Favorite Thing Friday - Berry Season

It's strawberry season here, and despite the gloomy, wet weather of this past week, I've made two trips to the U-Pick strawberry farm.  Except I don't pick, I pick up.  Thank goodness for the "ready-picked" variety, every bit as tasty with none of the mud, sweat, and skeeters.

This is what lunch has looked like this week.  Not shown is what I have eaten along with the big salad—leftover chicken, a fried egg, bratwurst.

But my favorite thing is the berry smoothie I've been whipping up as a midafternoon snack.

Put about a cup of cold water in a quart jar, add half a banana, about 1/4 cup of blueberries, and about 1/2 cup of strawberries.  I freeze the fruit so it's really cold and helps thicken the smoothie.

Add 3 tablespoons of protein powder.  I can't do whey protein, so this is soy.  I know there are some that say soy is bad, while others say soy is good.  It's confusing.  I don't have a problem with soy.

Blend the whole works together with one of those wand blenders.

And enjoy!  Mmm...

Here's another favorite from this week.  The Trucks and Tedeschi Band has a new album out called Revelator, and it is going right in my shopping cart on my next Amazon order.  Derek Trucks won a Grammy last year.  My brother knew him in Florida way back when Derek was still a kid, honing his guitar chops and hanging around The Allman Brothers Band.  He's now married to Susan Tedeschi, a talented musician/guitarist in her own right.  A power duo of blues rock!  I dare you not to bob your head to this one.