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Day 74, can you believe that?! Thinking about how time flies and how many hours we spent time inside the house, that is 1,776 hours to be exact (that is for me) since day one of the community lockdowns. 

Since we have all the time and all the things happening around us, and added immune system booster and taking care of our health is our primary goal. 

I am trying to add more on our greens and fresh produce from the home delivery I am availing since the start of the lockdown and I made up some refreshing drink with all the ingredients available. 

This is very easy to do and nothing special ingredients needed. 

Here is the drink I made earlier and I still have some chilled in the fridge anytime anyone gets thirsty. 

A healthy drink that is full of vitamins. 

Chia seeds, lemon slices, and lemon juice, mint leaves, honey, and ice. 

Add chia seeds in water in a container and let it sit overnight. Slice up a lemon and squeeze some juice depending on your taste preference. Add honey and ice in a pitcher of water and stir until the honey is dissolved, depending on the sweetness taste you can adjust the amount of honey. Served it chilled and enjoy a refreshing mint lemon chia cold drink. 

Here is another good find from the grocery, Chia Blackberry Fruit Spread by World of Chia! 

From the grocery shopping, I was brought home this jar of goodness, my first time trying this brand and product. I have been using chia seeds for years now, but most are the plain chia seeds that I incorporate to my smoothies, juice drinks, mint and lemon drink, and most of the time in plain cold water.  

And to add chia with fruit for a spread is just a big score! 

With all the beautiful and yummy food photos from their site, it is making me want to make all of them out of the jar I have, haha! I would love to try the rest of their chia spread variants and create yummylicious treats and meals with it, need to save up to buy them. 

A jar cost $6.70/ Php380.00

There are a lot of health benefits when taking chia on a daily dietary habit. 

ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS

Omega-3 fatty acids

(ALA, Alpha-Linolenic Acid)

Fiber

Protein

MINERALS

Potassium

Calcium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

TRACE MINERALS

Manganese

Selenium

Iron

Copper

Zinc

Molybdenum

Sodium

The nutrients in a sample of 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of chia seeds are:

Calories: 486

Water: 6%

Protein: 16.5 g

Carbs: 42.1 g

Sugar: 0 g

Fiber: 34.4 g

Fat: 30.7 g

– Saturated: 3.33 g

– Monounsaturated: 2.31 g

– Polyunsaturated: 23.67 g

— Omega-3: 17.83 g

— Omega-6: 5.84 g

— Trans: 0.14 g

Since I opened the jar, it has been the partner of my breakfast meal, A teaspoon of this chia blackberry is so good and the sweetness is just perfect. 

CHIA BLACKBERRY FRUIT SPREAD by WORLD OF CHIA 

Made with Chia Seeds instead of Pectin

Ingredients:

 My daughter's mini stuffed toys and some toys she kept for years and now it's Billy's! :)

 First selfie smile of our baby boy. 

Billy's first nap, him not noticing he was inside the cage for the meantime while we arrange his bed and stuff. 

Grocery shopping at this time of lockdown can be difficult, quick buys of certain items from the grocery with lots of precautions are the new normal. Window shopping is not allowed at this time. With the limited stores that are open and essential items can be quickly emptied on the shelves, you will be lucky to score some items...like the ones we got from the Korean store inside the base. 

The essential item that we badly need was some bottles of plain honey which we are using for our morning lemon hot tea. Since there was none, we opted and tried this Ottogi Honey Ginger tea. But, before that, let me show you some snacks and other food items we hauled from this Korean store.

Assorted Korean Ice Cream 

(Samanco red bean and Matcha, Cledor, and Cookie-O)

A can of Dong Won Korean Luncheon Meat

One small bag of Kimchi

A box of Korean Pancake Hotteok Mix 400g

A jar of Ottogi Honey Ginger Tea

Ottogi Honey Ginger Tea

This is the first time we will be using this brand, this has honey in it and can be a replacement for natural honey in tea. 

1. Boil water or you can have your base tea with some steeped lemongrass boiled in water like the ones I used here that is why tea is somehow yellow already. 

2. Slice some lemon, you can add more according to your preference. 

3. Add a teaspoonful of Ottogi Honey Ginger Tea. As you can see, the consistency of the Ottogi Honey Ginger is somehow gelatinous. When I popped open the jar, the smell of the ginger was very evident. You can also see slices of ginger root. 

You can add more depending on your sweetness preference, but for me, one teaspoonful was enough. 

4. Mix well until the jelly melts. 

5. Squeeze some lemon to add more sour taste and making this drink infused with Vitamin C. 
Well, everyone knows the health benefits of lemon juice as one of the main sources of Vitamin C (59 grams lemon contains 31mg of Vit.C) which we badly needed to boost our immune system while on lockdown. Btw, we are now on Day 61 of the Covid19 pandemic lockdown. 

We had this almost every morning as a drink starter on an empty stomach. The whole jar lasted for two weeks. 

Will I buy another jar? For US$5.50 (Php278) per bottle, I would although I still prefer using the natural honey syrup as a sweetener and it's health benefits Ottogi brand can be used as an added tea ingredient. And, it has a delightful taste which I like. 

Have you tried this brand before, how was your experience? 

I was able to wear it again and this time at home not at a party, haha! 

And the best part of it was I didn't spend much money to have it clean, I did not buy any chemicals for cleaning, or have it professionally done! 

PS. we still have some leftover chicken from last night and it will be served for lunch, gottta save up food and no time to waste. 

*This is a sponsored post written by me for Postmates. All opinions are mine alone.

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