Summer Challenge...Under 5

* Note: If Katrina does not receive any challenges, then there won't be any new recipes posted on Thursday, for the Food Challenge Show. So,consider challenging her. By, giving her a food challenge.

Living Better Cafe and the creator, I Katrina Smith are super excited to start, the summer off with a Challenge. So, if you have always wanted to put someone through a challenge, then here is your chances. Therefore, Living Better Cafe wants you to give the creator a challenge, and from the items that you have selected from your Refrigerator, Pantry or your kitchen cabinet, Katrina will then wrap her mind around those items, and come up with a dish, and will post it on Thursday for the Food Challenge show. Why here is your time to go run crazy in your kitchen to see, if you can pull out some items. So on your march get set GO!

What do you consider a great summer saving meal, and will this dish, Katrina comes up with be that summer saving meal, you have thought of? Consider posting your answer plus your ingredients in the comment below.

Money Saving Tip... Under cabinet bookshelf/spice rack

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Living Better Cafe want to welcome you to, Money Saving Tip Tuesday, were every Tuesday of the week there will be a money-saving tip surprise waiting for you. Whether it be a valuable tip on how to spend less, or a money-saving recipe, Living Better Cafe will always keep you covered. Therefore, you don’t have to feel stressed out about how much money to spend because it all depends on where you shop, and how much you’re willing to spend. Now do you see how much comfortable living Better Cafe has made it for you!

Today Living Better Cafe is bringing you, an awesome delicious deal breaker, or recipe that will keep your wallet and taste buds happy. Therefore, why don’t you come see what has Living Better Cafe buzzing. I Katrina Smith at Living Better Cafe would be, so happy to see you here, which Living Better Cafe would be glad to see you to. Therefore, if you want to keep your wallet happy, consider reading what’s up ahead because Living Better Cafe will not leave you feeling disappointed. Smile because you chose to live Better.

Living Better Cafe has yet another Money Saving Tip for you, and you would not believe this tip that coming to you. If you love food then, you would get where Living Better Cafe is going. How many of you have cookbook's lying around in your kitchen? Why Living Better Cafe bets you all have cook books. But, you just do not have any space to put them, They are either in your pantry where your food goes, or in your cabinet yet where your food goes. So, Living Better Cafe has a great tip for you. And you sure do not want to miss it either. So, this tip should solve your problem.

Under the cabinet bookshelf/spice rack


1. Supply: Why before you can even begin, you will definitely need some supplies. What are these supply you are going to need: Brackets, Anchors, Screws, level, drill Measuring tap and wooden board, and a pencil.

2. Measure: This is definitely the most important step of all, measuring the space between the bottom of the cabinet and your counter before starting.

3. More measuring: you are not seeing double. Yes there is more measuring involved here. Why you are going to need to measure the wooden board, you will be using to place your books on. So, do not put away the tape measure yet because you're not done with it yet.

4. Assembling: Are you ready to start drilling away? Why of course your ready because you would not have that drill in your hand. Therefore, you will need to start anchoring the anchors to the wall with screws. You have already set your marks with your pencil. So, that it will become easy to follow. Now start drilling with the screw attached to the drill bit, to the wall where you have marked with the pencil.

5. Stability: Bracket in? Check. Now you have your brackets in place, now you can place your wooden board up, that will hold your book. After that you will need to pull out your level to check to see, if everything is correctly leveled.

6. Buckle down: you have already done your x 2 measuring, and you have assembled everything plus check to see, if everything has been leveled correctly. So, now it's to fasten the board down to the self. And what do you know BAM ! You have your book's right at eye level and when you need them.

Step 7 (optional)

7. Cover: you can add a ply glass door to keep your books from getting damage, from the moisture that in your kitchen. Why even dust also, as thing's can collect dust pretty fast.

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Banana Praline Pancakes

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Living Better Cafe wants to welcome you to,Breakfast Lounge, were every Sunday of the week there will be a Breakfast Lounge recipe post.

Banana Praline Pancakes

Adapted from: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/praline-pancakes.html

Living Better Cafe says: Why not treat your dad, to breakfast in bed because today is a special day for him. So, show him how much you truly care about him, by treating him to a breakfast in bed. Go ahead dad's you all have earned this. So what better way to treat your "Pop's"? with this recipe of course.

Serves: 5

2 eggs
2 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 c. buttermilk
4 Tbsp. (1/2 stick) unsalted Margarine, melted
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 to 2 Tbsp. E.V.O.O
1 3/4 Banana, mashed
1 cup chopped pralines, plus more for serving
Whipped cream for serving
Pancake syrup for serving

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk in the eggs until bubbles begin to form. Add in the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, margarine, Banana and vanilla extract and stir just until smooth; do not over beat the mixture.

2. Heat a dutch oven skillet, or fry pan over medium heat. delicately coat the pan with E.V.O.O. Pour in 1/2 batter, Topping with 1 Tbsp. Chopped Pralines. Allow to cook until bubbles begin to form at the top about two minutes, and flip over and allow two minutes more.

3. Serve with your dad's favorite syrup and top it off with Whipped cream.

Veggie burger slaw style

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Living Better Cafe wants to, welcome you to Go Vegan was every Saturday throughout this Spring season. And Living Better Cafe knows your taste buds will be singing a Veggie tone. So, Katrina hopes you enjoy this recipe down below.

Serves: 1

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1/8 c. carrot, Julienne
1/8 c. head of cabbage, shredded
1/8 c. broccoli stem, Julienne *( save the head of the broccoli because they can become apart of a different meal.)
1/8 c. zucchini, Julienne
1 Tbsp. & 1 tsp. Cole slaw dressing
2 pieces of bread

Direction:

1. In a small mixing bowl blend together all the ingredients, except the bread.

2. once all the ingredients have been mixed together, its time to add mixture on one slice of bread, covering the slice of bread completely.

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Living Better Cafe want to keep you all in mind that, next week is summer solstice and that only means one thing. Living Better Cafe will be kicking off, it's summer theme. Sizzling summer saving. So, Living Better Cafe hopes your all geared up and ready to start saving lot's more money. Why Living Better Cafe wants to refreshes your memory in case, you may have forgotten what the theme are. So, with further or do, Living Better Cafe is here to re share the theme once again.

Living Better Cafe theme: Sizzling Saving

Beginning date: June 20, 2017 - September 21, 2017

* Living Better Cafe will always keep you abreast of any changes. So, you don't have to worry about Subject to Change without notice.

Sunday: Breakfast Lounge

Monday: Hot Out Of The Oven News

Tuesday: Money Saving Tuesday

Wednesday: Under ten, or five dollar challenge (This is where I allow "YOU!" to challenge me to prepare a meal, using ingredient you selected from your pantry)- I will post a question for you and there, and that's where the challenge begins. and I will post the recipe on Thursday. So, other than that no new recipes for Thursday.)

Thursday: Food challenge show (You have challenged me. So, now its time for me to show "you" what I have created, and everyone else can enjoy this creation.)

Friday: Dessert on a Dime

Saturday: Go Vegan

So, if you haven't already followed Living Better Cafe, I hope you get started because saving money is what Living Better is all about. Plus looking out for those food allergy too. Why the creator has something she would like to say.

As Summer is just around the corner, and everyone geared up for different events that, will be happening during the summer. I Katrina would like to say a couple of things. 1. remember to stay cool during the hottest part of the day, and 2. drink plenty of water and no sugary beverage because that's not going to cool you down. Why No. 3. As my summer break will soon be coming to a close, which means, I will have less time to post as I would like to. So, there maybe day's where you may not hear from me, until my semester is over. Therefore, I just want to give you the heads up ahead of time. Why that's it for me and Living Better Cafe. As I will always say and continue to say: Happy Journeys to Living BETTER!