Vaseline

I know that many of our family have reactions to metals in jewelry. I have tried many things including painting my earring posts with clear nail polish. Nothing seems to last. O end up with very sore ears in the end. I saw a brief pin on pinterest suggesting that you coat the posts earrings with vaseline before putting them on. (I did not repin it, just resolved to remember it, sorry.) Anyway, I tried it and it worked. I have used the trick several times and it lasts for at least 8-10 hours. Yay! (I could not find the little covers Aunt Marianne suggested. They don't seem to have them around here.)

file cabinet make over

I keep seeing this on Pinterest and loving the idea. I finally decided that I had to do it too! It was incredibly simple. The hardest part was cutting holes for the handles. I am still using mod podge every few hours just to make it nice and permanent .

BLT salad, lemon bars

If I haven't actually made this salad every day for the last two weeks, we've at least TALKED about it every single day for the last two weeks. And I definitely have made it at least 6 or 7 times. Maybe more. It is amazing.

Basic ingredients:

Lettuce (any kind)

Tomatoes

Bacon (cook it in the oven on foil so there is no mess.)

Cheese (I use feta for mine and Annie's and cheddar for Jared's)

Avocado

What else I add:

Cabbage

Peppers

Carrots

Spinach

etc...

Dressing Recipe:

Fresh lime juice (I recommend getting some kind of juicer, you will want this salad every day.)

About a half teaspoon of olive oil to every lime (some people might like more oil)

dash of salt

That's it. Easy, delicious, seriously super fresh because of the lime juice. When you mix it all on your plate and the avocado spreads on everything and the lime is so fresh it is just the perfect texture and amazing.

Today I tried a new recipe for lemon bars. Following the same criteria I always require, this recipe is simple, quick, and has very few ingredients. Go to this website for the recipe.

Grandma Foote says she wants these lemon bars instead of a cake next year on her birthday!

Roasted Butternut Squash

I made this roasted butternut squash recipe today:

http://pinterest.com/pin/106116134941530909/

It was really yummy but too much work for me. The part that was too much work was peeling and cutting the squash. The sauce for it was mostly apple cider and whole mustard seeds but it wasn't too hard to make. Roasted squash is really good and it probably would be just as good with pre-cut squash and olive oil and salt poured over it and then roasted.

meatloaf

The teacher who I share my portable with told me about her easy recipe for meatloaf that she had found on Pinterest. I went and found it on Pinterest too and made it tonight. It was SO easy, SO yummy, and my husband who says he has never liked meatloaf loved it. I did swap the ground beef for ground turkey in a (successful) effort to make it a little lower in calories and we were pleased with the results. I'm sure it is wonderful with ground beef.

Anyway, make it! You will love it! Click here for the recipe.

Smashed Potatoes

I saw this recipe on Pinterest today and tried it for dinner. The potatoes were so amazing, and it was fun to use rosemary (and chives) from my garden!

lemon butter cookies

I just made these lemon butter cookies. They are amazing!