{Pinned there, Done that} Apple Cinnamon Crescents

I completed another pin, woo hoo!!

How yummy do these Apple Cinnamon Crescent Rolls that Lindsey over at Love, Lindsey shared on her blog look? Awesome right?! 

Src: Love, Lindsay

Clearly, I did not take any pictures before they were devoured which is why 
the picture that Lindsey so kindly posted is also posted on my blog. My bad.

 Well, they are.

I made these beauties for my Friday Morning Ladies Bible Study last week and they were a HUGE hit!  Super easy too.

I peeled and sliced the apple, soaked them in OJ so as not to get brown, and then wrapped them up with cinnamon and sugar and popped them in the oven.

12 minutes later I tossed them in a serving bowl and walked out the door.

I highly recommend this recipe. Super yummy!

Linking up: Naptime Crafters,  Finger Prints onthe Fridge, Delicate Construction,  Pocket Full of Pink, 
Ladybird Ln,  Finding my way in Texas, Crafty Moms Share,  Young and Crafty, Creating my way to Success, 

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Weekly Meal Plan #17

Soo... I kind of flaked on the meal plan this week (seeing as how it's WEDNESDAY)...

SUNDAY was
Mushroom Chicken Bake

MONDAY was
Tilapia with Spinach and Tomatoes

TUESDAY (Happy Valentine's Day) was
Steak, Smashed potatoes, and asparagus

WEDNESDAY
Chef Salad

THURSDAY
Smokey BBQ Brisket

FRIDAY
Pizza Night -- I need to come up with a fun new pizza to try...

SATURDAY
Chicken & Artichokes in a white wine sauce


Last weeks recap

Football empanadas

Pesto Stuffed burgers (yum!)

Easy/hearty Chicken Noodle Soup

Corned Beef Potatoes and Cabbage

Ham, Mushroom, asparagus frittata

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day blog land, I hope you have something lovely planned (if you want it).

I don't do much (correction... this year I did NOTHING) in terms of decorating for Valentine's day, but I did squeeze in some craftiness:

Photo Valentines

Teacher Gifts
PS - I have an obsession with paint penning... and I'm ok with that

The girls in their matching outfits today with...



... the doily painted t-shirts that I made
(I believe I saw this in the Parenting Magazine)

In last year's valentine's post I shared how this is NOT really a holiday that hubby and I celebrate ... and I'm ok with that. We don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on dinner, flowers, and gifts (although I do insist hubby picks me up a card).

To add onto last years list of our Valentine's Day's throughout our dating and married life, this year is much of the same; low-key and not romantic:

2012: Dinner with hubby, the girls, and hubbys mom at our house.

2011: Hubby leaves ON Valentines Day for a 10 day Air Assault Course

2010: Charlotte and I go to Texas to see hubby for a few days before he flies over to Kuwait.... we're together, yes... but his parents joined us in Texas
2009: It is 10 days before I had Charlotte AND Hubby is at a 2 week army drill... I ended up going to Lindsay's for dinner because her hubby was out of town at work
2008: By this time we have determined that Valentines Day was NOT our holiday, so apparently Hubby had rugby practice
2007: A good friend of ours, Lindsay, was living with us temporarily while her and her husband were in the process of moving to the area... so it was a romantic dinner for... er... 3
2006: This was before we got married so I was living in Miami and fiance was up here
2005: I was in Clemson, boyfriend was in Texas at Army Officer Basic Course
2004: We had recently started dating and boyfriend had an away rugby game... although for this year he DID make it back to his apartment by 11:30pm ...

Happy Valentine's Day!!
Linking up: My Girlish Whims
Gingersnap Crafts , Trophy Wife, 
Elizabeth and Co , Someday Crafts , Little Lucy Lu , 
A round Tuit 

{Pinned there, Done that} Oven Baked "fried" Pickles

Cute title, huh? Sooooo not an original thought, though.

I was trying to find a cute way of saying "completed pins" so I googled "pinned and done" and a few results down was this link to a pinterest board called "Pinned there, Done that"by Stacy at she's {Kinda} Crafty so I borrowed it. Actually, more googling found a website actually called Pin there, Done That... but I digress.

SO... hubby is at drill all weekend so I decide to try out these Oven Baked Fried Pickles (see, it is in my "Completed Pins" board, what what!). This is from the blog Schilling Times but the original pin that she was inspired by was deleted.

Not my results
original src: unknown

Oven baked "fried" pickles

Makes 6 servings.

Ingredients

• 1 jar pickle slices
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp hot sauce
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 1/2 cups panko bread crumbs
• Ranch dressing + hot sauce for dipping

Directions

1. Turn oven broiler on high.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and flour. Add Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, garlic powder, Cajun seasoning, and pepper. Mix well.
3. Place panko bread crumbs in a shallow dish. Dunk each pickle slice into the egg mixture, than dredge it in the panko bread crumbs.
4. Place coated pickles on a rack set above a baking sheet and sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Place pan in the middle rack of the oven. Broil for about 3 minutes on each side.
5. Serve with Ranch dressing and a dash of hot sauce.

I of course did not have pickle slices on hand... I had spears. SOOOO I sliced those, meaning I had a LOT of pickles to dunk and dredge (although I did half the recipe since it was just the girls and I).

My version.... less pleasing to the eye than the original :)

Yum! Very tasty... we all loved them (even my 16 month old, but the ranch might have had something to do with it)

Enjoy! Happy Pinning :)

Linking up: CRAFT,  Sarahndipities, 
My Girlish Whims
Someday Crafts
Little Lucy Lu  ,

{The Ever popular} Photo Sucker Valentine

A month ago or so, while at Sam's club, my mother-in-law picked up a package of their super cute decorated valentine suckers. So I started looking online for some ideas. I was thrilled when I saw this photo sucker valentine on Keepin' in Real 24-7-365 by way of Tip Junkie. 

I was like PERFECT! This is the only place I've seen it (granted I didn't search after finding this...), so maybe people don't know about it yet... um yeah. I see it EVERYWHERE now! Maybe the "photo sucker" card is so-last-year because now I see super cute photo glow stick cards and super-hero suckers.

Oh well!
Thanks to photoshop and some fun free fonts that I downloaded, here's mine...

Luckily, the parents of the kids who will be receiving this on Valentine's Day don't stalk crafty blogs as much as I do... so hopefully they won't ALL be photo sucker cards.

However, one of my friends who's daughter is in another class (who DOES happen to follow a ton of crafty blogs did this last year for her older son) is doing these this year too.

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out!

Linking up: It's a Keeper, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Gluesticks, Momnivores Dilema, CRAFT  , Sarahndipities

Late Night Date Night ::. Wine Tasting

With Valentines Day coming up I wanted to share mine and hubby's "Late Night Date Night" that we had the other day.

Hubby and I like wine... we don't know anything about it... but we like it.

Case in point...
I was at my girlfriends rehearsal dinner a few years back and I was chatting with the bride-to-be and the server comes around asking what wine we want.

"The one with alcohol" is what is running through my mind so I decide to go with the last thing he said, so I say, "Oh, I'll have the pinot" and he pauses... but proceeds to pour me a glass.

The bride leans over and says, "is that what you wanted?" I say, "um... Pinot is fine" and she goes, "well you know we've got Pinot Grigio AND Pinot Noir". Ah ha... didn't even know there were TWO "Pinots".

I tried to play it off, but the thing that tipped her off was that I was previously drinking white wine.... and I was poured Pinot Noir.

Anyway, so we've established that I know nothing about wine except that there is red, white, and champagne (plus some others that I did NOT know about).

Hubby and I had kind of gotten into a rut and hadn't done a date night in a while so I took it upon myself to think up this gem.

Inspired by the movie "Bottle Shock" that we had recently rented, I went to the grocery and picked up a few bottles of wine (4 to be exact), got some cheese and crackers, some firewood, AND ran to the library and picked up Introduction to Wine Tasting Vol 1. (It was the only one the library had, but it was good!) Then we waited until the kids went to bed.

Paper plates... classy!

No... we didn't drink ALL the wine between the 2 of us... but we had some fun. We didn't have to spend tons of money or get a babysitter and we still got a fun romantic date night.

We still want to go take a wine class with an instructor, but this was a great (cheap) introduction! The only downside is now I can NOT stop the hubby from swirling his wine with every. single. sip.

Linking up: Vintage Wanna Bee, Elizabeth and Co, Shwin and Shwin, Chef in Training, Cantelmos, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Not Just a Housewife, Homework, Trophy Wife  , Turtles Life for Me, DIY By Design, My Girlish Whims, Somewhat Simple, Momnivores Dilema,  Gluesticks, Hookin Up with HOH, Crafty Blog Stalker, It's A Keeper, CRAFT, Sarahndipities, The Girl Creative

Weekly Meal Plan #16

SUNDAY we had...
Football Empanadas; they were ok.

Empanadas

MONDAY
Pesto Stuffed Burgers

TUESDAY
Easy/Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup

WEDNESDAY
Chef Salad

THURSDAY (Going to see Les Miserables!!!!)
Date Night!

FRIDAY
Pizza Night

SATURDAY
Hubby has drill so the girls and I will have something low-key... mmmm maybe a Frittata
Last weeks recap

Peachy Hotwings

Taco Night

Salmon with Champagne Sauce

 If you are interested in ANY recipe, please let me know! I am more than happy to share :)