Bubble Tea Recipe: Make your own at home!

I have tried to make boba, or bubble tea, for close to a year with failure. The issue is that most boba teas contain syrup you can only buy in bulk. The best place to find tapioca pearls in my area is Whole Foods and it is a bit pricey but it is worth it and a little lasts a long way!

To make one serving you will need: 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/3 cup of tapioca pearls, 1 cup of black tea, a cup of ice cubes, two tablespoons of milk (I add agave nectar).

 In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Stir in 1 teaspoon sugar until it dissolves. Toss in the pearl tapioca. Cook for about 20 minutes. Rinse, drain, and refrigerate until chilled.

Pour tea, milk, and sugar into a cocktail shaker. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and the milk is well mixed in. Add the ice cubes, and shake so the whole drink can get cold. Pour into a glass, and add tapioca. 

Have fun with your own unique creations! Enjoy.

Dreaming of the Sea

Writing bundled up in blankets, trying to not drop my hot chocolate mid sip, is probably not the time or place to think of summer fashion but when you live in Colorado it's really all you've got to dream of. Nautical fashion is summer in a stripe, summer in blue, summer in France. At least that what is means to me and this is what I want. Not what I need (which is a grocery shopping trip), but what I'm craving this week. Because every girl’s gotta dream and by golly do I dream in fashion. (And beauty. And music. And books….)  

But today, it’s blue and white!

Have a fabulous weekend

 

The most delicious pumpkin bars you will ever taste...

...and I'm not exaggerating. Pinky promise, folks! I made these little tasties last night (should I admit they are already gone? Too late, I guess). My friend gave me the recipe so I apologize that I cannot find the original origins. There is nothing better than a Thanksgiving desert made in under 45 minutes so try it out and be ready for the compliments to flood in!

 

Pumpkin Bars

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

4 eggs

1 2/3 cups sugar

1 can of pumpkin (pass on the pumpkin pie filling-trust me)

1 cup oil

Directions:

Gather all of your dry ingredients and set them aside. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy then add the dry ingredients, slowely. Mix well.

Spread batter in a greased 15x10x1 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes/until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and let those babies cool completely.

Frosting:

1 8oz. package of cream cheese

1/3 cup softened butter

4-6 cups powdered sugar (Just ratio it out until it looks good)

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 tbsp milk

Cream together the butter and cream cheese until it is fluffy and add your powdered sugar, vanilla and milk.  Mix on high speed until it reaches the maximum creamy level and gobble up, homegirls-and boys!

Help Me on Our Vacation!

 Update Time

I have missed you all so much this week and there is a lot to say so I'm just going to get this train a moving! Happy Memorial Day to you all! As some of you may remember, I posted last week about getting a new job and my first day was Thursday aka the day I also got the 24hour stomach bug. Yeah, won't go into specifics but it was pretty awful and involved lots of puking and AJ nursing me back to health so let's just continue to Friday.

Wow, I work for a pharmacy in a huge new hospital that specializes in heart surgery. Basically, my job is to run prescriptions to patients at the hospital and when I'm not doing that I order general merchandise as needed, talk to vendors, market the company, and do all that fun stuff! I love it even though I only technically worked one day. Its going to be a great fit.

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So basically the reason to this post, besides the lifedate, is to get a little help on things to do/see in New York since we will be there in TEN DAYS. This won't be my first time but AJ has never been in the city before and there's lots to do after we hit Dave Matthews show in Saratoga (this is no small trip....I have been WAITING for this moment. Ah!) so if you've got any out of the box and fun suggestions let me know! I already decided to bring him to Carnegie Deli for lunch and then do some shopping along with trying to score tickets to The Daily Show.

Also, I am going to need a swim suit when we head to Connecticut to see my family. I am really so excited but there is so much to do before that date happens. Please help! I'm really liking retro styles this year like the ones pictured below but do you know of any stores that carry them at a halfway reasonable price?

There is so much more I could say but I should probably cut it off here so you don't get sick of my rambling. I hope you have a fabulous day and please please please let me know if you have any suggestions.