Dinner in a Cup

Dinner-in-a-Cup, which shares similarities with Lunch-in-a-Glass and Breakfast-from-a-Blender, is the Meal of the Future. Forget pots and pans and stoves and ovens. A blender and a receptacle to drink out of is all you need! Note that a cup is not strictly necessary as the blender itself is fun to drink out of, but try to keep it on the down-low as people may judge you unfairly, they just don't understand.

Dinner-in-a-Cup is, essentially, a protein shake. (Note, I've steered myself away from saying "basically" as a segue as I read somewhere that some feel it has a condescending tone, so have jumped on the Essentially train- it sounds smarter but essentially has the same meaning!) Making dinner for one is a terrible feat and I only ever endure it so that Lunch Leftovers are created. There's nothing fun about slaving away on a dinner then sitting down to eat alone-especially when you are a terrible cook. Don't get me wrong, I love dinner foods, but these days I travel to various destinations to get them.

Infomercial; Dinner-in-a-cup is Great! I get home from the gym, take out the blender and throw in stuff, pour it in a cup and drink it back. Five minutes is all it takes and cleanup is a breeze!

My go to recipe: pour about a half a cup of milk in the blender, add a cup of frozen berries and a banana, a few table spoons of plain yogurt, a scoop of chocolate protein powder, a tablespoon of ground flax, a dash of cinnamon and blend away. I sometimes use banana and peanut butter, but it's rather indulgent and makes me feel guilty.

As I type I am drinking back my dinner and have to say- the walnut addition in today's blend was an unusual choice that won't be repeated as I've choked at least twice already.

Dinner in a cup- because utensils and chewing are for suckers ;)

View my Avocodo-Banana-Berry-Smoothie blog recipe here.