Pink Confetti

This post was more fitting yesterday, 3.14, but my kids and schedule didn't allow the time. I love pie! This love was introduced early by my Grandpa B.  He also loved to bake and create his own recipes.  He made bread, pie, ice cream (not really baking but very yummy), cookies, and cake.  My mom loved her dad's bread so much he taught my dad how to make it.  My dad has been baking bread every since. One of my Grandpa's specialties was Blueberry pie with a whole wheat crust.  He would pick the blueberries from his own trees and make the crust with fresh ground whole wheat.  It was delicious. He also introduced another idea, Pie for breakfast.  He would sometimes have friends over for breakfast and serve pie. Sadly, we haven't been able to find his whole wheat crust recipe. 3.14 day Since yesterday was 'pi day' there were a lot of posts about Pie.  I started craving pie and thinking of my Grandpa's blueberry pie and suddenly ...

I love Saturdays!  Even though I start the day by getting up at 3am and heading off to work. Today's Productivity! Work:  I organized the back room shelfs and made room for all the stuff coming on Wednesday.  I also helped serve customers with my awesome coworkers. Home:  Got home and took a 3 hour nap.  Woke up and started my day all over again. Craft Projects:  Samuel loves to color, paint, glue, or anything else artsy.  So I got out the green construction paper, green paint, scissors, glue, green markers, and pulled up some cute projects in Pinterest. We started by cutting out clover leaves and gluing them on paper.  Samuel hung his finished project on his bedroom door.  Moved on to trying to make our own window clings out of glue and food coloring.  We'll have to attempt that one again as ours still isn't dry and it ran.  By tomorrow it should be a nice green blog window cling. Then it was time to paint. ...

I think I might be getting the hang of this mom of two thing.  Today went pretty well. I got a nap, a workout and a shower.  Crazy but it happened.  I even gave Charlotte a bath too. After completing the above it was time for a Green Smoothie.  My new favorite green smoothie is Mint Chocolate Green Smoothie.  I know weird combo but so good. Mint Chocolate Green Smoothie adapted from  Chocolate Covered Kate .  My goal is to make everything on her blog. 1c Homemade Almond Milk* 1 Banana 2c Spinach 3 scoops Genisoy Chocolate Protein Powder (chocolate chips or cocoa powder work too) 1/2 tsp Peppermint Extract 8 ice cubes Blend together.  Makes 16oz and if I did my calories right it's 569 calories and very filling. How to make Almond Milk Soak 1c almonds overnight, rinse well. Add 4 cups water and 1tsp vanilla extract Blend well then pour though a strainer a few times. For Dinner I'm making Quinoa and Ch...

Two weeks ago I had this crazy idea of making gf ravioli from scratch Previous Ravioli Post "So as I was checking my Pinterest and thinking about making dinner.  One click led to another and there was a recipe for GF Ravioli.  I was intrigued, anytime I find a recipe for gf dough I can knead, I want to try it.   GF Ravioli I didn't have the ingredients to make the filling so I went looking for another filling.  I found a yummy Cheese-Broccoli filling and actually had all the ingredients.  Ravioli Filling " The whole thing didn't quite go as planned but today I took the frozen ravioli out of the freezer tossed it in the oven at 375 and drizzled some butter over it.  Wow!  it was so good and would be even better if I had a white sauce or even red to enjoy it with. So in the near future I will be making the above recipes again and instead of boiling I'll be baking.

It's here my 1st orignal recipe, Spinach Soup.  I have been making lots of smoothies in my new Blendtec but I hadn't made any soup yet.  So tonight I went looking for a spinach soup recipe but as per usual I never find one that uses ingredients I have on hand.  I figured I'm a smart cookie, I can make my own, so I did. Spinach Soup 1.5 c Milk .5 c Half n Half 3 handfuls Spinach 3 string cheeses 2 cloves Garlic 4 Green Onions 1tsp Italian Seasoning 2 Tbl Grated Parmesan Cheese Dash of Salt Dash of Pepper Warm up the milk in the microwave and add to the rest of the ingredients in the blender.  Blend on Soup.  Sprinkle some Parmesan Cheese on top and Enjoy! It a little on the spicy side but my sinuses needed a kick start.

So yesterday was going pretty good.  I even got a 2 1/2 hour nap.  My mom took Samuel to the children's museum and kept him all afternoon. So as I was checking my Pinterest and thinking about making dinner.  One click led to another and there was a recipe for GF Ravioli.  I was intrigued, anytime I find a recipe for gf dough I can knead, I want to try it.   GF Ravioli I didn't have the ingredients to make the filling so I went looking for another filling.  I found a yummy Cheese-Broccoli filling and actually had all the ingredients.  Ravioli Filling Ahh...Good intentions... Charlotte was happily cooing and watching while I dumped the flour and eggs into my blender.  The blendtec made amazing dough.  The only hard part was getting it out.  I get the dough already to knead and start kneading.  Charlotte suddenly decided she didn't want to watch mommy cook anymore, she wanted to be held, NOW! ...

Somedays I wonder how I get so much done.  I am such a procrastinator sometimes.  It's easier to play with the kids and surf the net than fold laundry or do dishes. My only goal today wash to wash my work clothes so I can go to work tomorrow.  However, I ended up being a lot more productive than planned. Started the day at 345am with Charlotte.  Had a busy day at work and was home by 10am.  Since I was to tired to start my laundry I took a nap.  After my nap it was time to pick up the pace and get some work done. Work clothes in the washer, and since Charlotte was still napping, I figured there was more I could get done. My creativity let loose and I grabbed my favorite shirt, some scissors, and butcher paper.  Since finding Pinterest, I've become fascinated with Up-Cycling clothes.  While looking for ideas I came across a post about making your own patterns from your favorite clothes.  Light Bulb moment!  Why...

So last night I went on a baking frenzy.  It started with oven baked fries, moved on to GF bread/buns followed by GF snickerdoodles. The fries turned out awesome. Oven Baked Fries I started by cutting the potatoes in half then using my apple slicer to cut them into fries.  This makes the process go really fast.  Once cut I tossed them in a container with 2 tablespoons of brown rice flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.  Once evenly coated, I spread them out on a cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed with cooking spray.  Before I put them in the oven I drizzled melted butter over the top.  I baked them for 40 min at 400.  They turned out so yummy and crispy on the outside. The bread started out awesome but became a brick rather quickly. I started with Pamela's Bread Mix and followed the directions exactly.  My kitchen smelled so yummy, like fresh rising bread. After letting the dough rest for an hour into the o...