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NEW ideas for Honey Butter
Fresh scones! Yummy!….BUT they HAVE to have honey butter on them, right? As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, if you happen to leave roll dough in the freezer a bit too long, (and they decide they don’t want to raise), just make scones! I searched the web for variations on honey butter recently and thought I’d share with you what I found:
Tidy Mom (one of my very favorite sites) has a great recipe for Cinnamon Honey Butter -AND- a great gift idea!
Also Simply So Good had a recipe which I have to try soon! It reminds me of the really yummy Raspberry Butter I had at a restaurant on a recent weekend trip. If it’s even tastes close….I know it will be fantastic!
Try some NEW variations of honey butter! Let me know of any you can recommend ok? Have a terrific day!
no NEW recipe this Thanksgiving
Hi all! Well, as you know, I love, loVE, LOVE trying NEW things….but I never get to try any NEW recipes for Thanksgiving because we typically travel to a family member’s home and I’m always asked to bring my famous rolls! They are REALLY yummy! I got the recipe from an elderly friend years ago (she was quite famous for her dinner rolls too). So, I’m just sayin’….it’s a GREAT recipe! Try it out!
Sometimes I put some left-over dough in the freezer and bake the rolls another day….however I occasionally forget they’re there and when I pull them out, they really don’t rise very well. BUT!….in that case, I just make scones out of them….(see tomorrow’s post for more info).
Do you get to try NEW recipes for Thanksgiving?….Or are you always expected to bring a specialty? Everyone have a terrific Turkey Day this week!
Linking to: Mandy’s Recipe Box
a NEW dinner routine
I think I may have a NEW dinner routine. The routine used to be: prepare food, set the table, sit down, bless it, enjoy it! Now (occasionally…depending on what’s for dinner) the routine is: prepare food, set the table, sit down, bless it, take photo with iPhone for possible use on blog, enjoy it. :o) I wanted to share this recipe because it’s delicious! It’s my son’s favorite meal, so that right there, is SAYING A LOT!
Linking to: Mandy’s Recipe Box
a NEW photo this week (#5)
Linking to Simple As That
a NEW blogging experience (Blog Award Nomination)
It’s been about 2 months and 2 weeks since I started this blog, and WHAT FUN I’VE HAD! This blogging community is great! Inspiring! Supportive! Friendly!….I could go on! (Yup, I love exclamation points!)
Yesterday, my good blogging friend at Miss Marzipan nominated me for the ‘Very Inspiring Blog Award’, and I am deeply honored!
Below are the rules for the Very Inspiring Blog Award so please follow carefully:
- Display the award logo on your blog.
- Link back to the person who nominated you.
- State 7 things about yourself.
- Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.
- Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements
So…on with the 7 things about me:
1. I’m the only female in my household (one husband and four sons)….although I grew up with 5 sisters and two brothers.
2. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ and believe I can be with my family forever.
3. I totally love to play racquetball!
4. I’m a bit of a transportation control freak. (Don’t put me on the back of a four-wheeler…I HAVE to be the driver. I even have trouble being the passenger in a car.)
5. I got my first job out of college, in part, because my boss figured I was able to use both sides of my brain when he saw that I had earned a Business Administration degree while attending college on a Music scholarship.
6. The world celebrates my birthday! (Well, they celebrate on December 31st, without really realizing that it’s because it’s my birthday….I suppose :o)
7. I’ve found I really love the blogging world!
I’ve chosen the following 15 blogs as my nominees:
1) Our Next Great Adventure 2) The Thinking Closet 3) Don’t be too timid and squeamish 4) Ashley Bollinger 5) Pillow A La Mode 6) Angela’s Adventures 7) Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen 9)Pink Polka Dot Creations 10) The Great Fitness Experiment 11) Designers Sweet Spot 12) Wildflower Photography 13) Serendipity Is Sweet 14) Short On Words 15) Live Love Travel
I really wanted to nominate VedgedOut, but noticed today that she’d already been nominated. (But if you have a chance…check out her blog…it’s awesome!)
So there you have it! Having this NEW blogging experience has really made my day! Thanks Miss Marzipan!!!!
a NEW pillow (Pinterest inspired copycat)
Ok….I tried something NEW 😮 I fell in love with this cute pillow on Pinterest :
(originally posted at the TomKat Studio) and decided to try to replicate it. I made three of them so I can share the love with at least two other friends and/or family. I searched and searched to find the same font they used….(failed). So I finally decided on the “Amaze” font and just free-handed the extra curly cues.
Try something NEW today! Even if it’s copying something off of Pinterest!
Linking to Sew Many Ways
Thursday’s Thought
As you may know, I love photography and I love quotes that motivate me (I’m kind of a quote collector). However, I recently had a DUH moment! Rita at Pink Polka Dot Creations took a picture and posted it with her quote. Duh!!!!! Why haven’t I been combining the two things that I love and that go together so wonderfully???? From now on, my Thursday Thoughts will be posted on one of my photographs (although I’m not promising the two will completely relate to each other :o)
time for a NEW bucket list
Have you made a bucket list yet? Apparently I need a NEW one! I made a bucket list on the Day Zero Project website in September of 2010 and I recently reviewed it. Well….there are a few things that will be impossible to get done by my May 2013 completion date! You’re suppose to list 101 things to do within 1001 days, and baby, it just aint gonna happen! By the way, that site is almost as addicting as Pinterest! I could spend hours looking through random people’s lists, looking for that great idea that I should add to my list! Some of them are actually quite interesting! Other bloggers have lists that are interesting and motivating. Lately I’ve noticed 101 in 1001 day lists at Melinda’s Fitness Blog and (Don’t be) too timid and squeamish. Ohhh!….and I forgot to add this one…Awesome Travel Bucket list at Travel Log.
So, yes, I’ll need to revise mine soon….either now or in May when there’s absolutely no hope left :o) That’s ok though….’The Only Constant is Change’…right?
Have a terrific day!….Do something NEW! Mark something off your bucket list!
a NEW way to buy tomatillos
Is it just the area where I live?….or is it difficult to find a grocery stores that sells canned tomatillos elsewhere too??? I finally found a store that carries them, but WOWZA! $3.18 per can?!?! I bought a few cans then promptly came home and checked on Amazon. HELLO!…they were $1.84 a can! Yes, I now have a NEW way of buying tomatillos! I need them for this FANTASTIC recipe (see below).
I stray from the recipe slightly and use a quesadilla maker:
I also use the GREAT TIP of sprinkling cheese directly on the grill, which I learned at Redheaded Hostess …(she has other great ideas for quesadillas too)! If you try these, let me know what you think! Have an awesome day!
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