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New Food Pyramid: USDA's MyPlate

Have you seen it yet? I am just now seeing it. I want to get my sister's view on it, since she did a lot of work on her dissertation on obesity and healthy eating. She has taught our family a lot about eating properly. We go meatless a couple days a week, using beans instead. We roast most of our veggies instead of using fat and other sugars to add flavor. But it is nice to see the government changing their view of things.


Here is her take on it: we use it in our sessions work in childhood obesity research and have found that families really like the plate method. We were excited that the pyramid image was replaced by the plate. It makes sense because people can visualize how much of each food group goes on the plate. The "analyze my diet" function is awesome as well as the plan my menu. They even have recs for nursing mothers.

USDA's MyPlate - Home page

The website has come a long way. There is even a coloring page for kids to learn the portion amounts. There are foodtrackers available as well as some great food plans for different age groups!

Small event planning

I am planning an event for family and friends with my son's upcoming Baptism and Hubby's birthday in a few weeks! Sometimes you hear about 2nd children being treated differently than first, and though it is tough to juggle two and pay them equal attention, I want to do something special for my baby boy! So a small cookout after the ceremony at our home is simple and inexpensive while still being celebratory. It is hot, so though we have plans to put up either a gazebo or screen porch one day, that will not happen by then. We do have a 10x10 white tent we will use, probably on the back deck for some easy shade. We have a sprinkler and kiddie pool for the kids to cool off in while playing by the playground.

Now the food will be fairly simple. Hot dogs and hamburgers, baked beans, cole slaw, pasta salad, and desserts. I am fortunate enough that all the family wants to help, so Hubby and I will provide the meats, condiments and drinks, while family will be making the side dishes listed above and some sweets.


I have to make some type of dessert though, I can't help it. I have a sweet tooth, and Love desserts. So really you can't have too much dessert! I have to share the following recipe with you.


I love a few things from Richella's site.

This cake recipe which she calls the cake that will make you famous, and who can argue, it is a big hit on the blogosphere.


Here are the ingredients you'll need:



You'll also need eggs, oil, and water. Mix up the white cake according to package directions. You can use any cake mix that makes you happy (or, if you're like me, you'll use the one that was on sale).


Prepare two round cake pans; divide batter evenly between the pans. HINT: If you have a food scale, use it to make sure your batter is divided evenly. Otherwise, just eyeball it.





Bake layers according to package directions. Allow the two cake rounds to cool thoroughly.


Meanwhile, make your filling/frosting by combining


1 lb. powdered sugar, sifted
8 oz. sour cream
2 6 oz. packages frozen coconut (find it in the frozen fruit section of your grocery store), thawed


Mix thoroughly.


When cake layers are completely cooled, cut them in half horizontally. You'll be creating four layers. I use a long serrated knife for this process. Don't worry if the layers aren't perfect.





Place one layer, cut side up, on a cake plate. It's best to use a plate with a lip, since your filling/frosting will be fairly runny.


Spread 1/4 of your filling/icing on the first layer. HINT: Again, if you have a food scale, use it to make sure you're using 1/4 of your filling for each layer. You'll have 36 oz. of frosting, so use about 9 oz. per layer. If you don't have a food scale, just eyeball it. . . but if you do have a food scale, it's useful for making this cake just right!


Continue stacking each layer, cut side up, on top of one another, topping each layer with 1/4 of the filling.






When you've stacked the last layer and spread the last bit of filling on top, you may want to sprinkle a bit of flaked coconut (I like Baker's Angel Flake) on top just because it looks pretty.





Now here's the most important part. Cover the cake well (I cover it with plastic wrap first, then also with foil) and refrigerate it for at least TWO DAYS before serving. Three days would be fine, too. But it needs to sit for at least two days to give plenty of time for the yummy filling to sink down into every crevice of the layers--the layers that you placed CUT SIDE UP, remember? After two days the cake will be moist and cold and absolutely irresistible.

I also love her idea here of using a beverage dispenser. It is July after all and it will be HOT, and even though we have a large home, we know we need overflow space outside. And will need lots of cool drinks to keep everyone hydrated. I think this looks So sophisticated, and even something as simple as water with some fruit added for flavor looks So much nicer!

A few of my favorite things......

Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens......sorry I just couldn't help it. I enjoyed a wonderful 4th Holiday weekend, complete with Zac Brown Concert with my hubby and a few surprises. I ran across several great ideas on blog land that I couldn't wait to share with you! I plan to try my hand at a few of these, but some may be a while or I just love and couldn't wait to share with you. If you were featured, be sure to grab my Featured button on my sidebar!

How adorable are these! She has step by step tutorial with pics on her site on how to make these. I am in LOVE! So stinkin cute! I must try this!


This Easy knit skirt tutorial



She does my kind of sewing, not really measured, not really following directions....


Then.... there is this great Printable for summer. I can see my daughter being occupied with this for a while during road trips and outside. though there are a few that would be hard to find in our neck of the woods....




I love recycling and finding new uses for things, especially if it is something I have in Large quantity of like say, Diaper boxes.

do you see the Huggies logo showing through? She has a great step by step tute on how to do this!! Great idea huh.....


If you were featured don't forget to grab the featured button! Happy Tuesday!! woohoo for short work weeks!

Peacocks.....

I Love Peacocks. I like the feathers people use to decorate with. I want to get one for our farm. I Just Love Love Love them. I lucked up to find one at a yard sale a few weeks ago for $1.

Isn't he handsome? but the colors are not what you think of when you think of royal blues, teals and purples of peacock feathers, Plus it doesn't go with ANY decor in my house. I wanted another bird for my mantle to balance the hen I painted, so I thought this would work perfect. Its about the same size. I grabbed the spray paint can I used to spray my frame and chicken that I used here.

Didn't he turn out so cute? Now you know why I am calling him a He, right? the hens-females, do not have the pretty decorative plumage that the males have. They are pretty plain and brown. It is the males that have the beautiful plumage to attract the females, and in case you didn't notice, that is why it is called the peacock...not the peahen.

 I am In LOVE with how sweet it is. The blue is so much prettier and even covers up the little chip it had in one of the tail feathers.



what do you think? not bad for $1, now I need to remember to post a picture of him sitting up on my mantle.

How fun: Recipes!

Are you ready for some fun Recipes to try for this 4th of July Weekend!  Now below are a few that I have stumbled across recently and can't wait to try.


Make your own gummi bears

I Love Gummi Bears- always have. and now use my kids as an excuse to buy them lol. can't wait to see how these turn out.

Firework Floats and popcorn

Can you say YUMMY You basically had me wanting to try this when I saw the pop rocks!! I mean how does that not SCREAM fireworks!! This looks so good.

1 hour of freezer cooking

I love Crystal's recipes and am So inspired by her freezer cooking in an hour series. I love the idea of freezer cooking, but find it hard to make time to do it while working FT and trying to spend quality time with my family. Her 1 hour Freezer cooking posts makes it seem much more doable.

Tres Leches recipe

How absolutely yummy does this sound. Looks light and rich, and might make it to hubbys celebration meal this week. This is Not helping my diet plans.

Which of these sound good to you? do you have any other recipes you love?



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Homemade soda recipes

So the hubby and I are trying to lose weight by eating healthier options. He is having a hard time adjusting to drinking only water even if it has fresh squeezed juice added to it. He likes his soda, and we have been looking for some healthier lower sugar options. We do make an italian soda using soda water or some type of sparkling water that doesn't have sugar or sodium added to it. Then add sugar free flavored syrup to it, and that is a quick easy refreshing drink.

I also found the following recipes for make your own soda. Have any of you ever tried making soda yourself?? How did it turn out? Was it easy, hard??? any recipes to share?

Almost 'Coke'

List of Ingredients

2 T Sugar
1 t Vanilla
1/4 t Cinnamon
1 t Bottled Lime Juice
1 C Club Soda

Recipe

Mix well and add lots of ice.
This will look different than regular cola, but tastes similar.
You can vary the lime juice and sugar amounts to suit your taste.
Makes 1 Cup

Fresh Ginger Ale Recipe

Yield: 12 Servings

2 c Coarsely chopped, peeled Fresh ginger
3 Strips lemon peel, pith removed
1 1/2 c Sugar
3 Quarts chilled club soda
Ice cubes
Put ginger, lemon peel, and 4 cups of water into a 4quart pan. Bring to the boil, and continue boiling, without lid, for about 10 minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 cups sugar and boil for about 15 more minutes. Liquid should have reduced to about 3 cups. Pour through a wire seive and discard the peel and ginger. Cool the syrup, cover and chill for at least an hour.

To serve, pour 1/4 cup of the syrup into a tall glass and add 1 cup of the club soda. Add ice and more soft drink syrup if needed.

Al's Root Beer

Yield: 1 Batch

1 ts Dry yeast
1/2 c ;Water, warm
2 c Sugar, granulated
1 qt ;Water, hot
4 ts Rootbeer extract
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Dissolve sugar in 1 quart hot water. Mix together dissolved yeast, sugar and root beer extract in gallon jar. Fill jar with warm water and stir until all ingredients are well combined. Cover jar. Set in warm sun for four hours. It will be ready to drink the next day. Chill soft drink before serving.

Have you heard of Homesav?


This post had a good write up and info on it, click to see what I mean. Basically Homesav has Daily deals on home décor, furniture and giftware – up to 70% off




New brands almost every day

Great savings for members on high quality products

Furniture, linen, kitchenware, lamps and more

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A few items that I found that I loved are below. Some are pretty pricey, but I love the ideas- like these colorful pillows, and the color combos.....


 
 
How cute is this egg chair. Love the orange.
 
MMMMM, Love this rug.
 

 
 
Be sure to check out the link above yourself. What do you like?
 

Project ideas that I LOVE

Camera Strap cover

How cute is this camera strap, easy way to use up those fabric scraps. I have a scrap I can't wait to use to make this!!!


Toy gun holster posted at Living with Punks (don't you love that blog name) , but made by The Boy Trifecta, Has some great boy ideas.


Another way to use this would be those Nerf guns. I have a friend who's son has a ton of the nerf guns- he would LOVE this.....

Getting My daugher involved in projects

One of the recent finds at a new local thrift store scored me this cute basket for just $1. It is metal and wicker and has cute daisy print on it. I knew it would be cute for my daugters room, but could not figure out why something with a cute flower print would be in such a dull lifeless color.

So I showed it to my girlie girl 4 year old Spencer and off we went to Walmart to pick out a paint color.

I was not the least bit surprised that she picked out this watermelon pink color. So we both put on our pink gloves, learned to shake the can together and let her spray the first bit. She does not have quite enough strength to do much, but the point was to allow her the feeling of participating and accomplishing a craft that she can use. I hope this is a skill that she can take on to repurpose- or Upcycle, as the new term is, various things in a frugal manner throughout life. I hope to teach her to use her imagination and be creative in so many different parts of her life.

Well here is a quick picture we took while the paint was drying. My helper would tell me where I missed spots and help hold up the handle so I could get the bottom. We had so much fun together and it was less than 5 minutes of actual work on this project. The rest was waiting for it to dry. This basket just looks so much happier and alive. So summery!

Here is a close up of it when it was dry. See how sweet those little daisy flowers look in a bright glossy pink. This basket is really unrecognizeable. Quick projects like this spur me on to bigger projects. I love having instant gratification of an end result that spray paint gives me.

Quick Remodel

I have found myself quickly falling in love with the modern farmhouse style decor I have been seeing around lately. I just can't help it. It may have to do with the fact we live on a mini-farm, or that we drink from mason jars. Or maybe its the simplicity of it that I love since I have 2 small children now. Anyway. When we built our house my decorating style was a work in progress and based on both of our mother's decor tastes- especially since most of the items came from either of them, or handed down, or a few that hubby and I picked out together. A modge podge collection at best. Thanks to blogworld I have found several pictures and tips of re-purposing already owned items or thrifted items to fit your home better. So Modern Farmhouse is more my style now!! Woohoo! Step one- deciding my style complete. Well my fireplace is a stacked rock in earthtone colors. I had black pillar candle holders from a home party, a wood clock that was a wedding present, and miscellaneous items that we put out of the kids reach as our mantle decor. What? Admit it- you have the omg- takethatouttayourmouth- your gonna-choke items on your mantle too!

So I have found a few items that I just loved along the way that I used to re-decorate this central, easy to see part of my Living Room. First I used this scale I purchased at a thrift store.

Don't ya just love that scale.....ahhhh.

Oh and then there is this lantern candle holder that my MIL found at Goodwill for me! She has finally figured out my tastes YAY

 Then my $3 frame from another thrift store that was a gold metallic color, I sprayed it an ocean blue color.

 

And I took those black pillar candle holders and spray painted them white, then sanded the edges so some of the black could peek through. And I ended up with This look!

Can you understand how much I LOVE this! I forgot to mention the little rooster I found for $1 at a thrift store. It was multicolored- like a rooster, and I sprayed it the same blue as the frame. I think my mantle needed this pop of color. It is so peaceful and calming. I just look at it now and enjoy the 10 mins of work it took me.

Quick Change Baby Outfit!

I found this cute little linen romper outfit. I have heard it called a johnjohn outfit because of John Kennedy Jr wearing it. It was 1.50 at a thrift store and this pale yellow color and had some stains. I don't really Love yellow on kids, especially boys, but since I was looking to make a Baptism outfit for my son, this was sorta the style I wanted to go with. I figured worse case I could use it as a pattern. Then I realized I could use it for more than that. After my trial run using Rit dye on dirty spit clothes with success, I felt confident I could try dying this outfit a royal blue. Again worse case I could just use it as a pattern.

So I used the Royal Blue color Rit dye and followed the directions on the packet for using the bucket method. I wanted to make this DARK, as far from this yellow as possible. So I dissolved my dye in 2c of hot water, and ran hot water into my bucket, then added the pre-dissolved dye. I wet the outfit in the sink to make sure it was good and wet and grabbed a chopstick to use to stir with. What, its free and can be thrown away...

I let it sit overnight in the dye bath to get it super dark. Then I drained the water out, and started running warm water, then slowly cooler water in to rinse it until clear water came out of the outfit. Then washed in the baby detergent. I ended up with this result:

I could Not be happier with how it turned out. Very boyish, clean look. Some cute socks or white shoes would look perfect with this. I am not using it as his Baptism outfit though as due to the linen texture of the cloth, it looks a little like denim, not exactly what I had in mind for his Baptism lol, not that anyone would care but me. So what do you think? Have you tried dying anything? How did it turn out? Success or Big Fail?


I am linking this up, so go check out these great blogs:

I am getting to enjoy my kids this week because I am working 2nd shift, and am lucky enough that hubby just switched to 2nd shift week too, so we are getting lots of good family time in. So, I am so thankful to my blog friends for kicking in a Guest Post so I can enjoy my time. Thank you So much Stephanie, who I met through blog hops and other social media blogsites, for jumping in and helping me out!

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Hi!  This is Stephanie from Always Just A Mom and I'm hear today to share with you all my mother's "Quick Fruit Cobbler"!  I like to make a homemade bake good at least once a week (the reason I'm on a constant diet!)  My two little guys and the hubs LOVE, LOVE, LOVE dessert and I like to make them.  Sometimes I don't have a lot of time and still want to get something yummy out...so I'm going to hand over my secret dessert weapon.
This is the easiest dessert you will make and works throughout the year...it's my go-to dessert because I usually have EVERYTHING I need to throw this together!!!
What you need:
     *2 Tbsp. Butter
     *2 cups fruit (I'm using blackberries because I got a great deal and they just looked soooo  yummy.)
     *1 1/4 cup flour
     *1 tsp. baking powder
     *1 cup sugar
     *1 cup milk
8x8 pan bake for 40-50 minutes at 325F
9x 13 pan (DOUBLE) bake for 60-70 minutes at 325F
1.  Melt butter in a pan while over is preheating.  Once it is melted add fruit (if there is liquid with your fruit...drain it.  I had my blackberries in the freezer and so when they melted there was a little liquid.)

 Mix your flour, baking powder and sugar.  Then add your milk.  Stir.  You will have a batter that looks like this:

Pour over your fruit.

Put this in the oven!

You will want to bake it until golden brown and bubbly.  I served this with whipped topping but when I make it with apples...I'm all about the vanilla ice cream!
Thanks for letting me share this awesome, super easy, delicious cobbler with you today!  Have a great summer and I hope to see you over at Always Just A Mom!

HT Super Doubles~

 

 

 

I cannot tell you how excited I am to announce Harris Teeter is having super doubles starting 6/22 and ending 6/28.

As soon as I get the ad I will post it for y'all!

 

~Thanks to Desirae at  extremesavingswithdivadesirae

My thrift finds this week!

I am a pretty thrifty gal. I Love the hunt. Love taking the time to find exactly what I want. The trouble lately has been finding time when I don't have the kids. That's tough. But I got a little time to myself this week between getting off work early, and running at my lunch to a few local sites. Including one new one- which I didn't write down the name, oh well.


So I can't wait to share my finds:

Goodwill find $2.00

wrought iron sconces $1 ea

Metal baskets $2

Large frame $3 from SERF

 Now these next few I did not purchase, but I saw them at the new thrift store.

childs chair seen at new thrift in Mt Holly $4

 neat bookshelf $9

nice dining chair $7.50

small shutters $2

 love this blue bottle.1.50

 i could see this mirror in white $5

Love these chairs. They were neat patterns, newly reupholstered. asking $99 for the dot one with ottoman/table and 79.99 for the swirly one.