Apple Empanada Hot Toddy AKA, THE APPLE BOBBER Happy Fall, y'all! We are coming at you with another tea cocktail featuring our tea of the month, Apple Empanada. This creation celebrates the spirit of Fall and reminds us of the pleasures of the season: baking homemade treats, playing in the fallen leaves, dancing under the harvest moon, and yes, bobbing for apples! I N G R E D I E N T S 1 cup water 5 cloves 1 tsp Vietnamese Cinnamon 1 piece star anise 6 teaspoons of Apple Empanada 1 tablespoon Sunflower raw and unfiltered honey 2 ounces brandy (Or dark rum/whiskey) An apple cut into small cubes D I R E C T I O N S Step 1...
two weeks, no complaining: The Gratitude Challenge You are invited to participate in a very simple, but very powerful challenge: the Gratitude Challenge. What does it entail? Simply vow to not complain for two whole weeks. If you are successful, you'll wake up on Thanksgiving Day feeling more joyful, grateful, and ready to share love with the people most important to you. Here is why... The way we verbally frame our experiences shapes our reality. Create a reality that feels good to you and those around you! Jocko Willink, former navy seal and author of Extreme Ownership, has a trick to combatting unfavorable news: when something unfavorable happens, he says "good" and finds the solution or the silver lining. In...
November 13, 2020 - Give a compliment to a stranger. November 14, 2020 - Buy a raffle ticket for the OBCT Orphanage Gift Basket. November 15, 2020 - Write a personal thank you note and mail it to the recipient. November 16, 2020 - Message someone you've not talked to in a long time with a kind note. November 17, 2020 - Take a bag of cat or dog food to a local shelter. November 18, 2020 - Act of kindness to yourself: Go outside for stretching! November 19, 2020 - Call someone in quarantine and simply listen to them while they explain what they are experiencing. November 20, 2020 - Donate a book to a school or free book exchange....
Higher Antioxidant Activity than Green Tea and Traditional Guayusa Our guayusa has more antioxidants - chlorogenic acids than green tea (Camellia sinensis). Garcia-Ruiz et. al. (2017) determined that even though raw guayusa leaves had lower antioxidant activity than Camellia sinensis leaves, processed guayusa showed much higher antioxidant activity. For example, they reported an increase of 48.5% total phenolic content in our guayusa leaves. This means our guayusa leaves have a total phenolic content of 107 mg gallic acid equivalents per gram, which is higher than Camellia sinensis teas and higher than yerba mate. What do Antioxidants and Chlorogenic Acids do to your body? A review reports that chlorogenic acid may help lower blood sugar levels and reduce insulin spikes by...
The Everything Spice Thirteenth Wonder is an all purpose seasoning that is simple but oh so wonderful. Ingredients: garlic onion, black pepper and salt Use on meats, stews, salads, and everything in between. 3.42 oz (97g) More on the 13th Wonder We took the ingredients that are most commonly used in recipes all over the world and blended it into one so that you could dive right in to your favorite dish faster! This blend of spices is special compared to grocery store seasonings because we don't use any anti-caking agents, so all of our spices are 100% pure and good. The ingredients in Thirteenth Wonder are right in their prime (they haven't been sitting on a shelf for...
