Breakfast to go! Smoothies filled with fresh fruit are so easy to blend up, and a healthy way to start your morning! In an older blog post, I mention three different ways I mix my smoothies; dairy-free, with yogurt or protein…
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Pineapple Melon Smoothie
Tagged with: beverage, breakfast, cantaloupe, fresh fruit, healthy, pineapple, post workout drink, pre workout, snack
Posted in Drinks, Smoothie, Snack
Posted in Drinks, Smoothie, Snack
Blackberry Margarita
I’m becoming my mother. I am. A little light bulb will flash in my brain when my behavior mirrors my mother’s, and I’m quite pleased by it. Besides her good looks and fun personality , I’ve developed her same food…
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Easy Homemade Valentine’s Day Treats
Celebrated throughout the world, a day of love and affection, it’s Saint Valentine’s Day! Hearts, roses, all things red, lingerie, bow and arrow, cupid, shoot me in the heart, but not before you let me shower you with chocolate laden…
Tagged with: DIY, DIY stir sticks, DIY Valentine Day gifts, easy recipes, giant cookie, homemade grenadine, homemade-candy, Valentine's Day
Posted in Baking, Dessert, DIY, Drinks, Holidays
Posted in Baking, Dessert, DIY, Drinks, Holidays
Homemade Grenadine Syrup, Sugar-Free
I’ve replaced Rose’s, the grenadine syrup for a homemade version. Sorry, missy, but your first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup, and grenadine is supposed to be made from pomegranates. You have zero fruit. None. Instead, you have been dressed…
Tagged with: easy recipe, gift, grenadine syrup, sugar-free, tequila sunrise cocktail
Posted in DIY, Drinks, Sauces
Posted in DIY, Drinks, Sauces
Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Stir Sticks
Have you seen the bags of super-sized marshmallows in the stores? You can’t miss them. They kind of look like marshmallows on steroids. I’m not sure what their purpose is, but I snagged a bag of jumbo marshmallows to make…
Tagged with: Cambria Christmas Market 2012, chocolates, DIY stir sticks, easy gift, hot cocoa, treat
Posted in Baking, Dessert, DIY, Drinks, Holidays
Posted in Baking, Dessert, DIY, Drinks, Holidays
Peppermint Mocha White Russian – Santa would approve!
Ok folks, you know that Santa must eat a gazillion cookies and drink just as many glasses of milk to prove to each good boy and girl that he is the REAL deal, right? That jolly-good belly doesn’t get prominent…
Tagged with: Adult beverage for Santa, Cookies for Santa, holiday traditions, peppermint mocha Kahula, White Russian
Posted in Drinks, Holidays
Posted in Drinks, Holidays
Pumpkin Pie Spice Smoothie – Three Variations!
As promised, I have another delicious beverage for you to make with the remaining Pumpkin Latte almond milk, from my previous post. If you don’t have any left, go make another batch! Quick!! I call this drink a smoothie, but…
Tagged with: dairy-free, Fage 0% Greek yogurt, frozen banana, gluten free, healthy, low calorie beverage, no added sugar, pumpkin puree
Posted in Breakfast, Drinks, Smoothie
Posted in Breakfast, Drinks, Smoothie
Pumpkin Spice Latte with Almond Milk
October 1st always marks the beginning of the fall season for me, AND it’s just happens to be four days before my birthday BUT who’s counting?!! heehee Well, I don’t know what your weather has been like, but for several…
Tagged with: almond milk, beverage, DIY, iced pumpkin spice latte, latte, pumpkin spice, pumpkin spice latte
Posted in Breakfast, DIY, Drinks, Holidays
Posted in Breakfast, DIY, Drinks, Holidays
Watermelon Margarita – Aloha Friday!
Happy Friday! Every so often I get forwarded a “Happy Hour” cocktail recipe from my friend Scott. We became good friends with Scott and his wife Charlotte during a Navy tour in Hawaii, and we were also were lucky enough…
Tagged with: Aloha Friday's, cocktail, fresh watermelon, happy hour, watermelon margarita
Posted in Drinks, Fruit
Posted in Drinks, Fruit
Watermelon Cooler – Post-workout Refresher
Today is National Watermelon Day! I don’t know how these declarations are created, but it’s kind of fun to give special attention and a little hoopla to a refreshing summer fruit! Watermelon and the summer season go hand in hand,…
Tagged with: low calorie beverage, low sugar, National Watermelon day, post workout drink, summer, Watermelon
Posted in Drinks
Posted in Drinks
