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Altered matchboxes are easy and fun to make! To view a step-by-step tutorial with photos for making these paper boxes, check out the Matchbox Valentines How Tuesday post on the Etsy Storque blog. These little boxes are approximately the size of standard, store-bought, 32-count matchboxes (1.5″ x 2″ x .5″). They make lovely mini gift boxes, and are also fun to swap! Here you can download the PDF template I created and use for creating these matchboxes from scratch using heavy card stock. (Make sure to download the full-size document using the link below.
Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets
Chunks of all white meat chicken breasts coated in breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese then baked until golden. An easy chicken recipe your whole family will love. What can be more kid friendly than chicken nuggets, even the pickiest kids like them. Serve them with ketchup, bbq sauce or whatever you like to dip your nuggets into. Adults can serve them over your favorite salad for a satisfying lunch.
Grilled Salmon Tacos With Fire Roasted Corn Salsa
The end of August always gives me a bit of a pang. I like to think that it’s a holdover from all those years in school, when September meant a return to the structured life of classes and homework. So I try to cram as much last-minute summer fun as possible into the tail-end of the season. Most years that involves a road trip somewhere hot and summery, perhaps with a state fair on the horizon, a bunch of small town thrift stores to dig into, a swimming hole to laze around, or some remote woods to hike through.
How to Crochet with Pop-Tops
Crochet a Flower With Pull Tabs For crafters who want to know how to crochet with pull tabs, we've come up with this free crochet pattern that will teach you how to crochet a flower. This is our first DIY project and it's a good introduction to recycled crafts. This crochet flower can be made into a Christmas tree ornament, a brooch or incorporated into a larger project. To download a printable version, click here » Step 1: Materials & Tools
White Pizza with Shrimp on Naan
A white pizza sauce made with garlic and oil graces leftover naan and is topped off with green onions, black olives and shrimp for a quick and easy pizza night or a stunning appetizer tray. Sometimes life has a way of sneaking up on you. It’s the random phone calls, doctor appointments that take longer than usual, an opportunity you can’t pass up and things like spring break, a daughter who needs some one-on-one time or a spring snowstorm that sends you out to shovel for a few hours that interfere with the best of intentions.Having fast and easy dinner options in these situations is key to sanity, especially if you have four kids and a fresh pile of heavy, wet snow outside the front door. This is when the meals that are pulled from the recesses of the refrigerator and the dark corners of the cupboards succeed in making me feel like I’ve got everything under control. We can do this, no matter what life or mother nature throws at us next. Start with leftover naan.
Grilled Banana Sandwich : The New Abs Diet Cookbook : MensHealth.com
(number of Abs Diet Powerfoods: 3) 1 large banana 1½ tablespoons low-fat whipped cream cheese 1 ½ tablespoons natural peanut butter 1 tablespoon honey pinch of salt 4 slices of whole-grain bread 1. Cut off one-quarter of the banana and mash it with a fork in a bowl; stir in the cream cheese, peanut butter, honey and salt. Spread over 2 bread slices.
Woven Felt Place Mats
Handmade placemats are a great way to add some color and a unique touch to your table. I wanted to create a modern set that would work well for outdoor dining in the summer that would also be easy to make. These woven felt placemats require no sewing so they can be a fun all-family project!
Homemade Corn Dogs
With Independence Day falling on a Monday this year, there’s going to be a lot of celebrating over the weekend. If you dance around the foodie blogosphere, you’ll find lots and lots of sweet 4th of July treats out there to choose from, and yes, I’ll be posting one or two as well, but today I wanted to post something a little more savory. Most people like to grill out to celebrate the Fourth, but sometimes it’s too rainy, or maybe even too cold (after my time in Minnesota, I definitely believe it’s possible to have a cold 4th of July). Obviously, you can still make the requisite burgers and dogs, but why not have something a little more fun and a little more impressive, for hardly any extra work? Homemade corn dogs are a regular at my house. I made them the first time several years ago after reading the label on the store bought, frozen kind.
Honey Mustard Chicken with Bacon and Mushrooms
“This is probably my favorite way to eat chicken.” That’s a quote from my husband the last time I made Honey Mustard Chicken with Bacon and Mushrooms for dinner. Marinate some chicken breasts in honey, mustard, and lemon, then top with bacon, mushrooms and cheese… How could that go wrong? I love to serve this dish with a side of oven fries and a crisp lettuce salad. It’s a meal full of flavor! Begin by making the marinade for the chicken.
