My First Post (and a green smoothie recipe!)

Welcome to my food blog, Speaking of Food: Felicia's Delicias (pronounced so they sort of rhyme Full-ee-sha's Delicious). Thanks to my professional speaking colleague, Rich Hopkins of Speak and Deliver blog for his creativity with the name!

I'll be changing the look of the site until I get it how I want it, which could take a while! :-) I also have to fill in the details about who I am and what I'm about and all that other jazz. But basically here's the scoop:

I'm an Amazon best-selling author of a little niche book called 21 Ways to Make Money Speaking, as well as a professional speaker, speech trainer to CEOs, celebrities, and business owners, and communication strategist for solo entrepreneurs. That's my work and I love it!

At home, I'm Mom of two brilliant and beautiful daughters, ages 10 and 8, and wife to a seriously hot hubby who runs his own personal training business. Last fall I was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer, had it surgically removed by possibly the best thoracic surgeon in the Chicago area (if not in the world as far as I'm concerned!), and am officially healthy again taking exactly zero meds of any kind. Prayers from around the world were answered and I believe I experienced my own miracle. Halleluiah!

As a result of that whole horrible ordeal, 2013 is a new start for me and I've decided to play an even bigger game of life. I have big plans for my business that will turn it into an 8-figure international empire within 5-7 years, and I've decided I'm going full-force after some of my other passions: first of all FOOD!!

I've always eaten healthy (for the most part - I love me some kettle chips, don't judge) and because I've lusted after a VitaMix blender for years, I decided now is the time. So a few weeks ago I purchased a VitaMix Creations II blender and will add a series to this blog with the recipes I make in my VitaMix every day for a year.

Later this year I'm planning a cookbook (or two!), in addition to completing my third book related to business, Kill the Elevator Speech: Stop Selling, Start Connecting. 

I hope you'll come back and comment a lot and enjoy my recipes!

Here's the smoothie I made in my VitaMix this morning:

1/2 C pineapple juice (I'm out of fresh pineapple)
1/2 C Silk vanilla almond milk
1/2 C Shaklee Physique protein powder, banana flavored
1 banana, peeled (obviously)
1 handful fresh spinach leaves
1 Meyer lemon, peeled (not so obvious)
5 frozen strawberries
1 T hemp seeds

Add to VitaMix in the order shown, slowly increase the variable speed to 10, then to high. Blend for 30 seconds. Enjoy!

This one was very tasty; the Meyer lemon gave it a bright, fresh flavor I really liked.