Healthy Berry Smoothies

We've been on this smoothie kick for a few months. I've been making berry smoothies as a special healthy treat 1-2 times a week for the fam.

I sent the hubs to Costco, and in my craziness told him to pick up a bag of frozen strawberries, and another bag of mixed berries...I didn't even think of how humongous the bag would be since they're Costco sized. The hubs walked in with 2, 3 gallon bags of frozen berries lol! 

So we've been creating smoothie recipes lately. Here's one of our fav's so far...

2 c milk

1/2 c Greek yogurt

1-2 tea vanilla (unless you use vanilla Greek yogurt)

1-2 tabl agave nectar 

2 c. frozen strawberries

1-2 tabl chia seeds

2 tabl oats (helps keep the recipe thick)

If you choose to use vanilla Greek yogurt you can skip the vanilla, unless you want extra vanilla flavor. Also you can skip the agave nectar unless you want it sweeter. 

In a blender, pour all the ingredients in, and blend until smooth. 

Whats nice with this recipe is that you don't need to add ice cubes since you have the frozen strawberries! 

If you have one of those fancy pants Vitamix blenders, count your self lucky! I've been wanting one BAD for quite some time, but cant bring my self to spend the $400 to buy it. We would totally use it several times a week...but I opt to keep my kids clothed...mommies "wants" can be put on hold lol! My plan is to fully use the life out of my $20 blender...And probably replace it with another lol!

*Don't be hatin' my cheap glass ware...Its inexpensive...after 4 kids you learn a thing or two. Don't spend too much mula on fancy things the kids will only break! (unless you keep it out of sight/their reach) We're doing the whole Duck Dynasty thing anyways!