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! 

Raspberry, blueberry, yogurt and oatmeal muffins!

Brandy Melville Black Coat
 Brandy Melville Black T-shirt/slit top
Grandma's Cream & Black Knit

Hi All!

Before I give you my raspberry, blueberry, yogurt and oatmeal muffin recipe, I would like to chat about some vintage clothing I have recently inherited. As most of you know, my grandmother passed away a few weeks ago and it’s been my duty to help clean out her closet! While sorting through, I found tons of beautiful knitted cardigans, sweaters, denim button ups and plenty of vintage costume jewelry pieces. Today, I wore a one of grandmothers knitted sweaters. It’s black and cream, with some black beadwork on the front. The only thing I needed to adjust was the shoulders pads... ripped those things right out! Check out my newest vintage knit! --->

Raspberry, blueberry yogurt & oatmeal muffins.

Now back to the muffins! These muffins are the exact same recipe as the pervious muffins I just made. (Blueberry, oatmeal, yogurt and orange zest muffins) Click the recipe in PINK to make my newest muffins, But the only difference is to add 1 cup of raspberries instead of the orange zest!! 

ALSO, as you can see I added some pink & red sprinkles to the top of the muffins to give them a vday flair.

Good luck & happy baking! 

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! 

Delicious Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

Are you wondering how to make some delicious pumpkin seeds that don’t exactly taste like pumpkin seeds? Then you must try my recipe!

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Bake Time: 1 Hour

Total Time: 1 Hour and 10 Minutes

Ingredients:

Pumpkin seeds from an actual pumpkin

Olive Oil

Sea Salt & Pepper

Garlic Salt

Parmesan Cheese

Step 1: Preheat the oven to Bake 250 F. Usually you make pumpkin seeds while carving a pumpkin so use those seeds afterwards! Put these seeds into a strainer and rise until all the pumpkin guts have washed away. Dry seeds with a paper towel afterwards.

Step 2: Put the seeds into a bowl and add about a tablespoon of olive oil depending on how many seeds you have. Remember you don’t want the seeds to be too oily. Now you can add sea salt, pepper, garlic salt and parmesan cheese. Basically you add as much as you desire, just taste to test. I shredded my parmesan cheese up very finely and added about 3-4 tablespoons, again depending how many seeds you have.

Step 4: Put tinfoil on a cookie pan so that the seeds don’t stick. Spread the pumpkin seeds out on the cookie pan so they can cook evenly. Cook the seeds for 1 hour, tossing them every 15 minutes until they are golden brown. Cool the seeds before eating!

Enjoy!