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Yummm! Homemade Ice cream & Hot tea – easy peasy!

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:38:49 +0000

So, this afternoon, I felt a little snacky and decided to make a smoothie for the kids and I to enjoy. I grabbed some strawberries, cantaloupe and grapes from the freezer, some raw milk from the refrigerator and a banana (and some blackstrap molasses! it’s a great way to get their iron in without them knowing!). We all piled in around the Vita-Mix and and the kids had fun throwing things into the blender. In the midst of the fun, my oldest says “are we making ice cream!!??” So, I thought.. hmm.. “yeah, ok! we are!” I nixed the milk and just blended the frozen fruit for 15 seconds! Voila! Ice cream! It was fantastic!!! .. and I ate waaaaay too much of it. :-)

I’m really gonna start doing more with this amazing machine.. It really does a lot.. I’ve made my own flour with it a few times and peanut butter, it makes hot soups and can even make bread dough right in the container! Hefty price tag, but it’s worth every penny I think (especially if you use it more then I do! HA! ). For this yummy ice cream, you can be good and eat it as is, or if you’re having a rough week, you can be bad (like I was today) and swirl a tiny bit of sweetened condensed milk over the top! mmm mmm good!

A little while after our snack, I set out to get some more vacuuming done. Well, dear son began coughing again.. We hate when this happens, because it ends up triggering chest congestion and wheezing for him. Luckily a friend of ours told us about an herb called Mullein. I love making tea, so I make a Mullein tea and his coughing practically disappears before turning into something worse! I made some Green Pekoa for myself too, since my tummy was bothering me from eating WAY too much homemade ice cream! :-D

The neatest tea making *thingy* I have ever used has to be a tall see-through, mug brewer thing from AdagioTeas. It’s called IngeniuTea teapot, and it is too COOL! You put your tea inside of the brewer mug, pour the hot water in and allow it to steep. When it’s done, you sit the entire thing on TOP of your mug. Tea starts pouring into your mug from the bottom of the brewer!!! It’s pretty neat and very easy to use. If you love tea, you should probably check out Adagio anyways, that place is honestly a tea lovers dream!! ;-)

Free Kashi Frozen Entree!

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18:51 +0000

I love free stuff.. I love Kashi foods.. and this fits perfectly into our “kick the weight to the curb” list of goals – specifically ‘get rid of the junk’! Here’s an all natural, quick, easy (and probably tasty) option, and you’re first one is free!

Just visit kashi.com and click the link for your free entree! I’m sure quantities are limited to ‘while supplies last’, so hurry over!

How to finally kick the weight to the curb!- Part 2

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:47:36 +0000

In Part 2 of our “Kick the weight to the Curb” series – Food! I know the biggest culprit to weight loss failure for most is food, wrong food, lots a food, unhealthy food and food cravings. We’re gonna continue to keep it simple:

Develop Healthy Habits

Healthy food is just plain good for you and it can taste delicious too. In the end you will find it much more satisfying than any fast food, fatty microwave meal or snack foods that can be found in a vending machine… and your body will thank you for it.

* build good eating habits

Start with a good substantial breakfast in the morning, have a healthy lunch and PLAN your dinners. This is one of the biggest pit falls to a healthy family meal. when nothing is planned for dinner, most families will resort to fast food take-out or delivery and gauge on things like chinese food and pizza! Planning dinners will help to avoid this pitfall. Menu Planning Central is the best resource I know for help with this, they offer a free report called Save Time And Money By Planning Your Meals , just visit the link to download your free report. Free gift # 1! Read on, there’s more! :-)

* Get rid of sugar substitutes

Did you know that artificial sweeteners can actually cause sugar cravings? Artificial sweetners are nothing but another un-natural chemical you are putting into your body every day. And they effect your body negatively! A natural sweetener called stevia is growing in popularity. It allows you to sweeten your food and beverages without extra calories and without the sugar cravings.

* Drink enough water – I know I’ve been over this before!

Did you know that we often feel hungry when we are actually thirsty? The two sensations (hunger and thirst) come from two areas in the brain that lay right next to each other, making it easy for us to confuse one with the other. Often times when you think you are hungry, what you actually need is a big glass of water.

That’s it! remember – keep it simple…