Mommy Needs A Break: A Veggie Story.

As a stay-at-home mommy to three young children, my day-to-day existence is to lovingly care for my children’s every want and need. Don’t get me wrong, I love motherhood, it is the most fulfilling job ever! However, getting the job done means that my needs and wants are usually at the bottom of my “to-do” list. To help keep our sanity, a while back I figured out that all mommies need a BREAK from time to time. I don’t mean a break from our responsibilities or a vacation to a faraway island; although that sounds heavenly right about now. No, it means a break where you can relax somewhere without feeling rushed to get back to reality, I mean, to the kids.

Mommy Needs A Break: A Veggie Story.

Living in Miami, you would think that you can easily escape to the beach while the kids are in school. Well, let me just say that; on the contrary, my mornings are pretty busy already so going to the beach for a relaxing time is a luxury. Anyways, to help keep my body and mind healthy and strong, I took on the challenge and began to treat myself to a delicious weekly smoothie break. Yes, you read that correctly; my smoothie break is time for MYSELF and no one else.

My smoothie, My thoughts, and Myself!

If you are thinking this is a weird break, trust me, it is not that weird. You see, during the time it takes me to order and finish my delicious smoothie, I get to mentally refocus and find my “happy” place. In other words, it is the time when I take care of myself without having to care for others. Plus, I get to enjoy a nutritious and healthy treat.

With Earth day just around the corner, this week, I decided to treat myself to one of the four veggie smoothies available at Smoothie King. You see, I am not a kind of veggie person, but I am making an effort to eating healthier to keep up with my growing kiddos. I decided to go with an Apple Kiwi Kale smoothie and OMG! If veggies taste this good, I am going to have to order the Veggie Avocado Pineapple (New), Berry Carrot Dream, and Carrot Kale Dream varieties very soon. If you haven’t been to Smoothie King lately, you are missing on their veggie smoothies goodness. And by the way, right now you can sign-up for a $2.99 20oz. coupon via email and sign up to earn rewards in the loyalty app, more details here.

If veggie smoothies were not goodness enough, right now Smoothie King is running an Earth Day Sweepstakes! To participate, all you have to do is tag @SmoothieKing from your public Twitter or Instagram accounts and use an #Earthday service pictures for the chance to win green smoothie goodness. Prizes will be (4) $25 Smoothie King gift cards, the contest will be announced on 4/19/16, and winners will be chosen on 4/25/16. Finally, how do you take a mommy minute? Share it with us via the comment section below.