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The Benefits of Loose Herbal Tea

Why buy loose teas instead of tea bags? Where to find it? How to make it?

Health Benefits

Using the right mix of loose herbal tea, it can help treat colds, digestion problems, and upset stomach. It can even boost the immune system. Unlike tea bags, loose teas seep in water, allowing water to flow through the tea. This extracts all the beneficial vitamins and nutrients from the dried herbs. Here is additional information on the benefits.

More Flavorful

If you have ever compared tea from tea bags and loose leaves teas then you know the quality isn’t the same. Unlike tea bags, which only uses broken tea leaves, herbal loose teas use the whole-leaf, which helps extract the flavor and aroma. Also with tea bags being packaged, they tend to become dull and are not kept fresh. Drying loose teas actually concentrate the herbs and actually liberates the nourishing components. Although loose teas are more expensive, the taste will be worth the cents difference.

Substitute for Coffee

Although tea leaves start with more caffeine, when breweed it dilutes quite a bit. Each will vary depending on how strong you like it. Also, there are a variety of warm tasting teas, such as chocolate-chai tea or pumpkin spice chai, you can buy that will help you forget about coffee.

How to make

To start think 1.5 tablespoon of the loose teas to 2 cups of boiling water. Let them steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Then see if you like it, and if not adjust the concentration.

Where to buy:

The Tea Spot

Tea Source

The Loose Teas

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Easy Rotisserie Chicken Taquito Recipe

Main Meals Recipes

I find that it is difficult to balance a healthy lifestyle, working out and eating healthy, having time for friends and family and balancing your career. It’s even more difficult if you are trying to save money.
Like I have mentioned in the previous post we’re starting a business so money is tight. So eating out, is not an option. Especially because healthy food is expensive! So how we do it? We make cheap and quick recipes that can be done in less than 30 mins. And on top of that, make food that excites us so we don’t get tempted to eat out.

One of my favorite recipes are these lower fat taquitos. Because not only are they easy to make but have very little ingredients. One way we make this meal even quicker is to make a whole chicken in a crockpot or just buy a precooked rotisserie chicken. This way you have enough meat for a couple of days. And yes, it’s not always the healthiest, but it’s better than eating out and making bad choices.
Here is my quick and easy to make rotisserie chicken taquito recipe:

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Ingrediants

8 corn tortillas
3 cups of shredded chicken or refried beans
3 tablespoon of coconut oil

Instruction

Start by heating up a frying pan
Pour a tablespoon of oil and place one or two tortillas on a frying pan at a time till they are soft and coated with oil. The tortilla should be soft but not crispy.
Set aside each tortilla on a plate to cool a bit, while skinning and shredding the chicken
Evenly add the chicken to all tortillas. Next, roll up the tortillas tightly so it doesn’t spread out. If it keeps opening, remove some chicken.
Then add the remaining oil to the pan and carefully place the rolled taquitos on the frying pan. Place them with the opening face down to ensure they stay close.
Once the bottom side is slightly crispy and golden, keep rolling it over till the all side are crispy.
Set on a plate and add sliced avocado, salsa, and sour cream for extra taste or other toppings of choice.

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Simple DIY For Homemade Candles

Lifestyle

I once walked into my friend’s house and I was engulfed with an amazing scent. Assuming it was an expensive candle, I asked her where she bought it. She replied that she made it herself!

I know what you’re thinking, why make your own candle at home if I can just buy one for less than $10. Your right, candles are usually not expensive, but if you have ever purchased a cheap candle, you know it’s not the same quality as a Bath and Body Works one. Making your own candle allows you to control the scent and potency of it. Candlemakers usually skimp on the fragrance oils used in cheap-inexpensive candles.

Once I started researching on how to make candles at home, I found that tutorials online complicate the process. They require tons of equipment, such as a double boiler, wick sticker, thermometer, pouring pitcher, etc. But I knew there had to be a simpler way.

Here is an easy DIY for homemade candles:

What you’ll need:

Candle Wax
Wicks
Pencil
Tape
Wax
Glass Measuring cup (to only use for candle making)
Medium Size Pot

For your candle container, find a container that can withstand heat. I bought mine at the Dollar Store. Grab your wick and put a folded duck tape at the bottom, then place it in the middle of the container base. For the top of the wick, wrap it around a pencil. The pencil will lay on top of the container. These two steps will keep your wick in place when the wax is being poured.

Fill a medium-size pot halfway with water. Then shave a block of wax into a measuring cup. Make sure to have similar shaving, to ensure wax is melted at the same rate. Hang the measuring cup handle from the pot. This creates a make-shift double boiler. Put the pot on the stove and set in medium heat. Let the wax melt and stir once in a while to help the melting process. Once the wax is clear, pour the wax into your container. While the wax is still in liquid form, add the preferred essential oils for scent. Let the wax dry. Once it hardens remove the pencil on top and cut the wick.

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Where Have We Been

Lifestyle

Wow, it has been a couple of months since we have last posted…and we’re back! While we love sharing helpful information and posting about our lives, at times it’s hard to balance life and the blog. Like we have shared in the past, balance doesn’t mean having time for everything but prioritizing what is important. So where have we been these last months?

Denise has moved out to orange county and has been planning for her wedding. The most exciting part, she applied and got accepted to an MBA program!!! She will be attending her master program at the University of Colorado. And because she will start school in August, she wanted to use this time to check off her wedding to-do list. She has also been getting certification for online marketing.

As for me, Daniela, I wish I could say I was being as productive as Denise, except I have not. I spent most of the time dealing with morning sickness and feeling tired. Yes, that is right, I am pregnant! Our baby is due this fall and we couldn’t be more excited. It is the first baby in our family so my parents and the entire family is thrilled. So between feeling nauseous and working, I still have managed to help my husband run our fitness studio. Starting a business isn’t easy, but it has been fulfilling.

So be expecting more baby post, healthy and easy recipes, simple DIYs, as well as other great tips to get more done in less time. Stick around and we have been planning great post, that will be soon to come.

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