Archive for the ‘drinks’ Category

heirloom tomato bloody mary

published 2 years ago, at the start of September

This year, I planted 5 heirloom tomato plants. They are truly enormous.  Every day I go outside and pick some more…they just keep coming. I am not sure one can ever tire of heirloom tomatoes. Once you eat them, you can never go back to any other variety. I was reading an article the other [...]

classic sangria

published 2 years ago, at the end of July

It’s the weekend and we’re having some friends over. The first thing that came to mind was an ice-cold pitcher of sangria. Classic sangria has lots of sugar in it – which I was trying to avoid. For the wine, I always choose one with a mixed variety of grapes so it’s on the lighter [...]

protein smoothie

published 2 years ago, mid-July

If you’re in a pinch for time, smoothies are such an easy breakfast and a healthy way to start your day. Today, I decided to break out my newest find for a true power breakfast: raw hemp protein powder. Hemp is one of nature’s superfoods - with an almost perfect balance of omega 3 and 6. Not to mention [...]

almond milk

published 2 years ago, mid-June

This is something I started making several months ago. As a celiac, we struggle to eat well, constantly rotating our foods, seeking out the most nutrient packed foods possible. As such, I stopped buying boxed milk. Rice milk, almond milk, and hazlenut milk. I found almost all of them to be overly sugary and I often found [...]

rooibos iced tea

published 2 years ago, mid-June

We were visiting my brother and sister-in-law at their new house for dinner one afternoon. And she welcomed us with this wonderful iced tea. It was perfectly refreshing for that day. She revealed the ingredients and I have since started making my own. James asks for it by name. Both kids just love it. And I feel [...]

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