Getting Summer Ready with my Own Pure Leaf Tea Cocktails!
I love a good challenge. Especially when it comes to being creative!
I’ve been invited to create my own summer cocktails with the help of Unsweetened Pure Leaf Tea, and it was really fun to put a few summer drinks together!
The unsweetened range of Pure Leaf Tea’s have 0 sugar, 0 artificial sweeteners and 0 calories. They were so easy to use as a base for some fun and fruity cocktails!
My cocktails involve the things that remind me most of summer – fresh fruit! Pure Leaf Tea (which is brewed from real tea) has three different flavours – Lemon, Green Tea and Black Tea, so it was easy to mix and match different fruits to create new flavours.
Entertaining makes me happy, and having a signature drink with your summer soiree is a great way to create a fun theme at your party. All of my cocktails would fit in nicely with some of the parties I will be having this summer.
Here are my signature Pure Leaf Cocktails!
Watermelon Raspberry Summer Sipper
1 container of Pure Leaf Unsweetened Tea
1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice
2 sprigs of mint, broken into pieces
Half lemon sliced and one cup of raspberries
Sugar for rim
Slice of watermelon for the rim
Mix well before serving
Lemon Lime Tea Shaker
1 container of Pure Leaf Green Tea
1 cup of white Gin
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1 tbsp of lime juice
2 sprigs of mint, broken into pieces
One sliced lemon and one sliced lime
Shake well before serving
Fruit Salad Mixer
1 container of Pure Leaf Lemon Iced Tea
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 cup sliced blackberries
1 lemon sliced
Slice of lemon and sprig of mint for garnish
Mix well before serving
Give my recipes a try, and let me know what you think!
For more details on my main ingredient, Pure Leaf Tea, visit their website here!
I was compensated for this review, but all opinions are fabulously my own.
Getting Superhero Strong with Bio-Kidz
I’m not sure what it is about his age, but my toddler loves any kind of superhero! When he’s playing with his friends he loves pretending to be one, and I spend much of my time making sure he doesn’t pretend to be the type of superhero who flies!
When there are things I want him to eat for dinner that he doesn’t want to, I explain to him that superhero’s eat this or that to grow bigger, stronger, and to see farther and to jump higher. This method has actually been working pretty well for me! I’m lucky to have a good eater on my hands, and when I need to convince him, the “superhero” angle really seems to work.
When I first heard about Bio-Kidz I jumped at the chance to try it out because first of all, the packaging is perfect. There are three superhero’s that grace the packaging, and as soon as my son saw a superhero on the single serve container, he was sold. He wanted to try it right away.
Bio-Kidz is a a 100% probiotic fermented milk for children, and it comes in both a vanilla and strawberry flavour.
The best part is that Bio-Kidz actually tastes really good. I may have had one myself on the sly (my son said they are just for Superheros which I am not), and it was really good. A single serve container is just enough for snack or meal time.
Bio-Kidz is a source of vitamin D, it’s gluten free, and the formula is specifically meant for children to improve their intestinal flora.
We are always on the move so anything that’s healthy that I can take with me in my purse is something I buy frequently. Usually a juice box is an easy thing for me to grab-and-go with when we head out the door, but luckily these Bio-Kidz are just as easy, and a very healthy alternative!
Not only does Bio-Kidz taste great and is easy to take on the go, but it helps keep my son’s digestive and immune system healthy. My son thinks the Bio-Kidz is making him superhero strong, and he’s actually right!
For more information on Bio-Kidz, visit their website here.
Thanks to Bio-Kidz for letting us try this product out for review!
Taste Testing Nordica’s Smooth Cottage Cheese
I don’t discriminate when it comes to shopping. I love all kinds of shopping equally, and grocery shopping is included.
Every time I step inside a grocery store I start with a renewed hope that I will put together healthy snacks and dinners, and as I approach the check out I try to shed all of the extra chips and snacks I added to my cart along the way.
Last week I tried out Nordica’s Smooth Cottage Cheese, and luckily it fits into the healthy snack category!
I LOVED the Salted Caramel flavour! So good. The texture wasn’t lumpy at all like regular cottage cheese, and each serving has 10g of protein and only 110 calories.
I’m usually a pretty big fan of Greek yogurt, but Nordica’s Smooth Cottage Cheese actually has 25% more protein than most leading Greek yogurts.
So it tastes good, and it’s good for you! Anything that is flavoured Salted Caramel and is good for you is a no-brainer – you must try it.
My husband is a creature of habit, and has told me repeatedly that he hates cottage cheese. Hate is a pretty strong word, but those are his thoughts on the subject. He was likely the most difficult person to introduce this new product to since he hates cottage cheese, but I thought I might as well go big or go home and trick him into trying it.
I got a little sneaky – not completely dishonest sneaky, but the kind of creative sneaky where I only describe SOME of my shopping spree purchases while omitting the ones that made more credit card damage. I asked my husband to do a taste test for the blog, not letting him know what he was trying, and taped his reaction.
Here was his reaction when I convinced him to try “something” for the blog!
https://youtu.be/K1gpFhLDfSw
He was a good sport, and his reaction was genuine – he really liked it!
Nordica’s Smooth Cottage Cheese is available in Vanilla Bean, Salted Caramel and Lemon flavours. We tried Vanilla Bean as well and it was also very good. Lemon wasn’t in our grocery store, but we will give it a try soon as well. So far this product is available in Ontario only, at most major grocery stores.
For more information on Nordica’s Smooth Cottage Cheese, visit their website here!
Disclosure: I am part of the Gay Lea Nordica Smooth Cottage Cheese Campaign and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
An Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole from Beretta Farms
I am sure I am known for a few things, but unfortunately “chronically late” is something I may best be known for. I really try to be on time! I set my alarm early, lay my clothes out before bed, and I meticulously plan my exit from the house, only to fall short and arrive ever-so-slightly late for pretty much everything.
Anything to save time is appreciated, so making breakfast the night before is something a girl like me appreciates!
Last weekend I decided to try this make-ahead breakfast casserole for our busy Saturday morning. My son has soccer on Saturday’s pretty early (ok, it’s 10am, but when you are chronically late that seems early!), so having something I could just pop in the oven seemed like the perfect idea!
This casserole features Beretta Farms Organic Honey-Garlic Sausages, and they were delivered right to my door! I live outside of Toronto, so often delivery services don’t quite reach me, but Beretta Farms brought my groceries right to my home so I could save a bit more time.
Beretta Farms offers local, farm-fresh, healthy option foods. They only sell grass fed, organic and naturally raised products, without the use of antibiotics or added hormones.
The recipe had very few ingredients and was super easy to make ahead! It took me very little time to make the casserole, pop it in the fridge, and the next morning when my alarm went off I put it in the oven and voila! Breakfast was served and it was so much more impressive than cereal!
Not only were we on time for soccer that morning, but we had time for a Starbucks stop. It was a miracle really.
Check out this easy to make and yummy recipe below. The recipe is from Cynthia Beretta, founder of Beretta Farms.Thanks so much to Beretta Farms for delivering some fabulous food to our family, and for saving us some previous time in the morning!
To place your own Beretta Farms order, or to find a retailer near you visit www.berettafamilyfarms.com.
Beretta Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
1 loaf fresh brioche egg bread, cubed
10 eggs, slightly beaten
4 cups milk
1 tsp Dijon mustard
½ cup chopped green onions
1 tsp each sea salt and freshly ground pepper
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 lb Beretta Honey-Garlic Sausage, casings removed, crumbled and cooked
2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
½ cup mushrooms, sliced
½ cup red pepper, chopped
Directions
Butter a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Arrange bread cubes in single layer. Sprinkle with
shredded cheddar cheese. Beat together the eggs, milk, mustard, salt, pepper, and
Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the bread and cheese. Sprinkle the crumbled sausage,
green onions, mushrooms, and chopped peppers overtop. Cover and chill overnight.
Preheat oven to 350F, and bake uncovered for 1 hour or until set.
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