Blackberry-Banana Smoothie

I love smoothies. When I read Walk Two Moons and Sal talked about the blackberries her mother ate, it reminded me of smoothies and summer. So, I have decided to create a Blackberry-Banana Smoothie. Here it is:




1 Cup frozen blackberries

1 frozen banana

1 cup vanilla yogurt

½ cup fruit juice

2 tbls ground flax seed



Put everything in a blender and blend until smooth! Drink!

I like to get fresh fruit when it is in season and freeze it myself. It is cheaper to do that than to buy pre-frozen bags of fruit and very easy! I like to use it frozen because then it makes the smoothies nice and cool on a hot day and you don’t have to add ice or anything like that to the mix! Flax seed is also just darn good for you!



After reading this amazing book and making this amazing smoothie, I actually feel like this was someone I knew. The way Sal describes everything in her life is as if I am remembering it too. It was truly and inspriring book about friendship, relationships and life.

Kira-Kira

I could see Katie taking a glass jar and filling it half way with sand and the rest of the way with water from the ocean. Maybe she could find some sort of “sea glass” to put in there. This is a great example of kira-kira from the California Sea to leave at Lynn’s grave. I think Lynn would really appreciate this gesture because she couldn’t be there and Katie found the perfect things to show her sister what it was like. She could even open up the jar and perhaps smell the ocean.