Watermelon Pops

Hello everyone! I made these this weekend and absolutely loved them. So cute and a lot less messy than the traditional wedge. They’re super easy to make and it only takes 4 steps. Items you’ll need: -Popsicle sticks -Watermelon wedge -Big knife -Paring knife Step 1: Cute the wedge in half. Step 2: Cute the…

Simple guide for boiling an egg to the perfect finish.

Good day beautiful! Here’s a simple but profoundly useful chart for timing your egg boiling. Our family eats approximately three cartons of eggs a week. Insane, I know. Now that the Mr. and I are changing our eating plan to include more protein and working out the egg to person ration just skyrocketed. Having a…

How to use old bananas.

Hello again! Ever go to the grocery store and become overly zealous in your banana purchases? I do this all the time! Now you’re at home trying to figure out what to do with all those browning bananas. Here a great tip: Freeze them and use for smoothies! Just peel, cut, bag and freeze. It’s…

Three steps to make a heathy delicious and filling salad.

Hello lovelies, I’m going to share three simple steps to make a healthy, delicious and filling cucumber salad. I eat this salad a lot because the ingredients are easy to get my hands on and it’s yummy and filling. You’ll need: Cucumber Tomatoes Spring onion Balsamic vinegar Garlic Extra virgin olive oil Agave syrup Italian…

Yumminess. Pumpkin soup and Rosemary steak dip sandwiches.

Hi guys, How are you today? I’m hungry. I should have eaten breakfast! LOL. So last night was the first chilly autumn evening of the season and I decided that soup and sandwiches were in order. So I made pumpkin soup, which if you follow the blog, you know I adore! The sandwiches were rosemary…

Why I make bento lunches.

Hi everyone! So, last week I had a lady ask me why I pack Bento bento lunches for my kid. I had been anticipating this question so I chuckled to myself a bit. I gave them my answer and they just said “Oh, ok.” I guess it wasn’t sexy enough for them. It’s quite simple…

Two holidays = A short week for bento boxes!

Good day people!!!! How are you feeling? I’m feeling wonderful. It’s the first crisp morning of the season and I love it. You open the front door and its still kinda blue outside. The air is cooler than expected but not cold. My kinda weather! I hope you are enjoying the weather at your house!…

September Bento photo challenge.

Look what I found while wandering around Instagram! A Bento Photo challenge!! I’m so excited about this. I can’t promise to do them all but a few are just too nice to pass up. #24! #7!! You should join me! 🙂

Introducing this week’s Bento starting line up!! (HTTR)

I love the Redskins! HTTR!! Hail To The Redskins! RGIII is cleared and I’m thrilled. *doin’ a little dance* Ok that’s enough about that. Our Bento boxes for the week: Monday. If you’re wondering how to make awesome cutout sandwiches check out this tutorial. It’s super easy! I made these two cars in about a…

A new school year and the Bentos are back!!

In my NFL Monday Night Football voice: Welcome to the 2013/2014 school year everyone. It’s gonna be an exciting year with a lot of growth and learning! Kids are pumped! Moms and Dads are pumped! The dog and cat are pumped! 🙂 Lets hear it for our starting line up: Aallll the kiiiiids everyyyyyywheeerrreeeee! *Cheers,…

Balsamic Garlic Chicken with Avocado on Ciabatta

I love this sandwich because its my kinda combination. Simple and luxurious! Plus, is there a better chicken lover than avocado? They were born to be lovers, wouldn’t you agree? I decided to make this when I needed a sandwich to accompany pumpkin soup on our ‘soup and sandwich’ night. I wanted something flavorful and…

Bento boxes from last week + some Pirate’s Booty!

Hello all!! Here are our Bento boxes from last week. The week was kind of hectic and we allcrashed on Friday 🙂 Peanut butter crackers, mandarin orange wedges with a strawberry fruit flat cut out. Pretzels, marshmallows and apple chunks with a flower cut out. This is the result of my first attempt at making…