Navy is My Neutral

While I am always down for coffee and cookies, or a big bowl of ice cream, eating healthy is one of my biggest passions in life. Since summer is upon us, I thought it was a perfect time to share some of my favorite recipes with you guys. Summer is probably my favorite season when it comes to food, because along with the good weather and sunny skies comes fresh and local produce! Hope you enjoy the recipes! Green Orange Julius: This smoothie is hands down the best green smoothie recipe I have ever tried! It's super simple to make and equally delicious. The best part about this smoothie is that even though it's green and good for you, you don't feel like you're drinking a smoothie with spinach! I basically follow the recipe linked here  with the exception that I use almond milk instead of dairy milk, and sometimes I use whole oranges instead of juice if we happen to have them! Grilled Romaine Salad: I know what you're thinking..grilled romaine? Well tru...

Sunny skies and crisp Autumn mornings definitely call for apple picking if you ask me! A couple weekends ago I finally got to cross apple picking off of my fall bucket list and now our fridge is pretty much over-flowing with apples! The orchard we went to was about 40 minutes from our house but well worth the drive! It's 130 acres and everywhere you look all you see is rows and rows of trees dripping with apples. They have 30 varieties of apples with my favorites being granny smith, empire, and pink lady. Almost every weekend during August-October the orchard is open to the public for "pick your own." When you get there you are given a bag and a map of the orchard, and then set free to fill your bag as much as it can possibly hold! One of my favorite rules the farm gave for picking was that a good harvester always tastes her crop, so you better believe I did just that! By the time I walked out of there I had probably tasted as many apples as we had picked...we...