What I Bookmarked This Week

It's Saturday - time to share my weekly bookmarks with you. These are recipes I want to try or projects that have inspired me. Here are a few from this week I hope they inspire you as well.  No crafts this week just a bunch yummy recipes!


Let's kick things off with a great recipe that I found linked up to Friday Food Frenzy.    Feed Your Soul made French Toast Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting.  Oh my goodness - yes please!!



How Sweet it is made a delicious Spicy Beer Queso with Chorizo and Black Beans. 



I am definitely giving this Creamy Indian Cashew Chicken from Bev Cooks!



I am always bookmarking great sweet treats from Cookies & Cups.  This week I bookmarked these Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies.



I can't wait for the tomatoes in my garden to come in.  I would love to try these Quinoa and Spinach Stuffed Tomatoes from Diethood.




Also don't forget, if you have been bookmarked on my site be sure to grab a button.

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Friday Food Frenzy

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Close to Home ,Mostly Food and Crafts and  Adventures in All Things Food welcome you to FRIDAY FOOD FRENZY where we come share your best recipes and browse others for some great and often easy recipes to try at home.  How many times do you hear "What's for dinner?", surprise them with a recipe you found on Friday Food Frenzy.  Outside of following the hostesses, we would just love for you to link up a tried and true recipe of your choice. Each week we will feature one recipe so be sure to stick around and click on your favorite recipes. The featured recipe will also be pinned on our Friday Food Frenzy Pinterest Board. Be sure to tell your friends we are cooking up a storm this Friday and to join the party.


Also - be sure to check back on Saturdays when I post my "What I Bookmarked This Week" list of goodies I find around the web -I might post some great finds from this link list.

Please visit the three recipes in the linky that are listed as HOST.  We really appreciate your visit. 

This week's Featured Recipe comes from Our Eating Habits.  Dont' these Lemon, Blueberry Coconut muffins look amazing.  Thank you for sharing your recipe I love finding great new twists on an favorite recipe.  

 

Lucille Ball + A Mothers Day Giveaway

Happy Mothers Day!  Make sure you take some time to relax today.  What better way to relax than with a delicious cup of tea.  How about a Sweet & Spicy cup of tea?  What - you don't have any in the house!  I can help with that, I am giving some away.  Two of you will each win a box of Good Earth Sweet & Spicy Tea.  Keep reading to learn how.

Lucille Ball Voted Mother who
Made the Biggest Mark in Good Earth Mother’s Day Survey

(May 9, 2013 – Montvale, NJ): Being a mother is one of the boldest jobs there is, so Good Earth Tea, maker of unique and untamed blends, asked fans about their own mothers in their second annual Mother’s Day survey.  Just like Good Earth’s distinct flavor combinations, the results are delightfully surprising.  When asked who the most untamed, “make-a-mark” mother in history was, respondents choose Lucille Ball (38.9%) over Eleanor Roosevelt (24.9%), Michelle Obama (17.1%) or Marie Curie (13.5%).  
Another unexpected survey finding is that more than 43% of fans related their mom to atypical and imperfect TV moms like frazzled but funny Claire Dunphy of Modern Family (23.9%) or snide and sassy Lois Griffin from Family Guy (19.3%).  The famous TV mom that fans say is most similar to their own?  The quintessential clean-cut, even tempered mom, Carol Brady of The Brady Bunch with 41.2% of the votes.

In terms of real-life mothers, fans voted Madonna as the overwhelming choice for boldest celebrity mom (41%), with Gwyneth Paltrow and Kris Jenner tied for a distant second with 16.6% of the vote each. Beyonce’ received the fewest votes (12.7%) just behind Victoria “Posh” Beckham who got 13.2% of the vote.

“Good Earth Tea’s unique fusions are inspired by the Earth’s natural wonders, and there are few natural wonders more profound than motherhood, so we love hearing what our fans have to say about moms,” said Anna Corini, Marketing Executive, Good Earth. “At Good Earth, we celebrate bold moves and untamed moments and mothers are always a source of both.”
One of those bold moves, dance moves, that is, that survey respondents thought their mothers most likely to be caught doing was “The Twist,” which received 66.7% of votes over the seductive “Tango” (15.5%).  Fans must not think their mothers are YouTube fans though, since the survey shows that not many expect to see their moms getting down with “Gangnam Style” (9.9%) or the “Harlem Shake” (8%). 
More than 45% of respondents said their own mother is both sweet and spicy - an ideal combination, just like Good Earth’s signature Sweet & Spicy blend.
The survey was conducted over a four-day period in April 2013 via a survey link on the Good Earth Facebook page.

Interesting survey right?  Lets make this a fun giveaway - Comment below and tell me which TV mom you most relate to.  Then come back and click the box in the Rafflecopter to be entered to win a box of Good Earth Sweet & Spicy Tea.  I'll announce the winner next weekend - Good Luck!!


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Let's Talk Popcorn

I love warm popcorn right out of the popper.  None of that stuff you buy in the grocery store in a bag for me, I don't do microwave popcorn either.  I like the sound of it popping and I love watching it overflow into the bowl.  Read on to learn how to make your popcorn better for you and why the oils used in popping your corn make a difference.

In addition to exercise and quality sleep, living a healthy lifestyle includes eating healthy foods. Part of healthy foods are whole grains, fruits and vegetables, oils, meats and dairy. Popcorn is a grain, but let's not take all the fun out of it. Diabetics, those with heart problems and those watching their cholesterol will all benefit from this fun and healthy food. The oils used in popping corn are important. Too much heat can make oils smoke and it breaks down the healthy aspects of the oils. Popcorn supplies at PopcornPopper.com uses healthy canola and green tea oils in addition to combinations of vegetable oils. It is a given that the buttery topping on popcorn is not butter because butter burns when heated. Alternative ingredients give it that movie-theater buttery taste. To get really good theater-quality popcorn, consumers must have the proper popper. Remember the small pan with tin foil over it that people made popcorn in back in the day? Popcorn lovers can have it again, from popcorn supplies at PopcornPopper.com. Also available are poppers resembling a pressure cooker in addition to microwave poppers and air poppers. When to enjoy popcorn? At the office for an afternoon snack to keep up blood sugar levels is an ideal time to enjoy popcorn. Of course, no movie would be complete without it. Popcorn can be given as gifts in baskets at any time of the year or for any occasion. Christmas trees aren't the only places for strings of popcorn anymore.

Disclosure:  This is a sponsored post written for Popcorn Popper

Revolt Post #3 and a Recipe for Breakfast Burritos

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Have you been following along on my Revolt updates.  In case you haven't here is a recap of this great program and be sure to check out the website as well.

Basically the program has 3 main components:
1. When you opt into this program you will receive a monthly meal plan.  You will learn how to eat healthier and how to prep in advance.  No thinking required throughout the week and no excuses.

2.  You will get a workout plan both in print and in video format.  Workouts change weekly so you won't get bored (this has always been one of my biggest excuses with other programs or DVD sets I have.  I get bored with repetition.)

3.  You will have access to an online support community.  A group of people going through this with you as well as people to answer your questions.

You get all this for $10 a month - way cheaper than a gym membership and any personal trainer programs out there.
What do you think?  I am loving it!

You know what I would love even more?  Some company!  Would you be interested in doing this program with me?  If so let me know.



In my last two posts I showed  you some pictures of what I have been eating (lots of good stuff that in no way resembles diet food  woo hoo!)  Today I am actually going to share one of the Revolt recipes with you.  Revolts recipes are not only healthy but they are tasty and super easy  and they fill you up.

Revolt Breakfast Burritos
Ingredients: (amounts vary depending on your specific program)
1 egg
4 egg whites
2 tablespoons ground turkey sausage
1/4 cup peppers and onions sauteed in 1 tsp oil
1 small whole wheat tortilla

Directions:
Saute the sausage, peppers and onions.  Add your egg mixture and scramble.  Serve with a tortilla and add up to 2 tablespoons of salsa.

* I only had a large tortilla so my photo isn't exactly what your will look like (I shared this burrito.)

And now I ask you again - Would you be interested in doing this program with me?  If so let me know.

Disclaimer I was asked to be part of this Fitness Revolution and provided a free membership in exchange for my honest review of it. I will be reviewing once a week All images and opinions I post are my own.

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Heart Shaped Cranberry Scones

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This recipe is brought to you by Sweet Girl and will soon be posted on her own blog Crafty Girl + Foodie



I have to admit right off the bat, I had nothing to do with this recipe.  As a matter of fact I think I discouraged it.  Scones always come out about a bit dry for my liking and I'm just not a huge fan.  Sweet Girl was looking through some magazine or cookbook a few weekends ago and saw a few recipes for scones and decided she really wanted to make them.  She didn't even know what a scone was but her mind was made up.  Hubby and I totally get this because we are exactly the same way.  We get a craving, see a TV show or read a magazine and an idea for something to cook pops up and the only way to get rid of it is to - well - cook it.  We told Sweet Girl to find a recipe that didn't require a trip to the grocery store and we were on board.  So she did - she found this recipe for Current Scones and then we helped her to make a few modifications based on the ingredients in the house.  She made these all on her own (hence the heart shape - how sweet is my Sweet Girl?)
Remember my complaint about scones - too dry?  Not these, as a matter of fact she made these when I was cutting out carbs, I had to try it because she made it but I figured a bite would suffice.  These were so good!  I can't even tell you how many I ate.  A friend of mine makes her own jam and we enjoyed these with some of that delicious jam.  You need to make these - or better yet - let your 10 year old make them for you....enjoy!!!

recipe adapted from Epicurious
Ingredients:
3 cups of flour
3 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons of chilled butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup dried cranberries or craisins
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons of buttermilk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly flour a large baking sheet. Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add the cut up butter and rub in using your fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal. Add in the cranberries and mix in the beaten egg and enough buttermilk to form a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Pat the dough out into a 3/4-inch-thick circle. Cut out rounds, using 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or any cookie cutter you choose (hearts maybe?) Gather scraps,and repeat the same process.

Transfer the cut out scones to the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tops with some milk. Bake until scones are golden brown and cooked through, about 18 minutes. These are best served warm.

A year ago I made Green Pea Hummus  

Two years ago I made BBQ Chicken Pizza 

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What I Bookmarked This Week

 It's Saturday - time to share my weekly bookmarks with you. These are recipes I want to try or projects that have inspired me. Here are a few from this week I hope they inspire you as well.

A Beautiful Mess has done it again - I want these now please!!  Chocolate Chip and Granola Bagels.



I love this Going Bananas post from Steph Chows - I have a bunch over ripe bananas in the freezer begging to be used.  This is a great idea.



I love making my own granola and I am definitely trying this recipe from Phemomenon for Apple Pie Granola the next time I whip up a batch.



Butteryum made Creme Brulee Ice Cream - YUM!!



Check out this Anthropologie Inspired Key chain from Crafts Unleashed - love it!



I also bookmarked this great post about How To Photograph Products from Just a Girl.




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These are few of the many things in the blogosphere that have inspired me this week - what has inspired you??