Water that tastes good

Have you tried this water?   It comes in many varieties but I especially like the peppermint water.

When Marilee was visiting, she decided to attempt her own version of mint water...and we here have been guzzling it by the glassful ever since. (seriously. I do not think I have been this hydrated-ever.)We initially mixed it glass-by-glass, but then Holly made a fortuitous mistake and added a teaspoon to a cup and a half of water.  It was less peppermint and more bengay.  Rather than waste the excessive amount of extract she had used, we put it in a pitcher and added more water.  It was still too strong, but we found that when a small amount was added to a glass and topped with water, it was perfect.  I wish I could tell you exactly how to make it but we have yet to figure out the perfect water-to-extract ratio (and Marilee discovered that not all extracts have the same potency-we use peppermint extract from Central Market here). So,  if you are made of 70% water and like peppermint, try it! Or buy the actual product-- I am sure metromint would appreciate it :)

Breakfast of Champions

If you pronounce 'champion' with a shhh sound at the beginning, rather than the hard chh sound, you have just said champion in danish.  Congrats!   There's not much going on today...we took the metro to school, instead of biking, we learned some new things in danish, i washed ed's clothes, ed made dinner with leftovers and now we are taking scout for a walk together before I type out our verbs of the week.  I will share a picture today, to make up for the fact that I don't have anything terribly interesting to write about. Our favorite breakfast:

The Green Smoothie:  2 cups of water, 2 bananas, 2 tablespoons flax seed, 4 frozen mango halves, 1/2 cup frozen pineapple and 2 large hand-fulls of fresh spinach.  Plus about 6 ice cubes. We make this most mornings when we have time but use whatever frozen fruit is available.  Today, it just so happens to be...quite green.  Have you seen the new 'food plate' that replaced the food pyramid?   This smoothie helps fit in some of the veggies if you are not a big fan.  You cannot even taste the spinach.   Enjoy!