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HOMEMADE POPSICLES

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Raise your hand if your a mother of a child who LOVES popsicles– so much that you might give in and give him more than a few a day?  I’M SO GUILTY OF THIS.   I’ve been really into checking labels and ingredients lately wondering what the freak I’m eating.  I just want to know exactly what is what, and why can’t I even read the damn word?  Well, that is a whole other subject I’ll get into later, but for now, I just wanted to point out that most popsicle have a ton of BS in them that I don’t like.  Added sugars, food dyes, artificial flavorings etc…

I didn’t like the idea of Oaks eating the 3-4 (half eaten I might add) popsicles a day, that are full of junk.  My sister in law gave me the idea that she makes her own.  No clue why I never thought of this!  But I looked up popsicles molds on amazon, made my own mixture that sounded delicious and BAM, Oaks loves them so much!  They’re super easy to make.  Here is the recipe!

Makes about 7 popsicles, but my POPSICLE MOLD only had room for 6.

  • 1/2 can of Coconut Milk 
  • 1 cup Cold Pressed Real Orange Juice
  • 1 Banana
  • 3 Large Pineapple Chunks
  • Handful of Spinach
  • BLEND IT UP!

You’ll pour the mix into each mold.  It comes with a funnel, so you don’t spill everywhere.  Stick in the freezer for at least 6 hours, but it’s best if you let them sit overnight.  

Then pull them out & enjoy!  Just FYI it’s a little hard to pull the popsicle out of the mold, so just know that it might take you a couple tries to get it out, but totally normal.

 Best way to sneak in veggies!  Hope your kiddos love them as much as mine!  Let me know if you guys try them & comment below to tell me what you think!

Have a great day!

xoxox,

SARA LYNN 

WHAT TO ORDER AT STARBUCKS + AT HOME LATTE

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COFFEEEEEE…

Cannot get of it.  You know how much I love my coffee.  Especially now that I have the busiest toddler I have to chase, plus side note: he’s teething & sleeping the worst so I am running on little sleep here.  But with that said I get shit done & handled with my coffee.

I am always posting what I get on my snapchat & insta stories, and you guys love it & always ask what it is,  So I wanted to make a full post on it.  It is the most simple drink & super good on macros.  When ordering at Starbucks you have to be careful of almost everything on the menu… full of empty calories & sugar.

SO, What to stay away from?

The trick to Starbucks is to order a latte with milk & no added sugars (vanilla, chocolate hazelnut syrup etc..)  Otherwise those drinks will get you.  Most of them are high in sugar, carbs & fat.  All you have to do is google “starbucks calories” & most of them pop up.  For example a Frappuccino Blended Coffee has 51 carbs!!  No thanks.  That is SO much and so not worth it (to me at least)   I would rather have two slices of Aspen Mills whole wheat toast, with some grass fed butter.

SO, what to order?

I always order an Iced Soy Latte w/ cinnamon powder sprinkled on top.  Macros?

Calories: 130, Carbs: 17, Fat:3.5, Protein: 7

Or, I order an Iced Grande Almond Milk Latte w/ cinnamon powder on top.  Macros?

Calories: 70, Carbs: 6, Fat: 4, Protein: 2

Or if you like Milk better, then I recommend getting skim or 2%.  

So I like the Soy Latte better, because the taste is better to me, but if you don’t want to make room in your macros for them then you can get the almond milk.  Still good too!  

If you’re not the BIGGEST coffee lover, but still love drinking it, then get 1 pump to 1/2 pump of their sugar free syrup.  

So since each coffee is over $4, that can get a little pricey if you’re going everyday.  So I decided I would just make my own at home and it actually tastes identical to starbucks!  The photo above is the Iced Soy at home Coffee.  

Recipe for IN HOME SOY COFFEE

Add 1/2 cup ice into large cup

Add in 1 cup Starbucks brewed Iced Coffee

Add 1 cup Soy Milk

Stir, and sprinkle cinnamon on top!  & finished!

COFFEE MUGS

Macros?  

Calories: 90 Calories, Carbs: 7, Fats: 4

Okay guys, off to do some Headspace meditation for 10 minutes while Oaks naps.  Going to talk about it so soon!  This is only my second day 🙂

Chat soon,

xoxo, 

Sara Lynn