The Soapy Knitter

OMG, look a MEME!! Wow I haven’t done one of these in EONS. This one is picked up from Maia’s blog.

1. type your answer to each question below into Flickr Search
2. using only the first page of results, pick an image
3. copy and paste each URL into fd’s mosaic maker
4. blog it!

Q&A:
1. What is your first name? Rosi
2. What is your favorite food? tostones (fried green plantain)
3. What high school did you go to? Fashion Industries
4. What is your favorite color? brown
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Angelina Jolie
6. What is your favorite drink? cafe au lait
7. Dream vacation? any island
8. Favorite dessert? coconut cream pie
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? a grandma
10. What do you love most in life? my kids**
11. One word to describe you? attitude
12. Your flickr name? Rosi G.

* A skein of Trekking also comes up when you search Cafe Au Lait! LOL

**I cheated on the flickr search for this one! I HAD to just use my OWN kids picture!

Crouching Tiger

Hidden Dragon

My babysitter, Feliza, is from Mexico.  She’s been working with us for about 3 years now.  We all love her.  The kids also love her cooking.  I swear Alex is gonna marry a Mexican woman who makes fresh tortillas and taquitos.

Not too long ago, she told me about a breakfast drink she makes for her own daughter who is 13-years-old and she makes it for GLuc who happily drinks two bottles back to back.  I asked her what was in it.  She said bananas, a handful of raw oatmeal, milk, and BEETS.  I almost gagged on the phone.

Don’t get me wrong.  I LOVE beets - in a salad.  In a drink, it just brings back BAAAAAAAAAAAD memories of TWFKAM making me drink a mixture that included beets and tasted NASTEEEEEE when I first started getting my period to rebuild the blood in my system.   :shock:    YUCK!

Apparently, the rest of my clan also like this drink that Feliza makes.  So the other night I said, “Ok, let’s try it!”

I LOVE IT!!!  OMG, it is one of THE best tasting smoothies I’ve ever had!!  Here’s the recipe for you guys.  Make this healthy drink for your kids, throw it on ice, and feel good about them drinking it!

B&B (Beets and Bananas)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 can of sliced beets
• 1 cup of uncooked oats
• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 banana, sliced
• milk

Blend the oats in the water on high until liquified and no bits remain. Add the rest of the ingredients to the blender, filling it up with milk. Blend thoroughly. Serve over ice.

Apparently, you could also sweeten with honey, add cinnamon, add sweet potatoes.  Lots of possibilities.  This version above is the Rosi G. version with the sugar and ice cream because I believe all smoothies should be sweet.  Cuz I’m a kid like that!

Now, the knitting:  I’m happily knitting on my Tempest II.  But, I dunno….I’m not too crazy about the colors so far.  You can’t make out the stripes.  What do you guys think?  (Please take the poll below.)