Tag Archive 'drink'

Floating Away On This Ice Cream Float

Posted in Dessert, Health, Healthy Treats, Recipe on Feb 6th, 2012

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That’s right homegirls (and boy or two). I made an ice cream float. I haven’t a clue why, in the middle of winter, I suddenly declared that it was ice cream float season. I’m thinking it likely has something to do with all the excitement over my upcoming Gluten + Dairy Free Treats class (yep, a week today!). Or, maybe I was just longing from yonder years when I used to have slumber parties at my grandma and grandpa’s house and ice cream floats were the dessert of choice (that or frozen grape bubble gum??? things I will never understand).

The floats would be served up in these little black and white cups (and if you come to my kitchen, you might just spot it here). We usually had vanilla ice cream and our float liquid of choice was, of course, root beer. The magic of the float was that you would scoop in your ice cream, pour the soda pop over top and the whole thing would turn into a frothy mug of heaven, topped off with a bendy red and white straw. As I will be sweetly demonstrating in my class next week, eating for amazing health does not mean you have to do away with the treats of yesteryear

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My Morning Latte

Posted in Recipe on Nov 8th, 2010

So my low glycemic eating loverly lovers, ‘tis Monday morning after a weekend of kicking our sugar cravings to the curb. And? How are we doing?
One of the questions that kept popping up was about detoxing from caffeine. There is no easy way to go about it, but that is really just all the more reason to try. See, a cup of coffee once in a while is a delicious and enjoyable treat. As soon as you have to start relying on it just to drag your bottom into your day, well then it becomes a little more problematic.

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Drink This And Get Skinny

Posted in Raw, Recipe, Smart Choices, Vegan on Jul 7th, 2010

Did that heading draw you in? Come on now, be honest? I am not going to even begin to understand our collective desire to be a heap of skin and bones. As I’ve said many a time, I would so much rather be chubby and just keep eating great food, and living the way I live.

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