Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Monday, January 11, 2016

10 Minute Healthy Milkshake


Hey readers! It’s Vivian and Geneva here, and today we have done a little collab post about a fun, easy and healthy recipe! If you didn’t know, we are sisters, and live at the same house so we do a lot of activities together. For Christmas we were both given a Zoku milkshake maker. These are so cool, and we’ve already found so many uses for them! They essentially make any drink instantly into a slushy or milkshake. Pretty sweet! This is a really simple milkshake that has no added sugar or sweetener or anything, just plain old, healthy ingredients easily found around the house. It’s satisfying, with a chocolatey taste and perfect for breakfast, a quick snack, or healthy dessert. This recipe is best made with a Zoku at hand, but if you don’t have one, it can also be done just as deliciously by using a frozen banana (make sure to peel it before you freeze) and some ice when combining in the blender.


Ingredients (makes one shake)
-one spoonful of unsweetened cocoa powder
-a good amount of milk (we didn’t measure it, just sort of poured it in)
-a large scoop of peanut butter
-one banana (frozen if no Zoku)
-ice (optional-only with no Zoku)
-chocolate chips (optional- only recommended if making a healthy dessert, not breakfast)
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Milkshake Recipe

  1. Combine all ingredients into a blender
  2. Blend thoroughly, so that the mixture is totally liquified
  3. Pour into cup or Zoku (end here and drink if no Zoku)
  4. Use the Zoku spoon to mix the shake and scrape off of the sides of the cup, as instructed by the manual
  5. When mixture is nice and frothy and frozen (approximately seven minutes, more if a thicker texture is desired), enjoy!
  6. For an extra treat, crush chocolate chips and sprinkle on top


Sunday, January 3, 2016

Cupcakes for the New Year

I love to bake (especially cupcakes) and when I was reflecting on 2015 I feel I didn't bake as much as I hoped to. So for 2016 I made it a resolution to try to bake a cupcake a week. This means by the end of 2016 I will have baked 52 cupcakes. I started the challenge on January first, by making a pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese frosting. You can see all of my cupcakes I've made over this year on my baking page. Here is the cupcake I made to start the challenge.


Sunday, November 29, 2015

Early Winter Activity: Bake Cookies

Yesterday I baked cookies with a friend. We made oatmeal chocolate chip. I love baking cookies in early winter around the time when Christmas decorations are being put up.




Winter Meal: Homemade Butternut Squash Soup and Biscuits

Last night for dinner I had the perfect meal for the colder days. We have warm butternut squash soup that my dad cooked and we had fresh baked biscuits my dad and I made. If you are interested in the biscuit recipe click here.