February 6, 2012

Heart Glazed Cornmeal Cookies

My Kitchen Aid Mixer is named Sir Charles Mixalot III. I just call him Sir Mixalot for short. We had a conversation the other day. It went something like this:

Sir Mixalot: Hey Trace! Would you please use me? I’m sick of collecting dust on your pantry shelf.

Tracy: Hey. You talk! Fiiiiine. I’ll use you. What should I make?

Sir Mixalot: I’m a little outta shape. Something easy. Baby steps. Take it easy on me.

Tracy: I totally get it Sir Mixalot, I haven’t worked out in awhile too. How about cornmeal cookie dough?

Sir Mixalot: I can totally handle that. You’re a dear. Many thanks. Don’t forget to clean my crevices afterward.

Tracy: Ummm. OK…

So I busted out Sir Mixalot and put him to work. The dough came together in a snap. We high-fived and I gave him a deep cleaning (head out of the gutter!). Then I got to work cutting, baking & glazing these cookies. The dough was the easiest part thanks to Sir Mixalot. The glazing part was a little tough and I only say that because I had a 3 year old running around the kitchen island begging me for some cookies and showing me a new toy every 5 seconds. Labor of love, my friends. LABOR OF LOVE.

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February 4, 2012

My Everyday Life: Week 5

Here’s what this past week looked like:

My current mantra.

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February 3, 2012

I love lists, Friday!

I’ve always wanted to go to Yosemite.
Paul Rudd makes me giggle. Love the glasses!
How cute is this San Francisco themed birthday party??!!
I’d eat the heck out of this.
This place would be so pretty on a rainy afternoon with cookies & tea.
Freckle’s Guide to Thrifting ONE & TWO might turn me into a thrifter!
Make an awesome cardigan out of your fave shirt. YES!
Pretzel Dogs, I think I love you.
I love how this little bird eats.
I wish I had some down time…
Nicole redesigned her website. It’s SOOO PRETTY.
Helen Jane! You’re my meal planning guru! I love it all!
Someone please make this for me. Oprah voice app!
Cooking with Colors. And yummy risotto too!
Girl Crush! These workshops look awesome. I want to go to one.

Episode #36 of the Joy the Baker Podcast is called Some Breathing Room. Me & Joy talk about Valentine’s Day, strippers, gifts for men & woman and cutting off your underwear. Yeah I totally went there.

While you’re over at Homefries, check out this week’s High Straightenence! I totally ORGANIZED: MY PURSE!

Look what came! I got my notebooks from the Minted giveaway this week. We have 6 winners!

recipes

February 2, 2012

Sushi Roll Edamame Salad

You guys! I’m going through some SERIOUS Oprah withdrawals. It’s really bad. Last week I had a crazy dream where I was trying to find a pair of sunglasses and all of a sudden I was in Walmart and Oprah (who was wearing FLIP FLOPS!) handed me a pair. I woke up before I could hear her sweet voice. Sigh. THEN yesterday while I was driving to work, I pulled up at a stop light and a shiny black suburban passed by. OMG it was Oprah driving the car. Well…not really. It was a woman that looked just like her.

While figuring out what to type in this paragraph, I did a google search for “Oprah Vegan” because I remembered the show where she went vegan for a week with all of her staffers and LOOK! that post was a year ago! WHAT WHAT?! I think this means we’re destined to meet. Or if not, maybe someone who knows her really well could get her drunk on Moscow Mules and have her call my voicemail? All I want her to say is TRACY SHUTTERBEAN in her voice. It would seriously make my decade.

I wonder if Oprah would like this salad? I’m pretty sure she would. Besides the base of romaine lettuce, there’s a bit of brown rice, avocado chunks, cucumber, nori shreds, edamame, carrots & sesame seeds. It’s hearty yet light! I bet she’d ask for more green onion miso dressing. Of course she’d ask for more dressing! That dressing IS SO DANG GOOD.

Without further adieu…

SUSHI ROLL EDAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME SAAAAAAAALAD FOR EVERYONE!

Did I tell you that Cooper can do the Oprah voice now? It’s glorious.

CONTINUE READING

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February 1, 2012

SUPER BOWL FOOD!

Homemade Pretzels

Guacamole Hummus

Southwestern Pizzas

Easy Baked Potato Chips

Spicy Cocktail Nuts

Maple Bourbon Cider

Dark & Stormy

Moscow Mules

CONTINUE READING

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January 31, 2012

1000 Seed Banana Date Muffins

Random thoughts going through my head:

Do you think that someone actually counted out a thousand seeds in this recipe? At what point did they get interrupted by a 3 year old and lose count? My guess is 33. Do you think it’s a thousand seeds per muffin or per batch? If I walked over to the mirror right now, how many seeds would be stuck in my front teeth? Who would be the first person to tell me about that poppy seed stuck near my canine? Why is the term muffin top so good yet so frightening? Why can I not resist a bread product covered in seeds?

Do you think there’s a thousand specks of glitter in my nail polish? I put on three coats…

Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds and sesame seeds make up that seeded muffin top. I told you they were seedy! They’re super healthy (almost NO oil!) and packed with a fun ingredients including yogurt, bananas, whole wheat flour, ground flaxseed, whipped eggs whites and pureed dates! If you’re planning on eating one before you leave the house, check your grill in the mirror! It’s totally seed central.

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January 30, 2012

SHUTTERBEAN + MINTED GIVEAWAY!

Reminder Alert: Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.

This year I decided to doing something a little different; I’m making personalized journals from Minted!

When I was at Alt last week, I spied these cute/custom journals at the Minted booth. Top-notch paper & print quality, customization options, with a fantastic assortment of designs? COUNT ME IN!

A few days ago, I made six personalized journals yesterday for a few of my friends & family. Each journal contains 40 pages of lined/unlined paper. I made the executive decision and chose lined paper for each journal and I customized each one of them with a few personal touches. Here’s what my journals will look like:

This is a journal for my Valentine. That’s me & Casey. Although I think I’ll be the one using this notebook 😉