by | Nov 29, 2015 | Food, Review |
Hello Elegant Readers!
I pray that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends. I believe that Thanksgiving is not limited to one day a year, but it must be a lifestyle of gratitude and thanks.
In addition to thankful lifestyle, we must also live a healthy lifestyle. Along with regular exercise, we must eat the right foods in the right amount at the right times. Dietary experts tell us that Omega 3 is an essential ingredient in that healthy lifestyle. Omega 3 is found in many types of seeds and fish, like salmon, caviar and sardines. But if you do not like fish or want to get more Omega 3 in your diet, you may want to consider adding a supplement to your daily routine. I love fish; but I also want to take an Omega-3 supplement almost everyday because I want to have as much Omega-3 in my diet. I recently received a complimentary bottle of the Omega-3 Supreme Fish Oil supplements from Life & Food, Inc.
Omega-3 Supreme 1400mg Fish Oil with +75% Omega-3
Information about the supplements, as provided by Life & Food, Inc.
○ Highly concentrated and pure, pharmaceutical grade
(above 75% Omega-3)
○ 644/336 EPA/DHA levels
(Meeting GOED standards).
○ Fish Oil concentrate made from IFOS 5-star
certified fish oils (raw material).
○ Contains the minimum recommended 1,000 mg
of Omega-3s per serving.
○ Sourced from wild Alaskan caught Pollock.
Sustainable and certified operation by MSC.
○ USA Manufactured and laboratory
tested in FDA, GMP, NSF certified facilities.
○ Molecularly distilled, clean refined and tested.
○ Easy to swallow soft gelatin capsules.
○ Enteric coated for max absorption and no fish burps
Why Omega-3 Supreme 1400mg Fish Oil
Visiting your favorite vitamin store or searching online, you find many brands and types of Omega 3 supplements, at all price ranges. After trying Omega-3 Supreme Fish Oil softgels for the last month, I recommend that you give them a try, for the following reasons.
2 softgels contain 1400 mg pure fish oil concentrate
○ The softgels are easy to swallow because they are round and fairly small. They go down easily with only a small amount of water. I have tried much larger capsule from other brands and had issues swallowing them because they would get caught in my throat. I did not have this problem with these from Life & Food, Inc.
○ There is no fishy aftertaste or burps, which is a common issue with many Omega-3 capsules. You want take the fish oil capsules for the benefit of the fish, but you don’t want to taste the fish. With these Life & Food softgels, you will not have that issue.
○ There is 1400 milligrams of high-quality Alaskan pollock oil in these softgels. The fish oil is sustainably collected and is certified from the Marine Stewardship Council, a non-profit organization that addresses the problem of unsustainable fishing, and safeguard seafood supplies for the future. Having this certification is important to me because I know Life & Food, Inc shares the same concerns that I have for the environment.
DISCLAIMER:
I received the Omega-3 Supreme softgels at no cost in order to write to this review. All comments are strictly my own.
by | May 26, 2015 | Food |
Hello Beautiful People!
I have another recipe from my childhood in St. Louis. When I was a little child, my mother would would take me to Rinderers’ (a drug store that was formally in the Lou) or Woolworth’s (a five-and-dime store) for carmel popcorn or peanuts and jellybeans. At Rinderers’, my mother would order a half a pound of Spanish peanuts and jellybeans (I remember taking the hulls off). The man behind the counter would scoop the delicious combination in a paper bag. Mirrors were everywhere in that place, I felt I had to behave, however seeing those Spanish peanuts and jellybeans was worth it.
My mother never made peanuts and jellybeans. However when I was having lunch with my hubby, he told me that he never had the combination of the two. I started thinking of a recipe where I could share with him one of my favorite foodie experience as a child.
Peanuts and Jellybeans
First, my hubby placed two cups of roasted peanuts (please check ingredients for msg and artificial preservatives) on a small baking sheet in our convection for ten minutes.
We didn’t have any Spanish nuts, so we used a roasted peanut instead. The smell reminded me of being a little child smell those delectable smells in the store, gosh the good memories.
Warming roasted peanuts
After the peanuts are warmed, my hubby removed the peanuts from the oven and placed them in a brown paper bag.
Warm roasted peanuts
While the peanuts are still warm, we added a 9 oz. bag of jelly beans to the bag and gently shook them together, mixing them together.
Jellybeans
I asked my hubby to be the first to try it and he thought it was very tasty. He said that the combination of the peanuts warmed the jellybeans and the two melded together to form a sweet but salty, warm and gooey but crunchy treat. He couldn’t stop at just a couple. He kept reaching in the bag for more.
My hubby and I count calories, so we had only seven jellybeans with a handful of peanuts; and then put the rest in an air-tight container.
Always remember you can have a treat and maintain your fitness goals, the key is balance.
When talking with my hubby about the treat, he said that he had never had tried the combo before. Since he didn’t grow up in Saint Louis, it made me wonder if it was only a local treat? Do I have some foodies out there who shared in this experience?
Please let me know if you have tried this confectionary treat or if you tried my recipe.
Leave me a comment below, sharing your experience.
by | May 25, 2015 | Food |
Hi Beautiful People,
Today, I am honoring all the soldiers who fought and died for our country. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and a time to reflect.
My hubby and I did not have to work today, so we relaxed had some good barbecue and a healthier version of the Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake is great choice to accompany your summer BBQ’s, picnics, family reunions or just when you want a tasty treat.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
As a child, my mother would make the cake with a yellow cake box mix. In preparing to make our cake, we bought a cake mix without looking at the ingredients. To my surprise the mix had propylene glycol in it. I had recently decided to get rid of this ingredient from my cosmetics and skincare, and I surely didn’t want to digest. I decided to not use the cake mix with its artificial indigents and food coloring. Instead, I decided to do what I should of done in the first place, make it from scratch.
Here is the recipe:
Prepare the pan
1) Butter and flour a glass dish (9 1/2 x 13 1/2)
2) Line canned pineapple slices and maraschino cherries in the dish (design how you like). It is important to use canned pineapples because fresh pineapples will not work and the cake will turn out bad.
Pineapple slices and marachino cherries
3) Spread a coating of brown sugar over the pineapples and cherries.
4) Add melted (vegan) butter on the pineapple so they stay moist.
Light coating of brown sugar
Thin coating of brown sugar looks like this below.
Thin covering of brown sugar
5) The Cake Batter
Cake Batter
1 Cup of Canola oil
1 1/4 Cup of Buttermilk
2 eggs
2 Cups of Sugar
1 1/2 Flour
1/2 Cup Coconut flour
1/2 Cup of Almond flour
1 Tsp. of Baking soda
Splash of pineapple juice from the Dole Pineapple slices
Pecans and Walnuts (optional, add a few or a lot, it’s up to you)
6) Pour the batter in the pan over the pineapples and brown sugar. The batter is not a bread batter consistency, but like a pancake batter consistency. We used a mixture of flours to create this mix (white, almond and coconut). If you do not have almond or coconut flour, you can use all white flour, or even wheat flour, if you want.
Pouring on the cake batter
7) Cake batter has completely covered pineapple slices and ready to go into a 350 degree oven.
Cake batter in pan
8) The cake takes about 50 minutes to an hour (depends on your stove). The cake should look a golden brown.
Golden Brown
9) Let cool for 30 minutes. Turn over and remove from glass dish by placing on cookie sheet.
10) Cut the cake and serve warm. We cut our cake into twelve servings and placed most of in the freezer. That way when we get the crazing, it just needs to be pulled out, thawed it and heated it up. Yields 12 servings. If you eat half a piece like we do serving size is 24 slices.
YUM, YUM, GIVE ME SOME!!!
ENJOY!
If you try this recipe, let me know what you thought about it.
by | Dec 31, 2014 | Food, Review |
Hello Elegant Readers!
It’s New Year’s Eve and enjoying the evening with my hubby. We are having Chinese Vegetable stir fry and pot stickers. With a meal like this, what a great way to try out the Ozeri Savore Soft Touch Electric Pepper Mill and Grinder that Bubbling With Elegance was gifted to try out and review. The product will be available on Amazon January 5, 2015.
Ozeeri Electric Pepper Grinder
The Grinder takes a little elbow grease to take the top off. However, once we figured that out, it has worked easier and better. The grinder is constructed with a front-side adjustable certamic grinding switch. The battery-powered motor offers an effortless push button dispenser for pepper, sea salt or any of your favorite spices. The Ozeri Savore Electric Pepper Grinder features a small, but ergonomic design.
Benefits
Durable ceramic motor easily grinds peppercorns, salts and spices. The grinding selections are fine, medium and coarse, as seen below.
Left to Right: Fine, Medium and Course Grindings
-Seasons food accurately with a new front-side adjustable ceramic grinding mechanism that never requires inverting
-Features an ultra soft textured non-slip grip with finger-print resisting coating
-Activates via a large push-down button that instantly grinds and releases seasonings
-See-through container makes monitoring pepper level easy and reveals the grinding action
How does the Grinder operate?
— The grinder runs on 6 AAA batteries, which are not included. We were surprised it took so many batteries, but we are sure that they will last a long time.
— Select the level of grinding that meets your needs. Slide the notch on the front of the grinder, from left to right for your desired level. A fine grinding is the far-left setting. Medium grinding is in the middle, and the course grinding is at the far-right.
— Push the button on the top of the grinder to dispense your seasoning. The seasoning is released at a slow, but correct speed. Not too much comes at one time, which is necessary if you only need a small amount. The amount of seasoning that is released can be easily controlled.
— Enjoy the aroma of your freshly-ground seasonings in your food.
Overall, we recommend the Ozeri Savore Electric Pepper Grinder. The grinder is small in size, but big in its grinding power. With the slide of the notch, the grinding intensity can easily be changed. The grinder fits well in your hand and with the push of a button, the spices are efficiently dispensed.
*Please Note: Ozeri blessed me with the Pepper Grinder to give our honest review. We received no monetary compensation.
by | May 19, 2014 | Fitness, Food |
Hello Elegant Readers,
Today is beautiful, it’s cool and sunny, with temps in the upper 50s. Perfect! Wonderful brisk day for a hot cup of tea. I am a tea drinker and artificial sweeteners are a no-no in my book. I try to be as natural as I can, so I am very much aware of what I put into my body. I look for all-natural products whenever possible.
I collaborated with Quality Encapsulations to try its Yacon Syrup, a 100% Pure and 100% Raw sweetener.
According to Quality, the benefits of Yacon Syrup include
** Assists in weight loss and slimming waist sizes, regulating blood sugar, and increasing daily fiber intake.
** The syrup, distilled from the Peruvian tuber yacon — contains up to 50 percent fructooligosacharides, or FOS. FOS, classified as a prebiotic, is a low-caloric sweetener and also a fiber source.
On Amazon Quality Encapsulations notes benefits”According to a 2009 Scientific study, daily intake of yacon syrup produced a significant decrease in body weight, waist circumference and body mass index.”
To be able to do this naturally is significant because I would not want to take chemical-filled supplements to loose weight. Also, Yacon syrup does not only have to be taken because you want to loose weight. It is a good natural sweetener.
“Yacon syrup speeds up the metabolism to combat excess fat and regulates the hunger hormone, making you feel full longer.” Often weight gain comes from not feeling full. The amount of Yacon syrup I add to my tea is less than a teaspoon. I also drink ten glasses of water each day (about 80 ounces) and work out. Sometimes I get the hunger cravings because my workouts really get the adrenaline going . I have make sure that I get enough water in my regime each day.
Additional benefit is that Yacon syrup is that a low glycemic sweetener. No more feeling a sugar spike and then a downward low because I ate the white sugar.
Yacon Syrup by Quality Encapsulations
The consistency is thick and looks like molasses; but it does not take much to sweeten my tea. One teaspoon is only 13 calories, but I do not add a full teaspoon so the calories are quite less. A half of a teaspoon packs a significant amount of sweetness. I am adding the Yacon syrup in my Elvis tea mug. The cup came from Graceland, so it is a souvenir token that reminds me of great memories when my husband and I went to Memphis.
Yacon Syrup
I really did not know how the syrup would taste; but it is very good. It smells like molasses and tastes like brown sugar.
I am all about 100% natural products that makes me feel good inside and out. Do your research on Yacon Syrup. Not all Yacon syrup is created equal. Quality Encapsulations syrup is %100 raw, %100 natural product, just the way that I like it.
by | May 5, 2014 | Food |
Hello Elegant Reader,
I recently had the opportunity to try VeganSmart All-In-One Shake by Naturade. Naturade has been providing innovative and natural products since 1926. I really enjoy drinking shakes for breakfast or lunch and I had been looking for a smoothie that did not have any artificial flavorings, nor high amounts of sugar or fructose. Naturade is exactly what I was looking for. The VeganSmart shake is certified vegan and is naturally flavored and sweetened.
Information from the Naturade site.
VeganSmart™ All-In-One Nutritional Shake provides 20g Non-GMO protein, 6g dietary fiber, 22 vitamins & minerals, whole food complex, omega 3, probiotics and digestive enzymes.
Everything you need for optimal health in one delicious shake… And nothing you don’t! No cholesterol, zero trans fat, no egg, no dairy, soy free, gluten free, no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, no acesulfame-k, no MSG.
Naturade sent me nine packets – three chocolate, three vanilla and three chai. The first packet I wanted to try was chocolate. I had the option of only adding water and drinking the shake that way. However, my hubby and I added frozen peaches, bananas and water with one whole packet and blended in our Ninja Blender. We added the extra fruit to boost the flavor even more. By adding the extra fruit and the water (about nine ounces) allowed me to get two shakes (one for me, one for my hubby) out of the one packet.
So simple, Chocolate All In One Naturade nutritional shake
This shake is delicious and good for feeling healthy.
In this picture I am drinking the vanilla VeganSmart All in One nutritional shake, with frozen blueberries, raspberries, peanut butter and water. Delicious!
I will make sure that when I finish the sample packets that Naturade provided me, I will be purchasing the shakes again. It is very impressive that the shake has so many essential vitamins and minerals. I love the fact that it is dairy, soy and gluten free, with no artificial sweeteners! One packet is only 170 calories. If you are counting your calories, this shake is a safe way for you to get the proper nutrients from a quick, on-the-go meal.
I am going to try the Chai flavor next.
Another benefit I’ve noticed is that I don’t have an after taste with this shake.
JT drinking Naturade All-In-One nutritional shake
Naturade provided these shake packets to me for free. I was not paid to provide this review. All opinions are honest and are my own. Thank you Naturade for the oppurtunity.
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