strawberry basil smoothie.

ok so it's officially been a month since i've blogged.
i officially suck. 
the recipe below is from over a month ago.
my backlog of photos, recipes and thoughts is crushing my spirit



the colors in this smoothie have totally sunnied up my cranky pants mood as of late.
now if only spring would stay this way and we could skip the humid, ickiness, death of summer.
and maybe our AC unit could get fixed so nelzo and i could sleep through the night without the constant whipping the covers on and off, opening and closing the window, complaining, etc.
oh well, i'll put off my pissy mood/mode on august for a bit and just enjoy the moment(s).



this little guy is making it happen.
if you don't remember, i love basil. 
as in, it's sort of an obsession.
as in, i bought this plant last week month and made everyone who came to our apartment smell it.
just a bit crazy right?

so instead of going out balls out basil pesto i went for the sweet route.
but a few weeks ago, the strawberry crop hadn't quite come in, so i suffered through with some of these frozen guys, which actually make quite a slushy smoothie.


this is maybe a cup or so of frozen strawberries.
add them to your blender. 
with a nice pile of the basil.


a container of vanilla yogurt.
although i bet greek yogurt would be excellent as well.
extra creamy.


oh and grab a wedge of lemon.
add the juice and the zest.




now give your blender a whirl.
the delight is a sweet slushy treat with hints of fragrant basil.




now that we're in fresh strawberry season, i am sure to make this again and again.

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