Strawberry Granita Freeze

Sweet Greetings to all of you!

Its officially summer at Campbell's abode, Wohoo! We are totally enjoying the hot summer this year by cooling it down with this awesome Strawberry Granita Freeze. Yum! why don't you grab something to drink and let's chat. I'm just excited to share my little story on how I came up with this delicious drink idea. I'm a member of Crowdtap for over 2 months now and loving it. What you do basically on the site is just simply participate on quick hits, challenges and mission. Then, you will get invites from crowdtap to try the product for FREE! yeah you heard it right totally free!  Make sure to grab your spot quick and do short survey. Then, they'll notify you if your qualified for the product. Easy huh? I think so too. Last week, I got accepted to try this Sweet'Low calorie sweeter. The package arrived around 2-3 weeks but I think its quicker than that. The package was filled with drink recipes, sweet'nlow zero calorie sweetener sample and coupons to share with friends, 1 package of 50 packets of sweet'n low wrapped very carefully with pink wrapping paper. See my snapshot below! Then all you have to do is submit some photos on your social media sites and report that you will find on crowdtap website. You also get a chance to win gift cards which is prrettty awesome!!

Now that, you know where I get this delicious drink idea. Lets talk about the main ingredients on the drink, The Strawberry! I always wanted to know more about strawberry even before and never really get a chance to dig deeper, but now that I have a blog, I'm kinda like a new person.. wohoo! etchuz! I do some research, read articles and share the knowledge that I learned to all of you. Let's start!

"Strawberries have the common scientific name of Fragaria, but there are different suffixes for different varieties, such as Fragaria Vesca for wild strawberry, and Fragaria Orientalis for Eastern Strawberries.

 Health benefits of strawberries include improved eye care, proper brain function, relief from high blood pressure, arthritis, gout and various cardiovascular diseases" see the link of the source HERE

DID you KNOW that the regular strawberry have 200 tiny black seeds? Yup! according to my research online..wink:)

Isn't it fun to know some fact about your favorite fruit? Strawberry is probably my 8-10 favorite fruits but it surely a hit every summer. It's not only they make a really good pie filling but they are totally inexpensive on summer time! Grab some strawberry when your heading to the market this week and treat the whole town with this super easy and delicious Strawberry Granita Freeze..

Feeling hot and thirsty? Come on! lets make something to drink!

Strawberry Granita Freeze Recipe 
* Serving- 4 Glass      * 45 Calorie

Ingredients:
16 oz  unsweetened frozen strawberries
2 cups  cold water
1/4 cup lime juice
16 packets of Sweet'NLow zero calorie sweetener
4 fresh strawberries- garnish

Place frozen strawberries, water, lime and Sweet'NLow

6-cup blender container in that

  in the blender container in that order. Cover it tightly ( make sure that the lid is snap and close). Blend 20-30 seconds or until slushy.
 Pour into 4 tall glass and garnish each glass with fresh strawberry. (source:http://www.sweetnlow.com/recipes/beverages/strawberry-granita )                                                                                                           

Strawberry Granita Freeze Recipe

45 cal

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• NUTRITION FACTS Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount per serving
• Calories45
• Sodium5mg
• Total Carbs17g
• Dietary Fiber2g
• Sugars10g
• Protein1g

Ingredients

• 16 packets Sweet’N Low® zero calorie sweetener
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 2 cups cold water
• 1 package (16 oz) frozen unsweetened strawberries
• 4 fresh strawberries

Place frozen strawberries, water, lime juice, and Sweet’N Low® in 6-cup blender container in that order. Cover tightly (if blender lid doesn’t snap on securely, hold lid down with hand). Blend 20 to 30 seconds or until slushy, stopping blender to scrape down sides if necessary. Pour into 4 tall glasses. Garnish each glass with fresh strawberry.

- See more at: http://www.sweetnlow.com/recipes/beverages/strawberry-granita#sthash.ZLtvg50g.dpuf

Isn't it super easy to make? I'm sure it would compliment your summer drink cravings! Let's head outside and don't forget to grab your drink! I hope you enjoy our little chat today. I'll see you in few days for more awesome recipes, drink ideas, sweet tooth cravings and much more. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone! If you get a chance to try Strawberry Granita Freeze. Share your thought on the comment below. I'll be reading them all:)
Until next time...xoxoxo- Melgie

Disclosure: I received FREE package of Sweet' N Low product along with the drink recipe ideas (Strawberry Granita Freeze) courtesy of #Crowdtap #Sweet'NLow. My opinion is based on my personal experience on the product and opinion is 100 percent mine. Thank you, Crowdtap and Sweet'NLow :)

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Special Double Celebration

Reyna's Birthday Celebration

Sweet Day to all you :)
It's been a pretty laid back week for me. We spent most of our time outside enjoying the warm weather. As expected the kids is loving every minute of it which make this summer so much fun. As, I promise from previous post that I'll be posting my daughter's 5th birthday celebration and Father's Day, here it is! I know its kinda late, BUT its not to late to get some birthday ideas and recipes that you might want to try on your next birthday celebration.
Anyways, We did celebrate Reyna's birthday with few of my friends. It was so much! I made them a Strawberry jello ( refer to the pictures above ) macaroni salad espesyal, chocolate crinkles, boiled pork and my friends bring some delicious dish as well to share.
After an awesome get together with my friends. We (Hubby, Me and Garyn) also treat Reyna to her favorite restaurant Red Robin for delicious burgers, pizza and fries dinner. It was scrumptious!!

After 3 days, we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. Then, next day we celebrated Reyna's birthday party and Father's Day with my family. It was a blast and fun day being with my family.
Here's a glimpse of Reyna's birthday celebration and Father's Day.:)

FOOD:  The birthday celebrant requested the dish on her birthday. Starting off with  Lumpia Shanghai, Sauteed green beans, Pancit bihon,  Beef Caldereta. My mother in-law made us some delicious deviled eggs, cheesy baked potato and hotdogs. My sister in-law brought some scrumptious wings for everyone to enjoy.
 Yum! Can't get enough of this food.:)

CAKE
As per request by birthday celebrant, chocolate cake with strawberry icing and sprinkles. The process of icing the cake is super easy and I love it. We decided at the last minute to get another cake from the store in addition to the one that I made and it works just perfect!
We paired the cake with vanilla and strawberry ice cream-the best way to end our delicious meal.

Father's Day

My kids made their Daddy a card ( I did order the card online for free- wink!) which makes it more awesome and bought his favorite chocolate bars. Then, The Sommer's ( hubby's sister and brother in-law) gave this delicious picnic basket filled with sweet goodies, cheeses and spreads, peanuts, popcorn, candies, chocolates, sausage and a bottle of red wine. Everything is just delicious! a perfect Father's Day gift and my hubby is loving it.

- That's how we celebrated Reyna's birthday and Father's Day. I hope you find some interesting recipes that you might want to try on your next party/ get together. I would suggest try to bake your kiddies his birthday cake or cupcakes, I'll promise you! It it so much FUN to make them. Share me your Father's Day escapade and your favorite food to have on your birthday.
Until next time everyone! Keep browsing some delicious recipe here on my blog... See you around:)

P.S- Thank you so much to family and friends who always make Reyna's birthday an special one, for being so generous as always. I love you!:)

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Happy 6th Anniversary, Sweetie- Updated!

Six Down, Forever to go...:)

Our 6th Year Anniversary Celebration 

 

"I'm excited and stoked because today is my 6th wedding anniversary. Yup! It's been an amazing six year being  with my best friend, partner, lover, husband and soul mate. I couldn't ask for more in life. You are very supportive to everything I do and always encourage  when I'm down. I'm so lucky to have you in my life. I love you, Happy Anniversary!!"- Original post 6/14/2014- UPDATED!

Hello Everyone!
It's been an extremely hectic week for me but a fun one. Talking about fun, I'm taking you with me starting off with my 6th year anniversary and hopefully you get some sweet romantic ideas that you might want to do on your anniversary or date night. Here we go!

Special Breakfast/ Breakfast in Bed-  I always love to prepare my hubby with his favorite breakfast ( hash brown, eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy) but Since, we woke late hubby fix light breakfast for us and ate snack/lunch and send the kiddies to their Grandma's and head to dinner.. yahoo!

Anniversary Gift- I always think ahead of time when it comes to gift and I always make sure it is personal  where I can express the creative side of me ( heheh). I made him a card, cute love bottle and little sweet thoughts ( his favorite chocolate )
It is very simple yet my hubby LOVED them!

 

The most awaited and exciting part. The Dinner Date for TWO:) As you all know that I'm such a foodie lover and I love to eat...( hahaha )

Perfect Place-  Picking up the perfect place to dine in is so easy! We always go to the same place for over 5 years now. This year is no different! We are heading to Outback Steakhouse. Yum! this is also one of my favorite restaurant to celebrate my birthdays. See the post HERE and HERE. 

Food, Drink and Dessert-  We start it off with my summer fist/tropical sangria ,seriously I totally forgot the name of my drink but it was so good and refreshing. We have garden salad and free bread
The entree's is pretty easy pick but we did take our time to order in that way itt gives us time to eat our appetizer and the bread compliment from Outback.

Tsadaaa! You guess is right my friend " Steak Galore"  Isn't it looks appetizing?  I did ordered a Ribeye Steak, steam mixed summer veggies and Baked Sweet Potato with brown sugar and cinnamon while on the other hand hubby got  fries and outback special.:) I wish, I could put into words how delicious it is.. hehehe:)

Lastly, The Dessert- After eating the steak, I wasn't sure if I'll go for the dessert but this pecan brownie with vanilla ice cream, whip cream and hot chocolate fudge is just calling my name.. ( hahaha) So, we hit GO for it and It was DELICIOUS! that's how we end our perfect anniversary dinner... and the fun was continued! That's how we celebrated our anniversary:) wink!

P.S-  To my Sweetie-Thank you so much for everything for being so kind, loving and generous as always. I love you so much!
Enjoy the rest of the day and I'll see you soon for more fun recipe's that I made on Reyna's birthday celebration and Father's Day special.:)

xoxox- Melgie Share the LOVE:)