Two of the most amazing words ever spoken….Spaghetti and Meatballs.
This is the ultimate comfort food for many folks ~ including me! Let’s get cooking…
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Happy Sunday! If you have visited here since Friday then you might have seen my recipe for Baked Pear & Honey Steel Cut Oatmeal. The colors in these fall pears are seasonally perfect for crafts, fashion, table settings & home design. I hope they inspire you as much as they for me.
Visit & follow my ColorFresh Pinterest boards for more color inspiration. For more on this palette you can also see COLOURlovers.
It’s that time of the year when I crave a hot breakfast daily. Nothing like a steamy pot of coffee and Baked Pear & Honey Steel Cut Oatmeal to get your day started right.
Breakfast bakes are really popular both on this blog in right here in our home.
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Pepperoni Mozzarella Grilled Cheese. Isn’t that all you need to know.
Why should I get too wordy ~ when all you really need to do is get up & make one. Or two….
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I stopped at the farmers market recently and couldn’t wait to get home to take some pretty photos.
The desire burned to make fruity shakes with the pretty fruit…Peach, Strawberry, Apricot Shakes to be exact. Oh, by the way ~ it’s my birthday today. Oh happy day!
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Hello there! On Friday I had to share a cocktail to kick off the weekend ~ so I owe ya a lunchbox.
Last week I went on a field trip with my daughters class. A really fun historical tour of our awesome town! She packed her lunch (The Worlds Greatest PB&J) & I packed this energy packed Quinoa & Chickpea Salad.
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Happy Friday! I do believe it’s time for happy hour ~ or at least it will be in about 12 hours, at 5:30pm. My kids are obsessed with Izze’s. I mean really obsessed…as soon as they see them they go nuts. Crazy nuts, like Izze’s are the best thing that could ever happen to a person. I’m obsessed with really good cocktails. With a strong preference for fruity ones. So what is a girl to do? She’s to take her kids treasured Izze’s and makes Izze SkinnyGirl Cocktails…that’s what!
All you need to do is get your hands on your favorite Izze flavors (I bought all the ones I could find)
Grab some pretty glasses, ice…
And of course your favorite spirits. For me Skinny Girl Tangerine is super awesome mixed with all sorts of fruity flavors.
And I don’t have to worry about slipping into my skinny jeans.
Always a bonus.
You can go all matchy matchy with the fruits you add to the drinks ~ or you can mix ’em up for kicks.
I say be wild & go for kicks.
Go git ’em, have a great Friday…and enjoy some fruity punch cocktails.
Hope you all enjoy your weekend!
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Fruity Cocktail Recipe Links
A lot of times we crave pasta ~ but not truly in pasta form. Cheesy Spaghetti Squash can be a GREAT gluten-free, healthy alternative.
Let’s pack this simple, tasty meal in the lunchbox. You & your kids will be glad you did….
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Wow! I’m so impressed by the latest cookbook Weelcious Lunches by my pal Catherine McCord.
We talk about How to Pack a LunchBox a heck of a lot around here. So does Catherine on her amazing blog Weelicious. There are sooooo many stand out recipes in her book, as soon as I saw this one for The World’s Greatest PB&J I had to give it a whirl.
I mean who doesn’t love waffles & peanut butter ‘n jelly?
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Hello! Hope you all had a lovely long Labor Day weekend. We sure did over here.
Time to pack those lunch boxes. Today is day 1 where I pack lunches for you (& us) every school day for the month of September. Stay tuned for lots of giveaways & prized throughout the month. (Something tomorrow actually!)
The goal? To get more folks to pack healthy, homemade lunches at home…for school, work & travel. Read more about the September Project LunchBox Challenge.
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This pasta salad can be whipped together in no time at all and can be served all year long. My kids are obsessed with little mozzarella balls, small sea shell pasta and these teeny tiny tomatoes. All of which come together to create the perfect Caprese Pasta Salad!
Dig in…
We plan on being lazy today.
And we plan on munching on plenty of this pasta salad. I found these teeny tiny tomatoes in Dolores, CO. On my way back from Durango. On my way home to Telluride.
I love the small towns around here. There is so much to explore in each one! I also love how each of these ingredients are about the same size…the tomatoes, shells and mozzarella fresco.
I had no basil on hand, which would be traditional in a Caprese salad. No worries though. Fresh cilantro was a very tasty replacement.
Hopefully, you can try this recipe soon and don’t forget to pack some in your lunchbox too!
Pasta Salad Recipe Links
Well here we are ~ we made it to September! Most of the kids are back to school. Lunches are being packed. Parents are relieved & a bit stressed with the new routine. (Happy Labor Day weekend by the way!)
A good portion of the school days of September I will be posting lunchbox creations. Inspiration for you to pack those homemade lunches. I’m hoping you will inspire all of us too. Throughout the month I will be hosting incentive giveaways including relevant cookbooks & more!
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