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Hump Day Treat – Dog Cakes

December 7, 2016

Happy Wednesday Everyone! So if you saw yesterday’s post you know that it was my sweet puppy Stella’s 1st birthday! Now I didn’t have the chance to throw her a birthday party ( Yes that is a thing dog birthday parties don’t laugh) and I wanted to make her birthday extra special. I had previously taken Stella to her first birthday party for her puppy friend Oliver and his mom had got him a cake made from a bakery in the city. Now I didn’t think of getting a cake made until this past weekend and I knew it would be too late to order one so I thought why not make one myself? How hard could it really be? I searched different stores to get a cake pan in the shape of a dog bone first, but since it was just for Stella I opted out to make 3 small pie ones instead of one large one. Thanks to food.com for the recipe Stella really did enjoy it and still this morning is looking to see if she left any crumbs on the ground 🙂

Ingredients:

1 egg

¼ cup peanut butter ( I used skippy natural creamy)

¼ cup cooking oil ( I personally used vegetable oil)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

⅓ cup of honey (optional but I personally used it)

1 cup carrot, shredded

1 cup whole wheat flour ( if you don’t have whole wheat flour then use white flour but it’s better with whole wheat flour)

1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2.Grease your baking pans that you chose to use. For me I chose 3 small disposable pie tins.

3.Combine the egg, peanut butter, oil, vanilla and honey (if you use honey) in a large bowl. Blend well

4.Stir in the carrots and mix thoroughly

5.Now add in the flour and baking soda and mix it all together fully

6.Spoon the batter into prepared pans. To make the batter flat in the pan just lift it up and lightly tap it to the counter surface. I personally do this when I get froyo in order to add more into my cup!

7.If you want add on top a milkbone, but don’t push it into the cake just place it nicely on top of the batter

8.Bake in oven for 40 minutes

9.Take out cakes and let them cool in pan for 10 minutes then if you have put on a wire rack to cool completely or onto a different plate.

Hope all of your furry friends enjoy this cake! Stella for sure did <3

If you want to see the recipe yourself here is the link Dog Cake Recipe

Fitness Tuesday in honor of Stella’s Birthday!!

December 6, 2016

Happy Fitness Tuesday! Today is a very special day for me because it my sweet puppy Stella’s first birthday!! It is crazy to me to think that a year ago on my birthday I put down a deposit for her and now she is already a year old. So today in honor of her birthday I want to talk about fitness with your animal. Now I love to give Stella treats and of course she loves them too, but we also want our pets to be healthy and have tons of energy. I have noticed that for her even after a two hour walk she still is full of energy, but then eventually sleeps. I personally do not go running with Stella everyday, but I have been taking her for casual jogs in Central Park at least once a week since. Thankfully (knock on wood) it hasn’t snowed yet so I am taking full advantage of it. If you are fortunate enough to have a pool anywhere near you and for us New Yorkers an indoor pool take your dog for an occasional swim. All of my family pets have all loved to swim not just because we were in Miami, but because it is great exercise for them. Even though I have seen videos of it and I find it entertaining I have heard that putting a dog on a treadmill isn’t the best idea especially if you turn up the speed on it. Just like Taylor Swift did in the Apple commercial a dog can seriously hurt themselves and fall down. Hope you all have a great Tuesday and again Happy Birthday to my sweet puppy Stella! If you don’t follow her already please follow her on instagram: @ HowStellaGotHerWoofBack

The Grey Sweater With Bell Sleeves

December 5, 2016

Happy Monday everyone! Even though the first of December was last week, but it officially marks the start of the holiday party season. Other than the ugly sweater party you should always have a few tops on hand for all party occasions. I went into Zara last month and picked up this amazing bell sleeved grey sweater top and when I tell you it’s soft like butter I truly mean it! This top is warm enough to be a sweater, but it isn’t super thick that when you are inside you feel like you are going to overheat. That is one dilemma I have learned from living in New York is yes you need those sweaters for winter, but be prepared to go into a restaurant or a bar where they have the heat turned all the way up. I personally didn’t see this top online so I was surprised to see it in the store as majority of the popular items are also online, but I was pleasantly surprised. The only difficult thing about this top is when you are putting on your jacket. When putting on your jacket you have to hold the sleeves together in order for the top not to ride up to your elbows, but other than that it is perfect. I have since worn this top with black jeans, leather shorts, with a leather skirt tucked in and even a pair of ripped denim jeans. When looking for a holiday sweater top I suggest neutral colors such as heather grey, charcoal grey, black and a medium tone of beige. Those will be the easiest for you to match with a multitude of outfits. Even if you wear the same top multiple times like I previously said I have since paired it with different bottoms and also different shoes and honestly no one can tell the difference. You can also dress it up with some different jewelry and make it your own. Hope everyone had a great weekend and a great Monday. <3

Steals & Deals – Today Show Robe

December 2, 2016

Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a great week and are enjoying this beautiful weather outside in New York City. Now my Mom always knows what the weather is like in New York based upon what Matt Lauer is wearing and she called me today to tell me about this amazing robe they had on air at a fraction of the cost! It’s a plush unisex robe that comes in a few colors at only $65! If you click on this link right here Robe from Today Show and enter in the code TODAYROBE it will give you your discount! Now I don’t know about anyone else, but in winter a robe is a must. I personally have been looking for a robe myself so hopefully my mom got the hint today when she called me to tell me about this one 🙂 . Hope everyone has a great weekend and stays warm! <3

Image taken from Today Show website

My Go To Winter Bag – LV

December 1, 2016

Happy Thursday and happy first day of December! It’s crazy how much time has flown by and we are almost in 2017! So you all still have some time to think of your New Year’s resolutions, but until then let’s end 2016 with a bang! One of the things that I noticed when moving to New York City is that especially with the snow and rain and all the different weather climates you need a bag that is weatherproof for all of them. Especially a bag that if you need something while it is snowing outside you don’t have to dig around inside to find what you are looking for. I got this bag a few years ago from Louis Vuitton and since then they have revamped it a little to include different colors and handles to match the color inside. The Pallas bag also now comes in a smaller version as well. This bag comes with the general shoulder strap if you don’t want to wear with just the normal handles. Louis Vuitton is also offering for purchase a longer strap if you want to wear the bag cross body or just other different shoulder straps for all of their bags in the store. This allows you to change up your normal bag that you may have had for years with a new accessory to it. I personally love this bag because first off it has a zipper on top, but the side pockets are easily accessible especially when it is snowing heavily outside and need to get something fast. This is my go to bag for everyday during the winter and even the smaller version of this bag is a great size for everyday wear this winter. Check out the Louis Vuitton website for all the different color options that they have. I personally would go with a darker color, but it’s all up to personal preference. Hope everyone has a great day!

Louis Vuitton Website

Hump Day Treat! Rainbow Pop Tart

November 30, 2016

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone is having a great week and are finally getting over our food coma’s from last week’s Thanksgiving meal. Now one of my favorite treats as a kid was a strawberry pop tart. I was the kid that didn’t toast it in the toaster oven I ate it straight from the bag and I loved it. I recently have seen a bunch of amazing pictures on instagram of bakeries making their own homemade versions of pop tarts. Needless to say they all looked amazing and I wanted to learn how to make one for myself. Thanks to Tastemade they recently posted a rainbow pop tart recipe and it looks unreal!

Ingredients:

Pop Tart Dough:

-2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

-1 tsp salt

-1 tsp sugar

-1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes

-¼ – ½ cup cold water

-pink, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple food coloring

Filling:

-any jam of your choice (I personally love strawberry)

Glaze:

-3 tbsp whipping cream

-½ tsp vanilla extract

-½ cup confectioner’s sugar

-rainbow sprinkles

Directions:

First make the dough. Mix together the flour, salt and sugar in a food processor. Add butter and pulse until it turns into a crumbly meal-like texture. Drizzle over the ice water, and pulse until the dough sticks together when squished together.
Divide the dough into 6 balls and dye each ball a color of the rainbow with food coloring. Flatten each ball of dough into a disk and stack them up in the order of the rainbow. Twist together, then divide in half, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll the dough out into a rectangle 10in x 8in.
Cut into 4 rectangles and transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Dollop 1 tsp of jam onto the center of one side of each rectangle. Fold the rectangle over to cover the jam and seal closed with a fork.
Bake at 400F for 20 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and fully cool.
Now the frosting. Combine the whipping cream and vanilla extract in a bowl. Add the confectioner’s sugar and whisk until fully combined.
Spoon some glaze onto each pop tart and decorate with rainbow sprinkles.

Hope you all enjoy this Hump Day Treat!

Tastemade Website with full recipe

Fitness Tuesday- Bagels & Squats

November 29, 2016

Happy Tuesday Everyone! Can not believe that November is almost over and it’s now officially Holiday Season! As I have previously posted one of my favorite new workouts that I go to at least once a week is Fhitting Room. I love that every time I go it is something different. Even if you do the same exercise again like the rowing machine they always find a way to change it up. Now since Fhitting room is currently only in New York I found a video posted by Bagels & Squats that shows 12 different ways to work out your arms without the use of any weights! As I was watching the video I said to my mom sitting next to me that these were all workouts I did in my Fhitting Room classes. Then low and behold at the end of the video it says that the exercises were provided by Emily Cook Harris an instructor at The Fhitting Room. The video was posted by Self Magazine as well. If you go to Bagels & Squats facebook page here the video was posted on June 6th of this year. Hope everyone has a great day and did a lot of good shopping yesterday on Cyber Monday. Some of the sites are even continuing their sales today so if you didn’t snag an item that you forgot yesterday check and see if they are still offering Cyber Monday sales on the site. <3

Here is the link to the Facebook Page for Bagels & Squats

Cyber Monday Deals

November 28, 2016

Happy Monday Everyone! Better yet Happy Cyber Monday!!! I hope everyone survived shopping Black Friday and still has some room for some more shopping to do. A lot of different retailers started their Cyber Monday deals early this year even before Black Friday! Some sites like Jildor, Bloomingdales and Charlotte Russe to name a few. Here are just some of the few great retailers that are offering cyber Monday deals today!

ASOS – THANKFUL30 at checkout

Shopbop – Spend $200 get 15% off, spend $500 to get 20% off and spend $800 to get 25% off

Barney’s – Receive 40% off SITEWIDE!!

Nastygal – 20% off sitewide

Moda Operandi – Up to 65% off with promo code EXTRA30

All Saints – 30% off sitewide

Aritizia – Up to 50% off select Fall & Winter Items

Maje – 25% off with code CYBERMONDAY and if you spend $500 or more you wil receive a free gift with purchase

Old Navy – 40% off

Mother Denim – 20% off full price items (excluding the step frays)

Target – 15% discount on all merchandise

6pm.com – Extra 15% discount with promo code CYBERMON

Macy’s – extra 20% using promo code CYBER at checkout

Ann Taylor – 50% off everything with promo code CYBER50

Banana Republic – 50% off online purchases

Gap – Use code CYBMON for 50% off everything

Tommy Hilfiger – CYBERGIFT50 for 50% off site wide

Donni Charm – 45% off with promo code CYBERSALE45

Happy Shopping Everyone!! Hope everyone gets everything that they want this Holiday Season <3

Black Friday Sales!!!

November 25, 2016

Happy Friday or as we all know it to be called…BLACK FRIDAY! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving yesterday and ate too much turkey. I know that I am still full this morning when I woke up. For me I personally do not shop on Black Friday in the stores. I am more of a cyber Monday kind of girl, but there are some great sales today in a bunch of stores. According to Forbes.com some of the best deals today are from Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Target and Walmart. Some of the “star buys” as Forbes calls them are HDTV’s, but there is something that everyone seems to forget. Just because the TV may be a great deal doesn’t mean the model is a good model. Before purchasing any TV today do you research before buying. I say do this with any electronic today because a lot of great brands will significantly lower the prices on models that aren’t necessarily the best ones in their line up. Check it out before you buy. Other “star buys” include sony playstation, xbox 1, apple Iphone 7, apple watch series 1 and the amazon fire kids edition. They also list deals that they say “treat with caution”. This is because even though these may look like deals to us because of the advertising and everything they really aren’t deals. For example a lot of retailers are saying the Apple watch series 2 is only $369, but that is actually the standard retail price. Another one is the Ipad Pro at target is $150.99 off vs $125 off at Best Buy. Even the google chromecast is only $25, but Forbes suggest you can find it cheaper in the off season. All I can say is this if you are unsure if you are getting a good deal do your research. For me I always check if the item is returnable if it is then I purchase it and then if I find it cheaper I buy the cheaper model then return the other one I paid more for. Sometimes retailers won’t let you return and say it is final sale so if that is the case and you are unsure then don’t purchase it. Unless you really need it for something specific or just in general then tread lightly. Hope you all have a great Friday and happy shopping to everyone. Stay safe! Mall parking lots get crazy today<3

Hump Day Treat! Thanksgiving!

November 23, 2016

It’s Wednesday so you know what that means? Hump Day Treat! Today since it is the day before thanksgiving I wanted to share some of cute ideas for kid friendly themed thanksgiving treats. Thanks to the facebook page Tastemade I found this adorable video that gives you some great ideas for kids.

Acorn Kisses

Ingredients:

Mini Chocolate Chip

Hershey Kisses

Mini Vanilla Wafers

Directions:

1.Melt a small amount of chocolate chips

2.Use some melted chocolate chips and put a dab on side of the wafer and press a mini chocolate chip on it

3.Use some chocolate frosting and put a dab on the opposite side of the wafer and stick the hershey kiss on it

4.ENJOY!

Pilgrim Hats

Ingredients:

Fudge stripe cookies

Mini reese’s cups

Melted white chocolate chips

Orange food coloring

Directions:

1.Melt some white chocolate chips and add a few drops of orange food coloring in it

2.Place the fudge stripe cookie with the fudge facing upward then place the reeses peanut butter cup upside down to cover the hole from the cookie

3.Then take the orange melted chocolate and pipe around the reese’s cup in order to seal it to the cookie and add a little decoration for the hat

4.ENJOY!

There are more ideas courtesy of this video from Tastemade. Check it out now incase you want to make some of these tasty treats tomorrow <3

Tastemade

(image taken from google)