Two Ears One Mouth

I hear protein is pretty important. I also hear that shakes and smoothies are a great way to get in some of those much needed calories without having to constantly chomp on things. I trust those sources I've heard the crazy claims from so I decided to once again try out the protein shake. With my sensitivity to food textures I've always had trouble with shakes because the powders tend to be gritty or leave a weird after taste. I'm also not a fan of powders filled with nothing but sugars and weird crap. I came across the PlantFusion brand a year or so ago and tried the Vanilla Bean flavor a few times. I followed the directions (add powder to water, shake and drink) and just didn't like it. Since I'm now taking my nutrition a bit more seriously I decided to give things another shot and come up with something I could stand. Enter their new flavor, Cookies 'n Cream! There's no way that can go wrong, seriously. I tried it out and the flavor was great but the wa...

This is the first thing I've ever really made completely without a recipe. I was searching and searching and couldn't find a recipe I was satisfied with so I just kind of went for it. Keep in mind that I'm a vegetarian so there obviously isn't any meat in this but I'm sure you could add ham and/or bacon or something as you wish. I loved it so maybe you will too :) Ingredients * 2 cans of vegetable broth *2 stalks of celery *2 carrots (I used baby carrots since Tyler and Alexis don't like them so the pieces were smaller) *1 diced onion (or less if you don't like onions much) *4 red potatoes *1 4oz block of velveeta cheese *1 2oz block of colby/monteray jack cheese (mixed) *Imitation bacon bits *Shredded cheddar cheese *1/2 cup of milk *1 stick of margarine 1. Boil potatoes until they are tender when poked with a fork. 2. While potatoes are boiling, add vegetable broth to the crock pot and chop celery, carrots and onions and add them to the broth in the...