Lemonade Iced Tea

Each new season brings different memories, emotions, and preferred food! Summer is no exception. We think of cookouts, water, family, and fun! Using our grill, we are able to bring our friends and family together. With all of the stress and feeling of constant connection (even when we don't want it!) this world brings, it's hard to take a step back and really focus on what really matters in life. Spending time with friends and family around a healthy meal allows us the time to really re-focus and relax. We also use our cookouts as a way to prepare extra food for the week!

Recently, we made our zesty grilled chicken, lean mean cheeseburgers, zesty grilled onion, sweet-sweet potato cubes and green beans. We paired it with our very own Lemonade Iced Tea using Lipton fresh-brewed iced tea for the perfect meal!

Lemonade Iced Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 family sized Lipton tea bags
• 1-2 lemons
• Stevia or your choice of sweetener

Directions:

Brew tea as listed on carton:

1. 2 tea bags with 4 cups of boiling water
2. brew for 3-5 minutes
3. add ice or 4 more cups of water

Make lemonade:

1. Slice 1-2 lemons and squeeze into a cup of water
2. Add lemonade to large pitcher with tea and stir to combine
3. Sweeten to taste
   

We both grew up drinking tea and it's something that we've continued. We still love to include tea into our daily lives. It's great to change it up from plain water and is really easy to make. Plus, it gives an added boost of a little caffeine (45mg of caffeine per 8 fl oz serving).

Visit Food Network for a ton of recipes, articles, and videos. One of my favorite articles is 8 Ways to Jazz Up Iced Tea! I think our next tea will be the Lemon-Cinnamon. I would have never thought to put those two together but it sounds delicious!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lipton. The opinions and text are all mine.

Healthy, Protein-Packed Hot Chocolate

We had a cold snap here in Georgia where all I wanted was hot chocolate. I'm pretty picky about hot chocolate too so it took me quite a few tries to get this one to where I would "approve" but I definitely think I hit the nail on the head, if I can say so myself! This will warm you up and also provide you with the protein you need. It's perfect as a "snack" during the day, maybe after breakfast or even right before bed while you are relaxing! You can't go wrong with this one! Try it and let us know what you think!

HEALTHY, PROTEIN-PACKED HOT CHOCOLATE

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 2 small scoops stevia
• 1/4 cup liquid egg whites
• 1 packet TLS vanilla whey protein powder {If you are interested in ordering this product email us at thegang@heandsheeatclean.com and we can also send you a free Shake & Bake Recipe eBook!}

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients, excluding almond milk. Blend together using a hand blender. You can use a regular blender but because there isn't much liquid it will be more difficult so I suggest a hand blender/frother or even combining by hand mixing.

2 Heat almond milk over medium heat until it starts boiling (Be careful as it will overflow quickly!)

3. Add hot almond milk to blended ingredients and stir to combine

Enjoy!

- Whitney