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Picnic Recipes: A Round-Up

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Memorial Day Recipe Round-Up

Can you believe Memorial Day is almost here?!  People celebrate often my having picnics, so I developed this round-up of picnic recipes for you! In less than two weeks, we’ll be embarking on the first holiday weekend of the summer!

Memorial Day is typically the sign that summer is starting and a great time to get together with family and friends for a picnic!  There are so many delicious recipes, but how tasking to go from website to website finding the perfect ones!  I decided to snag some of my favorites of my own and also some of my blogger friends to share with you in one handy place!

Snacks

Everyone knows that a good picnic has plenty of snacks on hand!  So, why not start off with these yummy snack mixes from my friend Val over at Corn, Beans, Pigs, & Kids?!

Sweet & Salty Corn Chips

Kid-Friendly Trail Mix

Image courtesy of Corn, Beans, Pigs, & Kids

 Caramel Crispix Mix

While the kiddos are snacking on these tasty treats, mom can sip on this Strawberry Watermelon Spritzer!

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Instant Pot Minute Steak

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Instant Pot Minute Steak

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I grew up eating minute steak, fried in a flour coating on the stove top. T did not and he does not love it, so I’m always trying new recipes to find something he likes. We always have several packages each year when we have a cow butchered, so I need to find ways to get rid of it!  For those of you who don’t have a lot of excess beef sitting around, minute steak is a very affordable way to get some iron into your diet!  However, if not cooked properly, minute steak can be incredibly tough!

Eat Healthy with Instant Pot Chicken Tacos and Fresh Pico de Gallo

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Garden Update, May 8th 2017

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Garden Update, May 8th 2017

Can you believe two weeks have flown by since the first garden update?!  How does time fly faster each week?  Thanks to Iowa weather, we had almost a week straight of rain and cold temps, so I was wondering if I was ever going to get to dig in the dirt!  Praise the good Lord, the sun came out last week and the rain stopped, so dirt has dried up and I went shopping for my flowers with my mom!

I’m so excited to give you a tour of my gardens this week because I finally got my annual flowers planted and even snagged a couple new perennials as well! So, let’s just get to showing you all the goodness!

If you followed along last year, you’ll know that I have flower boxes and a plantar by my front door, a raised bed around our flag pole and a couple pots that all get annuals.  I also have a spot that I call the North bed which is all perennials and thanks to my friends at Natural Plus Nursery, it seems to get something new each year!

North Perennial Bed

So, we’ll start with the North bed!  This year I added a Firewitch that will bloom pink!  I’m so excited about this as the leaves are a completely different shade green as the other items in this bed and the pink will be a fun color!  It will also be a shorter plant so, it’ll offset all the phlox I have in this bed!  I’m looking forward to seeing how it grows and spreads throughout the year!

Firewitch
Firewitch

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What I’m Loving Right Now, May 2017

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It’s May already?! How did that happen?? We are on the downhill slide of track season (unless R makes it to the state track meet)! We actually only have 4 meets left between the two boys!  But, since it’s a new month, that means a new round of What I’m Loving Right Now and a giveaway (that I’m super excited about) at the end!

It’s All About the Tunic

Can I be perfectly honest with you?  I could live in nothing but leggings and tunics!  It’s true and I’m not ashamed to admit it!  If you find the right combo, it can be like wearing pajamas to work, so really…what’s not to love?!  Right now I’m loving this Apt. 9 Tunic Tee from Kohls!  While they call is a tee, the texture is similar to a microsuede so it makes it dressy enough to wear to work!  Seriously comfy and stylish at the same time!  It comes in a variety of colors and prints, but of course, I snagged it in gray!  That is one of my two color groups that I wear!  (If you don’t believe me, check out last month’s edition!) Ha!

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Moonshine Recipes: Lime Smith Creek Moonshine Margarita

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Moonshine Recipes: Lime Smith Creek Moonshine Margarita

Who’s on the lookout for moonshine recipes? 

Moonshine margarita

Spring is a crazy time of year in our house and this Lime Moonshine Margarita is currently my saving grace!  And thanks to Smith Creek and this moonshine recipe, I’m surviving!  Ok, well…maybe it’s not as dramatic as that, but I can say that I have enjoyed a few of these in the past couple months when I have a minute of downtime!

As T and I were headed back from Branson this past February, it dawned on us, that the only souvenirs we brought back with us were alcoholic.  (I promise we don’t need AA!)  But, as it ended up on this trip, we visited the Crown Valley Distillery for a short tour and some tastings and we also visited Smith Creek Moonshine Tasting Room at the Branson Landing!  Since then, I’ve been on the hunt for great moonshine recipes.

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2017 Garden Update, 4/24/2017

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2017 Garden Update, 4/24/2017

Can you believe it?! Gardening season is finally here! Well, according to the weather forecast, it’s gardening season for a day or two then it’ll be cold and wet again! Geesh!  But, I couldn’t wait any longer, so it’s officially the first Garden Update post!  Last year, I waited until the end of May and well…that is just too long!  So, here it is!

So, is there a lot to update you on with the gardens?  Have I actually done a lot in the gardens yet?  No, not really, but I am so stinking excited this year to share it all with you, that I figured we might as well start from the very beginning, right?!

Vegetable Garden

I basically badgered T this weekend to till our vegetable garden until he gave in!  It seemed dry on the top…well, maybe he was right and it was too wet.  However, he’s as stubborn as I am, so by the time he had tilled half of it, he told me I was planting it, so planting we did!  We put in cucumbers, green onions, radishes, tomatoes, and a row of green beans!  I’m hoping the sun and warm temps today will give those little seeds a jump start otherwise, I’ll never live this down!  (I think you can see from the picture how wet it actually was..you can see where we packed it down in between rows!)  There is still the other half of the garden to till and plant (when and if it ever dries up) along with 2 other sections that are adjoining!

Vegetable Garden
April 23rd 2017 Vegetable Garden

 

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Oven Packet Asparagus & Life Right Now

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I love asparagus and pretty much anyway you cook it, I’ll eat (except pickled).  It’s one of my favorite vegetables.  Traditionally, I eat it sauteed or steamed, but the other day I was feeling adventurous and whipped up this Oven Packet Asparagus!  It’s tasty, easy,  requires little attention, and is healthy!  What makes for a better recipe?!

Life Right Now

Remember those posts where I said we were on “vacation”…meaning there was no sports season going on?  Well, that is no more!  We’re officially into the swing of track season!  Both R & M are participating this year!  It adds more track meets (19 in about 6 weeks to be exact), but I’m so excited about it!  Track is definitely R’s sport.  It’s what he excels at and I would bet to say it’s the one he enjoys the most!  This is M’s first year participating and I can’t wait to see how he does, which events he enjoys, and where this takes him!

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My Favorite Things

What I’m Loving Right Now, April 2017

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What I’m Loving Right Now, April 2017

It’s a new month, April 2017, and that means a new series to my blog! Yay! Ok, maybe I’m the only one that is this excited about it right now, but I hope you eventually share my excitement!  I’m not a fashion or trend blogger and I’m not what one would consider high-class, but I’m real and I really love certain things, so I’ve decided to share them with you once a month!

Favorite Clothes

Gray Basic from Orange Possum! This is the first thing I’m loving right now!  I just snagged this basic tunic from my favorite boutique this past weekend, but I’m already swooning over it.  It’s basic, can be dressed up or dressed down and is uber comfy!  This past weekend, I paired it with some leggings and casual tennis shoes and it was perfect for grabbing supper out with my family!

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