Star Lemon Loaf

Star Lemon Loaf


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup FLOUR
1/2 teaspoon BAKING SODA
1/2 teaspoon BAKING POWDER
1/2 teaspoon SALT
3 EGGS
1 cup SUGAR
2 tablespoon BUTTER; Softened.
1 teaspoonVANILLA
1 teaspoon LEMON EXTRACT
1/3 cupLEMON JUICE
1/2 cup OIL (recommend coconut oil)
LEMON ICING
1 cup POWDERED SUGAR; Plus 1 Tablespoon.
2 tablespoon WHOLE MILK; I Used 2%.
1/2 teaspoon LEMON EXTRACT

Instructions:
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Use a mixer to blend together the eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, lemon extract and lemon juice in a medium bowl.
Pour wet ingredient into the dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
Add oil and mix well.
Pour batter into a well greased 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into center of the cake comes out clean.
Make the lemon icing by combining all the icing ingredients in a small bowl with an electric mixer on low speed.
When the loaf is cool, remove it from pan and frost the top with the icing.
Let the icing set up before slicing.

Energie

Energy balls 
Makes 10, 1 ½ inch balls

Ingredients:

½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut

¼ cup sunflower seeds, unsalted

4 dates, pits removed

2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

2 tablespoons 85% dark chocolate chips

2 tablespoons dried unsweetened cranberries or other dried fruit



DIRECTIONS:

Add the shredded coconut, sunflower seeds and dates to a food processor. Blend until finely chopped. Pour in the coconut oil and dark chocolate chips and blend until the oil is incorporated into the mixture. Stir in the dried cranberries. Form into about 1 ½ inch balls. Refrigerate until hardened (only takes about 5 – 10 minutes). You can eat them right away, but just keep in mind that they won’t harden until they are in the fridge for a few minutes. Enjoy!

2 for 1 = Fat Flush Drinks

 
Fat flush No 1 

Ingredients:

2 Liters (64 oz.) Purified Water
1 Tangerine, sectioned
1/2 Grapefruit, sliced
1 Cucumber, sliced
4 Peppermint or Spearmint Leaves
Ice, (made from purified water) optional

Preparation:

Mix in a pitcher before bed and drink throughout the entire next day. Please consider using organic produce for this, if it is unavailable to you, thoroughly wash the produce before adding it to the water. The tangerine increases your sensitivity to insulin, stabilizes blood sugar and because they are high in vitamin C, you increase the fat burning during exercise
Tangerine increases your sensitivity to insulin, stabilizes blood sugar, and stimulates genes to burn fat. The grapefruit will increase metabolic energy, burn fat and increase energy.The cucumber helps you to feel more full, and acts is a natural diuretic which means less bloating and water retention.The mint leaves aid in digestion.

There you have it! Please be advised that drinking water alone or even this recipe for the water provided above is unlikely to burn fat on its own. This is considered a fat flush, meaning that you will still need to do the exercise that is required to break down the fat, so that it can then be eliminated by the body. Proper nutrition also plays a huge role, its not about restricting calories, but making sure to get enough calories for your body from healthy, lean, whole foods. At the very least, this tasty water recipe will give you some added nutrients throughout the day, and help to ensure that you are drinking enough water. Enjoy!

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Fat flush No 2

Unhealthy diet and low physical activity are the biggest culprits of fat deposits in the body. Using this cocktail will purify the body from toxins and reduce weight.

You only need to drink one cup in the morning, on an empty stomach, and you will get rid of all difficulties.

Ingredients:

    1 tablespoon grated ginger
    1 clove of garlic
    1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
    1 tablespoon honey
    1 handful mint and parsley
    ½ avocado
    ½ cup water
    30 grams of spinach

Preparation:

Spinach, mint and parsley are well washed, peel the avocados and cut them into cubes. The avocado, spinach, mint, parsley, garlic, vinegar and water are put in blender and are well mixed. Finally, add honey and ginger and mix again. Drink the cocktail every morning on an empty stomach.

Low Carb - Banana Ice Creme

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas, cut into 1-inch slices(frozen)
• ½ cup frozen strawberries, sliced
• 2 Tbsp Almond Milk
• ½ tsp vanilla

Instructions:

1. Place banana slices on a plate, separating each slice. Place slices in freezer for 2 hours (overnight is best!).
2. Remove strawberries and bananas from freezer and place in food processor, blend until they are the consistency of soft serve ice cream.
3. Add almond milk(more or less for desired texture)and vanilla and blend until smooth and well-mixed.
4. Transfer ice cream to a freezer container and freeze until solid.(dont have to wait if fruit is frozen, it is like soft serve ice cream)
5. Scoop with ice cream scoop and serve.
You can really use any frozen fruit to make this

Wood Cleaner

Finally an awesome wood cleaner/polishes that removes most scratches & even those whitish colored spots from hot or cold dishes.

Here is an old dresser on the bottom right that had scratches & the whitish colored stain from something hot being laid on it. Then on the left is our basement door which the someone took the hook & dragged it around & scratched the wood.

Well now after I've made my concoction & rubbed the effected areas the scratches & whitish stains are gone!!!!!!

Simple to make!
1/4 cup of Olive Oil
1/4 cup of Vinegar Pickled Perfect brand.

Put together in a dish & stir. To apply to furniture, take a rag & dip it in the dish and apply to effected areas.

(my friend shared this with us, I have not tried this)

Follow this and lose weight--- Feel better and live longer

A Diet That's Easy to Love

High-protein diets  helps people lose weight because dieters tend to feel full longer when they eat more protein. This alone can cut down on snacking and lead to fairly rapid weight loss. Combine speedy weight loss with the satisfaction of feeling full, and it's easy to understand why high-protein diets are popular. Unfortunately, many people gain back the weight once the diet ends.

Serve More, Eat More Veggies

Serve three vegetables with dinner tonight, instead of just one, and you'll eat more without really trying. Greater variety tricks people into eating more food -- and eating more fruits and vegetables is a great way to lose weight. The high fiber and water content fills you up with fewer calories.

Sip Smart: Cut Back on Sugar

Replace one sugary drink like regular soda with water or a zero-calorie seltzer and you'll avoid about 10 teaspoons of sugar. Add lemon, mint or frozen strawberries for flavor and fun.

The liquid sugar in soda appears to bypass the body's normal fullness cues. One study compared an extra 450 calories per day from jelly beans vs. soda. The candy eaters unconsciously ate fewer calories overall, but not so the soda drinkers. They gained 2.5 pounds in four weeks.

Sip Smart: Go for Green Tea

Drinking green tea may also be a good weight loss strategy. Some studies suggest that it can rev up the body's calorie-burning engine temporarily, possibly through the action of phytochemicals called catechins. At the very least, you'll get a refreshing drink without tons of calories.

Slip Into a Yoga State of Mind

Women who do yoga tend to weigh less than others, according to a study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. What's the connection? The yoga regulars reported a more "mindful" approach to eating. For example, they tend to notice the large portions in restaurants but eat only enough to feel full. Researchers think the calm self-awareness developed through yoga may help people resist overeating.

Catch the 'Eating Pause'

Most people have a natural "eating pause," when they drop the fork for a couple of minutes. Watch for this moment and don't take another bite. Clear your plate and enjoy the conversation. This is the quiet signal that you're full, but not stuffed. Most people miss it.

Chew Strong Mint Gum

Chew sugarless gum with a strong flavor when you're at risk for a snack attack. Making dinner after work, socializing at a party, watching TV, or surfing the Internet are a few dangerous scenarios for mindless snacking. Gum with a big flavor punch overpowers other foods so they don't taste good.

Shrink Your Dishes

Choose a 10-inch lunch plate instead of a 12-inch dinner plate to automatically eat less. Cornell's Brian Wansink, PhD, found in test after test that people serve more and eat more food with larger dishes. Shrink your plate or bowl to cut out 100-200 calories a day -- and 10-20 pounds in a year. In Wansink's tests, no one felt hungry or even noticed when tricks of the eye shaved 200 calories off their daily intake.

Get Food Portions Right

The top habit of slim people is to stick with modest food portions at every meal, five days a week or more. "Always slim" people do it and successful losers do it, too, according to a Consumer Reportssurvey. After measuring portions a few times, it can become automatic. Make it easier with small "snack" packs and by keeping serving dishes off the table at meal time.

Try the 80-20 Rule

Americans are conditioned to keep eating until they're stuffed, but residents of Okinawa eat until they're 80% full. They even have a name for this naturally slimming habit: hara hachi bu. We can adopt this healthy habit by dishing out 20% less food, according to researcher Brian Wansink, PhD. His studies show most people don't miss it.

Burn 100 Calories More
Lose 10 pounds in a year without dieting by burning an extra 100 calories every day. Try one of these activities:

    Walk 1 mile, about 20 minutes.
    Pull weeds or plant flowers for 20 minutes.
    Mow the lawn for 20 minutes.
    Clean house for 30 minutes.
    Jog for 10 minutes.

Eyeball Your Skinny Clothes

Hang an old favorite dress, skirt, or a smokin' pair of jeans where you'll see them every day. This keeps your eyes on the prize. Choose an item that's just a little too snug, so you reach this reward in a relatively short time. Then pull out last year's cocktail dress for your next small, attainable goal.

    Celebrate

    When you've kicked the soda habit or simply made it through the day without overeating, pat yourself on the back. You've moved closer to a slimming lifestyle that helps people lose weight without crazy or complicated diet plans. Phone a friend, get a pedicure, buy new clothes -- or on occasion, indulge in a small slice of cheesecake.

Fast Whipped Creme !!!

Cant make it any faster

in 45 secounds you got what you need !!

No thats not it but
it is a fast one too

Ingredients:
1 cup whipping or heavy cream,
1-2 tbsp powdered sugar and
1-2 drops of vanilla extract.

put it all in a jar with a top so you can close it tide.
then turn on you faviored music on and dance to it while shaking the jar for 45 seconds


there you go !!

it can be Low carb when you use instad of the sugar some like this

Refreshing and very tasty

Really easy to make !!

You only need 2 Things

1.)  Coffee
2.) Milk

First you do make some coffee about half a liter and let it cool down
then you fill it into icemakers  ( like above ) .
Best freezing over night

then or when ever you want a refreshment you take about 5 or 6 icecubes out of it and put in a glas .
Fill that one up with milk .
Stire and now its basically ready .

unless you want to pep it up
with sugar , whipped creme , creme , or some sweetner .

Less then 20 Gramm of Carbs

Taco Bell:

- Fresco Chicken Soft Taco 18g Carbs

- Grilled Steak Soft Taco 19g Carbs

- Fresco Beef Soft Taco 20g Carbs

- Beef Crunchy Taco 12g Carbs

- Crunchy Taco Supreme 15g Carbs

- Volcano Taco 14g Carbs

- Mexican Rice 20g Carbs

- Pintos n Cheese 20g Carbs

- Cheese Roll-Up 18g Carbs





McDonalds:


- Chicken McNuggets (4 piece) 12g Carbs

- Chicken McNuggets (6 piece) 18g Carbs

- Premium Bacon Ranch Salad with or without Grilled Chicken 10g Carbs

- Premium Caesar Salad w/ Grilled Chicken 10g Carbs

- Premium Casar Salad without chicken 9g Carbs

- Premium Southwest Salad w/o Chicken 20g Carbs

- Side Salad  4g Carbs

- Kiddie Ice Cream Cone 8g Carbs



Burger King:


- 4 Chicken Tenders 10g Carbs

- 8 Chicken Tenders 20g Carbs

- Tendergrill Garden Salad 9g Carbs

- Garden Salad 3g Carbs

- 1 Egg 2g Carbs

- 1 Sausage Patty 1g Carbs

- BK Breakfast Bowl 17g Carbs--but high in sodium.

Old Fashion Banana Pudding

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk (NOT skim)
4 or 5 ripe bananas, sliced thin (cover with plastic wrap or sprinkle with lemon juice to keep them from turning brown)
1 box vanilla wafers
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Butter (not margarine)
4 Egg yolks (Large eggs or better)

Meringue:

4 egg whites, room temperature
5 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Line the bottom of a 9x9-inch pan with a layer of vanilla wafers.

Combine sugar, flour and salt in a bowl, and mix well. Set aside.

In a heavy saucepan, beat the egg yolks well. Over medium heat, add the flour mixture to the egg yolks, alternately with the milk and vanilla, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil and, when the mixture begins to thicken, add the butter, continuing to stir. Keep boiling and stirring until mixture reaches a nice pudding consistency. Make sure you don't scorch the pudding. Remove from heat.

Place a layer of banana slices on top of the vanilla wafers. Pour half of the pudding over the banana layer. Put down another layer of vanilla wafers, another layer of banana slices, and cover with the remaining pudding.

Beat the egg whites at high speed until they form soft peaks. Add the cream of tartar. At high speed, gradually add the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form. Fold the vanilla into the meringue, and spread the meringue over the pudding, sealing it at the sides of the dish. Bake until meringue browns, 12 to 15 minutes.

Beauty tip for your Hair

So beautiful

Four different masks for each type of hair that you can easily make in minutes using all-natural ingredients you probably have sitting in your refrigerator or cupboard right now!


Dry hair –Olive Oil and Egg
In need of some major TLC?? Combine three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil with two eggs and apply the mixture to your hair and let the mixture sit for 20 minutes before rinsing in the shower.

The olive oil will help hydrate brittle locks, while the protein in the eggs will promote healthy hair growth.

All hair types — Avocado and Honey

Mask a ripened avocado and mix in a tablespoon of organic honey and allow it to sit for 20 minutes before rinsing it off in the shower.

Avocados are rich in a variety of vitamins and nutrients, including vitamin E and protein, both of which your hair needs to remain soft and healthy. Meanwhile, honey is a natural antibacterial agent.


Oily hair — Apple Cider Vinegar and Lemon

Combine 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar with the grated peel of an entire lemon and allow it to set for 15 minutes to absorb the excess oil from your scalp, and then rinse in the shower.

Apple cider vinegar will remove build up from styling products and conditioners and strengthen the hair shaft, leaving you with soft, shiny strands. It will also balance hair’s pH level, kill bacteria, and is a cure for dandruff.


Dry, flaky scalp hair — Banana, Honey and Almond

Mash together 1/2 a ripe banana and add two tablespoons of honey and a few drops of almond oil and allow it to set with a shower cap on for 20 minutes before rinsing.

Bananas can increase the moisture of your hair, smooth frizz and soothe your itchy scalp.

Choose the one that fits you better and bring your hair back to life!! There is no need to buy the priciest conditioners on the market to moisturize and revitalize your hair

Party time here are some beauty tips

It’s party time, you are all dressed up. Everything is perfect, your dress, your make up, your hair. It’s time to put on those sexy stilettos that you were dying to wear. Then suddenly you take a look at your feet and you realize that your heels are so dry and cracked. You say to yourself “Oh my God! What are my friends are going to say….? This is so embarrassing!” It’s not the time to rush to the beauty salon to get them fixed. Now what? You have no other option but to hide them by wearing your same old pumps. Too bad!


Your feet require your attention, it’s time to do something about those heels before this situation happens again. The problem i.e. cracked heels is also called heel fissures. Now there are a number of factors that can cause heel fissures such as dehydration, xerosis (dry skin), psoriasis, eczema, athlete’s foot , diabetes, and deficiency of certain nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, iron and zinc.
The good thing about these cracked heels is that they are easily avoidable. All you need to do is take good care of your feet and try these simple remedies to get rid of the problem once and for all

Remedy No. 1: Olive Oil Lemon Juice & Honey
The first remedy can do wonders to your feet. It will make those dry heels soft and smooth, over night. Hard to believe? Try it yourself! You need some olive oil, lemon juice and a teaspoon of honey. Mix them well and apply it to the cracked heels. Keep your feet covered by wearing cotton socks. Wash your feet in the morning with lukewarm water. Exfoliate and moisturize.

Remedy No. 2: Banana
You will need a banana for this one! Take a ripe banana, mash it well and apply to the cracked heels for about 15 minutes. You can also add an avocado to it. Wash off with lukewarm water. Repeat this process once a week.

Remedy No. 3: Vegetable Oil
Go straight to your kitchen and get some vegetable oil, it can be coconut oil, sesame oil or even mustard oil. Massage well on the dry cracked heels that have been scrubbed with a pumice stone and thoroughly washed. Wear a clean pair of socks and leave them like that for the night. In the morning wash your feet with lukewarm water. Repeat this process for a week and you will notice a visible difference.

Remedy No. 4: Glycerin Rose Water & Lemon Juice
One of the most promising remedies require glycerin, rose water and lemon juice in equal quantities. Mix these three ingredients and keep the mixture in a bottle or a container. Every night, before going to bed, wash your feet, scrub them and apply this mixture to your feet. Wear clean cotton socks and wash your feet in the morning. Not only it will treat your cracked heels effectively but it will make your feet soft, smooth and fair. You can apply this mixture to your hands as well.

Remedy No. 5: Paraffin Wax
Paraffin wax has always been dry feet’s best friend, especially those feet with cracked heels. Melt some paraffin wax in olive oil or mustard oil and allow this mixture to cool. Apply it to your cracked heels, wear socks. This process can be repeated twice a week for best results.

Remedy No. 6: Lemon Juice
Take some warm water in a small tub and add lemon juice to it, juice of 2 to 3 lemons would be enough. Let your feet soak in this water for at least 10 minutes. Then exfoliate the dead skin with a pumice stone. Repeat this process twice a week.

Remedy No. 7: Salt
Dip your feet in salty water, slightly warm. You can also add mustard powder to it, only about half a teaspoon. This will not only fix your cracked heels but would also relax your foot muscles. Afterwards dry your feet and apply petroleum jelly on the cracks.

Remedy No. 8: Pumice Stone
Consider this remedy as a daily ritual. Before going to bed wash your feet with a good soap, then soak your feet in lukewarm water for maximum 10 minutes, use a pumice stone on the heels to remove away dead skin cells. You can also use a natural scrub instead of pumice stone.

Natural Scrub:
To make the natural scrub take rice flour about 2 tablespoons, 1 tablespoon honey and 1 tablespoon of vinegar, mix them to form a paste and massage your feet with it. Rinse off and pat dry with a clean towel. After that you can apply a good cream, petroleum jelly or olive oil to moisturize your feet. Wear cotton socks. Now you are ready to go to bed.

We are sure that one of the above mentioned remedies would work for you. It is also suggested to focus on your diet and make sure you are getting enough zinc, iron, vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids in your diet. Also drink plenty of water.

Cucumber Refreshment

Ingredients:

8 glasses of water

1 spoon of grated ginger root

1 medium-sized fresh cucumber with a medium size, peeled and cut into thin pieces

1 medium-sized lemon, cut into pieces

12 leaves of mint


Mix the indicated ingredients with water. Leave the mixture during the night so that the ingredients can discharge their aromas, so consume it during the following day. Whenever you’re thirsty, just have this drink.
you can use this drink as part of a diet too.
when you do that and want to do this , use it on 4 following days as drinks during the days ..... it will help you to melt extra fat of your body .

Bounty homemade

looks delicious dont it

it is

here is the recipe

400 g milk chocolate
3 cups coconut flakes
1 cup condensed milk

1 cup = 250 gram

1. you mix all well together
2. then form with you fingers the size of a bounty
3. lay it onto a backing sheed
4. put all into the freezer !!! for about 20 minutes
5. melt the choclate
6. take a forg and with that dip the now lightly frozen pieces into the warm chocolate

Bon Apetit

if you want to use healthier ingredients you can do that . 

coconut oil  or organic agave sirup instead of condensed milk

dark chocolate  or white chocolate for milk chocolate

use you imagination and have fun with it

French Toast baked

1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick)
1 cup brown sugar
1 loaf of thickly sliced bread
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Powdered sugar for sprinkling
Cinnamon for sprinkling

1. Melt butter in microwave and add brown sugar....stir till mixed.
2. Pour butter/sugar mix into bottom of 9 x 13 pan....spread around.
3. Beat eggs, milk, & vanilla
4. Lay single slices of bread in pan
5. Spoon 1/2 of egg mixture on bread layer
6. Sprinkle some cinnamon over bread/eggs
7. Add 2nd layer of sliced bread
8. Spoon on remaining egg mixture
9. Cover & chill in fridge overnight
10. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes (covered for the first 30 minutes)
11. Sprinkle with powdered sugar & cinnamon
12. Serve with warm maple syrup

but please share some ....otherwise you will eat the whole pan LOL
PS: this is a No Low carb recipe , its calories will walk right to your hips .....but worth it