It was just a normal getaway grocery trip to Target, and I was happily checking things off my little list, when what to my wondering eyes should appear???.... well, holiday flavored teas in too cute packaging of course. I know it's bad that I get all excited about tea, but I could so clearly picture myself enjoying one of these in my cozy chair all wrapped up in my warmer than warm Sam's Club fluffy blanket and some Harry Connick Jr. Christmas tunes floating around in the background. So before I know it I have three boxes of tea in my cart. I'm such a sucker for holiday flavored anything. Is it just me? Pumpkin spice coffee creamer- yes please! Egg Nog pancake mix- sure, why not? Peppermint ice cream, uh... yeah! I fall for it every time, and what's worse is that I am never disappointed. So when I see some teas donning names like "Gingerbread Spice", "Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride" and "Candy Cane Lane"- I'm done.  Okay, well now I have a hankering for some tea sans the chair, blanket, and music as Monday Night Football is on and the hubs has dibs on the first two. Oh well, tea has a great shelf life right? Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

My favorite tea concoction:
tea of choice + 2 teaspoons of honey +
a splash of half and half=
Comfort in a mug! Enjoy,

So blessed,

Great Scott! Batman,

Seeing the light at the end of the very long tunnel,

May the Schwartz be with you,

 Thrilled their entertaining themselves,

Narrating is fun,

I used to be the biggest breakfast fan- but lately I've kind of been in a breakfast slump, poo-pooing (poor choice of words when talking about food I know, but accurate) any kind of suggestion that included cereal, toast, eggs, bacon, pancakes, or (quick cover the children's ears)...sausage. And, no I am not pregnant, just picky and lazy. :) But, yogurt and fruit actually sounds pretty good to me in the morning, so I have been eating up this little number at least twice a week. What I like about this concoction is that it's so easy to make, and while it looks pretty much like a sinful dessert, it's actually very healthy.

Ingredients (2 servings):
1 cup plain low-fat Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons of honey (or to taste)
1 teaspoon of good vanilla or vanilla paste (Totally treat yourself to Nielsen-Massey's vanilla paste. I am telling you IT IS AWESOME! It tastes amazing- and since it's paste, you'll see those cool little vanilla bean specks in your yogurt. I love to add it to any kind of yogurt dish, or to a bowl of oatmeal, and of course to any other recipes that call for vanilla. Be careful though, you won't want to go back to regular vanilla after you start using this. You can pick it up at most food specialty stores.)
1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries (or any fruit mixture of your choice)
1/4 cup Kashi granola cereal

In a small mixing bowl stir together your yogurt, honey, and vanilla. If you have any lemon curd on hand, and would like a little bit of a lemony taste added to your yogurt, just mix in 2 tablespoons. Next grab a pretty glass out of your cabinet and start layering the yogurt, strawberries, and granola and that's it, you've got breakfast!!!

This recipe is also my go-to breakfast choice when I have over-night company because it's so easy to prepare (you can even make it the night before, but I suggest leaving out the granola until serving time), and soooo yummy! Or, I'll downsize the portions a little bit and serve it as a healthy dessert or as a side at dinner time for the boys and it's always a hit. So give it a try and let me know what you think!

Befriending Breakfast One Day At A Time,

Promising I changed H's diaper after this photo was taken,

Life is crazy around here. In fact so crazy that the blogs have taken the back burner until now. I don't know what I was thinking having two blogs, so I have decided that "The Beth Life" and "There's A Blog In My Kitchen" will now become one- not in the biblical sense people, but in the gotta merge them together because I can barely keep up with one blog sense. So if you read TABIMK (all three posts-geesh) you will now find all that goodness over here at TBL. So look forward to more recipes, cleaning rants, organizing craze, and child bragging right here. Now doesn't that just sound more efficient? 

Life is good,

Hey All!
Please bear with me while the blog is undergoing a remodel. Hopefully I will be up and at 'um shortly!