[Focus on Life Week 22] Foodie

It's Week 22 over at Ms. Sally Russick's Focus on Life:  "FOODIE."

I love this week's prompt as it is very close to my heart, or should I say, my tummy.  Yes, I'm one of those who take photos of their meal before gobbling it all up.

Do you like Samoas Girl scout cookies?  Oh, I love it!  

Did you know that Breyers have it as one of their flavors?  Yum yum!

Breyers Ice Cream Samoas

This is our new favorite flavor - we love the chocolate covered coconut.  Ahhh!  The heat is on in Texas and what better way to cool down after a sweaty hot yoga workout than by cooling off my mouth, hahah!

It's the last day of May and we'll be halfway through 2013 by midnight.  Wonderful!  Pretty soon, us crafters have to come up with our handmade cards and holiday sales and gifts.  Goodluck to us all!

Tomorrow will be a busy day for me and dear husband as we will be joining the "Loving Houston" project where we will be doing home improvement and beautification for people in need.  

Loving Houston

Speaking of people in need, my love and prayers go out to the families of the firefighters who died and were hurt on duty and other victims during a nasty fire in Houston this afternoon.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend, friends!

You are loved!

♥  Michelle  ♥

[Product Review] ZOKU Single Quick Pop Maker

Welcome back, friends!  How was your weekend?  Mine was great!  I was able to kick off my new fitness routine that I'll be sharing with you soon (once I get results), haha.  

I was also able to go on a mini-shopping spree for work-out clothes and look what I found!  This is a Zoku Single Quick pop maker.  They came in different colors but this green one sold me.  Have you experienced going back and forth the display shelves trying to talk yourself out of something that you don't really need but definitely want?  Oh yeah...

I bought it because my husband and I love to eat ice cream as seen in my past posts and we are trying to cut back.  It's a challenge for us to give up dairy even when I've read that it can cause mucus build-up and overgrowth of parasites and bacteria in my gut.  Heck... I still love it.  As of this writing, we have 2 scoops of 2 flavors in our freezer and that's it...  we decided to stop buying - until our next birthdays (2014).   

Zoku Single Quick Pop Maker

The Zoku single pop maker came with a single receptacle with 3 pop sticks, 1 super tool and 3  drip cups.  After washing all the parts, we placed the receptable in the freezer for 24 hours (until it felt solid, with no slushing sound).   

We used Bolthouse Mocha Capuccino on our first attempt.  We poured the liquid until the fill line and allowed it to sit for 7-9 minutes.  When it was set, we used the super tool to take it out which was physically challenging.  Once out, we inserted the drip cup and finally enjoyed our first mocha cap pop.

The liquid froze well and it was satisfying to think that we just used a small amount (probably 1/4 to 1/3 cup.  We will make different flavors and see how it goes.  

The original Zoku pop maker has 3 receptacles and they have a duo pop maker too.  The only disadvantage for this single pop maker is that it can only make 3 pops, one at a time, and then you'd have to freeze it again.  This unit costs US$25.

We are hopeful that this product will help us make healthier choices.  I will post more of our Zoku adventures soon.  

Today is back to work day.  I thank God for Mondays, otherwise, there will never be Fridays.

Have a blessed week, my friend!

See you soon!

♥  Michelle  ♥

[Food] Screaming for Ice Cream

I scream for ice cream all the time.  It's a staple in our home growing up and everyone in the family loved it!  Sundays are extra special when we drive by the store to buy half a gallon of this deliciousness!

Now that I'm older and with slowwwwwwer metabolism, I have to watch what I eat.

Take a look at this:  Blue Bell Moolenium Crunch topped with a fresh Cherry.

My Dear Husband (DH) and I are trying to do portion control, as advised by my trainer.  Of course, we can't let go of our dairy (though I know it's not too good for our body) so we decided to go another way.

This is our version of portion control... LOL!

A taster's cup and spoon with barely a scoop of ice cream.  

I guess it worked because it took several teaspoons to finish one serving and somehow, it satisfied my craving.

How do you portion your food?