PLEASE share your recipe for a drink that tastes like ice cream! ooo-la-la! I have a margarita glass waiting!

: I love this thread! I have two
: margarita glasses that I drink my
: shakes out of. I get so much
: pleasure from having them. I got a
: laugh when I was drinking one for
: lunch in front of the window and
: the mail lady looked in through
: the window. I wanted to say,
: "This is a protein shake, not
: an alcoholic drink!"

: I have that cheering voice inside of
: me constantly, to the point where
: I have to check myself. I'll be
: running at a race and thinking how
: awesome I am, to be so strong and
: healthy and tough. Of course I
: think everyone else is awesome
: too, but sometimes it's a little
: unseemly to say out loud how great
: I think we are. It's all
: born from gratefulness, though.

: Pleasures for me also include
: "special needs" baking
: for people, walking around the
: neighborhood listening to my iPod,
: walking in the woods in the
: morning being with trees and
: birds, writing in my notebook,
: planning a family get together,
: getting a massage, and reading in
: the living room with my husband
: and kitty and the fire going.

: One of my most delicious food treats
: lately has been a tub of
: "special dark" cocoa
: powder I got at the grocery store.
: I've been putting it in my shakes
: sometimes. I just want to applaud
: at how good my shakes are and
: how I never miss ice cream (it
: used to be my favorite food in the
: world-haven't had it for 13
: years!) with all the deliciousness
: I can make with ice, oats, banana,
: protein powder, cocoa, peanut
: butter and almond milk. My poor
: blender gets quite a workout with
: the amount of frozen ice and
: broccoli I put in to make the
: consistency like ice cream.

: So grateful for all of you here every
: day.