Refreshing Mango Drink

Make this refreshing and delicious mango drink anytime. 3/4 teaspoon edible basil seeds 2 cups water 1-1/3 cups mango nectar Fresh thyme leaves (optional) Combine everything together (basil seeds will take several minutes to swell up) and enjoy! ❤️

Homemade Hot Chocolate Bombs

I keep seeing these everywhere online and figured today is a good day to jump on the bandwagon. Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ Personal note: Use 1 cup chocolate chips to make 6 chocolate bombs. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave at 15-second increments. The mold that I used is this one. Make sure chocolate has […]

Fig Leaf Coffee

I’ve been hearing the term hygge (hue-guh) or self-care a lot lately and it’s even more relevant to me now, more than ever as I struggle with the consequences of a health condition and the side effects of the medications I need to take, while in the midst of a pandemic nonetheless (and I am […]

Grass Jelly Drink

Sometimes, you just want a simple grass jelly drink. One’s plain with just sugar syrup, the other is mixed with vanilla soy milk – both are equally delicious! 1 (1 lbs 3oz) can grass jelly 1/4 cup sugar 1-1/2 cups water Remove grass jelly from the can into a dish or bowl. Slice/dice the jelly […]

Delicious Lemonade

Keith’s next favorite drink, after limeade of course. 😁 4 cups water 1 cup sugar Juice of 5 lemons 1 lemon, halved and thinly sliced for garnish 1 teaspoon salt In a 1-quart liquid measuring cup, combine water and sugar and microwave until warm, about two to three minutes (do it in a couple of […]

Summery Watermelon Basil Drink

Looks like we are finally going to get some sun for the rest of the week after countless days of rain. Yay! Currently, I’m recuperating from a wrist surgery that I had just yesterday, and it’s only uh, one day after the surgery, and I’m ready to tear the wrap off! Not only that, I’m […]

Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie

What do you mean, we can have our oatmeal and drink it too? :) With strawberries nonetheless, which just reminds me of spring. Spring can’t come fast enough for us this year. February had been absolutely brutal with its extreme cold and mountains of snow. Not only that, Alex and Keith got sick although both […]