A Day For Yourself And Your Best Babes

by with One Comment wellness

I filed this under Wellness because there’s nothing like taking an evening to celebrate yourself and your best babes.

I honestly never knew my friends and I were celebrating Galentine’s Day until I saw it mentioned in Cosmo years ago. I just assumed we were partaking in our annual girls night where we’d put on a fancy dress and drink champagne on, or around Valentine’s Day … as part of our love strike. I’m kidding!

No fancy dresses are actually required 😉

So whether you’re taking some time to cheers to your damn self or to clink with your bests, here’s some things that’ll make your week even more fun. Oh and don’t forget, on the 15th chocolates go on sale babe! I call that retail therapy.

shop the post: https://jesslizama.com/valentines-day-gift-guide-for-her/

Enjoying a cozy night in? My Gift Guide For Her includes the coziest robe and the cheese platter you see here on my coffee table … piled high with cheeses, crackers, and chocolate. So call over the crew, make this spritzer here, and dance to the 80’s. And that’s what I call a top night!!!

Pink Margarita Spritzer

For you and your best babes here's a refreshing spritzer that you can enjoy with or without alcohol <3
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Ingredients
  

  • 8-10 fresh mint leaves
  • 1 lime (juiced)
  • 2 tbsp fresh grapefruit juice
  • 1/4 cup coconut water
  • 1/3 cup seltzer I love grapefruit flavored!
  • champagne optional

Instructions
 

  • Crush the mint leaves with the lime juice in a tumbler and add in the grapefruit juice and coconut water
  • Mix together in a shaker with ice until chilled
  • Strain into an ice filled cup 
  • Top with seltzer water, fresh mint, and a lime wedge. For extra fun add in a splash of champagne 😉 

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How will you be spending the evening? Celebrating yourself? Your best babes? A loved one? Tell me I’m not the only one who’ll be noching on cheese and cheersing myself <3 Cheers to YOU xoxo

 

 

 

A GIRL’S GUIDE TO GALENTINE’S DAY!

by with No Comment bakingDIYfoodholidayshostingparty planningValentine's Day

Love it or leave it Valentine’s Day is this Sunday and there’s been a flood of holiday themed treats and DIY posts. Who am I to stop the momentum? We’re celebrating Galentine’s Day today so grab your favorite gal pals, a bubbly drink, and lets start baking!

Today’s menu includes frosted cinna-hearts, pita heart-wiches, and a dessert skewer … not in the shape of a heart. See, we’re themed! Hearts everywhere!

For your frosted hearts you’ll need one package of cinnamon rolls and some sprinkles!


Unravel the cinnamon bun and split it into two halves and then shape the two into a heart!


Bake per the directions on the packaging and then drizzle the frosting over top and sprinkle with ALL the sprinkles!


These pita heart-wiches are super easy and super yummy! Just take 2 pitas and layer them up with turkey, cheese, cucumber, or whatever your favorite fillings are. Then cut them up and enjoy! They’re especially enjoyable when you use a heart shaped cookie cutter!


I sliced a few of these in half which made them look like broken hearts, which still tasted delicious AND fit the theme of my next post ‘the achy-breaky Valentine’.


The macaroons  were from Trader Joe’s and after you thaw them out it’s as if you picked them up fresh from the bakery! Salted caramel is my favorite!

For the dessert skewers just take a paper straw (I got these from the dollar store) and stack your favorite pastries, alternating between them. I chose snickerdoodles and blueberry muffins! Almond milk and another straw for sipping and we were set!

That red glowing drink you see in the background is cherry-cranberry juice spiked with our favorite vodka!


I hope this inspires you to enjoy a holiday with your friends, Valentine’s day ins’t just for lovers! It’s a day to celebrate all the loves! If you really don’t feel like celebrating and you just hate the holiday all together, then I have a post for you on Sunday (yes ON Valentine’s Day, see what I did there) with menu items like Bleeding Heart Brownies and Sour Cherry Puckers, so stay tuned for that!

Here is my most recent video, our first installment of Pinterest DIY-Not! I made Melt My Marshmallow treats and Cherry Whiskey Smashes! They were just as delicious and they sound!

Do you have any plans for Valentine’s Day? A Galentine’s day celebration perhaps? Share with me your plans so we can all live vicariously through one another and P.S. if you aren’t Subscribed to me on YouTube please do, I post videos twice a week! See, so much sharing! xx