Recipe

Derby Day Tea-Lep {Lipton’s Pure Leaf Iced Tea with Mint!}

Published May 2, 2012

Sometimes I will admit that Hubby is smarter than me. Not very often, but sometimes. I told him that we were to mix a drink for the Kentucky Derby and he immediately says Mint Julep! I give him this look like What?! and he goes on to say that it is the official drink of the Derby. Wow, he was right!

Today I am going to show you how to make a Derby Day Tea-lep made with Lipton’s Pure Leaf Iced Tea!

First though, I want to share with you some cool facts that I have learned about this new tea…

All natural with no preservatives or colors ~ which I know is very important to most of you!

New packaging is made with 100% recyclable plastic ~ no more glass ~ are lightweight and provide a high pallet efficiency, which equates to more bottles, lighter loads and less fuel used in transport.

Tea leaves are hand-harvested only on Rainforest Alliance Certified farms by Pure Leaf’s Master Blenders (would love that job!).

Comes in two sizes – a single serve & new bigger carafe size which is perfect to have on hand to mix up quick drinks when company comes over!

Yummy flavors…

Unsweetened Iced Tea
Sweetened Iced Tea
Extra Sweet Iced Tea
Iced Tea with Raspberry
Iced Tea with Peach
Iced Tea with Lemon
Green Tea with Honey

The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday, May 5th. Here a fun and delicious drink to share as you watch the race with friends and family.

DERBY DAY TEA-LEP

Servings: 1

3oz Pure Leaf Sweetened Iced Tea

3 Lemon Slices

6 large Mint Leaves

In highball glass, add mint and then crush. Add two lemon slices and fill glass with ice, then Pure Leaf Sweetened Iced Tea. Garnish with a lemon slice. For a special twist, add 1oz Kentucky bourbon.

(I doubled the tea since I served in a bigger glass and used mint flakes. No bourbon for me.)

You will be the hit of the party!

Or take your glass out to your front porch and enjoy a nice cool spring drink. It is delish!

See, even baby wants ‘more more’

You can find more recipes on the Pure Leaf Facebook recipe tab! Which one looks good to you?

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Lipton Pure Leaf. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

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1 Minute Scrambled Egg in a Mug {McMuffin too!}

Published April 24, 2012

Actually I think I’m going to call this an Egg Mc-Mug-fin! ha ha!

My awesome BeachBum follower Trisha introduced this concept to me a few months ago…I have a child who loves eggs for breakfast, but I won’t let him have them on school days because we are rushed. He likes the frozen sandwiches that you micro, but trying to stay away from freezer food.

This is a perfect EASY alternative that even a 7yr old can do!

One Organic Egg

Salt & Pepper to taste

Mix together in a Mug {Advise: Oil your mug first with little with some spray}

Place in micro for 30 seconds ~ take out to mix again ~ place back in for another 15 seconds

Scrambled Egg!

Go a step further to create an Egg McMugFin

Toast a English Muffin

Add Scrambled Egg

Cheese

YUM!!

Now, how easy was that?!

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Southern Berry Julius made with #SilkFruit

Published April 17, 2012

Maybe it’s the southern in us. Or maybe it’s the health nut in us. Or maybe it is that we just like to drink smoothies!

Hubby is the smoothie specialist in our house. He makes them often and is always coming up with something new. Not sure he ever uses the same ‘recipe’ twice. When I told him that he had to create a smoothie out of Silk Fruit&Protein, he was up for the challenge!

O’Bear and I headed to Walmart to grab what we needed. We found Silk Fruit&Protein in the dairy department near the milk. Easy peasy!

It comes in three flavors ~ mixed berry, strawberry banana, peach mango ~ we choose the berry.

Doing his magic!

Have you ever had an Orange Julius? We used to get them all the time back home, but I haven’t seen one in years. Hubby felt inspired to try and recreate the Berry Orange Julius.

Only four ingredients and ice! He calls it…

Southern Berry Julius

1c of Silk Fruit&Protein ~ Mixed Berry Flavor

1/2 c Orange Juice

1 tsp Vanilla

2c Ice

handful of frozen mixed berries (optional)

Mix all together in blender and voila!

We first tested it without the frozen berries. It was good but we were looking for a bit thicker smoothie this time. Once we stuck a few of them in and mixed again…it was perrrrfect!

Southern Berry Julius