FREE e-Cookbook from Sassy Steals

My recipe for Maple Bacon Apple Bread has been featured

in a FREE downloadable cookbook from Sassy Steals!!

Everyone who downloads a copy will be entered to win $50 credit to their website! :)
GO CLAIM YOUR COPY!

 

Kids Craft Flowers @ EVMG

My post for East Valley Mom Guide is live!

Check out the simple tutorial HERE!

Homemade Lemonade Concentrate

This homemade lemonade concentrate will let you have fresh lemonade year-round.

We recently transplanted our citrus trees and harvested them in the process.

This is the first year we've been able to do so.

Our lemon tree outdid itself!

We noticed that the lemons looked like they had pink-ish stripes.

 

 When we cut them open,

they were pink inside!

 I've never seen anything like it.

One of them was actually yellow but the rest were pink.

We learned that we have a Eureka Pink Lemonade tree.

They're fascinating and beautiful! 

We love lemonade but my husband and one of my sons are diabetic

so we usually don't get to enjoy this refreshment often.

We picked up the Black & Decker Handy Juicer at Wal-Mart

and quickly had more than 64 oz of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

 

My husband is brilliant in the kitchen and concocted this

no-sugar-added recipe for lemonade concentrate. 

  

Here's how each step looks:

 Each time you're ready for a fresh pitcher,

simply thaw out a bag of concentrate, add water and ice.

 

It's absolutely heavenly!

 Enjoy!

 

T-shirt Quilt Review

I recently had some of my favorite memories made into a blanket

by Project Repat.

 

The quilt options range from lap size to king size using 8x8 to 14x14 inch panels.

 They walk you through the entire process from preparation to shipping.

I opted for a lap quilt which required 16 panels.

 

It isn't required to cut apart all your shirts, only if there's a front and back graphic.

However, I chose to ship only the portions I wanted in the quilt

to save on shipping costs when sending them to the company.

 

It took 12 days from my sending the shirts to receiving my new quilt.

 I got to choose the backing color, which is a nice option.

 

My quilt is made from t-shirts I had in college, one made for me by my littlest sister.

Some of them are shirts that my boys have worn on difficult treks.

Some have traveled to far away places and back home again.

Each holds a fond memory or a very special place in my heart

I love it!

 

With Mother's Day, Father's Day and graduations on their way

I can't think of a more fitting way to keep your memories close than

with a t-shirt quilt from Project Repat.

Frozen Roll Hack

Here's a super, simple way to make frozen rolls taste more like homemade.

Every time I make these, I get huge compliments.

 

The secret isn't anything fancy,

just butter.

I use Rhodes frozen dinner rolls, preparing them according to the directions on the package, except I add a little pat of butter to the top of each roll before I cover them with plastic wrap to rise.

 

They turn out beautifully with a buttery top crust.

{My stomach is growling!}

I hope your family loves this little trick as much as mine!

 What's your favorite food hack? 

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Happy Sunday: An Arrow

I'm speaking in church today. I'm nervous to share some of my journey to peace but

I'm so thankful for where I am today.

Happy Sunday, sweeties.

New Octopus Exhibit at Sea Life Aquarium

Some of the ocean’s brainiest creatures will be invading SEA LIFE Arizona this month! The aquarium’s newest exhibit, Octopus Hideout, will open to the public March 20. 

 

Octopus Hideout features five tanks of cephalopods (meaning “head foot” because their heads are attached to their feet). The Giant Pacific Octopus will reside in one of the largest tanks in the exhibit, but that does not belittle the other fascinating creatures in the exhibit. The Common Cuttlefish and Dwarf Cuttlefish are strangely adorable, with eight arms and two tentacles used for eating. The deep-dwelling Chambered Nautilus looks like something from a sci-fi movie with its 90 tentacles, hard shell and primitive eyes. Last but not least the Peacock Mantis Shrimp rounds out the exhibit. A common predator of cephalopods, the Mantis Shrimp can “punch” its claws fast enough to break glass- don’t worry; this creature will have a tank of her own!  

 

 

Octopus Hideout opens to the public March 20, 2015. It is a traveling exhibit and will be on display at SEA LIFE Arizona through the rest of 2015. For more information and updates on the exhibit, please check the website at www.visitsealife.com/Arizona. 

 

Family Friendly Festivals @ EVMG

My post for East Valley Mom's Guide shows you 5 family friendly festivals you can attend this spring in the Valley.

Check it out here!