12 SIDELINES SEPTEMBER 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Strawberry Cream Shake
Ingredients: 1 cup of frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup of freeze-
dried strawberries, 1 cup whole milk, 2 tablespoons honey, 1/2
teaspoon vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
:
In a blender, combine all the ingredients. Blend till smooth,
adding more milk until desired consistency is achieved. Serve
with a straw and fresh strawberry or drink straight from the
blender!
Your horse is in cross ties and you’re doing everything you
can to
not
get soaking wet. A pesky fly that you’ve shooed away
countless times for trying to bite you lands on your wet horse. You
watch in slow motion as your horse starts to twitch. The twitch
turns to an itch and, before you know it, you have the full horse
body shake going on with all that excess water landing on you.
If you’re extra lucky, you even get a sloppy tail swat to the face.
All this leaves you sad, wet and miserable, as you slowly realize
that you’ve only hosed your horse for the first time and that you
still have the soaping and second rinse yet to do. Looks like you
need a dry set of clothes and possibly a travel-size shampoo for
yourself!
Every horse owner has been there and, if you’re a dog owner,
then it’s much the same. If you plan on breaking out the hose and
you’re including a four-legged animal, you’re sure to end up wet.
To help pull you out of your wet wallowing, I’ve put together two
harmless shakes. So long as you can work your blender without
incident, you should be all set. Choose from the Skinny Chocolate
Breakfast Shake, which tastes like pure indulgence, but is super
healthy and energy boosting, or the Strawberry Cream Shake,
which is just as tasty but packs far fewer calories than a trip to the
local ice cream parlor.
As you finish out your summer, I wish you luck in staying dry,
keeping those breeches white and digging into a good (non-
soaking) shake.
To full plates and eating your tarte out.
About the writer: Author Kat Nielsen is a horse enthusiast turned food blogger.
She maintains a day job in the horse world handling marketing and brand support to
various companies while enjoying her evenings and weekends writing recipes and
blogging all about her culinary experiences. Visit her blog at EatYourTarteOut.com
or email her at
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Good Food Hunting
Freeze-dried strawberries give amazing flavor to the
Strawberry Cream Shake
Photos by Kat Nielsen
Shake, Shake, Shake It Up
Skinny Chocolate Breakfast Shake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup chocolate almond
milk, 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon honey (or
agave), 1 teaspoon flax seeds, 1 teaspoon chia seeds, 1
banana, 4 ice cubes and 2 tablespoons peanut butter
Directions
:
Place your oats and milk together in a container. Refrigerate
for three hours to overnight. Combine the remainder of your
ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth and thick, about
one minute. Garnish with cocoa nibs or cocoa powder, and
serve immediately.
The Skinny Chocolate Breakfast Smoothie is chock full of
chocolate and lots of healthy goodness.
