The Lemon Poppy Seed smoothie was a fresh idea I had this weekend after having a “Chocolate Cake Shake” from a local restaurant. The Chocolate Cake Shake is simple: it’s just a slice of frosted cake blended into a milk shake. I started to think about using my favorite dessert: lemon poppy seed muffins. As you can imagine this isn’t the healthiest of ideas, so I went for a smoothie option, which allows for lighter ingredients.

ingredients

- 1 cup of ice, crushed

- 8 ounces of lemon yogurt

- juice of 1/2 a lemon

- 1/3 cup light vanilla soy milk

- 1 tablespoon lemon zest

- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

- 1 tablespoon sugar – optional if you prefer a tart drink

yields one smoothie

directions

Place 1 cup of ice in a blender; crush. Add in yogurt, and blend for 10 seconds. Add soy milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, poppy seeds, and optional sugar. Blend for about 30 seconds or until smooth.

Out to find ways to make life simpler, Ashley is tackling life one DIY project at a time. Learning as she goes, she also spends her days writing Indie Pretty Projects and creating for her Etsy shop.

wrap up: {ashley pahl} {drink} {lemon} {lemon poppy seed} {recipe} {smoothie}

even though it was pouring snow on monday, the high today is 72 and i’m simply sprung about spring!  yes, enough to where i even made some hand squeezed lemonade, yum.

recipe:

1 cup of lemon juice

1 cup of sugar (i put a dash more, i like mine sweet!)

the squeeze of one lime

6 cups of cool water

stir until the sugar has dissolved, kick back, and relax!

today was also the first day that i was able to pick flowers from my yard, a splash of homegrown yellow goes a long way!

{photos: bonnie forkner}

wrap up: {flowers} {gladening} {lemon} {lemonade} {spring} {sugar}