Clean eating and squat challenge!

30 day clean eating and squat challenge starting this Monday 4/14. You will be provided clean eating grocery list, meal ideas, daily squat goal and you will have the support of other women taking the challenge.  ITS FREE :) To join the women only fitness group on Facebook message me at www.fb.com/kristenslosingit and I'll add you. 

Make your own spices

Get some of your favorite herbs from the grocery store (I get approximately 2 cups worth).

Pre heat oven to 250

Place spices on backing sheet and put in oven for 4 hours

Bask in the deliscious aroma of chosen herbs : )

Remove dried herbs and put in  high powered blender, pulse until desired consistency.

Enjoy your homemade spices!

I store my spices in a small tupperware on my counter

Homemade larabars

If you like a sweet treat without the guilt, than these are for you!  I love larabars and still buy them from time to time, but they can be a little expensive.  So when I found the recipe by blogger the herbivoress to make my own and save money, I ran to Whole Foods to get my supplies.  These bars are raw, vegan, gluten free and SCD legal!  I made the coconut cream bars and will make the gingersnap bars when these run out. You can really dress these puppies up too, add different nuts and dried fruits to create your own masterpiece. They are so good, even my husband will eat them and he refuses to eat dates (the main ingredient in these babies).

CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE

Sweet nectar of the gods!

Homemade almond milk for the win! Yesterday I made my first batch of almond milk and I feel this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship!  It was pretty easy and cost less than the all natural organic almond milk I was buying at the store.

What you need:

1 cup raw organic almonds

Filtered water ( I used our britta pitcher)

Cheese cloth or a nut milk bag

Blender

Metal mesh strainer

Jar to put finished almond milk in

Optional: vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt

Instructions:

Soak almonds in filtered water for 10-48 hours in filtered water

Drain almonds from soaking water and rinse ( do NOT use water almonds were soaking in to make almond milk you will get sick)

Place almonds and 3 cups filtered water in blender and blend until frothy and almond pieces are hard to see

Place cheese cloth or nut milk bag over wire strainer and place strainer in bowl 

Slowly pour almond milk mixture through cheese cloth covered strainer, you may need spatula to move the almond meal around so liquid can drain through

Once all the liquid has strained through squeeze almond meal in cheese cloth to get leftover liquid ( there will be a lot)

Now you can add spices or vanilla extract if you like and pour almond milk into container with lid. It should keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days ( if you're like me you'll drink it all in 2 days anyway!!!)

Hope you enjoy!