no-bake energy bites I probably should have poured a nice stiff drink recipe for you all on this loveliest of lovely tax days. Especially for my fellow small business owners who just gave half of their revenue back to the government. Good grief, I won’t even go there. Instead though, I thought I’d offer my idea of a more comforting alternative. Pasta. When life is good, and when life gets crazy, I turn to pasta. And just as it has for years, this one hit the spot. Read more This past Friday night was meant for celebrating. The weather was sit-out-on-the-deck-in-the-cool-evening-breeze perfection. And a very special birthday girl turned the big 3-0. Friends, meet Stacey. Read more TGIF, friends. Hope that you all have had a lovely week, and that a relaxing weekend lies ahead. Read more Ever since my friends and I met for a tapas happy hour at our neighborhood Spanish restaurant a few weeks ago, I’ve had sangria on my mind. Read more Read more I’ve always said that I like a good balance of cooking and baking in my life.
Drop 5 Pounds in 3 Days! Want to kickstart a healthier you? Try this 3-day anti-inflammatory cleanse from Lyn-Genet Recitas, director of nutrition at Neighborhood Holistic, a nonprofit health center in New York City. Three simple rules: Avoid added salt, drink plenty of water (calculate how much you need here) and if no amounts are listed for a specific ingredient below, you may eat as much as you'd like. Average weight loss on a plan like this? Breakfast 1 cup OAT-FREE granola (second choice: rice-based cereal) and 1 cup berries Or 20-oz smoothie (Blend 1 pear, 1 cup berries, ice and liquid. Note: Columbia County Flax Granola is great for relieving chronic constipation. Lunch Carrot ginger soup (recipe below) Mesclun-mix salad (mesclun, ¼ cup low-sodium chickpeas, cucumber, ½ ounce sunflower seeds and ¼ avocado) with lime agave or lemon oil vinaigrette (recipes below) Snack 1 cup watermelon Steamed broccoli with extra-virgin olive oil Note: Shiitake mushrooms help with immune function. Lunch Leftover chard
Homemade Strawberry Fruit Leather If you follow weelicious on Twitter or Facebook, you may have read about my recent fruit leather obsession. My kids love fruit roll-ups and while there are some great brands out there made with just fruit, I know can save a ton of dough making it myself. While I haven't spent a lot of money trying to figure it out, I have spent a lot of time! As of today, I've made 15 (yes, fifteen!!!!) Here's a breakdown of my results: Batches 1-4: I used juicy strawberries from the farmer's market, baked them for three hours and the batch turned out perfect and chewy with a deep red color. Batches 5-8: So much for being proud of myself. Batches 9-12: Back to perfection using berries from the farmer's market. Batches 13 & 14: Back to the organic grocery store berries, but this time I wised up and only baked them for only two hours, which produced one batch that burned a bit on the edges (because I didn't spread it out totally even) but another turning out perfect.
Pandora: How to Rip and Save Pandoras Music to MP3 Files for Free Pandora is an amazing music service. If you want to actually save the music to your hard drive to keep forever and forever, these steps will allow you to do it easily. Burn straight to mp3 with tags, titles, and sorting intact. Updated! You need firefox as well. 1. New instructional guide here: 3. Welcome to Pandoras Jar Attempting to lauch on port 80...OK [ready, lets grab some MP3'S!!!] 7. How to Make Greek Yogurt Make your own regular or Greek yogurt at home with this easy method. Next to salad in a jar, homemade fat-free Greek yogurt is one of my most powerful weapons in the war against extra poundage. I eat it a minimum of twice a day–with my breakfast cereal and as an afternoon snack. It’s satisfying. (Similar to milk–see Got Milk?)It has luxuriously creamy texture.It’s mild.It’s full of calcium and protein (See more extensive discussion about protein here.)It’s good for the digestive system.It lends itself to many flavor variations.It’s inexpensive when you make it yourself. I honestly can’t think of a better snack. But it can be expensive to buy. Keep reading for all the details or go straight to the recipe below. These directions are perfect for making large batches as opposed to the individual servings produced by an electric yogurt maker. Directions: First: Fill Pyrex batter bowl (my preference) or 2-quart glass container with 2 quarts of fat-free milk. If a skin forms, remove it,
Advice At 18 Somebody asked me what advice I would give to my 18-year-old self. It is as follows: First of all, slow your load. I get that your hormones are raging at the fiery furnace of vagina hellfire terror. Cool. Well, except for that one guy. No. Seriously. That being said, I don’t want you to be so cynical. Remember being vulnerable isn’t something you only do when you are young. Fill your I-Pod up with terrible music so you can one day loudly sing that music when you are 22 and drunk on a rooftop. Stop wearing so many denim skirts they look stupid. Give your best friends more hugs. Realize that many of these friends will go away, and you will soon make new ones who ask ‘so how were you at 18?’ Go to class. Learn shit. Get a job. Do your laundry. Don’t smoke because you can. Be a kid. 18 isn’t that old. Fuck peer pressure. Have the best summer possible. Don’t buy so much gourmet coffee slushies, it’s a waste of money. Go abroad if you can afford it. Have fun sober. Have fun by yourself.
Make Your Own High Low Skirt We love the high low skirt trend. The breezy hemline makes this trend perfect for these hot summer months. You can see Elsie sporting this style here. We thought it would be fun to create our own high low skirt from an existing (thrifted) skirt; making this a project restyle. Here's what we did: 1. My skirt was knee-length to begin with, but you could also use this technique on a maxi skirt. 25 DIY Handmade Gift Tutorials Part 2 I love handmade gifts! I love to give them, I love to receive them, I love to make them. In our home May is a crazy month! We have Mother’s Day, our Anniversary and not just one but 2 birthdays. Gifts are in my mind! …It took me a few weeks however to put this list of handmade gifts together The reason why is because I wanted to give you 25 amazing, cute, affordable and easy gifts. Things that you would really want and love to give. Things that your friends, family and neighbors would love to receive. I hope you like them as much as I do! Mama mía! I love these DIY bracelets! I mean capital LOVE! tutorial by Blog A La Cart DIY Wooden Necklace Modern, easy, fun, colorful… I want one! tutorial by agirlwhomakes.com Oh goodness! Give this to the chef of your home! tutorial by beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com Bottle Cap Flower Magnets What a cute idea! This would make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift. tutorial by Positively Splendid DIY Multi-Strand Scarf Be still my heart! tutorial by Rabbit Food for My Bunny Teeth source
DIY Bandeau Bikini Powered By Blogger Widgets | Customized By: Blogging Tips close 17,754 readers RSS feed | E-mail Search This Blog Grosgrain Archives This Blog Linked From Here The Web DIY Bandeau Bikini July 11, 2012 Take two pieces of contrasting spandex and twist together in front and tie in back! Source: etsy.com via Katie on Pinterest You might also like: Bow Bandeau Swim Swimwear 1 14 Free Swimsuit Patterns! Heart Tanning Bikini DIY Old Bra Into New Bathing Suit Linkwithin 19 {comments}: Anna said... Love this idea!! July 11, 2012 at 10:13 PM Tina@WhatWeKeep said... I have to try this! July 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM BoilerTeach said... I usually use Google Reader to skim over multiple blogs, but you get me every time! July 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM Tyei Bee said... Where do you get the spandex "fabric" ? July 16, 2012 at 1:02 PM Kathleen Frances said... @Tyei BeeThey sell spandex at most fabric stores. July 18, 2012 at 5:45 PM Tove May said... How many meters of spandex do I need to buy? July 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM pennyblossom said... See On