Monday, September 26, 2011

Yum. Yum. Yummity Yum!

Super simple, yet amazing butternut squash soup recipe...


Butternut Squash Soup
1 3lb butternut squash, peeled and cubed
3 Tbsp olive oil
3 tsp salt
pinch of pepper
1 Tbsp butter
1 large yellow onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 Tbsp chopped sage
6 cups veggie stock

In a large bowl, toss squash with 2 Tbsp olive oil, 2 tsp salt & pinch of pepper. Place squash in a baking dish and roast for 15 minutes-turn over and roast an additional 15 minutes, or until caramelized. 

In a large pan, heat butter & 1 Tbsp olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, celery and sage-saute until translucent. Add stock & squash. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Blend with blender stick or in batches in a blender. If using a blender allow soup to cool slightly before blending.

I had actually posted about this soup once before, but never posted the recipe! So I HAD to share it so you can enjoy the deliciousness too!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Tasty Tuesday

Dinner tonight was delicious! 
I made individual bakes for Bob and I.
(sorry for the horrible picture! my camera is mia, hence the crappy phone photo and we started eating before I remembered to take a picture.)
We also had a side dish of patty pan squash baked with melted butter, fresh basil and salt.


This was yesterdays dinner...
Garlic mashed potato pizza! 
(again, phone photo....blech!)


I need to find my camera soon!!!

Monday, September 19, 2011

Must Have Monday: Cheesecake Edition

I am currently craving cheesecake tonight, so I thought that would be the perfect theme for this weeks Must Have Monday! 


Strawberry Cheesecake lip balm from heartsandbows494
This sounds so yummy! I think I might want to eat it if I owned it! 


Sooooo wish I lived in New York City so I could order this from mmeztler!!!


Don't these look amazing?! 
Stop on by the DaintyButton shop to order them for your next cheesecake craving!


The little ones in your life would love to have these for play time!
Check out LittleCrickets to get the pattern to make them : )


This would make me hungry all the time if I had it! 
Yummm.... find this delicious candle at cdavis74 


Perfect for the cheesecake-loving-jewelry-wearing person in your life!
Swing by and visit AnnaOriona to order a pair!


Thursday, September 8, 2011

If only...

If only I had the body to wear these...





I would so own everything from her lovely shop!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

MIA...

I've been MIA for a long time now...wow, almost all of April and ALL of May! Sadly, I have no excuse...I have just been doing the same old thing. Just working and doing things around the house --okay, sort of doing things around the house.

A few weeks ago I made a big purchase, well, to me it was a big purchase. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time spending a lot of money on myself all at once. $20 here and $15 there is one thing, but for me to go out and spend $300 on myself at once is crazy!

Anywho, I bought myself the most amazing thing ever...


a NookColor!!! 
I love, love, love it!!! 

Since I bought it just over two weeks ago, I have read 6 books...and I'm currently in the middle of reading two more! It is so great! I never even turn the tv on at home anymore. The only time the tv comes on when I'm home, is if my tv addict of a boyfriend is home too : )

Two books that I would suggest to everyone would be:
Homer's Odyssey: A fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat.

and

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who touched the World

...I know, I know, it appears that I am just some crazy cat lady (not saying I'm not just a little), but they really are good books! It is just amazing how animals can touch the hearts of millions and probably not even realize it.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Must Have Monday: Green Tea Edition

I have been thinking about making a green tea cupcake with an orange, passion fruit & jasmine green tea frosting...so, I thought it would only be fitting that today's Must Have Monday would be green tea themed!


I wish I could enjoy a bath with this bath fizzie!! Green tea and cucumber bath fizzie by yourdirtylaundry


I want to taste these! Green tea cookies by zugarhaus


Green tea soy candle in a recycled tin by smokeymountainscents


What a cute coffee cozy!!! By kljmayfield9


Beautiful green tea lampwork necklace and earring set by TheGratefulBead


Yummy green tea shampoo bar by DressGreen


Lovely green tea yarn by SeeJayneKnitYarns

Monday, April 4, 2011

Spaghetti and Meatball Cupcakes

I have been big into making cupcakes lately...


I made these spaghetti and meatball cupcakes for April Fools Day.
The people at work LOVED them!
Some of them were even taking photos and sending it to their friends, haha.

My current cupcake adventure is tomato soup cupcakes...


Yes, those two in the front have finger indents in them...I was testing to see if they were done, clearly they were not!
They actually taste kinda like pumpkin pie!!!
They have cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in them so that explains the pumpkin pie taste.
They have not gotten frosted yet because I am letting the flavors of the frosting mesh a little longer.
I made a Chai frosting for on top of them...yum!