Soda stream

My daughter loves soda.  There, I said it.  I'm not a bad mom but what can you do?   One solution I've come up with is to make our own.  No, I'm not stirring a witches pot of ingredients on a daily basis.  I took the easy way out and bought a Soda Stream machine.  It was a Christmas present to myself and you know what?  I love it!
 

In fact, I love it so much that I went out and bought the fancier version so that it could be displayed on my bar!   To be honest, I think that the glass bottles are a little harder to clean but they do look nice enough to leave on the table during dinner...

Of course now it seems that the "fancy" version I bought last year has been retooled... but I'm sure it works just as well.

RIP Sodastream Penguin...



The company makes about a million soda flavors which mimic the most popular brands but with lower sugar and les preservatives (and shorter shelf life) but my favorite is just plain carbonated water.  Such a simple girl LOL

My dream kitchen...

Living well sometimes takes planning.  Advanced planning!  And of course you can count on the fact that I've always got a plan ;)  Actually even though I've done 3 kitchen reno's in the last 4 years (don't ask...) I still haven't yet gotten to include my ultimate dream appliance.  Maybe I'm saving it for my ultimate dream kitchen???  Or maybe it's that my current house doesn't have gas.  Either way, as soon as I get the chance I'm ordering one of these babies.

The BlueStar Residential Nova Burner stove.  With a delicate simmer function as well as a 22,000 Ultra Nova burner and convection oven you've got all bases covered.  Configurable with grill, burners, griddle- you name it!  I'd be lying if I said I didn't swoon at the mere thought.  And I'll probably do it in my signature color Riverhaven blue!

Brings a tear to my eye!   Check out these amazing babies at http://www.bluestarcooking.com/ but leave at least one for me please!!