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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Pancakes

Cooking from scratch is not as hard as some make it seem.  If I can do it, anybody can do it.  I don't really like to cook but I love to eat.  However, when you make your food from scratch you know what is in it.  And you don't have to worry about the high sodium intake (you control how much salt goes in) or all the other crap you can not pronounce.

Anyway, I have been making these pancakes for a couple of years now and they never fail me.  Unless, I use old baking soda :)  They are super easy to prepare, you can mix up the ingredients the night before and are ready to go in the morning.  These pancakes are way better than the box stuff and a little better for you too.


Disclaimer: I did not take the picture below.  We ate the pancakes before I thought about making this post, so I had to grab a picture from Google images.



Ingredients:
2 cups of flour
3 tbsps of sugar
2 tsps of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of salt
2 eggs
4 tsps of unsalted butter or vegetable oil
1/2 tsps of vanilla (optional)
1 1/2 - 2 cups of buttermilk

Directions:

Melt butter and sit aside.  Combine all the dry ingredients (it is not a requirement for you to sift them).  In another bowl slightly beat the eggs with the vanilla.  Add to dry ingredients, then add the buttermilk and melted butter.  Stir to combine but do not over mix.  The batter should have small lumps.

I usually pour the batter into a measurement cup to make it easier to pour onto the griddle.  You can also use a ladler or ice cream scoop.

Don't forget to oil your pan.

For blueberry pancakes: Fold in fresh or frozen blueberries right after you have combined all the ingredients.
  
 

Monday, July 8, 2013

Sunkissed VoxBox

It's been a few months since I've last received a VoxBox from Influenster. So I was extremely excited when I was selected to receive the Sunkissed VoxBox.




This VoxBox contained:
Dr. Scholl's For Her - $10.99
Olay Fresh Effects BB Cream - $12.99
SinfulShine with Gel Tech - $2.99
Goody Ouchless Ribbon Elastics - $3.99 - $4.99

This wasn't one of my favorite boxes but hey I'm receiving free products, so I won't complain.  The Dr. Scholl's for Her High Heel Insoles are really comfortable.  They pair well with my heels that are not platform pumps.  I was able to stay in my shoes all evening without my ball of my feet hurting.  I will most likely purchase this product.

I was not able to use the Olay Fresh Effects {BB Cream!}Skin Perfecting Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 15 because the shade was way too light for my complexion.  At this time it is only available in fair/light and light/medium.  I've heard great reviews about this product.  If they make Olay Fresh in a darker shade, I will purchase it. 

The SinfulShine with Gel Tech is available in 32 shades.  I received the white shade, which I was excited about.  I have been wanting to get my toes painted white for some time now.  As soon as I opened the box, the polish was the first thing I tried.  The application was smooth but I didn't like the way it looked on my toes, reminded me of whiteout.  I did like the way it looked on my nails.  I do plan on going to Walgreens soon to try out other colors. 

I thought the Goody Ouchless Ribbon Elastics were wider than they were.  They came in 4 colors; black, grey, purple and pink. The ribbons are really cute!  I used the black ribbon to hold my daughter's ponytail together.  She didn't have any problems with it.  I would probably purchase this product in the future for my daughter.


Thanks again to Influester for sending me these products to test for free!