If you haven't ordered yours yet, you should check out Etsy for some great options that you can personalize. Here is a round up of some of my favorites that I've come across lately:
Merry Merry!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Personalized Holiday Card Round Up
I cannot believe Thanksgiving is next week! Being the Christmas-psycho that I am, I ordered my Christmas cards a few weeks ago but that still hasn't stopped me from looking at lots of other fun options!
If you haven't ordered yours yet, you should check out Etsy for some great options that you can personalize. Here is a round up of some of my favorites that I've come across lately:
If you haven't ordered yours yet, you should check out Etsy for some great options that you can personalize. Here is a round up of some of my favorites that I've come across lately:
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Chicken and Broccoli Bake with Sherry and Mushroom Sauce
I've posted my recipe for chicken divan on the blog before. Chicken and broccoli are a great combo to me. This recipe combines those too with a little more of a sauce.
***I am so disappointed because I took some great pics of this dish with my camera and then went to upload three days worth of pictures onto my computer and realized that the memory card was never in my camera and was still sitting in my computer. Sooo, no pictures for this recipe. Sorry! But, trust me, it is worth trying! When I make it again I will update the post with pics.
My recipe inspiration for this was taken from a recipe I saw on Pinterest for Chicken Gloria. Instead of broccoli, it called for button mushrooms. I don't love mushrooms but I do love the flavor they give things. So, I subbed out broccoli for the 'shrooms and just used the cream of mushroom soup to still give it good flavor. I also added some sauteed shallots to give some more depth of flavor. The original recipe also called to serve it over rice. I'm kinda lazy so I oped to cook the rice, layer it in the bottom of the casserole and then layer the chicken, broccoli and sauce on top so I could cook it all in one dish. Do not be fooled - the end result is in one dish but I sure did dirty up some dishes getting to the end result. But, after all was said and done, it was good.
Really good, if you ask my husband. His quote was "this could become one of your signature dishes." He's funny.
What You Need:
4-6 thin sliced chicken breasts
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sherry
1/2 cup milk
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
3 shallots, chopped
4-6 thin slices of muenster cheese
2 cups fresh broccoli, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 cup of fresh parsley
3 cups cooked whole grain rice
salt and pepper to taste
What You Do:
Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
Heat a pan with olive oil. Dredge each chicken breast into flour and shake off excess. Place in pan with the oil and brown. Depending on the size of your pan, you may have to cook 2-3 pieces at a time and then cook another batch. Remove from heat.
Layer a casserole dish with the cooked rice. Place the cooked chicken breasts on top of the rice.
In the same pan as you cooked the chicken, melt the butter and sautee the shallots. After about 3 minutes, add the broccoli and season with salt and pepper. Add the sherry and let it continue to simmer. After the sherry cooks down, add the mushroom soup and milk.
Pour the broccoli and sauce mixture over the chicken and rice. Cover with foil and bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Remove the foil, add a slice of muenster on to the top of each chicken breast. Return to the oven and broil on high for about 2-3 minutes or until cheese is browned and bubbly.
Top with fresh parsley and serve.
***I am so disappointed because I took some great pics of this dish with my camera and then went to upload three days worth of pictures onto my computer and realized that the memory card was never in my camera and was still sitting in my computer. Sooo, no pictures for this recipe. Sorry! But, trust me, it is worth trying! When I make it again I will update the post with pics.
My recipe inspiration for this was taken from a recipe I saw on Pinterest for Chicken Gloria. Instead of broccoli, it called for button mushrooms. I don't love mushrooms but I do love the flavor they give things. So, I subbed out broccoli for the 'shrooms and just used the cream of mushroom soup to still give it good flavor. I also added some sauteed shallots to give some more depth of flavor. The original recipe also called to serve it over rice. I'm kinda lazy so I oped to cook the rice, layer it in the bottom of the casserole and then layer the chicken, broccoli and sauce on top so I could cook it all in one dish. Do not be fooled - the end result is in one dish but I sure did dirty up some dishes getting to the end result. But, after all was said and done, it was good.
Really good, if you ask my husband. His quote was "this could become one of your signature dishes." He's funny.
What You Need:
4-6 thin sliced chicken breasts
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sherry
1/2 cup milk
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
3 shallots, chopped
4-6 thin slices of muenster cheese
2 cups fresh broccoli, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 cup of fresh parsley
3 cups cooked whole grain rice
salt and pepper to taste
What You Do:
Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
Heat a pan with olive oil. Dredge each chicken breast into flour and shake off excess. Place in pan with the oil and brown. Depending on the size of your pan, you may have to cook 2-3 pieces at a time and then cook another batch. Remove from heat.
Layer a casserole dish with the cooked rice. Place the cooked chicken breasts on top of the rice.
In the same pan as you cooked the chicken, melt the butter and sautee the shallots. After about 3 minutes, add the broccoli and season with salt and pepper. Add the sherry and let it continue to simmer. After the sherry cooks down, add the mushroom soup and milk.
Pour the broccoli and sauce mixture over the chicken and rice. Cover with foil and bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Remove the foil, add a slice of muenster on to the top of each chicken breast. Return to the oven and broil on high for about 2-3 minutes or until cheese is browned and bubbly.
Top with fresh parsley and serve.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Candle Commentary
Nobody loves a yummy smelling candle more than me. Shoot, they don't even have to smell good - - I love the ambiance a candle gives even if they are scent free.
Anywho, Anthropologie tends to have the best smelling candles around for the price you pay. My usual year round go-to favorite candle is the Voluspa French Cade one. If you haven't tried it, go get one stat!
Anthro has recently come out with some new scents (at only $18 bucks a candle, they are a good bargain!). I've tried the fire one and the cedar snow one and they are both wonderful for this sort of pre-holiday mood when you don't want to go full-on Christmas scent yet.
Speaking of Christmas scent, my new bargain find came from Target and it is a Glade spruce scented candle. They have an awesome burn time and they can make a whole room smell fabulous. The best part? $2.99 per candle people. Can we say bargain?!
Anywho, Anthropologie tends to have the best smelling candles around for the price you pay. My usual year round go-to favorite candle is the Voluspa French Cade one. If you haven't tried it, go get one stat!
Anthro has recently come out with some new scents (at only $18 bucks a candle, they are a good bargain!). I've tried the fire one and the cedar snow one and they are both wonderful for this sort of pre-holiday mood when you don't want to go full-on Christmas scent yet.
Speaking of Christmas scent, my new bargain find came from Target and it is a Glade spruce scented candle. They have an awesome burn time and they can make a whole room smell fabulous. The best part? $2.99 per candle people. Can we say bargain?!
Monday, November 11, 2013
Akseizer Design Group
Every day when I get home from work, I take my dogs for a walk. 99.9% of the time, we take the same route (I'm exciting that way) which takes us past this:
I have been meaning every day to look it up because I know the sign said "design group" but I couldn't tell from my window stalking if it is commercial or residential or architecture or what. I finally remembered to look for it today and my curiosity if piqued.
I found their website which has a beautiful picture of an interior and nothing else.
I did a little more searching and found a blog called DC by Design (um, I hide out under a rock, I tell you! How did I miss this?!) who recently did a post on the new office space.
ADG stands for Akseizer Design Group and they do in fact do both commercial and residential design. The principle designer, Jeff Akseizer, was recently named one of DC's Design Stars by Washington Life Magazine:
This is definitely one design firm I'll be keeping a look out for in the future!
(photo credits here)
I have been meaning every day to look it up because I know the sign said "design group" but I couldn't tell from my window stalking if it is commercial or residential or architecture or what. I finally remembered to look for it today and my curiosity if piqued.
I found their website which has a beautiful picture of an interior and nothing else.
I did a little more searching and found a blog called DC by Design (um, I hide out under a rock, I tell you! How did I miss this?!) who recently did a post on the new office space.
ADG stands for Akseizer Design Group and they do in fact do both commercial and residential design. The principle designer, Jeff Akseizer, was recently named one of DC's Design Stars by Washington Life Magazine:
This is definitely one design firm I'll be keeping a look out for in the future!
(photo credits here)
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Marvelous Mantels
Loving the unexpected touches that add to the visual interest of all of these mantels. Mine needs help! I've gotta make it a project this winter...
Links to all images via here.
Links to all images via here.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Hot Fudge Chocolate Pie
Ooey, gooey brownie meets chocolate cake. My husband is ready to marry me all over again. I rarely make desserts but since my husband cooked dinner, I figured it was the least I could do!
What You'll Need:
4 ounces
unsalted butter, with a bit extra for greasing pie dish
1 ½ squares unsweetened
baking chocolate (1.5 ounces)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons half and half
What You'll Do:
Pre-heat oven to 350
degrees.
Butter an eight-inch
diameter pie plate or cake pan – use a glass or ceramic, if possible – or use
cooking spray
Melt butter and chocolate
in the microwave. Cool.
Mix sugar into beaten
eggs and combine until sugar is fully incorporated.
Mix in butter-chocolate
mixture until completely blended.
Stir in vanilla and
milk.
Fold in flour, mixing
just until no white streaks remain. No need to over beat it.
Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool slightly and serve with ice cream.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Hand Embroidered Baby Onesies
I got back into my embroidering this weekend and am loving how these baby onesies turned out. More to come - I have so many ideas! Check them all out in my Etsy shop.
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