Finding Fabulous Food, Photos and Crafts to Share
Below I have a summary of updates, a product review and recipe for my new FAVORITE side dish right now: Cauliflower Popcorn! Update: Boy, do I have some cool crafts waiting for the blog! This summer we made chalkboard coasters from the 2 cent tiles at Lowes and pom pom flowers out of $2 tissue …
*Book Update* I finished “Before Happiness” by Shawn Achor and find it even better than his first book, “The Happiness Advantage.” The problem with a lot of these college studies is their sample source: young college students. Most of us aren’t young college students and most of us were not privileged to attend Harvard, Yale …
**Book Update** I’ve almost finished “Try This: Traveling the Globe without Leaving the Table” by Danyelle Freeman. Truthfully, I thought it was a recipe book. Nope! She’s a food critic in New York City. Now that is a city to be a food critic in! I really enjoyed the book and fully think it is …
Book Update: I started the second book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” from our book club. It is one of her favorite books ever, but it is not for everyone. If you read his other book, “Kite Runner”, then you probably have an idea of what the other book will contain. Oh! And Veronica Roth …
Book Update: So, now that I’m dismissed from jury duty I can talk about it. Wow! What an interesting experience I have to say. Everyone needs to see the process. There is nothing in “pretend” 8th grade mock trials that really prepare you for a plaintiff lawyer grilling you in voir dire. We were even …
I love Panera’s Broccoli Cheddar Soup with the rest of them. Costco makes one that pretty much tastes exactly like it – cheesey, thick and delicious. This soup isn’t as thick, but it is huge on flavor and even my husband who hates this kind of soup LIKED it. So it is getting posted! Plus, …
I was so excited to find out that this pizza uses cream cheese instead of ranch or mayo. Everyone at the meeting LOVED it. It is a Pampered Chef recipe, so of course it is super easy and delicious! Cool Veggie Pizza serves 10-20 (depending on how big the cuts are) 1 package (8 …
Do you know why fries are soooo fattening at the restaurants? Because they are fried…. twice! Restaurants can make fries super fast because they are already fried first at the plant before shipment. Then, the french fries are fried again before serving. I love this recipe for fries because yields crispy results and very tasty …
Book Update: I found “The Giver”! I’m so excited that I found it! I knew I had that book somewhere. Beginning to read a book you read so long ago is nostalgic. It is such a classic. Ordering soon are “Love Trumps Grief” by Kristin Akin and “Comfort Food Makeovers” by America’s Test Kitchen. …
This is my favorite sweet potato casserole recipe ever. EV – ER. I don’t like the marshmallow one and I think the pecan one is pretty good, but I love this one. The calories on the other hand… well, they loved me a little too much. Particularly on my hips! So, I tweaked the recipe …
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