Smoothie Time - Honey, Ginger, Peach & Spinach Smoothie

Hey guys, at the end of this month I am headed to the Dominican for a week with some amazing people and I have been trying to eat super healthy and work out at least 5 times a week. So far not so good, just because I’ve been super busy at work and with all my sign requests! But at least I’m trying right?! Anyways, I’ve had some requests for my smoothie recipes. So each day I’m going to post a new healthy smoothie and all the ingredients used to make each one, this way we can experience them together.

Day 1: Honey, Ginger, Peach & Spinach Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 handful of spinach

1 tablespoon of graded ginger

2 cups of frozen or canned peaches

2 tablespoons of honey

1 cup of water or more if desired

I’m not going to lie this isn’t the best tasting smoothie that I have ever had, but it is probably one of the healthiest. I am also battling a little bit of a cold right now so the honey and ginger does wonders for my chest and throat.

Hope you guys enjoy! I have a delicious one prepped for tomorrow, stay tuned! 

White chocolate Valentines Day Bark

Happy Thursday!

Today, after my workout I had a huge craving for chocolate… unfortunately, the craving won and I started looking on pinterest for a chocolaty desert. I came across this cute valentines themed chocolate bark, and had to try it. I then spent a small fortune just to get all my ingredients at bulk barn, plus a few more unnecessary treats.. MINI EGGS! I also headed into the dollar store in the search of a small heart mold. Unfortunately, my molds were a little large for my bark, but more chocolate the better! Below check out how I made these sweet treats!

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Chill Time: 1 Hour

Total Time: 1 Hour & 10 Minutes

 

Ingredients: (Making 12 hearts)

3 Cups of White Chocolate Melting Wafers

Red & Pink Smarties or M&ms

Red & Pink Sprinkles

 

Step 1: Put the white chocolate in a small pot on low over the stovetop. Put sprinkles and smarties in the bottom of each heart mold.

Step 2: Once the white chocolate has melted, poor it on top of the sprinkles and smarties in each heart mold. Poor slowly, this step can get messy.

Step 3: Once all the molds are full, let sit for an hour or 30 minutes in the freezer. Then, when hearts are chilled, pop them out of their mold and enjoy your Valentines Day bark!

Blueberry, oatmeal, yogurt and orange zest muffins!

Beauties,

I made some delicious blueberry, oatmeal, yogurt, and orange zest muffins yesterday! I posted them on Instagram and everyone has been dying for the recipe. Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for this one! Check out this website for this yummy recipe. Damn Delicious 

DIY Delicious Vitamin Water

Hey lovelies, I’ve seen this DIY vitamin water recipe floating around on Pinterest so I decided to try it myself. I added some blueberries to my recipe just to add so more color and blueberries happen to be my favorite fruit. A lot of my friends have also been raving about this vitamin water, so I’m guessing it does wonders! I’ve read that this water mixture washes all the toxins out of your body and helps you lose weight relatively faster then usual.  So here goes it! – So far so good.

Per Average Water Bottle

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients:

1/3 of a lemon

4 big strawberries

Palm full of blueberries

Small bundle of mint leave

Few ice cubes

 Water 

Step 1: Add all these ingredients together, shake and enjoy! 

Christmas Bark & Shortbread

Christmas Bark

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without some holiday baking! My favorite treats this year are my mom’s mouthwatering shortbread cookies and my good friend's Christmas Bark crackers. Both of these recipes are extremely easy to make and are both absolutely delicious. 

Christmas Bark Recipe also known as Christmas Soda Biscuit Toffee

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Bake Time: 9 Minutes

Chill Time: 1 Hour

Total Time: 1 Hour & 19 Minutes

Ingredients:

Premium Plus soda crackers

½ Cup of butter or 1 stick of butter

½ Cup brown sugar

½ Bag of chocolate chips

Step 1: Preheat the oven to Bake 350 F. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil and lightly spray the foil with pam. Line the premium crackers on the tin foil side by side.

Step 2: In a small saucepan add  ½ a cup of butter and  ½ a cup of brown sugar. Mix the butter and brown sugar together until it starts to boil. Apx 3 minutes.

Step 3: Pour the sauce over the crackers and spread with a spatula. Put the pan in the oven for 7 minutes. Take another saucepan and add  ½ a bag of chocolate chips. Put on low until the chocolate has melted.

Step 4: Remove pan from oven and pour the melted chocolate chips over the crackers with a spatula. Put back in the oven for 2 minutes.

Step 5: Take pan out of the oven and let sit in the fridge for 1 hour until cold, and then break into pieces.

Christmas Shortbread

Christmas Shortbread

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Bake Time: 10-15 Minutes

Total Time: 30 Minutes

Ingredients:

½ Cup of cornstarch

½ Cup of icing sugar

1 Cup of all purposed floor

¾ Cup of butter

Maraschino cherries for toppings

Step 1: Preheat the oven to Bake 300 F. Mix all ingredients together except cherries until smooth. Use a beater for this.

Step 2: Take a tablespoon and scoop a spoonful of cookie mix and put it onto the pan. Make sure the cookies are about an inch apart, as they will spread. Place a maraschino cherry or a nut on top of each cookie.

Step 3: Cook each batch for about 10-15 minutes until lightly golden. Once cool put cookies down on a wire grate.  

Enjoy Guys!