My Weekend Morning Coffee Routine

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No day of mine begins without a cup (or two) of coffee. My fiance and I are both early risers to get to work, so we tend to rush through the coffee drinking process during our commute. But on weekends, we get to finally sit down and truly enjoy our coffee and each other’s company.

Saturday and Sunday mornings are “reserved” for my fiance and I to catch up on each other’s weeks, and (unfortunately for him,) to discuss what is next on our wedding checklist. (We are just 100 days away from the big day. It’s getting REAL. Eep.)

We clearly have very deep, intelligent conversations over our coffee

Because coffee is always a priority, we both work together to get caffeine into us as soon as possible. This weekend, my fiance manned the Keurig, making us two piping hot cups of Dunkin Donuts Original Blend with one packet of Truvia Natural Sweetener while I heated up some International Delight French Vanilla Coffee Creamer in a small pot on the stove.

(Weekends are for relaxing and feeling fake-fancy, so I like to use an aerator/milk frother for my creamer. It makes me feel like we are in our own little coffee shop.)

This weekend was my bridal shower, so our Sunday morning coffee routine was a bit more festive than usual.

I took home one of the flower arrangements to add some color to our apartment, and we enjoyed our coffee while snacking on cooking-themed sugar cookies made by one of my fiance’s parent’s neighbors; aren’t they beautiful?? Cookies and coffee, a match made in heaven!

 

Although our weekend mornings aren’t usually filled with cookies and pretty bouquets (although they should be), “coffee time” is always a constant. It gives us a moment to catch up and recharge before beginning our day and week.

My perfect cup of coffee (frothed International Delight French Vanilla Creamer, one Truvia Natural Sweetener packet, and a healthy serving of Dunkin Donuts Original Blend) can all be purchased at ShopRite. Right now, ShopRite is having a pretty snazzy deal so you can continue your own coffee routine: Buy 2 participating coffee products and 1 participating creamer and get a free box of Truvia Natural Sweetener 40ct now through 3/12, while supplies last.

What is your weekend morning coffee routine?

Pumpkin Gingerbread Cookies

Halloween and dessert go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or maybe that’s only true on my blog (I have quite a few Halloween desserts on here). Who cares? More yummy desserts for us to enjoy, like these Pumpkin Gingerbread Cookies!

Although most people don’t usually equate Halloween with cookies, I saw Halloween-themed cookie cutters in the supermarket and made an impulse buy. Whoopsie. So these cookies are to justify my purchase. Plus, it gives me another excuse to add pumpkin into a recipe! I adapted this recipe form a traditional gingerbread cookie recipe from Cooking Light.

I was recently sent Truvia’s new Brown Sugar Blend, a mixture of Truvia and Brown Sugar that offers a brown sugar-like taste, texture and volume, with 75% fewer calories than regular brown sugar. One half cup of Truvia Brown Sugar Blend (210 calories) provides the same sweetness as one cup of brown sugar (830 calories).

Truvia is also having a great contest right now: the Truvia Baking Star contest. Bakers can submit two-minute videos that feature their own original Truvia Brown Sugar Blend recipe on www.TruviaBakingStar.com, to win a trip to New York and an all-expense paid professionally-filmed baking video that will be promoted by the brand. Three finalists will be brought to NYC for a bake-off, where they’ll meet Truvia brand reps, reporters and editors of top media publications.

 

Here are the details:

  • From September 16 – October 14, 2014, fans can submit their videos via www.TruviaBakingStar.com.
  • From October 21 – October 30, 2014, fans can vote for their favorite of 10 semi-finalists.
  • Shortly after October 30, 2014, the three finalists with the most votes will be notified that they have won an all-expense-paid trip to New York City with a guest.
  • On November 19, 2014, the three finalists’ baking skills will be judged live by the YouTube Star judges and the Truvia® Baking Star Contest winner will be announced.

 

Three finalists will win an all-expense-paid trip to New York City, where they will compete in a live bake-off event on November 19, judged by YouTube stars April Moore, Byron Talbott, Joanne Ozug and Gaby Dalkin. The winner will be awarded the title of Truvia® Baking Star. He or she will win a professionally produced and promoted video, and his or her recipe will be featured on Truvia.com.

 

 

So, on to my recipe!

 

Ingredients:

  •  2 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 cup Truvia brown sugar blend, firmly packed
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons molasses

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