Author: Lora Knows...

I'm Lora, and the posts you will find here are inspired by the people I love and my daily life. I hope you enjoy browsing through my recipes, and reading about my life as a real estate agent, DIY wannabe, and wife of a retired Marine.
Amazon Finds

Organize Pesky Cords

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In our world of stand mixers, air fryers, blenders and so many other small appliances that require cords, it just gets messy. I saw a post in Instagram that featured these clever little 3M cord organizers. I went to Amazon and found them featured here: Cord Organizer for Kitchen Appliances.

For $7.99 I could get three of them, and if they weren’t great, I could toss them or send them back. They arrived in a couple of days and were immediately put to use. They are a softer rubber so they mold to curve of the appliances. We put one on our food processor, stand mixer and blender, and now there are no more unsightly cords getting in the way. It’s only been a couple of days, but I think these will last quite a while, afterall they are 3M and did adhere very well.

Lora’s Amazon Find Score: 5/5

Daily Happenings, Style

Lip Scrub – Do It!

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Whether you are a lipstick, lip gloss or bare lip enthusiast most of us need to take a little extra care of our lips. Lips can become dry, dull and even cracked if not properly cared for. Since I began using a lip scrub, a couple years ago, my sticks and glosses go on more smoothly, and when I’m bare lipped my lips are smooth and soft.

The best lip scrubs will use exfoliants that don’t irritate. These could be natural ingredients like sugar, citrus or both. Finding the right one for you may take a bit of time, here are two I really love!

Cooking

Brownie Yumminess

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Every once in a while we love to have something sweet in the house. OK, let’s be honest Dean loves sweets, but he is one of those who can simply say he isn’t going to eat processed sugar anymore, and he simply stops.

Since we have given up processed sugars among other things I needed to find an easy alternative to baking something sweet and yummy. During a Google search for sweet treats that didn’t have sucralose, aspartame or any of those alternative sweetners I came across Legit Bread Company.

I was immediately taken in by the ingredients. Most of the products are nut free, grain free, paleo, gluten free, soy free, dairy free and nightshade free. Reading through the directions the ease of being able to make bread, bagels, brownies and even cookies had me placing an order and hoping for the best.

The first thing we decided to make were the brownies. The ingredients are as followed: coconut palm sugar, cassava flour, cocoa powder, psyllium husk powder, baking soda and sea salt. All we had to do was add 2 large eggs, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract and a quarter cup of melted butter. We mixed it all together and put it in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25 minutes, even though it was recommended 35 minutes. We loved the consistency with less baking, and they were yummilicious!