For Mother’s Day I got a composter! I’ve been wanting to put all of our organic waste to good use, and now I can!
Here’s all the plants I’ve been growing from seed…and their development!
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Gardening Progress!
Polenta Party!
Yesterday I had a few family members over for a little Polenta Party for Mother’s Day! I doubled the Breakfast Polenta recipe I posted awhile back and made a little bar of toppings!
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To all the mothers out there….
Happy Mother’s Day!
Hope your day is filled with good food & lots of pampering. You totally deserve it!
Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom. She’s one special lady! I love you Mom!
xoxoxoxo
Cucumber Watermelon Lime Juice
Refreshing!! The key to this juice is the lime you squeeze in at the end. Watermelon and cucumber produce the mellowest of juices so it’s essential to have something tart in the mix. It really helps bring out the sweetness of the watermelon and depth to the cucumber juice. It’s the rug that ties the room together!!
This juice doesn’t resemble the synthetic cucumber-watermelon flavor you might get from a frou-frou lotion or a piece of super sweet bubble gum. It’s the real deal. Light, pure, mellow and totally refreshing when you add a little bit of sparkly water. It’s something you might find in a ritzy spa. Imagine yourself wearing a cozy bathrobe while sipping on this. Got a mud mask? Put it on! My neighbor and I added a nice amount of rum in our juices last night! Went down like water!
This is going in the summer juicing rotation for sure!
Here is what’s in it!
Easy Baked Potato Chips
It started with a mad craving for something crunchy and semi guilt free. I had a few sweet potatoes sitting around and thought I’d bust out a little recipe for baked sweet potato chips from one of those Martha Stewart Magazine cards I saved. Wait. Stop for a second. You don’t see sweet potatoes in this post do you? NOPE. That’s because I burned almost an entire batch of them on my first try. That’s what happens when you try to do too much and don’t pay attention to your kitchen timer. Story of my life. The select few that made it out of the fire were incredible. Sweet, crispy, crunchy with a little bit of tasty oil. I shared one with Cooper and he loved it. In hindsight it’s a good thing that I didn’t have two trays full of sweet potato chips. As you may know, I can’t be trusted.
I needed to rectify my kitchen disaster QUICKLY. Unfortunately there were no sweet potatoes left in my pantry to try the recipe again but I did have 2 russet potatoes! I soaked them in a bowl of water for 10 minutes and patted them dry. Then I resumed the same recipe fore the sweet potatoes. I’ve seen this water/potato technique a few times on TV. It helps the potatoes get crispy because it washes some of the starch off. It totally worked. And I still ate more of these potato chips than I should have.
Fab. Easy. Salty. Crispy. Light. Sinful. Delicious.
You should make them! They are great on their own but of course the experimenter in me wants to tinker with the recipe. Next time I am going to make a rosemary salt to sprinkle on top. Maybe I’ll serve them with a tasty chive dip? Or perhaps sprinkle some Parmesan on top? I wonder if I could make some vinegar chips? What do you think?
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Dahlia corsage from notmartha!
The internet is so very kind. I’ve made soo many good friends over the past few years and every now and then I get a little treat in the mail from somebody special. Today I found this waiting for me.
My very own dahlia corsage from Megan of notmartha!!!!!!
How did she know I WANTED ONE SOOO BADLY???!!!!!
I pinned it on IMMEDIATELY. It matches the navy blue striped tee I have on today.
Thank you Megan! I am absolutely stunned at how beautiful it is! What a nice little surprise in my mailbox this morning!
Any mother would be utterly delighted to receive one for Mother’s day. I know I am!! XOXOXOXOX
Check out her tutorial and her notes! It’s soo detailed & amazing.
Juicing 101
I started 2010 with a resolution to juice more and have been pretty good at keeping my resolution thus far! I finally got my act together and compiled a little juicing tutorial for you. You asked for it and here it is!
This is my juicer. It’s an Omega 1000 Centrifugal Force Juice Extractor
Which means it’s extra tough at getting fruits and vegetables to surrender every last bit of juice they have left in them. It is said to extract 20-30% more juice than most juice extractors. I totally believe it. It’s a totally solid machine. It’s beyond legit.
It’s got a few parts. Here they all are! They easily fit together. It’s no big deal.
