Dress Envy

Spring will be here before we know it. I've been oohing and aahing over these dresses, just waiting for those warmer days where dresses are common attire.

Forever 21 via Pinterest

Anthropology via Pinterest

Spool 72 via Pinterest

Tobi via Pinterest

ModCloth via Pinterest

Peanut Butter Chocolate Popcorn

Jake and I went to Trader Joe's a few days ago and found these de-li-cious mini milk chocolate peanut butter cups. I love them! In my personal opinion, they are better than Reese's. I combined them with popcorn and a little more sugar to create a great party snack.

Recipe slightly altered from Two Peas and Their Pod

Here's what you need:

-5 cups butterless, plain popcorn popped

-Salt

-1/4 cup honey

-3 Tbs sugar

-1/4 cup peanut butter

-1/4 tsp vanilla extract

-A dark chocolate bar

-3/4 cup Trader Joe's mini milk chocolate peanut butter cups (or mini reese's cups)

Here's what you do:

-Lightly salt the popped popcorn

-In a saucepan, combine honey and sugar. Stir regularly until it comes to a boil, then let simmer for two minutes.

-Add peanut butter and vanilla. Stir until well mixed and peanut butter is melted.

-Stir into popcorn while still hot.

-Spread onto wax paper.

-Use a micro-plane to grate dark chocolate on top of the popcorn. (Use as much or as little as you want)

-Allow to cool completely.

-Break popcorn mixture apart into small pieces.

-Place popcorn pieces and peanut butter cups in a bowl and mix well.

-Serve

I love finding new treats at Trader Joe's. What are your go-to Trader Joe's items?

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Chicken Salad Sandwich

This is one of my favorite sandwiches. It's so fresh and simple to make. Just follow these simple steps:

Servings: 2

Here's what you need:

-1 Cooked chicken breast sliced into thin pieces

-1 Apple chopped into bite-sized pieces

-1/4 c. Mayonnaise

-1-2 tsp vinegar

-Salt/Pepper

- A couple handfuls of fresh spinach

-2 Croissants

Here's what you do:

-In a medium bowl, combine chicken, apple pieces, mayo, and vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

-Place a handful of spinach and half of the chicken mixture inside a croissant. Repeat with second sandwich.

Just thinking about this meal makes me hungry. You could add walnuts, change the apples to grapes, or add a little mustard to your sandwich to change it up.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Cranberry Orange Scones

Some mornings you need to eat something other than boring cereal. 

Some mornings you need to get your patootie out of bed, grab a bag of flour, and make something tasty for breakfast.

One these mornings you should make Cranberry Orange Scones.

You can find the recipe here.

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Happy Valentine's!

I hope you all have a fantastic Valentine's day!

My hubby and I will be going to one of our favorite restaurants, Pastinis!

Don't forget yesterday's challenge. 

Valentine's Treat

It's almost Valentine's day! I'm not a huge Valentine's fan, but I like an excuse to bake something sweet and head out to dinner with my hubby. Tomorrow is the day to be extra nice to your sweetie. Why not make him a simple treat like this to sweeten up his day.

Here's what you do:
-Make a fresh batch of rice krispie treats.
-While still warm, press the mixture into a square pan.
-Place Valentine's M&Ms on top of the treats.
-Cut into squares and serve!

Sometimes I feel like I need to make up for my lack of compliment giving by baking... (It's my love language). Jake's love language is words of affirmation, and he's great at giving me compliments. Here's one of my favorite/funniest compliments he's given me:

I had just finished putting on my makeup and sat down next to Jake. He was about to compliment me on how good it looked, but stopped himself and rephrased it to this:

"Wow, Teesha. Your face makes your makeup look so good!"

He's smart, that man.

My challenge to you this Valentine's is to use your spouse's love language to make his day special. Don't know what your or your spouse's love language is? Try this quiz.

I hope you enjoy your Valentine's Day with your sweetie!

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Pizza Pizza

Jake and I are big time pizza people. We love creating a basic crust then looking through our fridge and pantry to make unique and delicious pizzas. For this recipe we used leftover ingredients from the meals we made this past week and combined our favorites to make this lovely creation.

Have any extra dough from the calzones we made earlier this week? Use it to make this pizza.

Here's what you need:
-Pizza dough (I used about 1/3 of this dough recipe)
-Sauce
-Mozzarella Cheese
-Grape tomatoes
-Green bell pepper
-Kalamata Olives

Here's what you do:
-Pre-heat oven to 400 F.
-Lightly grease a baking sheet.
-Roll out dough into a 1/4 inch thick circle. Place on baking sheet.
-Dice up the bell pepper into small bite-sized chunks.
-Slice grape tomatoes and Kalamata olives in half.
-Spread desired amount of sauce evenly onto pizza dough.
-Top with cheese, tomatoes, peppers, and olives.
-Bake for 20-25 min, or until crust is firm and golden brown on the bottom.

We haven't thought of a name for this pizza. Any ideas?

I hope you all have a great weekend! I'm going to go check out a local vintage sale. They have a lot of cute valentine's decor! What are you up to?
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