Food Fun... or Fun Food!

Some of my favorite random pictures from my kitchen!

Salt Cellar

I love my Salt Cellar!!

It came from Home Goods a year or two ago. Its a mini cast iron pot with a lid. It's really heavy ... very sturdy and I get so many compliments on it. It is the one thing in my kitchen that has taken up the most topics of conversation. Super cute... right??

What do you use for your salt cellar? Did you find something random like I did?

Monday Blog Love!!

Have you seen these blogs? These are some of my favies this week!

Sweet Things - http://sweetthings-toronto.blogspot.com/

How About Orange - http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/

Curbly - http://curbly.com/

Smitten Kitchen - http://smittenkitchen.com/

Paper Cakes Finds - http://papercakesfinds.blogspot.com

Oh Joy - http://www.ohjoy.blogs.com/

You will love them :)

Baby Fever!!

Two of my very best friends are preggo and I am thrilled!!! One is 13-14 weeks along and the other is 34 weeks!! Sooo needless to say we should have a baby here in the next few weeks and not just any baby... my god-baby!! 

A couple of weekends ago i threw my very first baby shower ever!! It was such a great time! I took on a couple of fun projects for the baby and the event over the last few months so this week I will try to share them!!

 Starting with these super cute baby name letters!!

Stay Tuned!!

Chunky Monkey!

I've lost three pounds in the last 3 weeks... I'm trying to eat a little smarter. Less at lunch and better snacks (I normally have candy stashed in my desk) like veggies and fruit. I'm not trying to lose weight ... just trying to make better choices when it comes to what I eat. Oh, now my point...

Last week I was at the an annual festival in Atlanta and my hands were swollen. My ring finger was almost to the point that it was a dark purple-blue color. After a bit of a struggle my rings were off my finger and the blood was moving again... but why did it happen and how did it happen after I had even lost some weight? I know your fingers can swell in summer months, or if you are dehydrated so I didn't think much of it since we were outside in he sun. But it continued to happen this week... so my question now is... do I get my ring resized?

I don't want to jump the gun, but I don't want my ring to not fit all summer either. I'm not really sure how they resize a ring in the first place. Do they thin it out? Do they add gold? And how much exactly is this going to cost?

I know what I'm going to be searching on Google tonight :)

WOW... T-I-R-E-D!!

 
I couldn't sleep at all last night. It was one of those night that you just can't fall asleep and once you do you can't stay asleep kind of nights. I was hot, or couldn't get comfy, or a tiny little light from outside was in my eyes... needless to say I have no energy at all today.

I went to ehow.com to see what I could do to perk up in the energy dept and this is what I found!

http://www.ehow.com/how_3826_maintain-energy-throughout.html

If I am going by this list... I have already broken rules 1-4 (the sugar overload of candy at 10:30am was probably not my smartest move today), 5 and 6 I am working on... #7 is crazy because if I try to take a 10 min break at work with my eyes closed I will be sleeping on my desk, and 8 and 9 are more for at home time.

Now, I know these are more of a get into a routine and feel more energy over all but I was looking for a quick fix. :)

Flower pots and fun colors!!

I just happen to have a sweetheart boyfriend who sends me flowers every once in a while... when I'm good ;) The best part... he understands that I love the flowers but I love love love the pots and vases the flowers come in even more! What can I say I live to repurpose!

This once super cute flower holder now is my bright and bold counter top utensil home!! Sooo great right? I didn't even have to paint this one... I loved the orange and just went with it! I am thrilled that I did!

Gotta love that boyfriend ;)

I love TARGET!!

Check out these retro style steel breadboxes!! I found them at Target ON SALE!! I got them each for $10 and thought they would be super cute in my craft room!!

They are perfect for storing anything! I stacked them on top of each other on my desk and love them!!

I got mine at my local store... but they were still listed on Target.com yesterday! They have matching paper towel holders, canisters and trays too!

I love Target!

My boys and their toys...

I had to cut Riley's tennis ball so it was safe for him to play with and so his little tiny mouth could fit around it.

He looks like a little bear!!

He loves that thing... who knew a tennis ball could be so much fun? 

Bailey's all time favorite toy!

Pom Pom Wreath

I thought of my friend Cat right when I decided to take on this fun project! She is over the top sweet and sooo happy! This colorful wreath was a perfect gift for her.

 Craft Supplies:

Styrofoam wreath

1 large bag of pom poms (multi sizes)

glue gun

paint

short piece of ribbon

I started off with a 10 inch styrofoam wreath. I got mine at hobby lobby... on sale for just a couple bucks. I painted it purple so the back of the wreath would be super cute to match the front.

Next, I broke out the glue gun and started covering the wreath with the pom poms one by one.I started with the largest ones, then the middle sized poms and finished with a couple of the tiny ones.

To make it easy for Cat to hang, I glued a little piece of ribbon on the back so she could slip it over any nail or hook.

Did I mention I love fun colors and polka dots??

Cat loved it!! 

 

Ravioli Lasagna

I am always on the look out for quick and easy recipes for weeknight dinners. I had seen a couple recipes that were similar to this one... so one night with some oh hand ingredients... boyfriend and I decided to give our own version a try. This dish is simple, thrown together quickly... and of course DELICIOUS!!

Ingredients:
- Ravioli (we used refrigerated kind)
- Spaghetti Sauce (we used a jar from the store)
- Shredded Mozzarella
- Left overs (we used onion, tomato and fresh mozz)
- Non-Stick Spray
*Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees

 

       *Store bought refrigerated ravioli that we didn't even thaw them out first!!

*Left over fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and onion that we chopped up and put in a small dish. We left our onions raw because we liked that it gave just a little crunch to the dish. If you don't want your onions still a bit crunchy ... saute them in a little butter and/or olive oil before tossing them in your lasagna.

 * Now, let the fun begin!! Spray a glass baking dish (we used a 7x11 since there were only two of us. But you can use 9x13, an 8x8, a pie plate... whatever you have on hand) Start layering until you run out of ingredients. Sauce, ravioli, mozz-tom-onion, spices (we used italian seasoning and red pepper flakes) and repeat!!

*Once we reached the top we covered the whole thing in shredded mozzarella cheese. We are cheese people but you can just cover in sauce if you want to. Put it in the oven for 45min to an hour. Some people cover with foil and pull the foil off the last 10 mins. We did not cover ours because we like our cheese totally melted and a little crispy brown on top too!

                            *Let stand for about 5 mins!! Enjoy!