Fruit and Granola Smoothies

1 container of your favorite yogurt ( I love greek yogurt but I find regular yogurt makes for a better smoothie)
1 cup of mixed frozen fruit such as blueberries strawberries bananas and mango
(when fruit is on sale I freeze it all together in baggies so I can just dump the bag right in)
1/2 cup ice
1/2 cup to 1 cup of orange juice
1/2 cup of granola

Combine all ingredients except granola in blender. Blend until smooth adding more juice if needed. Depending on how well your blender works you may have to sop a few times and mix it with a spoon.
Serve smoothie topped with granola

Banana Pancakes

A quick and delicious Saturday morning breakfast for two! Enjoy :-)

Ingredients-Yields 4 decent size pancakes (enough for two servings in my house)

½ cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoons baking powder

Pinch of salt

Pinch of Cinnamon

A little less than 1 egg, beaten

½ cup milk

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

½ banana, mashed

Directions

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.

2. Add dry mixture to banana mixture and stir, will be slightly lumpy from bananas

3. Heat a frying pan over medium high heat and add a dollop of butter. Pour or scoop the batter onto the pan, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides.

*I added some chocolate chips to some of the pancakes or walnuts would be good too! Substitute whole wheat flour for a healthy version.