Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Top ‘O the mornin’ to ya!Here’s hoping that you don’t get pinched, and that you find your pot of gold!This year we pulled it all together for a St. Patrick’s Day feast! We kicked around lots of ideas for St. Patrick’s dinner that would be outside the box of the traditional corned beef and cabbage, but the old standard came back by popular demand.I had a hard time convincing Peggo that we should try corned beef one more time before giving up on this St. Patrick’s day staple. A sale on corned beef and the fact that…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! With an Irish name like Hickey, people kind of expect us to celebrate good ole St. Patty’s Day. After discovering that the ‘traditional’ St. Patrick’s Day dinner of Corned Beef and Cabbage may NOT even be a traditional Irish dish, we decided to explore the alternatives.
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Happy Chinese New Year! Is it the year or the sheep? ram? goat? Nobody knows! The Chinese word for all three of the above is “yang” which translates to ‘horned animal” so nobody is really sure which one it is! That won’t stop us from celebrating the new year though. Late last night the decorating fairy came through the house and transformed our Mardi Gras themed dining room into Chinese New Year! There is something a bit odd about eating left-over King Cake for breakfast in China, but I guess this is what it would feel like to be a…
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This is our biggest Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras celebration yet! Though in all fairness, the most we did to celebrate in the past was eat on Mardi Gras paper plates! This year, aside from the decorating, and the King Cake and watching Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (set in New Orleans and gorgeous!) we also had a yummy Fat Tuesday dinner! Peggo made AMAZING Monte Cristo sandwiches, and we all loved them! She followed the recipe from the Blue Bayou restaurant in New Orleans Square in Disneyland (recipe below) and it was seriously dee-lish! Though I wasn’t able to capture…
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Happy Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras Celebration! I have to admit, I have never tasted King Cake. I don’t know what makes a King Cake good or bad. I do know that I wanted a festive treat for Mardi Gras and King Cake is one of the most festive looking Mardi Gras treats around. Please look away now if you are from New Orleans, or have tasted the real King Cake, because I have made a quickie version of a King Cake-like treat that probably pales in comparison to the real thing. It’s a giant cinnamon bun twisted/ braided into…
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Creative Holiday Candy hack! Catch the after Christmas sales for red and green mixed chocolates like M&M’s and Hershey Kisses.Sort the candies by color and store them away (so you won’t be tempted to eat them!).Now you have both Valentine’s Day AND St. Patrick’s day covered! You are covering two holidays at once, and your holiday chocolate needs through mid-March while getting deep discounts from after Christmas Sales. ‘True Love Kisses’ and red M&M’s for your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. ‘Kiss-Me-I’m-Irish Kisses’ and green M&M’s for the leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day.
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What better way to start your Valentine’s Day than with some pink chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream on top and fresh strawberry hearts on the side? We actually made these Valentine’s Day Pancakes – ON Valentines Day! Trust me, this is a small miracle, as we tend to PLAN a lot of things that never really make it into reality, or make it on their own unique time table, usually after the holiday, but this time – voila! Pink Pancakes! I’d be lying if I said that this blog and the need for content and quality pictures wasn’t a HUGE motivator for getting…
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Are you looking for a last minute idea for a Valentines Day treat? Well here is an idea that is great for Valentines Day, or any day you want to show your loved ones that you love them. It gets better – this idea is super quick, easy and healthy! Your strawberries are all just 3 simple slices away from being the perfect Valentines Day breakfast, dessert or healthy snack. Step by Step Guide to creating quick and easy strawberry hearts below. Have you ever seen a sweeter way to serve fresh strawberries? Step 1: Start with a nice fresh…
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Fun Fact: If you saute’ spinach with Olive Oil, Popeye will show up at your front door! It’s a Fact! (just cooking spinach alone won’t do it – it’s Olive Oil that brings his two great loves together) So, let’s saute’ some spinach! Why? Because it is yummy and healthy and easy to make! Step by step guide below. Plus, even if you eat the entire bag of spinach yourself, it’s only 50 calories! – for the WHOLE bag!Personally I prefer steamed Kale, and actually love it so much I feel the guilt of having binged on something sinful when I eat…
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Happy Groundhog day! This year is the first time we are attempting to ‘celebrate’ Groundhog day. So here we go! To start with, we made Coco Krispy Groundhogs! It’s just the standard Rice Krispy Treat recipe only we swapped out Rice Krispies for Coco Krispies so that our groundhogs would be brown. Here’s the recipe: —————————————— INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons butter 1 package (10 oz., about 40) Marshmallows OR 4 cups Miniature Marshmallows 6 cups Coco Krispy Rice cereal DIRECTIONS 1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. 2.…
