Pina Colada Smoothies and WIAW

Do you know the song, "If you like Pina Coladas..."?  Well I love that song. I am not a big music person.  I listen the the radio and have an iPod but I don't know lyrics or artists.  Let's just say I am not "in the know" when it comes to music.  I would not bet money on my knowledge of music.  This song however makes me happy.  

I know the lyrics.  

Every. single. one.

I was tired of my lady
We'd been together too long
Like a worn-out recording
Of a favorite song
So while she lay there sleeping
I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns
There was this letter I read

"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the Cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape."

I didn't think about my lady
I know that sounds kind of mean
But me and my old lady
Have fallen into the same old dull routine
So I wrote to the paper
Took out a personal ad
And though I'm nobody's poet
I thought it wasn't half bad

"Yes I like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
I'm not much into health food
I am into champagne
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red-tape
At a bar called O'Malley's
Where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes
And she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant
I knew the curve of her face
It was my own lovely lady
And she said, "Oh it's you."
Then we laughed for a moment
And I said, "I never knew."

That you like Pina Coladas
Getting caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean
And the taste of champagne
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes of the Cape
You're the lady I've looked for
Come with me and escape

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/pinacoladalyrics.html

Yep, that's right. Fun song. I also love coconut. When I saw the low-calorie recipe for a pina colada in this month's issue of Cooking Light I knew I wanted something similar.  i don't really drink alcohol though so I switched it up a bit and made a smoothie.  

Dancing in the kitchen with this drink in hand Tuesday morning is GREAT way to start the day.  Even if my husband gave me crazy faces.

Pina Colada Smoothie

by Emily Morris

Prep Time: 5 minutes

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Ingredients (serves 2)

• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 cup frozen pineapple pieces
• 1 banana

Instructions

Put all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth, about 2 minutes.

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Breakfast was the Pina Colada smoothie.  As I said, this was a GREAT way to start the day.  Not too sweet but just enough coconut flavor to make it seem like I was in an exotic location.

Lunch was leftovers from the Chicken Tortilla soup that I made a coupe of weeks go.  We never finish all of the soup when I make a batch so there is typically a container waiting in the freezer.  This really hit the spot with all of the rainy, dreariness around.

Dinner was just as easy. I was on my own for dinner and that means meals that Mr. J would not normally accept as a reasonable dinner.  I had pizza with spinach, cheese and egg.  Easy, peasy, delicious!