We love any excuse for a yummy cocktail and Halloween provides the perfect opportunity to treat yourself and guests to festive spooky libations. Check out four unique and delicious recipes that we recommend to take your season up a notch.
Hard Cider Pumpkin Float
Ice cream float, adult style. This indulgent drink is made with hard cider ale and pumpkin gelato (drooling). You could also make this as an alcohol free version.
Recipe Here: Dine & Dish
Black Widow Cocktail
This cocktail may bite back a little, but it sure is refreshing. To make this delectable potion, you’ll need: 2 oz. blackberry juice, 1 oz. simple syrup and 1 oz. vodka and ice. Fill a highball glass with ice, add ingredients, stir and serve.
Recipe Here: DIY Network
Dark & Stormy Punch
We are in love with the spooktacular lychee & cherry eyeballs. Plus, you can't go wrong with ginger, lime and rum. This drink is refreshing and spirited.
Recipe Here: Food & Wine
Black Magic
Hands down this is the most spectacular drink. It is dark and mysterious and magical. Created with black vodka, lime juice and magic dust, this recipe is easy to make (once you find the ingredients) and filled with spookiness.
Recipe Here Elle Talk
Jungle Goddess Smoothie
There are so many food trends that are prevalent in today’s world, it’s hard to keep track, know what’s worth it, and what will be forgotten about a year from now. However, there is one trend I definitely think is here to stay, and that is the green smoothie. Looking back over the years, the evolution of my personal green smoothie has been quite the journey. It began as a small handful of baby spinach was wearily added to my usual concoction of frozen berries and yogurt. Once I had that under my belt, I slowly began to discover the beauty of using banana to thicken the smoothie and add creaminess, and I also began adding healthy fats, like a spoonful of almond butter, peanut butter, or coconut. From there, I became even more adventurous and started adding different “superfoods” such as hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax oil and maca powder. I learned many lessons along my “green smoothie journey,” and have some tips and tricks for creating that perfect smoothie every time:
For this Green Jungle Goddess Smoothie, I stayed true to my advice and covered all of my bases I talk about above. Not only is this smoothie delicious in all of its tropical vibes, but it packs killer nutrition, too. Fresh ginger is a very power inflammation-fighter and fresh mint is good for your skin and digestive system. You get a healthy serving of both fruit and veggies, which contain all kinds of goodies such fiber, iron, folate, vitamin C, and vitamin K, among others. Hemp seeds contain a good dose of protein and the coconut milk covers your bases for weight-loss aiding healthy fats.
To make this smoothie over-the-top good for you, consider adding the spirulina powder. It is one of the highest quality and most bioavailable sources of plant-based protein and iron on the planet, and contains crucial b-vitamins like thiamin and riboflavin. And as an added bonus, it gives the smoothie the most insane green color!
Try out this delicious green smoothie and see if this is something you want to add to your daily routine! This smoothie can easily be a blueprint for what you have on hand! You could swap out pineapple for mango or almond milk for coconut milk. Throw in some chia seeds if you have them lying around or a handful of pumpkin seeds for an extra dose of magnesium.
Whatever you do, enjoy this smoothie in your SoloSol Jungle Goddess Yoga Pants, dreaming of palm trees, waves, and sunshine!
Guest Blog by Elizabeth Lim, Holistic Health Chef and Beach Babe
To see more of her recipes and meal delivery, check out her site Kale & Coconuts
There is a general misconception about healthy food, that it is not tasty. We all want to opt for the healthy but when you think about it, who wants to eat tasteless food, or how long can you keep it up? As someone who have been staying on the healthy side of things, I can tell you that healthy doesn't mean not delicious. I am a fat soul and I cannot live without enjoying my food. You might think that I got used to the taste of healthy food because I am going on for so long, and it is true that your eating habits are only habits and when you choose differently, you do get used to it and eventually built new habits. But that's definitely not the case here. I have some friends who are strictly against healthy eating. When I have them over at my house as guests, I refuse to serve them something that I would not normally eat. So I am serving them one of my healthy or paleo deserts along with coffee and I can tell you with great pleasure that they are enjoying every bite and cannot tell the difference.
In summer avoiding the ice cream would be the biggest challenge for most healthy eating newbies. So I would like to share with you some of my favourite, most delicious and easiest alternatives for the hottest days of summer.
1. Strawberry
This one can actually be done with pineapple, peach (peeled) or mango as well.
Ingredients
4 cups of frozen strawberries (I always make sure they are not completely frozen and not completely melted)
1/4 cups Low fat yogurt or creamy coconut milk
3 table spoon or less Agave syrup
Few drops of lemon juice (optional)
Blend everything together and if you are using ice cream moulds, separate your ice cream, and put it back into the freezer for another 5-10 minutes before you serve. As easy as that...
2. Banana
This is for my cocoa cravings.
Ingredients
2 peeled and frozen ripe bananas (similarly you can wait for them to soften a little bit)
2 (or more tablespoons) unsweetened 70% cocoa powder
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter (optional to make it more creamy but it has a strong taste that suppresses the taste of banana)
Put everything into the blender at once and you have your ice cream. You can separate your ice cream into ice cream moulds or cups and serve after leaving it in the freezer for additional 5-10 minutes.
Enjoy <3
Guest Blogger: Sila Atikol
Pilates, Total Barre, Yoga, SUP & TRX Instructor, Thai Massage & Reiki Therapist, Healthy Life Blogger
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We love a fun yummy refreshment! Right now we are obsessing over Mojito Iced Coffee and Coconut Water Sangria!
The Mojito Iced Coffee is the perfect balance of creamy latte and refreshing mint to both give you a caffeine boost and keep you cool!
We are loving this Coconut Water Sangria because it is light and refreshing and keeps you hydrated. We love everything tropical but feel free to substitute pineapple or mango for your favorite fruit.
xoxo,
Charlene & Trina