Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
Happy Wednesday!
I love that our Wednesdays here on the blog are filled with delicious recipes. Putting together a weekly menu is so much easier when you can find inspiration all around blog land.
Sunday: A stew might sound a little heavy for our warming temperatures but I loved the idea of a red lentil stew so I had to add it!
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By now you know that last month I headed off to Salt Lake City for my first ever blog conference.
It was the first time I’d been away for more than a night since my second child had been born {and maybe only the third time ever since having kids} so I was a little nervous at how things were going to run at the house while I was gone.
Mathlete is an extremely involved parent and does a lot BUT there are things that he just isn’t use to thinking about when it comes to the kids and our house. I wanted to make things as easy for him as possible so I did a few things as part of my travel preparations that I thought would help things run a little smoother while I was gone. I wanted to share them with you in case you are thinking of taking trip soon but wondering how your family will function without you is giving you a little pause.
First: Make a schedule.
This may seem silly but it will be appreciated. For each day, put who needs to be where and when along with important things to remember like “sally needs to wear red for spirit day.”
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Ok, this is the last boozy baking post for awhile. I hope you’ve enjoyed this {unintentional} series that started with Orange Riesling Whoopie Pies. For this post, we’re going to use the recipe for strawberry prosecco cupcakes to make these delicious Strawberry Prosecco Cake Pops.
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With every season change {and sometimes more often}, I like to change the wreath on our front door. Most often, this comes in the form of a ribbon wreath.
Now, spring has been here for a little while but our very brown winter wreath was still hanging out on the front door. So, this weekend, I decided it was time to infuse a little color out there. Of course, I stopped over on Pinterest for a little inspiration.
Then, I made mine.
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I posted right after my trip about attending Snap! Creative blog conference. It was a quick overview of the highlights that I took away from the conference. It, of course, was by no means comprehensive because there is just.so.much.stuff you learn, see, etc. while there.
So, to give you a peek at a little slice of the awesomeness that is there, I decided to share with you a run down of all of the business cards I collected. Now, I met some other bloggers that {foolishly} forgot to exchange cards with so they aren’t here but it is a pretty good list of the bloggers I did chat with while at the blog conference.
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Have you entered the Queen Bee Market Giveaway yet? We are giving away $200 worth of merchandise hand picked from the Queen Bee Market at Snap!
Only a few more days to enter so go enter now!
Happy Friday everyone! Are you ready to share your latest creation? I hope so because I love seeing new crafts, recipes and do it yourself projects linked each and every week!
It is time to the party…
That’s right, it is time to link up your newest projects and recipes from the last week! …
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Olive oil is all the rage. It is the crux of the Mediterranean diet and famous, in part, thanks to Rachel Ray constantly referring to “EVOO”.
Did you know that there is another healthy oil that should be a part of your diet?
I have recently starting cooking more often with grapeseed oil in addition to using more traditional olive oil. Grapeseed oil has an extremely high smoke point and a light taste which makes it fantastic in so many types of recipes.
Introducing people to grape seed oil and the benefits of trying new cooking products has led to Pompeian’s Time to Change Your Oil! Pompeian is challenging bloggers to reimagine their favorite recipe with healthy grapeseed oil in place of traditional butters and fats. Check out the semi-finalists and case your vote for the most creative and appetizing recipe now through Sunday, 12 May 2013.
The winner, chosen by Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien, will get an all expense paid trip to BlogHer Food ’13 being held in Austin, TX this summer. Oh, and you get a voucher for a free bottle of oil just for entering!
While you think about which recipe you want to re-imagine, try out this delicious recipe for Smoky Fried Chickpeas provided by Pompeian.
Now, get cooking with some new oil and then go vote for the semi-finalists!. YOU can influence which recipe will be featured through out BlogHer Food ’13 this summer!
Today, we are going to round out your Cinco de Mayo celebration meal. Cinco de Mayo drink recipes are so easy to come by {think margaritas, mojitos and beer} but this one offers something a little different from the regular old margarita.
How about a delicious combination of passion fruit juice, agave syrup and a little spice from jalapeno infused tequila?
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Do you wake up on Thursday and get excited to see the Pinworthy Projects Party features?
No? Just me?
Oh well…I do get excited because Thursday is my day to feature some of the amazing things you linked up to the Pinworthy Projects Party last week. And you all seriously know how to make some ridiculously delicious looking recipes, crazy awesome crafts and fantastic DIY projects. It gets so hard to choose each week…good thing Sam and Carrie pick features too {be sure to check them out}.
Now, let me stop rambling and get on to the Pinworthy Projects Party features for this week! You’ll also see these features on Twitter and Pinterest too so be sure you follow all three of the hosts!
Paper Doily Decoupaged Bottles from Craftiments
Slow Cooker Sweet Balsamic Pork from I Heart Eating
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The boozy baking continues here at Just Us Four. I couldn’t just stop with the whoopie pies so I decided to try out some cupcakes too. After all, cupcakes are where my love of boozy baking originated.
After a few {dozen} texts with Liz, I settled on trying red velvet cupcakes first. She was very supportive and assured me that I couldn’t really mess this up. I mean…I was using wine and nothing is bad with wine 😉
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