Succulent Garden!

Want an easy care free garden? 

How about adding some succulents to your backyard. This arrangement (minus the planter from Pottery Barn) cost me about about $80. I bought all the terracotta pots at the Home Depot or the Dollar Store.

  I made them look old by thinning out acrylic paint (black, brown, green in color) with water and painting the pots gently. 

I potted them with all different types of succulents.

And now I have a center piece on my outdoor table that will last me all through the hot summer with little maintenance.

Garden: Collard Greens

I grow a garden every year and this year I added collard greens and artichokes.  My collard greens are growing like crazy!  Someone told me they think I am the only "Girl in all of Southern California growing collards in their backyard."  Ya know what...I'll take it ;)

Want our recipe for collard greens?  Click Here!

How about a refreshing summer cocktail 

with mint from your garden?  Click Here!

Happy Gardening!

Easy 4th of July Treats!

Easy little fun treats that the kids loved making.

I saw a pic of something similar to these on Pinterest and I wanted to give them a try.  The ones I saw had lollipop sticks in the Oreo's but that didn't work for me.  The stick kept breaking the cookie. 

I used Red, White and Blue (You can purchase below) straws with the marshmallows to add a festive touch.

The marshmallow and Oreo version of these were so easy to make. 

I bought white chocolate chips (you can do dark too!) and picked the colored sprinkles I wanted to use.

The first go around I melted the chocolate on the stove. 
WRONG!
  It burned the chocolate and turned it brown... So I  put the white chocolate in the microwave for about for about 1 minute and it melted perfectly.

Dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate
then rolled them in the sprinkles.  

With the Oreos I dipped one side in the chocolate then dipped them in the sprinkles. I also used candy pieces.  
You can really use whatever you want to decorate.

I laid the Oreos on wax paper to dry. They set in about 30 mins.  Bingo had a fun little dessert for a BBQ!

Want the Straws...Purchase Here!

Quanity

25 $4.50 50 $8.75 75 $12.75

Turkey Meatloaf...

Oh My Gosh!  

I am bored with cooking dinner and 

I am bored with this extra post baby weight...

A friend told me about this Feta Turkey Meatloaf she saw on the Food Network by Giada and it sounded great so I checked it out!

It was easy and fantastic and the best thing "The Kids Will Eat It!"
 It is now a staple in the household.  
Click here for Giada's original.  
I modified mine...

Turkey Meatloaf