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Motivation Monday

11 Monday May 2015

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I finally did it – I bought an iron skillet over the weekend. I am so excited!

*This is my Monday Motivation*

Iron Skillet

Being that my husband is the pickiest eater on the face of the planet (I kid you not) I don’t really get to experiment a lot so cooking is relatively simple. Sometimes, I scroll through recipe and cooking blogs and find myself longing for the chance to try all these awesome yummy recipes that fill the world-wide web. Unfortunately, I cannot partake in a lot of this deliciousness because all of the ingredients which give lots of the flavor to all these fabulous recipes are a no-go in our house.

Over the past year I have been relying a lot on Pinterest for gathering recipes. In addition, I have been watching the cooking channel a lot – I have to get my fill of cooking some how! In watching these shows I totally want to try baking or braising my meat in the same pan in which I sear or brown it, I’m guessing doing this adds tons of flavor – Yes?

I’ve been online learning how to “season” my cast iron skillet and looking for a yummy london broil recipe – Hoping this turns out good!

If you have any tips to share with me please feel free – I’m a newbie!

Chickpea, Avocado & Feta Cheese

02 Wednesday Jul 2014

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When I saw this recipe I heard the avocado calling me. I knew I would make this. It was just a matter of time. Enter summer and my new camera guy!

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This recipe was originally for a sandwich and the ingredients were mashed up and placed on whole wheat bread. I had it both ways and either way, it is yummy! I had to split the recipe from the Original Recipe by Two Peas & Their Pod because I am the only one in the house who will eat this. The first day I had it as a salad.

Here is what you are going to need –

Chickpea, Avocado & Feta Cheese Salad

1/2 Can of Chickpeas
1 Avocado
1 Green Onion
1 T Chopped Cilantro
1/4 Cup of Feta Cheese
1 Lime

*Salt and pepper to taste

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The next day I used the rest of the chickpeas and made my second batch. I had the first half in a sandwich and the rest in my salad last night for dinner.

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I can’t wait to make it again as an alternative to guacamole.

Thank you Pinterest Planning and Pinterest!

PS I am loving my new camera guy!


No-Bake Watermelon Cake!

21 Wednesday May 2014

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I need to get more fruits and vegetables in my little guy. When it comes to fruits there are very few he actually eats. Watermelon is one of them. So when I saw this Watermelon Cake I thought it might be a good shot that he would eat it. In addition, I could try some strawberries. Here’s what you need –

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Watermelon Cake

1 Watermelon
Strawberries, halved and quartered
Cool Whip
Sliced almonds

First, cut stems off strawberries, cut them in half and quarter them. Clean with soap and water. I enlisted my little guy and he was all for it, what a great help he has become! Next, cut a cylinder out of the watermelon (instead of using the whole watermelon I thought I would try a small one first and it was a good thing because the watermelon we picked was not very tasty).

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Once you have the watermelon into the shape of a cylinder frost it with the Cool Whip

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 We added strawberries and almonds

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 Ta-Da!!

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Not only did my little guy help with slicing and cleaning the strawberries as well as icing the watermelon he was also the camera guy – I think I found myself a new photographer!

Found this fun project on Pinterest!

Happy Thanksgiving

28 Thursday Nov 2013

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Remember the Turkey Vegetable Platter a couple posts back? It was my Pinterest – Pinspiration Weekly Wrap-Up. I had to try it! Even though it didn’t turn out exactly how I would have liked, it was still so stinkin cute and better even, the guests loved it.

Here is my attempt…

vegetable platter

Hoping this Thanksgiving weekend brings you rest and relaxation!

Pumpkin Spice Coffee

22 Friday Nov 2013

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The other day while at the supermarket I treated myself to a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice coffee. So YUMMY! However, doling out five bucks for a coffee every morning is simply NOT in my budget. So when I saw this I jumped on it –

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GROSS!!

Not at all a comparison to Starbucks pumpkin spice. A huge disappointment because I found myself daydreaming about that pumpkin spice coffee, but there was no way I was going to fork out another FIVE bucks for a cup of coffee. Not to mention that each cup holds 13 grams of fat – YEP – 13 GRAMS.

Enter the good ole’ Internet and into the search engine I typed – “How do I make Starbucks pumpkin spice coffee” and there it was – all sorts of recipes telling me how to quench this new screaming addiction. So… through a few trials of a little of this and a little of that, I found the following compromise –

Ingredients:

2 cups of regular coffee

1/4 c fat-free french vanilla

1/4 c regular french vanilla

1 Tbsp Libby’s Pumpkin (not pictured)

1 tsp regular sugar

1 tsp brown sugar

1/4 tsp of pumpkin spice

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Mix everything but the coffee, in a separate cup and heat up in the microwave for a minute and a half – combine hot coffee and hot cream mixture and Enjoy!

You’re gonna love it!