I don't know if I have mentioned what an addiction I have to Starbucks pumpkin spice frappuccinos, but it is a major addiction! I just have to have them, everyday~though I don't have them every day, but I want to. I do have them several times a week. I know they are bad, really bad. Expensive and high in calories and not to mention the ingredients that I have been fighting to remove from my diet for more then a year. but I have given myself permission as a treat, since the rest of my diet is pretty clean. but I go overboard, I know it.
I have been trying to come up with different replacements and restrictions. I am letting myself have one on every other Friday (which is pay day) and then I have been trying to drink more hot spiced cider to get some of the same flavor that I crave. I use organic apple cider and mulling spices. and I love the flavor. it has been hard though since our weather has been so hot!
this morning I made coffee for my husband before work and I decided to experiment... I had some cream off our milk and I added a spoonful of pumpkin puree and then a sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. I added that to my coffee and some cane sugar...I was fabulous!!!! oh man, I am making up a bigger amount and keeping it in the fridge for the future, this will save me hundreds of dollars and probably a few calories as well!
also, a reminder...VOTE!! I did! I took the kids and explained the process (counts as civics ya know) it was an interesting time, the process was different this time, the voting machines were different. But I hope they learned something and know how important it is. I am hoping and praying for good outcomes :)
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