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WIN TWO EBOOKS PINTRESTTwo Bread Making e-Books are just the beginning, this giveaway is the kick-off to begin online classes!  So your feedback in the form below is very important.  But, why not give you a chance to WIN for sharing your input, right?  I think that’s only fair.  🙂

Book #1 is my Whole Wheat Bread Making Book – which is a step by step tutorial with all the tips, tricks and techniques for a successful loaf of tasty, whole wheat bread that your whole family will enjoy (even the ones who used to snub whole wheat)!

Book #2 goes beyond! The “Supreme Bread Machine” now takes you on a taste-bud journey where you can use the techniques you learn in the other book.  It opens up 155+ varieties of bread from savory to sweet from batter to yeast loaves.  And there are great tips on storage and troubleshooting.  As a BONUS , you’ll also receive a link to my Bagel Making Video – which will help you turn most all of these recipes into Bagels too!

Enter with these quick, easy steps for your opportunities to win these two easy to follow e-Books.

Don’t forget – you can come back and “Tweet” this giveaway each day to increase your opportunity!

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Happy Entering and enJOY the Journey!

Donna Miller

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Between the cost of a chain coffee shop frappe, the crud that is allowed to be put in one at any and all coffee shops, and the calories (a small size frappe has a range of 450-700 calories) found with a fast food frappe –  it’s no surprise that the Food Holiday of “National Frappe Day” (Oct 7) may just pass you by. Then again, for 4 out of 5 people a frappe is almost an addictive indulgence and October 7 is just like every other day of the year!

If you enjoy these, let me share some things with you to save both your money and your health on this holiday or any day of the year that the frappe craving may hit.

frappe On average most commercial frappe’s you purchase will contain one or more of the following very unhealthy ingredients:

High Fructose Corn Syrup
Artificial Colors
Artificial Flavors
Mono and Diglycerides,
Guar Gum,
Potassium Citrate
Disodium Phosphate
Carrageenan
Aspertame
 

Uhm… ewww.

 

Here’s how you can avoid all of the above chemicals and artificial ingredients and enjoy a Frappe the Healthy Way!  By the way – on a side note: Don’t be duped into thinking that those ‘coffee syrups’ are a singular or healthy ingredient option.  They are neither.

First – select your coffee.  This is very easy if you’re a morning coffee drinker (decaf or fully leaded – both work fine) simply make a few cups more and let it cool.  When cooled you can either freeze in ice cubes (for a frozen frappe) or pour in a jar and refrigerate (for a frappe on ice).

Frappe on Ice:

8 oz of Cold Coffee
3TBS Fat Free Cream or Skim Milk (Almond or Coconut Milk works too)
1 tsp Pure Extract (Vanilla, Hazelnut, Peppermint, etc – endless options!)
1-2  dashes* of Spice (Pumpkin Pie, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, etc  – endless options!) * For a Mocha use 2tsp of Cocoa Powder as the spice.
Sweeten to taste with stevia or natural cane sugar
 
Blend all ingredients together until well mixed and pour over ice cubes.
Top with REAL Whipped Cream if desired add a straw and sit back and enjoy!
 

Frozen Frappe:

2 Cups of Frozen Coffee Cubes
3TBS Fat Free Cream or Skim Milk (Almond or Coconut Milk works too)
1 tsp Pure Extract (Vanilla, Hazelnut, Peppermint, etc – endless options!)
1-2  dashes* of Spice (Pumpkin Pie, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, etc  – endless options!) * For a Mocha use 2tsp of Cocoa Powder as the spice.
Sweeten to taste with stevia or natural cane sugar
 
Blend all ingredients together in  a blender (may need to add 2-3 TBS of water to thin) until a frosty mixture is combined to the right consistency.
 
Pour in a tall glass.
 
Top with REAL Whipped Cream if desired add a straw and sit back and enjoy!

 

These may seem simplistic – but the pay out of enjoying real food at a real reasonable price can help you enjoy a little indulgence without feeling the guilt of it all later!   After all, playing with your food helps you to enJOY the journey!

Happy National Frappe (the Healthy Way) Day!
Best Blessings,
Donna Miller of Millers Grain House