Happy Monday!

I like to start the week off with a bang! I love caramel and salt together. It's my favorite combination right now. After a long day of work, you should treat yourself to some salted caramel popcorn.

Here is the recipe:

1 bag of caramel
1/4 cup butter
TT salt
1 bag of popcorn

Melt the caramel in a small sauce pot. Make sure that you are consistently stirring. Add butter, continue stirring. Combine the caramel and butter with the popcorn. Work quickly because when it cools, it will stick. Salt the popcorn to your taste. Enjoy!

Happy 4th of July!

Hey Everyone! Happy Independence Day! I have been super busy with work and my personal life that I have put this on the back burner. I hope your day is filled with hot dogs, margaritas and lots of fun.

Rise and Shine!

Today is a big day at work! I wanted a hardy breakfast. My dad used to cook my brother and I tater tots on Saturday mornings. Obviously, they are very unhealthy, but they have changed this past year. It is actually made out of real potatoes. My dad always put in potatoes, cheese and veggies. I did carrots in this shoot. The sunny side up egg will give the dish a sauce. Don't forget the ketcup!! Its super easy. Just cut the potatoes in sixth then saute them until tender add tater tots and carrots. Cook the sunny side up egg in a different pan with a good amount of oil so it isn't brown. Add parley for garnish. When you feel like giving up in the middle of the day today, just remember to dig deeper during your darkest times.

Day 2

Hey Guys and Girls, I hope that you can keep yourself motivated in this three day challenge! It is so much harder than I thought. I did it today and I did have a couple of bites of something when I was working because I was going to starve; I forgot my juices:( My boss today said that there sometimes comes a point in the day when you just want to throw in the towel, but if you think positively and keep working at it, it will happen! I actually know someone who has been juicing for three months (I don't advise it). He lost a lot of weight because of hard work and persistence. Today, I did juices that were all green tea based. It is just a nice cleanse to help your metabolism to get into gear. The Mamma Chia and Forager is to be treated as a snack. They were no more than $5 where most of the juices are $8-$10. I have to say that the Forager one was pretty bad....sorry. Maybe someone else will like it, but not me. Happy juicing!

Recipe #1:

Yields 1 serving

1/2 cup kale
1/2 apple, green, diced
1/2 cup green tea, brewed
1 tsp honey

Steep green tea for 3-4 minutes. Add honey to green tea. Then add all ingredients to a blender. Blend for 4-6 minutes until smooth. Strain liquid then enjoy!

Yields 1 servings

1.5 cup green tea
1 tsp honey
1 lemon
1 lime

Steep green tea for 3-4 minutes. Add honey to green tea. Then add all ingredients to a blender. Blend for 4-6 minutes until smooth. enjoy!

Yields 1 serving (I didn't think I was going to like this one, but I love it!)

1.5 cup green tea
1 tsp honey
1.5 cup grapes

Steep green tea for 3-4 minutes. Add honey to green tea. Then add all ingredients to a blender. Blend for 4-6 minutes until smooth. Strain liquid then enjoy!

Cleansing Challenge!

Day One. Stop telling yourself that you are going to get healthy tomorrow. It's time right here, right now. I challenge you to 3 days of juicing and smoothies, raw it up! Summer is around the corner and we should look and feel our best. I used almond milk (can use coconut water as well) as my base and added like fruit and vegetables colors together. I would mix mango and banana together, below is the recipe.

Recipe #1 

yields 1 serving

1/3 cup almond milk

1/2 green apple, diced

1/2 avocado

1/2 lime, juiced

5 pieces of ice

1/2 orange, juiced

1 tsp honey

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, 2-3 minutes.

Recipe #2

yields 1 serving 

1/3 cup almond milk

1/2 yellow peach, diced

1/2 banana, sliced

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, 2-3 minutes

Recipe #3

yields 1 serving

1/2 mango, peeled and diced

1/2 banana, sliced

1/4 cup pineapple

1/2 lemon, juiced

1/3 cup almond milk

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, 2-3 minutes

If sometimes you are so hungry and you are too lazy to make a smoothie, I bought juices at whole foods. There are expensive ones and then there are inexpensive which taste similar. Pick your poison. I have only tasted the blue dream from Suja Elements and it was really good. It was only around $4. In a day, you are drinking 3 meals and 2 snacks so that is why there is five in the picture. After the first day, you might feel so hungry, try to work out or go for a walk. Keep yourself active in order for the mental part go away! It's all in your head. Don't let another day go by without getting on the bus. Be the driver, not the passenger!

I Scream, You Scream...

TGIF!!! This week flew by and I will be even busier next week. The busier I get with work, the more money, the shorter time that I have to wait to buy a new Mark 6D Canon. I have been youtubing about it and reading online reviews. I talked to the camera man about it. I am in love. If everything goes well, I will be able to get it in a week and a half. Then it is on people, watch out because what is next is the large format camera then I am going to crush it. Okay, onto something else, it's friday and every friday now is going to be sweet treat friday. Why? because why not? Since I have become quite the workaholic, Fridays are the days to just relax, have a glass of wine or four and indulge.  Here is what I have for you guys, ice cream. It is the hardest thing to photograph. I have 30 seconds to shoot and I would have to replace it or just deal with it. I got a shot and that is all I need. I am starting everything simple on this blog and growing into more complex meals. Just put some chocolate sauce and sprinkles on some vanilla ice cream and watch chick flicks all day is a my type of day!

Get some of that Pink Stuff

Here is an afternoon refresher! Punch. It is as easy as adding water and some fruit. It is good for picnics (for a date) or a day by the pool. Two places that I would like to be, but work calls my name. I just got an instagram to expand my viewers. It is almost running so stay tuned. It is going to get hot here in Denver by next week so stay hydrated and cut back on those sugars. Beverage shooting is a lot harder than it looks!