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every smoothie I had this summer (plus two) -- vol. 3

(If you're looking for the previous two, you can find them  here  and  here. ) (Also, how did I miss 2018?) So I'm a month late with this entry. What can I say, it was hot, I kept making smoothies. To the best of my knowledge, these are the smoothies I had in 2019: Cinnamon Roll  -- because you shouldn't eat cinnamon rolls all  the time. 😜 Peach Pie -- again, treats for breakfast! Double-Berry Banana  -- although I think mine was single-berry, as I didn't have raspberry yogurt that day Pumpkin Pie  -- I have several pumpkin pie smoothie recipes but the picture looked familiar so I guess it was this one 😁 Raspberry Cheesecake Smoothie -- this is the only one I couldn't find. I know there was cottage cheese involved (which I'd never heard of before) but nothing in my searching rang a bell Pina Colada  -- this one's another guess. There's so many pina colada smoothies out there... Strawberry-Almond Butter  -- you know, the first time I had alm

review: *new* Toasted Coconut Cheerios

Hey, a two-week turnaround, that's not bad: 1. Find out about new cereal. 2. Find new cereal in store and purchase right away. 3. Try new cereal. 4. Write review. 5. Share review. I'll be honest, the longer I sat on this review, the more this cereal grew on me. I figured I'd like it anyway, because, you know, coconut , but going out of my way to recommend it IRL? That's not as frequent as you might think. Let's get to the good stuff: sniff test first--like ordinary regular Cheerios. Did I want a stronger coconut scent? I hope this doesn't taste like regular Cheerios. Oh, it is  just oats, no other grains? Good job, sniffer. Eye test--they look like regular Cheerios, too, maybe just a little dusty. Not  like Frosted Cheerios. Taste test--this tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios. Where's the coconut? It's just a generic sweetness--oh, there's  the coconut on the back end. It's very subtle. Seriously, though, if you like Honey Nut Cheerios and