any sort: "Mommy will always win." Then, to myself I always add, "SUCKAS!!!!!"
You all have a good night!