A Summer Power Smoothie

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.  -William Shakespeare

A Summer Smoothie

Blended cucumbers thicken a lightly sweet smoothie for a low-cal breakfast or a refreshing afternoon snack.

2 large garden cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks (2 cups) 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt 1 cup frozen blueberries 1-2 Tbs. honey or agave nectar 1 Tbs. lemon juice. Place all ingredients in blender, and blend until smooth.