Homemade Cold Press Coffee and Meals for 3/2/16

The tools

One of my favorite things to put in my morning Shakeology is homemade cold press coffee. When Ryan and I discovered and fell in love with cold press it was from Starbucks in a fairly expensive yet small container. For a few weeks (months?) we used that until he (the genius he is!) found a recipe by one of his favorite people- The Pioneer Woman.

Using a Badger Hill growler
as our storage vessel 

The set up and process is actually extremely basic and easy! Here's the recipe from the source.  Ryan bought a kitchen sized container like she shows, a funnel and we buy cheap coffee from Target or another source- dark roast.

Mix 1lb coffee per 8qts water- make sure all the grounds  have touched water and are well mixed. Let it sit for at least 8hrs but we've let ours sit for, oh, around a week and it's turned out just fine.

Once you're ready to strain it set up a large funnel balanced on whatever vessel you are using (growlers work great!). Set a colander inside the funnel and layer 2-3 sheets of cheese cloth to help strain the grounds out. Slowly pour the coffee into the funnel and let it fill!

Yep- cheap coffee

This method is almost stupid easy and amazing by itself, add to your morning shake or sass it up with some creamer/sugar/syrup like The Pioneer Woman! It is almost ridiculous the admiring looks you'll get when you say "Oh, I make my own cold press"- feel free to clue your friends in, if you'd like.

Meals for 3/2/16
Breakfast- Vegan Chocolate Shakeology, spinach, frozen raspberries, cold press coffee (1 red, 1 green, 1 purple)

Lunch- Two corn tortillas, stew beef marinated with taco seasoning, oven baked peppers, onions and brussel sprouts, 1/2 a blue of shredded sharp cheddar, dollop of plain greek yogurt. (containers- 1 yellow, 1 red, 1 green, 1/2 blue)

Dinner- Ate at my in-laws! Delicious chili, 1/2 a slice of cornbread, some tortilla chips, oyster crackers and some shredded cheddar. Definitely more carbs than I usually eat with a meal but it was so good! ;) (Probably evened out to be 1 red, 1 green, 1 1/2 yellow, 1/2 blue)

Workout: PiYo Hardcore on the Floor

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