One of my daughter's favorite meals is breakfast for dinner. She likes all the pancakes and syrup and sweet stuff. While I don't mind a dessert like menu, I do try to keep it healthy, too. Here is a delicious and easy way to prepare Avocado Eggs. Quantity: Makes 6 avocado eggsIngredients:3 avocados6 medium sized eggs6 slices of … Continue reading Breakfast for Dinner
The weekend is almost here - only a few hours to go! Here are all my favorite things this week. On TV - My husband and I finally started and caught up on Empire. LOVE. Who will inherit it all? Cookie told Lucious the harsh truth this week: "You just don't want to die alone." (Now … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 03.13.15
We had a great time at our annual Halloween Party this past weekend. In addition to good friends, fun times, and delicious snacks it's always great for the kids to do a test run of their costumes! A spooky clip-art owl was my inspiration for the party. Here are the materials I used to make … Continue reading A Happy Spooky Halloween Party
Happy, umm, Sunday! Hope you all had a fabulous week. Here are all my favorites this week (2 days late!) On TV - Well, as you can imagine since this post is two days late - my DVR is full! I finished OITNB (much to discuss there) and Suits is still the only show I … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 07.25.14
We celebrated Olivia's Third Birthday in style with a Cat in the Hat themed party. I made the invitations, address labels, and return address labels on my computer. I found blue envelopes at Staples that matched perfectly! Birthday Banner. I used a plastic red tablecloth and then red and white striped wrapping paper for the … Continue reading A Cat in the Hat Party
Here are all my favorite things from the past week! On TV - I realize I need to do a whole separate post about my thoughts on TV lately, but here is a quick snapshot. This week I still have a few Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Law and Order SVU and one Parenthood on … Continue reading My Friday Favorites 04.04.14
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Bacon Syrup Recipe originally from Garden and Gun Magazine Serves 4-6 photo from original recipe: Ingredients 3sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1.5 inch thick rounds Canola oil for frying Salt For the syrup: 2 cups bacon, cut into small dice 2 cups pecans, chopped 2/3 cup sliced scallions ( … Continue reading Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Bacon Syrup – Family Cookbook Scrapbook – vol 2
As I mentioned in my Happy New year post - my sisters and I have been working on a Family Cookbook Scrapbook for two years. It started as a gift from me to my sister, Roberta, in Atlanta. She loves pumpkins, so I gathered a bunch of pumpkin recipes and scrapbooked them into a binder … Continue reading Family Cookbook Scrapbook
This whole idea started when I was flipping through All You magazine and saw this article entitled How to be a Great Griller. I decided to pull it out for my sister who we visit for 4th of July. She has always been the griller in our family. As each summer issue hit my mailbox, … Continue reading Summertime Binder for Barbeque Recipes
I know it's been a month since Olivia's birthday party. I finally got all the pictures together! To see the planning stages check out my post: Party Inspirations. Let me jump right in to the Under the Sea themed birthday party. Invitations, Name Labels and Thank You Cards by Tiny Prints Outside Decorations Baby Area … Continue reading An Under the Sea Party
My Color-Coded Life 