For water that’s not so blah, cut up your favorite fruit or berries and herbs, and let them diffuse into the water for some flavor. In the citrus water, I sliced oranges, lemon and lime. In the other carafe, there are raspberries, blackberries and mint leaves.

The protein shake has been my fall back breakfast for the past several months, so I was super excited that all the ingredients are Daniel-friendly. We had to make one modification, and that was swapping the whey protein powder for rice based powder. To make the perfect smoothie, I use fresh fruits to make juice instead of using store bought, which usually is highly processed and contains added sugar. I also am not a fan…

This morning’s shake consisted of cranberries, strawberries, pineapple, spinach, orange juice and vanilla whey protein powder. I have no idea how much of each ingredient. I just drop in frozen pieces of fruit until I think, that looks about right and then I press “blend.” I’m hoping to try Almond milk in place of orange juice this week, although it still sounds a little too granola for me.

Santa came early this year and brought me a Ninja. I was having an extremely difficult time with my old blender and was pleasantly surprised to come home to a brand new blender just for my protein shakes. Yesterday, I made a Cherrapine shake, which stands for Cherry-Raspberry-Pineapple shortened and blended together, just like my shake. It contained cherries, raspberries, pineapple, spinach, a splash of orange juice, vanilla whey protein powder and of course, strawberries….

I’m on a healthy eating kick that started 24 hours ago. My girlfriend, Morgan, gave me a beginner’s protein shake recipe, so this morning for breakfast I blended frozen strawberries and blueberries, one tightly packed cup of baby spinach, a splash of apple juice and a scoop of vanilla whey protein powder. The result was very healthy tasting. I’m glad I added strawberries and may even add a drop of lemon next time to brighten…