This is a sponsored post for V8 Fusion
Just like every other mother in the Western world in 2014, we do a lot of smoothies around here.
Sometimes it’s because there’s a lot of fruit to use up, sometimes it’s just because it’s easy, sometimes it’s because I can bump up the fussy butts’ nutrition needs with them, and sometimes it’s just because they’re yum.
If we’ve got V8 juice, then sometimes that goes in too for an extra veggie boost – this one is ¼ cup walnuts + 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds + 2 bananas + ½ cup blueberries + 1 cup V8 Breakfast Fusion + ½ avocado + 2 teaspoons coconut oil + ½ cup coconut water. So damn good.
The smalls and I journeyed to Westfield Southland last week to check out one of the V8 Juiceology bars being rolled out. Sprightly young things (called Masterblenders, isn’t that cute?!) talked us through the different flavours of juice available (I stalked the Orange and Mango girl, the kids were partial to “the pink one please, mummy” otherwise known as Apple Berry), and we watched as people stopped to try for themselves. The stands are only for a limited time, so make sure you grab yourself a free sample when you pass one.
Juice fun was interrupted when one kid started crying over a cashew, and the other started when she got stuck in a child ride out of arm’s reach of me comforting the first crying kid. Shoppers were looking around as if to say “where is this child’s mother?”, not seeing me crouched down behind them with the loudest three-year-old on Earth. Suddenly I was that parent – not only did I have a crying kid in a shopping centre echoing off the walls, but I was also neglecting a kid hanging by her elbow out of a bright red spaceship. It was the longest six seconds of my life. Except then I was the mother with two crying kids in the shopping center, outnumbered by tiny red faces and chin dribble.
The promise of a second pink juice and perhaps a trip to the park soon sorted us out and we went back to chatting to the Juiceology folk about the upcoming kiosks. You can expect plenty of Kath and Kim-related jokes if I hit up the one in Fountain Gate.
If you’d like to go squeeze more goodness in your day by getting one serve of your daily fruit and veg in all their delicious fruit juices (do yourself a favour and stand right next to whoever’s got the Tropical), you can find them in the following locations through to 2015:
NSW:
Westfield Hornsby
Dec 18-21 & Jan 15-18
Westfield Eastgardens
Dec 11-14 & Jan 15-18
Westfield Warringah
Dec 18-21 & Jan 29-Feb 1
Westfield Parramatta
Dec 11-14 & Jan 29-Feb 1
Westfield Penrith
Dec 11-14 & Jan 29-Feb 1
VIC:
Westfield Southland
Dec 11-14 & Jan 15-18
Westfield Knox
Nov 20-23, Dec 18-21 & Jan 15-18
Westfield Fountain Gate
Nov 20-23, Dec 18-21 & Jan 15-18
QLD:
Westfield Chermside
Nov 6-9, Dec 11-14 & Jan 29-Feb 1
Westfield Carindale
Nov 27-30, Dec 18-21 & Jan 15-18
Is it coming near you? I hope your kids are quieter than mine…
Amanda corlis says
Will have to get my hands on some V8 juice, we have a lot of smoothies too!
Veggie Mama says
such an easy and delicious way of changing up the everyday rotation! I hope you like them.
Louise Thomsen says
What a great combo!
Veggie Mama says
It’s pretty delicious! We also pump it up with some flax oil too to ram those omega 3s in 😉
MotherDownUnder says
First I have been making a preggers mocktail with the cranberry fusion that is AMAZING! If I do say so myself!
And I have also been making (not with V8) a “cherry ripe” smoothie that involves almonds and dates and coconut and frozen cherries and cacao and some spinach for good measure.
Can you tell it is way too hot up here to cook and so I have been living off of liquids?
Veggie Mama says
Lordy, you’ve GOT to tell me how to make that mocktail! I know how you feel with heat/pregnancy/cooking – I lived on Aldi popsicles pretty much that whole time. Iike frozen Cranberry Fusion mocktails, but not….
Shari says
We are big V8 fans here – I often pick up the breakfast fusion or the straight veggie juices which are ‘special treat’ drinks in our house. I make an awesome breakfast smoothie with raspberries, banana, baby spinach, coconut water, and flaxseeds {or LSA – what ever I have on hand} that my 18 month old loves.
Veggie Mama says
have you done gazpacho with the Hot & Spicy? SO GOOD. I live on it in summer.
Lisa Mckenzie says
I love them abs I made the chia puddings Stacey they are good xx
Veggie Mama says
Oh nice one, Lisa!
The Plumbette says
I’ve always made smoothies with milk! I need to change this ASAP I think. And most mums have been that mum with crying kids in a shopping centre. X
Veggie Mama says
Yeah I’m surprised I haven’t suffered it sooner! I love making smoothies with all sorts of liquid – juice is a nice change 🙂