My Top 10 Favorite Things from Puritan's Pride

This post is sponsored by Puritan's Pride

As most of you know, I am a Healthy Perspectives blogger for Puritan's Pride. It's been a lot of fun sharing my love of all things Paleo with their audience. One of the awesome perks of working with them is that I get to try new products each month.

I've discovered so many great things and decided I want to share my top 10 favorite things from Puritan's Pride.

They have such a wide variety of products that I am truly in love with. It was really tough to whittle the list down to 10! Whittle I did, and this is what made the cut!

Products in order of mention:
Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Barney Butter Almond Butter Raw & Chia
Caveman Cookies Original
Ground Cinnamon
Onion Powder
Organic Rooibos Tea
BottlesUp Blue 22-Ounce Glass Water Bottle
Puritan's Pride Plant-Based Omega-3
Puritan's Pride Tea Tree Oil
Puritan's Pride Argan Oil

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The first cocktail recipe I'm tackling is the lemon drop. I used to love these, but haven't had one in years because of the sugar in them. In my early twenties I had a friend who used to make them for me all the time. We would have a shaker full of these, a good dinner, and a chick flick on a weeknight, it was kind of bliss. Her recipe called for so. much. SUGAR though! Looking back I think she may have used a wee bit more sugar than most, but they were really good.

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That would be brilliant!

You know, bloggers area always talking seo this and seo that (seo stands for search engine optimization if you're not a blogger) and I'm just over here yammering. I'm pretty sure when google's spider crawlers (anyone shiver at that word picture? eesh) get to FitViews they just think, "Yeesh, move along. Nothing to see here." Ha ha ha!

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The Whole30Program is amazing. I highly recommend it. Every time I've done a Whole 30 I have felt AMAZING by the end. It's a very empowering experience. It is not however an easy one. Mostly because the food prep can take much more time if you're used to grab and go options. A little planning ahead and you can definitely make it through the 30 days.

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Keto Paleo Cinnamon Vanilla Coffee Creamer
Ingredients
1 can Organic Canned Coconut Milk(the kind in the carton just won't do it)
1 teaspoon Cinnamon Vietnamese Organic
1 teaspoon Organic Pure Vanilla for 100% Whole30 compliant swap for vanilla powder
2 teaspoons raw local honey or Organic Maple Syrup (optional, leave out for KETO, Whole30, or 21DSD)

Directions
Blend all ingredients well in your blender. Store in the refrigerator (the cinnamon tends to set…

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Low Carb Sweet Cinnamon PancakesFor this recipe you'll need:
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BodyShred Meal Plan
BodyShred Rotational Calendar
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DVDs-
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5. Conquer
6. Triumph
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8. Apex
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The BodyShred Workouts
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This Easy Paleo Mashed Sweet Potatoes recipe was sponsored by Puritan's Pride.
Growing up the only encounter I had with sweet potatoes was at Thanksgiving dinner. I hesitate to even call them sweet potatoes though. They were more like sugar coated sugar, with a side of sugar. Seriously!
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Blech! Needless to say I was never fond of sweet potatoes.
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