It is Monday morning (my day off), the sun is shining outside and I am ready for the Strawberry Sunshine Drink.
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh strawberries (they came from the Local Farmers Market and they are full of sunshine)
1 banana (organic)
1/2 cup water
Optional for decoration: blueberries, whip cream
Just for a moment stop your life and enjoy strawberries full of sunshine…don’t you love your Local Farmers Market…
Find your blender….(it does not need to be expensive one)
Put all ingredients into blender and blend.
Fill your glass with Strawberry Sunshine Drink and enjoy…
5starcookies strawberry in glass
If you are not a plain Jane and you want more fancy drink top with some whip cream and blueberries…(let’s hope you don’t count calories)
5starcookies strawberry top with blueberry
Enjoy and share with your stomach….
5starcookies strawberry on the floor5starcookies strawberry top
Please visit your local farmers market and support them.
Strawberries may be kept fresh in the refrigerator for three or more days, depending upon the initial quality of the berry. After a few days in storage,
however, the fruit looses its bright color and fresh flavor and tend to shrivel.
Did you know?
Always rinse strawberries with hulls on, so berries do not get water logged or lose any vitamin content.
How can you have an organic apple cider vinegar, weight and fun in one sentence and still say to yourself:
– Yes, I am an honest person.
Even Pinocchio is calling his PR department (Public Relations) in panic and saying “Nobody can have a bigger nose than me. Nobody! How dare you to try!”
But since I am a decent human being and I believe in “I can and I will” my post today is the Apple Cider Vinegar Drink – Lose Weight and Have Fun!
So, Pinocchio calm down and try to become more open-minded…Immediately!
If you still have a sour face don’t worry, you still can’t compete with our main ingredients Organic Apple Cider Vinegar.
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
Now, we know who is the king in this post. So, Pinocchio please go back into your made up story and let my readers believe in this magic drink.
Because, it is important to surround yourself with people you like…and a lots of water.
Now, we got the second most important ingredients…WATER.
Time for making magic happen. NOW!
8 oz Water
2 tsp Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
Mix 2 teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar with 8 oz of water.
Drink it with a straw.
Apple Cider Vinegar Drink
If you are open-minded person and you have a thirst for knowledge and curiosity about the world around you buy
an apple scented candle.
Why?
Because it reduces stress hormone!
Also aroma of apples stimulates the appetite control center of the brain, helping you stop eating sooner.
Light the candle during the meals…and believe in magic of ….
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar Drink!
So, where is the fun in this story?-Pinocchio is asking.
I don’t know, ask the rabbit in my garden!
Rabbit in my garden
Or just create some fun using your own imagination….find the hula-hoop and start smiling while losing inches….
Do you ever have one of those days when everything seems to be perfect?
It is a sunny day outside, your soul is at the peace and your generous heart full of chocolate is asking for … let me pause for a moment….your heart is asking for fruit …Are you kidding me?
Of course, I am. To be exact the heart is asking for cherry strudel. Oh you greedy heart, how can I say no to you?
Of course I can’t and being the hard working person that I am I am moving my body towards my little kitchen and
I am going to create the magic called Cherry Strudel.
Like always, the project manager in me needs to create the ingredients list.
So, what do we need?
-flour, butter, sour cream, sugar,cornstarch, cherries…Easy, don’t you think?
Once you have all ingredients let me show you your destination in making…Cherry Strudel!
5 star cookies cherry strudel piece 1
Now, when you have the ingredients list and picture of destination let’s start baking.
First step – strudel dough. (You can use mixer, blender or your hands)
I use blender. Mix 1 cup of flour and 1/2 cup butter.
Add 1/2 cup sour cream (14%) and keep mixing it until all ingredients are blended together.
Form a ball, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for at least one hour or up to overnight.
Now, you completed your first step.
Step 2 – Stretch dough
Sprinkle wax paper lightly with flour and place dough in center.
With a floured rolling pin, roll out dough into a rectangular shape 12 x 9. Dough should be thin as tissue paper.
Step 3 – make cherry filling and sugar mixture (the recipe is below)
Step 4 – Fill the dough with fruit mixture
Sprinkle the dough with 1/4 cup of sugar mixture, add 2 cups cherries and top with the rest of sugar mixture.
Fold dough over half of cherry mixture and then fold other half. Seal the edges. (very important, all of them)
Cherry Filling:
2 cups cherries
Sugar Mixture
1 cup sugar
1/8 cup flour
1/8 cup cornstarch
Mix sugar, flour and cornstarch.
5starcookeis unbaked strudel
Bake at 400 F for 30 min. until lightly brown.
5starcookies strudel 3 pieces
Start eating….
5starcookies cherry strudel
CSI - Cherry Strudel Crime Scene
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
Filling:
2 cup cherries
Sugar Filling:
1 cup sugar
1/8 cup flour
1/8 cup cornstarch
Instructions
Using blender mix flour and butter.
Add 1/2 cup sour cream.
Mix all into a ball and refrigerate for 1 hour or longer.
Roll the ball into a rectangular shape 12 x 9.
Fill the middle with 1/4 cup sugar mixture, add 2 cups cherries and top with the rest of sugar mixture (1 cup)
Fold dough over half of mixture and then fold other half.
Bake at 400 F for 30 min.
Top with icing sugar or walnuts if you like.
Enjoy!
So, how can you have a perfect day and CSI – Cherry Strudel Crime Scene?
Let me, show you….
5 star cookies crime scene on balcony
Don’t you love this crime..nothing that little tongue can’t fix it!
5starcokies crime scene
So, what was my mistake? Look the picture below and try to guess…
5starcookies CSI Cherry Strudel
I did not seal all edges…you can see the sugar mixture above and cherry ready for the baking crime….
5 star cookies crime scene
However, it still was the best strudel for my chocolate heart … and don’t worry about the cherry mess…any child would lick it. (adults too)
Please let’s have baking crime as the only crime in this Universe….and let’s make this world the place of peace and love.
And somewhere in my garden birds are singing…and sending you….
5starcookies birds
Sending you love, cookies, cakes and cherries strudel from my imaginary piece of virtual reality called
Are you lonely tonight? If the answer is yes the coconut above have solution for you…find out who your other half is…smile, take a picture
and share with the world …yes, it is that simple!
5starcookies coconut couple
Be outgoing, find some friends and enjoy your life….just check our coconut below.
5starcookies 3 bonbons front
Now since you discover formula for the successful love life let’s enjoy today by making the best coconut bar bites.
For this recipe you need coconut, melted coconut oil, honey, vanilla and coconut extract, chocolate.
Mix coconut oil, honey, vanilla extract, coconut extract and add coconut. Mix it thoroughly, like you are working with Laura Bush and the program is
“No child (coconut) is left behind”.
Refrigerate for 1 hour and mold mixture into balls or any shape you like to. It can be a bonbon or as I call it “Plain Jane”
5starcookies simple jane bonbon
or it can be “un-break my heart”
5starcookies coconut heart
Visual instruction are below: melt the chocolate over a pot of hot water….drop the coconut bonbon into chocolate…and let it be…after some time transfer the lucky bonbons into the fridge…
Melt the chocolate
5starcookies melted chocolate
5starcookies coconut bonbon in chocolate
5starcookies covered coconut in chocolate
5starcookies coconut bonbon in chocolate
5starcookies covered coconut in chocolate
5starcookies coconut bonbons balcony last
If you want to print homemade coconut bar recipe please check the box below.
Coconut Bar Bites
Ingredients
1 cup coconut
1/8 cup honey
1/8 cup melted organic coconut oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp coconut extract
3 oz chocolate
Instructions
Mix honey, coconut oil, vanilla and coconut extract.
Add coconut and mix everything thoroughly.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Mold the mixture into any shape you like...balls, little hearts, bonbons.
Use your imagination...if you have it ... if not...just make balls.
Put the balls back into the fridge.
Melt the chocolate over a pot of hot water..
Coat the balls into melted chocolate.
Keep the coconut balls in the fridge.
Eat 1 or 5 pcs when you need it.
Now let’s enjoy our life…of course it is always easier if you are together with your second half…sometimes on top of it…
5starcookies coconut bonbons
or if you have some friends and family around you and you are enjoying being together!
If you are looking for the tasty and the best smoothie for weight lost, you are welcome. The Slimming Smoothie-Fat Blocker or fat burning smoothie is here for you. Enjoy and share.
Do you want to start your day right way …by making my Slimming Smoothie-Fat Blocker.
The main ingredients or the king of this smoothie is the Kefir. Kefir contains many vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes.
Particularly calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, B2 and B12, vitamin K, vitamin A and vitamin D. Kefir can be found in most major supermarkets
and nearly all health food stores.
The word kefir is said to have originated from the Turkish word “Keif” which means “good feeling”.
Top 5 benefits of drinking kefir:
Boost Immunity
Build Bone Density
Fight Allergies
Kill Candida
Support Detoxification
In order to make this smoothie you will need the following ingredients. Check the list called…
SHOPPING LIST FOR FAT BURNING SMOOTHIE
Kefir
raspberries (fresh and organic if you can)
almond butter
5 star cookies kefir drink ingredients
Slimming Smoothie-Fat Blocker
Ingredients
1 cup Kefir
1/2 cup Raspberries
1 TBSP Almond Butter
Instructions
In a blender, combine kefir, raspberries and almond butter.
If you are in dark mood and you feel depressed…take one cookie and let it be…
Deep in your stomach the sound of happiness was made and as the message travels to your brain….remember:”Cookies can send strong message…Don’t Worry, Be Happy!”
Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy
Don’t worry, be happy now
Oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Be happy
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry, be happy
Ain’t got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don’t worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don’t worry, be happy
Look at me, I’m happy
Oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Be happy
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry, be happy
Give you my phone number
When you worry, call me, I make you happy
Oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Be happy
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry, be happy
Ain’t got no cash, ain’t got no style
Ain’t got no girl to make you smile
But don’t worry, be happy
‘Cause when you worry, your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don’t worry, be happy
Don’t worry, be happy now
Oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Be happy
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry, be happy
Now there, is this song I wrote
I hope you learned it note for note
Like good little children
Don’t worry, be happy
Listen to what I say
In your life expect some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy, be happy now
Oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Be happy
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry, be happy
Oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Don’t worry
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Be happy
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo Don’t worry, be happy!
Easy, breezy, beautiful cover … PASTA!!! Yes,it is.
This is one of those quick weeknight meals, which makes it even nicer.
You need the following ingredients:
pasta, chicken, sour cream, mozzarella cheese, oregano, basil, garlic, carrot, olive oils, salt and pepper.
5starcookies pasta and cream
Start by preparing the theater pasta. The theater pasta is farfalle or commonly known as “bow-tie pasta”.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add Farfalle and cook until al-dente, about 8 minutes. Drain and leave in strainer until you cook the sauce.
Heat olive oil, add garlic and carrot and saute until soft . Add chicken and 2 Tbsp of water and cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally.
Pour 1 cup of sour cream and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese into chicken mix and continue stirring until it is well mixed and creamy.
Once it is fully mixed add in the drained pasta, oregano, salt, pepper and basil. Stir it one more time until all ingredients are mixed together like best friends.
Find the plates and enjoy your easy, breezy, beautiful cover theater pasta.
5starcookies pastaandcream
If you need to print recipe, press print using the recipe box below.
Easy, breezy, beautiful cover ... Chicken Alfredo
Ingredients
2 cups Farfalle Pasta
200 gr Chicken cut into small pcs (about half pound)
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
5 Cloves of Garlic
3 Large Carrots cut into really small pieces
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mozzarella cheese
Oregano, Basil, Salt, Pepper
Instructions
Begin by cooking the pasta as instructed on the package, drain and leave in strainer until you cook the sauce.
Heat olive oil, add garlic, carrot and saute until soft.
Add chicken,2 Tbsp of water and cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally. (about 5 min)
Pour 1 cup of sour cream, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese and mix it.
Add drained pasta, oregano, salt, pepper and basil.
Stir one more time and there you have it.
Your easy, breezy, beautiful cover girl pasta.
Share and enjoy!
This was sure a treat to make. So, make it for your family, friends, your kids or even for your enemy.
And smile to the world..because….life is suppose to be fun.
In this recipe you can use home made butter instead of olive oil. How can you make butter Homemade Butter
5 star cookies – butter in jar
Sending you love from this imaginary piece of internet land called 5 STAR COOKIES.
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