Hi friends! Today I am sharing with you all of the fun heart shaped treats Hallie and I have been eating this week to celebrate Valentines Day!

Of Course we will be bingeing on Linzer cookies and other treats, but I have also found ways to bring the love into our regular diets!

Heart shaped Watermelon, Heart shaped Cheese and Heart shaped Sandwiches!

 This kid is loving it!

 We’ve also done heart shaped Strawberries and Oatmeal with a “kiss” of raspberry jam….of course Hallie had to stick her finger in it before I was done taking the picture! I had to pull it away for it’s Photo op!

If you are looking for more of a sweet treat (like we were on Saturday) Dunkin Donuts is doing heart shaped donuts!

For dinner we have tried heart shaped personal pizzas:

That was also fun and super delicious!

And of course even snack time at our house has had fun Valentine flair!

Frozen Strawberry Yogurt with heart shaped sprinkles! This is a staple at our house (minus the sprinkles) It is the only way I can get Hal to eat yogurt lately! (I tell her it’s ice cream! I know I am terrible!)

Are you experimenting with any Valentine foods?!
<3 Kelly and Hallie

With Valentines Day around the corner, I thought I would re-share my recipe for those Yummy Linzer cookies! I make them this time every year and people just go nuts for them! These cookies are just that good! As soon as someone hears that I have made some, a mob of people (cough…Dad…cough) are salivating and offering up the shirt on their backs just for a taste!!! For the Friends Fans out there…it’s like Monica and the candy!

I wasn’t kidding!!

I love me some carbs! It’s the reason I was skeptical to try this recipe and the reason I shutter when someone mentions cauliflower pizza crust…I’ve tried it…no it’s not the same…no it’s not a close substitute! Give me the thick warm flaky pizza dough and enjoy your cracker thin low carb “crust”. This recipe however was different! I almost didn’t even miss the starchy goodness of rice!!!
It was simple and you can prepare it with all fresh or frozen Veggies. I did a combination of what I had on hand.

Here’s what you need:

1 Small head of Cauliflower Riced in Food Processor (I say a small head because I feel mine made way too much!)
1 1/2 TBS Sesame Oil
2 small Garlic Cloves
1/2 Chopped Yellow Onion
8 oz Chicken or Beef
1 Cup diced Carrot
1 Bag Frozen Broccoli (or any other Veggie)
2 Eggs
Salt and Pepper to Taste
3 TBS Soy Sauce
Chopped Green Onion as Garnish

Gather Ingredients

Pour Sesame Oil Into Wok or pan with the garlic and Meat. Cook Meat Thoroughly.

Cube Meat and add Carrots and Onion

Cook until Onion is clear and carrots become soft

Add Riced Cauliflower and Mix for about 2 minutes while preparing Frozen veggies in Microwave.

Add Frozen Veggies and Mix again.

When all ingredients seem cooked through. Make a hole in center of wok for your eggs.

Crack eggs into the center and scramble in the hole you made.

When the eggs are scrambled, mix them in with the rest of the ingredients and mix in your spices and soy sauce.

Garnish with Green onion.

Enjoy!

Hi friends! I am so happy that it is almost the weekend! I have a fantastic recipe (if I do say so myself) that you MUST try this weekend! It’s a Chicken Pot Pie recipe that I concocted because I was craving it the other day and couldn’t find a recipe with homemade crust that I liked! I made it last night and everyone licked their plates clean AND went back for seconds! So here goes:

Ingredients:
For Crust:
1 1/2 C flour
3 TBS Sugar
3 ts Baking Powder
1/2 ts salt
1/2 C butter
2 eggs
3 TBS milk
For Filling:
2 carrots chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
1 yellow onion chopped
3 chicken breasts
your favorite poultry seasoning
1 package of frozen veggies of choice (Another reason I made my own recipe, I hate peas! I went with corn, more carrots, and green beans)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/3 C of whipping cream
(olive oil or butter for pan)

Step 1
Mix dry ingredients for dough together.
Step 2
Cut in butter
Step 3
Add eggs and milk and mix well until dough is formed.
Step 4
Cut dough in half leaving a slightly larger half and a slightly smaller one. Press larger one into a greased pie plate
Step 5
Season chicken and pan fry. Cut into chunks and set aside,
Step 6 
Cook veggies in the same pan until soft.
Step 7
Add chicken back into pan and add the cream of chicken and whipping cram. Mix well.
Step 8
Dump mixture into pie plate and top with remaining dough securing sides and cut middle to vent.
Step 9
Cook for 20-25 (until brown) at 375 Enjoy!

Ingredients
Your favorite clear tear free soap (1 Cup)
4 TBS Corn Starch
Food Coloring

In a bowl Mix together the soap and cornstarch.  Next separate mixture into small Tupperware for easy storage. (One for each color) Drop only a couple drops of food coloring into each container and mix well!

I made 2 colors! Slime Green and Purple People Eater Purple Spoon a drop of each color onto a color pallet and hand the kids a paint brush and let them paint the bathtub walls, their toys, themselves! It was easy to clean up and didn’t stain with only a few drops of food coloring! Enjoy!

Hi there and Happy Monday! This weekend was primarily spent on the couch watching too much Netflix and consuming too much chocolate chip cookie dough! We did squeeze in time with both sets of family’s though, and Hallie got to see all 4 of her grandparents which was lucky!

With all the Fall shows starting, the lovely Fall weather we WERE having here in Big D (COME ON FALL!!!!), and the neat Fall activities we have scheduled for this coming week/weekend, I was inspired to share some of my favorite Fall recipes and products!

Fave Products:
Bath and Body Works Candles
All of the Fall scents at Bath and Body Works are scrumptious, but this Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin might be my absolute favorite!

Happy Friday and greetings from the beach! We are taking a little beach Vacation for my mom’s birthday! It will be nice having the whole family together.

Today I am sharing 5 of my favorite Pinterest Recipes!

5. Julia Child’s Chicken– This is probably my favorite chicken recipe ever and we probably eat it once a month! 

4. Spaghetti Squash Bake– This is such a yummy light summer dinner and an absolute fave in our house! 

3. Chicken Shnitzel– Easily Christopher’s favorite chicken recipe! 

2. S’mores Krispy Treats– Anytime I bring these to any event they are gone in seconds! YUM! 

1. Oreo Dip– This is like lick the plate clean good…you wont be sorry you tried it!

Hope you enjoy these and that everyone has a great weekend!
<3 Kelly

If you read my post about our crazy weekend, than you know that I made 2 sauces to top our Gnocchi for a Mother’s Day dinner for Christopher’s sweet Mom! I thought I would share the recipe for the Bolognese sauce because it is fairly simple even for a week night!

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves peeled and chopped
• 1 celery stock coarsely chopped
• 1 carrot coarsely chopped
• 1 lb ground beef/ground turkey
• 1 (28 oz) Can crushed tomoatoes
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 8 fresh basil leaves chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• top with shredded Parmesan or Romano cheese 

Steps:
In a large skillet heat the olive oil over medium heat,  Saute onion and garlic until soft and translucent, Add carrots and celery and cover for 5 minutes, lifting lid every minute to stir. Add the ground meat and raise to high heat to fully brown meat while breaking it up. Once meat is fully browned add tomatoes, parsley and basil and stir over medium heat for a couple minutes.  To finish add salt and pepper to taste.  Top with cheese and enjoy!  

<3 Kelly

Ingredients:
1 Package of Orzo pasta
1 Package frozen chopped spinach
2 Cups Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of milk or cream
1 ts garlic powder
1/2 ts salt
1 small lemon

Directions:
Cook orzo according to package while defrosting spinach. Drain orzo.  Add cheese immediately while still warm and stir. Add in all other ingredients finishing with the lemon. Squeeze lemon juice over pasta and stir. Top with extra Parmesan if desired.

I served this with a Cesar salad and some bread and it was delicious! Hope you enjoy!
<3 Kelly