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Hack to Save $ on Nespresso Pods
I have a money saving trip for all of us Nespresso coffee lovers. On top of that it helps us save planet. As we all know most of the time coffee pods end up in land fills, even when we try to recycle. Then there is the cost of the pods themselves and those starts adding up. (We all know those pods go by fast!)
Here is where my tip comes in handy! I found The Coffee Seal on Amazon. They sell Aluminum Foils Lids that you can use to refill Nespresso pods. So now you can re-use them with your own coffee blende at home. It's super easy and it helps save money and the planet. According to the brand foils are made from environmentally friendly, safe, non-toxic, food-grade, BPA-free material and produce an excellent cup of coffee. These lids are truly high quality and easy to use.
Honestly if you love your Nespresso coffee, you definitely needed these. On top of saving money and the planet, your able to make your own blend the way you like it. I love reusing my pods, and the money you save let me splurge on other items for my little coffee corner at home.
Down below you will see how easy it is to refile the pods, but I also have a video on Tiktok. I want to thank The Coffee Seal, for gifting me this set of seals so I could do the video and blog post. All opinions are my own and I was already buying the product even before I reached out to the brand.
How to use The Coffee Seal Aluminum Foils Lids:
Step One: Clean out the pods and save them.
Step Two: Get your Lids ready.
Step Three: I grind my coffee but if you have your blende ready start filling up the pods. I like to press down on the coffee the make sure its completely filled and clean off the edge of the pod.
Step Four: Apply the lid on the pod make sure the lid is on smoothly around the edges as best as you can.
Step Five: Enjoy your work and have your coffee.
Here is the link to buy The Coffee Seal Aluminum foils
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Let's Talk Coffee
Let's Talk Coffee 
If you follow me on social media you know I have a love for coffee and creating my own drinks at home. Who wants to spend over five bucks when you can make a delicious drink from the comforts of home just the way you like it for a fraction of the cost.
Today I
want to highlight one of my favorite products to make all my delicious coffee
recipes with, Torani Puremade Caramel Sauce. What I love the best about this
sauce is that it can add so much flavor to any coffee drink no matter if you
have it cold, blended or nice and warm. With March being National Sauce Month I
thought what a better way than to celebrate with Torani Puremade Sauce and my
go to Coffee recipe.
Caramel Iced Latte spiked with caramel whip
cream! This is my go to for a post long workday or on weekends when I want a
nice creamy coffee with a little something extra. The best part is you can also
make this coffee without the spike and enjoy it every day, but let’s be honest
the best thing about this drink is the Torani Puremade Caramel Sauce. This caramel
sauce blends in so well in many different ways to give my coffee drink the best
flavor. What I love the most is the fact
that it has no artificial flavors. So I love to add it to my coffee in
different ways like caramel whip cream that helps make my drink more special.
To make this drink you will need the following
ingredients.
-Torani Puremade Caramel Sauce ( Torani Puremade Sauce can be bought online at torani.com)
- 1 shot Espresso
- ½ cup milk of choice
- 1 ounce coffee liqueur (if you like to make the spike version)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
-Ice
When it comes to an Iced latte there is
something you need to keep in mind, an Iced latte is different from iced coffee
. A latte is an espresso shot with steamed milk. Making it a little stronger in
taste but if that ain't what you like you are welcomed to substitute the
espresso shot with iced coffee and follow the remaining directions down below.
Directions :
First off I like to start off by making the
espresso and adding the steamed milk. And letting it cool before pouring it to
a different cup. At this time I take the Kahula and pour it into the latte with
around one tablespoon of the Torani Puremade Caramel Sauce and mix it into the
latte. While I let this cool, I move on
to making the caramel whipped cream from scratch.
Now I know making the whip cream from scratch
sounds daunting but honestly I promise it is super easy. When I make the
caramel whipped cream I like to make enough for the days to come, but if you
would like to just make enough for your drink you can do that but trust me it’s
so good you’re going to wish you made more than just one drink. Now there's two
ways you can mix the heavy whipping cream - by hand, which is a guaranteed arm
work out, or by using an electric mixer. I will be taking the electric mixer
route but that's just me. In the mixing bowl, I add the heavy whipping cream. I
whip until stiff peaks are just about to form. At this point I would add in Torani
Puremade Caramel Sauce. Add in as much as you desire, I love caramel so I tend
to add a good amount, roughly around 3 tablespoons. Once added let it whip
until it blends together. And that's it, I told you it was super easy.
Once I have the whipped cream done the next
step will be the caramel wall, aka - adding caramel around the cup. I would add
some Torani Puremade Caramel Sauce to the bottom and around the sides of my
glass followed by ice, then at this time I would pour in the cooled spiked
latte I had made earlier. For the finishing step I top the latte off with the
freshly made caramel whipped cream and sit back and enjoy!
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Always Eat After 7 PM Goals Update
****This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own.
Hi everyone, this post is an update on Always Eat After 7 PM and the goals I
had set for myself when I first introduced the book to you guys. If you remember,
I wanted to feel more in shape because of my upcoming vacation and more than anything
wanting to see a change in my body since I been feeling not my healthiest. The challenge in the book Always Eat After 7 PM
has definitely helped especially with shelter in place still happening here in California.Always Eat After 7 PM
has made me listen to my body when it came to eating. Like I mention in my last
post that you can read here. I do not like eating breakfast at all, one of the
biggest take away I took from the book is that, “Going
without breakfast is part of intermittent fasting (IF), also called
time-restricted feeding (TRF). IF is a pattern of food consumption that cycles
between fasting and eating in specific time periods. There are various ways to
do it; one of the most common is the 16/8 protocol, which involves 16 hours of
fasting—typically done overnight—with an 8-hour window in which to eat each
day.” Since I was already starting the day later due to shelter in place
I found fasting easy to achieve and my body actually reacted positive.
A benefit I notice from fasting
was more energy to work out and not just that I found that I was losing weight
without giving up carbs, if you ask me it always a plus. One of the other things
I truly love about the book is the variation of recipes that are actually very tasty
and simple to make. There are also recipes I would never even thought I could
make or have when trying to lose weight and get in shape.
Like that ice cream up
above!
I definitely want to recommend
this book and challenge for all of you trying to get ready for summer or for anyone
trying to just be healthier. Always
Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge
Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by
Joel Marion is now available to purchase click here
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*Check out my first post here
This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own.
Always Eat After 7PM book update
*Check out my first post here
This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own.
One of the big reasons I choose Always Eat After 7PM to read and highlight on the blog was because
of my summer vacation I had planned to Mexico. Also because lately I been
feeling very sluggish and simply not at my best shape. Prior to coming across
to this book I had already had been committed to doing cardio and strength
workouts every day and that actually was going well and had no struggle keeping
that goal. However, when it comes to nutrition,
we’ll let us just say, that is a whole other story, and if I am being honest it
is where I always tend to fail.
Anyone else with
me?
Learn more about the book
and how to purchase here.
I am the type of
person who is not hungry in the morning; ever since I was young, I just never
liked eating in the morning. As I grew
up and started working out felt like would interfere with my workout. However,
when the afternoon comes around hunger finally hits me and I want to eat
everything in sight. What I found from the book is that Always
Eat After 7 pm
is “a three-phase program that teaches you how to lose big by strategically
eating big when you are naturally hungriest—in the evening. This may sound too
good to be true, but let me assure you it is no gimmick. It’s all about making
strategic and smart food swaps, and you can still eat your favorite foods.” That’s why I found this book and
the program offers a great fit for me it is tailored to what my body is asking
for without a struggle. If you tend to get hungry in the afternoon I truly
challenge to pick up Always Eat After 7PM
I was lucky enough to be able to
interview Joel Marion writer of always Eat after 7PM and have him answer a couple of questions I
believe would be beneficial to everyone who is deciding to check out the book.
Me: First question I have for you is what inspired
you to write the book?
Joel Marion: After authoring 6 best selling books it was glaringly
obvious there were 2 huge misconceptions about dieting that needed to be
exposed. The first is that you can't eat late at night or before bed, which
science now shows is NOT true. And second, you can't eat large portions that
satisfy your natural instinct. This book solves both these problems by
providing an evidence-based, enjoyable approach to dieting that can be used by
any person to quickly achieve their weight loss goals.
Me: One of the main questions I been getting through my social
media accounts for you is. How difficult is the Always Eat After 7 PM plan to
follow?
Joel Marion: It's not. And that's exactly why I wrote the book.
While any diet is never truly easy, it can be more enjoyable and much easier to
adhere to when you understand how Always Eat After 7pm works because it caters
to our bodies natural instincts.
Me: What was the most surprising discovery when you were
researching scientific data for the diet?
Joel Marion: That almost everything my college education and
certifications taught me was NOT grounded in published scientific research.
Me: Okay last one is nice and simple if you had to describe
yourself in three words, what would they be?
Joel Marion: Born
To Impact
As I mention this book is truly a great read and the
challenge is even easier and in my opinion is truly helping me lose weight with
no struggle or complaint. I hope this mini interview with Joel Marion helps
answer any questions. Don’t forget Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary
Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent
Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion is now available to purchase
Click Here
This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own.
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If you're like me, a self-proclaimed amateur chief that your go-to dish is a stating vegetable and putting things in a microwave, or being sous chef to the actual chef (aka.. grabbing ingredients from the refrigerator and then pressing play on the remote to the new Top Chef episode). And if your like me looking for an easy way to eat clean with out the actual hard work of meal prep then I got a perfect solution, to having health food for your body and soul without having to sign up for one of those subscriptions boxes. Those tiresome subscriptions where you need to do all the work and then you end up getting annoyed and putting it off for another day as you head to the Whole Food food court ( that's what I call the warm food area at Whole Foods).
If you follow me on social media, you know my solution to this is Model Meals. I get asked so many questions about the company and how they work and why I chose to use them. So that's why I am answering all your questions with this blog post. Disclaimer:They do not sponsor me.
I just like utilizing the company and believe they are an easy solution to eating really healthy food which taste really great! Not like other meal subscription services that are for only weight loss and come with some questionable ingredients.
Model Meal is a meal prep service. What makes them different is that you don't have to do a subscription or do any cooking. All you have to do is pop them on the stove or microwave for a couple of minutes, and your meals ready. All their foods are whole 30, and Paleo approved. They use local and organic products. I don't think I know of any other company doing this, do you?
Ordering from them is super easy you go to the website pick the meals you want their menu is always changing. They deliver twice a week Wednesday and Sunday. Sadly they are only located in specific areas. Down below is a list were they are currently offering services.
The reason I love to use them is because they are super easy to order and heat up. They help me with the struggle of trying figure out what to make during the week for lunch or on the weekends. Not only are they easy but their quality of the products are amazing and their meals are so creative, honestly they use ingredients in such a great way that I would have never though of. I have a couple of favorite meals, the number one being their tacos, their tortilla is terrific and made from celery root, and their salsa is fantastic!
So enough talking about them! If you want to try them out and you're in one of the areas they deliver I do have a code for you to get $25 off your first order. If you don't want to use my code that's okay, they also have one for first-time orders on their Instagram.
$25 off First order
Please let me know if you do try them out and what you thought?
Eating Healthy Made Easy.
If you're like me, a self-proclaimed amateur chief that your go-to dish is a stating vegetable and putting things in a microwave, or being sous chef to the actual chef (aka.. grabbing ingredients from the refrigerator and then pressing play on the remote to the new Top Chef episode). And if your like me looking for an easy way to eat clean with out the actual hard work of meal prep then I got a perfect solution, to having health food for your body and soul without having to sign up for one of those subscriptions boxes. Those tiresome subscriptions where you need to do all the work and then you end up getting annoyed and putting it off for another day as you head to the Whole Food food court ( that's what I call the warm food area at Whole Foods).
If you follow me on social media, you know my solution to this is Model Meals. I get asked so many questions about the company and how they work and why I chose to use them. So that's why I am answering all your questions with this blog post. Disclaimer:They do not sponsor me.
I just like utilizing the company and believe they are an easy solution to eating really healthy food which taste really great! Not like other meal subscription services that are for only weight loss and come with some questionable ingredients.
Model Meal is a meal prep service. What makes them different is that you don't have to do a subscription or do any cooking. All you have to do is pop them on the stove or microwave for a couple of minutes, and your meals ready. All their foods are whole 30, and Paleo approved. They use local and organic products. I don't think I know of any other company doing this, do you?
Ordering from them is super easy you go to the website pick the meals you want their menu is always changing. They deliver twice a week Wednesday and Sunday. Sadly they are only located in specific areas. Down below is a list were they are currently offering services.
- San Francisco; Bay Area
- Los Angeles
- Orange County
- San Diego
- Santa Barbara
- San Bernardino
- Riverside
- Phoenix(New location)
The reason I love to use them is because they are super easy to order and heat up. They help me with the struggle of trying figure out what to make during the week for lunch or on the weekends. Not only are they easy but their quality of the products are amazing and their meals are so creative, honestly they use ingredients in such a great way that I would have never though of. I have a couple of favorite meals, the number one being their tacos, their tortilla is terrific and made from celery root, and their salsa is fantastic!
So enough talking about them! If you want to try them out and you're in one of the areas they deliver I do have a code for you to get $25 off your first order. If you don't want to use my code that's okay, they also have one for first-time orders on their Instagram.
$25 off First order
Please let me know if you do try them out and what you thought?
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Holly Pumpkin!!!!
Yes, you guys Foodstirs is at Target and its their Holiday edition mixes. So that means Pumpkin Spice pancake and Chocolate Chippy Pumpkin Bread Mix! And it is so amazing. So if I were you I would run to target and add it to your cart.
We deiced to make the Pancake mix but with a small twist, by making them into waffles. We decided to make a maple syrup with cream cheese and adding brown sugar caramelized walnuts.
The recipe is down below and let me tell you its extremely easy. First step is to make the batter, you can simply do so by following the instructions on the back of the box and use your waffle maker instead of a pan. Bellow you can find the list of ingredients to make the maple syrup cream cheese and the caramelized walnuts.
Cream Cheese:
Foodstirs at Target!
Holly Pumpkin!!!!
Yes, you guys Foodstirs is at Target and its their Holiday edition mixes. So that means Pumpkin Spice pancake and Chocolate Chippy Pumpkin Bread Mix! And it is so amazing. So if I were you I would run to target and add it to your cart.
We deiced to make the Pancake mix but with a small twist, by making them into waffles. We decided to make a maple syrup with cream cheese and adding brown sugar caramelized walnuts.
The recipe is down below and let me tell you its extremely easy. First step is to make the batter, you can simply do so by following the instructions on the back of the box and use your waffle maker instead of a pan. Bellow you can find the list of ingredients to make the maple syrup cream cheese and the caramelized walnuts.
Cream Cheese:
- Soften cream cheese
- add maple syrup and cinnamon to the soften cream cheese.
- and just mix to soften (Yes, its that easy!.)
Caramelized Walnuts:
- place a cup of walnuts in a pan move them around until they start to toast up
- add a tablespoon of brown sugar and mix until sugar melts
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Confession
I'm addicted to cooking books and nutrition book.
Since the young age of twelve, I developed a love for books.(Shout out to Gossip Girl). I would make my parents, more like begged for them to take me to the book store just to get a book for the weekend. It got to the point where my parents had to hide the book from me. Especially if it was for a long trip because I could read that book in a couple of hours before the trip.
I'm not going to lie I love Young Adult book. I hope many could relate to that, on top of that I enjoy thrillers from time to time, but lately, I developed A new love for cookbooks and nutrition books.
First off, if you know me you know that I can barely boil water without something going wrong, but lately I been putting myself out there when it comes to cooking. As a gift for Christmas, I received first the Freddie Prince Jr Book, Back to the kitchen and it started a new inspiration for me to get into the kitchen.
I admit my love for the actor and after a girls night watching some of his films like, I know what you did last summer and She's all that. We found out he had a cookbook and it was a shocker, but once I read the book I understood this man had a passion for food.
The recipes are amazing and simple that even a somewhat okay cook could make and enjoy.
His green chilly salsa is so good. I might secretly now use it all the time and tell people it is a family recipe (oops!!).
My current favorite book right now is Body Love by Kelly LeVeque. This book just blow my mind. I read it in literally in two days, and read it again the next day to make sure I understood everything correctly.
Kelly LeVeque shows you a new way to not diet, but love your body by filling it with nutritious food. In a way that will help you lose weight if that's your goal. I really got into this book and the ideology behind it after Kelly post on her blog about the challenge she was hosting.
From the first day of the challenge I could notice the difference and I think that's what made me believe in the book even more. I'm on day 17 of the challenge and now I enjoy waking up early to get some type of workout before work, and a fab 4 smoothie after. It makes me stay full until lunch and sometimes after. I recommend this book if you're trying to fall back in love with your body.
The third cooking book I got was The Gilmore girls book: Eat like a Gilmore. This book is filled with fun amazing recipes. That makes you feel like your part of the Stars Hollow community. Try one of these recipes out when ever you feel like you need a little Gilmore Girls in your life.
If you guys have any recommendations for book I should check out, please let me know down below. I'm always up for finding a new book of any kind.
Here are the links to the book !
Eat Like a Gilmore
Back to the Kitchen
Body Love
Since the young age of twelve, I developed a love for books.(Shout out to Gossip Girl). I would make my parents, more like begged for them to take me to the book store just to get a book for the weekend. It got to the point where my parents had to hide the book from me. Especially if it was for a long trip because I could read that book in a couple of hours before the trip.
I'm not going to lie I love Young Adult book. I hope many could relate to that, on top of that I enjoy thrillers from time to time, but lately, I developed A new love for cookbooks and nutrition books.
First off, if you know me you know that I can barely boil water without something going wrong, but lately I been putting myself out there when it comes to cooking. As a gift for Christmas, I received first the Freddie Prince Jr Book, Back to the kitchen and it started a new inspiration for me to get into the kitchen.
I admit my love for the actor and after a girls night watching some of his films like, I know what you did last summer and She's all that. We found out he had a cookbook and it was a shocker, but once I read the book I understood this man had a passion for food.
The recipes are amazing and simple that even a somewhat okay cook could make and enjoy.
His green chilly salsa is so good. I might secretly now use it all the time and tell people it is a family recipe (oops!!).
My current favorite book right now is Body Love by Kelly LeVeque. This book just blow my mind. I read it in literally in two days, and read it again the next day to make sure I understood everything correctly.
Kelly LeVeque shows you a new way to not diet, but love your body by filling it with nutritious food. In a way that will help you lose weight if that's your goal. I really got into this book and the ideology behind it after Kelly post on her blog about the challenge she was hosting.
From the first day of the challenge I could notice the difference and I think that's what made me believe in the book even more. I'm on day 17 of the challenge and now I enjoy waking up early to get some type of workout before work, and a fab 4 smoothie after. It makes me stay full until lunch and sometimes after. I recommend this book if you're trying to fall back in love with your body.
The third cooking book I got was The Gilmore girls book: Eat like a Gilmore. This book is filled with fun amazing recipes. That makes you feel like your part of the Stars Hollow community. Try one of these recipes out when ever you feel like you need a little Gilmore Girls in your life.
If you guys have any recommendations for book I should check out, please let me know down below. I'm always up for finding a new book of any kind.
Here are the links to the book !
Eat Like a Gilmore
Back to the Kitchen
Body Love
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