Smoothies! With The Domestic Geek! Mind Over Munch Kickstart Series

Hi guys. It's January 8th. We are in the swing of things. We're keeping to our New Year's resolutions and this week I have something really special for you guys. I am doing a collaboration video with one of my favorite YouTubers, Sara Lynn from The Domestic Geek One. Hi. Hi Sara Lynn. How you doing? I'm excellent. How are you? Great. Sara Lynn's channel, The Domestic Geek One, totally check it out if you haven't already and subscribe. She does healthy eating, healthy home hacks, lots of good tips about food. That's what we connect on. We both love food. For a healthy New Year, we have smoothie goodness coming at you today. Sara Lynn has three special smoothies she's going to share right here, right now on my channel. And of course, Alyssia has three delicious smoothies she's sharing on my channel. So make sure you check out both of the videos to get all the content. You don't want to miss it. You don't. It's a lot of smoothie goodness. So Sara Lynn, tell me about what you're going to make for us today. I am so excited to be sharing three of my very fave smoothies. So my first is actually a strawberry smoothie, but it has some oatmeal and some almonds. It's got some protein built in, which is really excellent. The second is my black and blue smoothie. It sounds very tough, doesn't it? And then my third smoothie is the one I'm most excited about, and it is actually a cucumber melon smoothie. It kind of tastes like a day at the spa, as smoothies should, like a day at the spa. You get it? That was my cucumber. You want cucumber on your eyes? So Sara Lynn, tell me about your first smoothie, strawberries. You know what? I absolutely love strawberry smoothies, because obviously strawberries are delicious, but I really wanted to take this one a step further by adding some tasty protein sources. So it all starts with a little bit of almond milk and some vanilla flavored Greek yogurt. Now you could use plain Greek yogurt, because we are going to sweeten it up at the end, but I do like the taste of vanilla mixed in with strawberry. Yeah, I like vanilla too, and then you don't have to add the extra vanilla. It's very true. So once you've got that into your blender, you are going to add some deliciousness. So I've got some oatmeal, which sounds a little wild in your smoothie, but it's great protein actually, and it really fills you up. So I've got some oatmeal, and then I'm adding some almonds. And don't worry, your smoothie is going to do the work. Just don't sweat it. People get a little stressed out about putting raw nuts into their smoothies, but as long as you have a good blender, you're going to be golden. And then to that, I'm adding some dates. So instead of honey or agave, those would both work as well if you're not into dates. But we're going to add three dates that are just soaked. You can totally add unsoaked dates, but I can tell you from experience, they don't mix together nearly as well if you don't soak them. So don't say I didn't warn you. And then finally, we're going to add beautiful strawberries. Now you can add frozen strawberries or fresh strawberries. It will work well either way, but frozen strawberries at least give you that sort of cold, fresh texture. Brilliant. Into the blender they go. We're going to blend them all up. And honestly, it's so delicious. I can't wait for you to try it. Should we try this smoothie? There it is. Oh my gosh. All right. Magic, right? Way first for you. After you, my dear. After you. Oh my gosh. It's awful. It's so creamy. The almonds give it a brilliant texture. They're completely blended up, but you still get the nuttiness. And it's creamy and nutty at the same time. I don't know. It's brilliant. My ultimate rating for the strawberry dream? A plus. Smoothie number two is? The black and blue. Now, honestly, there could have been a better smoothie. There could have been anything in this smoothie. I just like the title of black and blue, but it features some beautiful blackberries and some awesome blueberries. Yeah. And it couldn't be simpler to put together. We're using some almond milk in the blender. I like to add my liquid first. I feel like it helps things blend a bit more smoothly, but really it doesn't matter. Get it going. Almond milk goes in. You could use dairy milk too, just as easily. And then it's blueberries, blackberries in equal parts, and a banana for creaminess. Nice. You don't like bananas. I know some people don't. Yogurt. Yogurt would work just as well. So you can replace the banana with yogurt. For creaminess. Oh, yeah. Then you just press blend. The black and blue. Such a beauty. It's taste testing time. It's like a one-two punch of antioxidant goodness. Ooh, that's good. And if it's not sweet enough, you could always add some honey or some agave if you wanted to. No, actually, it is sweet enough for me. Well, the berries are a little tart, but the banana, it's very appealing. Ultimate rating, A plus. Smoothie number three, cucumber melon. How can you not love this smoothie? Basically, cucumber and melon go together like peanut butter and jelly. It's that much more sophisticated. I would say so. So what I love about this smoothie is it couldn't be simpler to put together. It's, again, we're starting with a little bit of milk. I'm using almond milk. Use whatever kind of milk you like. And then we're using some vanilla yogurt. And to that, we are going to add some honeydew that I've just chopped up and some cucumber. Now, I've removed the peels. You don't really have to. The peels will be great fiber, but they won't blend up very well. Gotcha. So keep that in mind. So I've peeled and seeded my cucumbers. Perfect. And chopped them up. Into the blender they go. And then I'm just going to add a little bit of coconut. And honestly, it goes along with that spa theme, that really refreshing theme. So it's going to be a very refreshing drink. And once the coconut's in, we're just going to add a banana. And you can add a frozen banana or a fresh banana. But it just helps thicken this all up a bit because the cucumber and the honeydew have really high water contents. So they do tend to get a bit runny. All right. Good tip there. Thanks, Marilyn. Blend it all up, baby. Over and out. Hit. Hit blend. All you have to do. Smoothie me. Mmm. Very cucumber melony. It's like when you smell those lotions, but you put it into a smoothie and it doesn't have any of those chemicals. That's kind of exactly what it tastes like. It tastes like soap or perfume. But in a really good way. It tastes like the smell of the soap. I think the banana helps with the creaminess, but I think it would be okay without it. Yeah. So you could totally do it both ways. It really is just about how thick you like your smoothie. Ultimate Cucumber Melon Smoothie Rating. A+. So thank you guys so much for watching Sarah Lynn's Awesome Smoothie Recipes. Be sure to check out her channel for my three smoothie recipes and more. She has a ton of awesome healthy recipes, tips, and home hacks. Now, on top of our three smoothie recipes, each of us actually created an additional two smoothie recipes for you to have for free in PDF form. So in my description box, if you click the link, you can download a PDF that has five of Sarah's smoothie recipes, including the ones you saw today. And then in the description box in my channel, you will find five of this lovely lady's recipes that you can download and enjoy. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this video if you enjoyed it. And remember, it's all a matter of Mind Over Munch. Smoothie magic. Coming at you. Five. Woo! Four. Three. Two. Sarah Lynn's like on this side. One. Boom! I can do it. Nice job, Sarah Lynn. All right. We're going to get home and be like, what were we thinking? Sarah Lynn's the whole time like, I guess if you want to do it, you're a channel. I mean. Okay. I know. It's so close when you get to the end. You're like, what? Don't worry. We'll be here all night. And share this video. You didn't do it. I did.