Easy & Delicious Spring Recipes

It's Friday and I hope that everyone had a very productive week! If not, don't worry, we will start nice and fresh on Monday!! 

The family and I will be attending our local Strawberry Festival this weekend and I cannot wait to see our children enjoy the festival's activities and pick some nice and sweet strawberries straight from the field.  It will be a perfect family outing.  I anticipate last of strawberries and fresh spring vegetables, like asparagus, peas, beets, cabbage, radishes and turnips that I can try new recipes or cook one of our family recipes. 

In the meantime let's get ready to welcome the weekend with some nice, delicious and easy spring recipes!  

Let's begin with a refreshing salad that never fail to please a hungry crowd:

Easy & Delicious Pasta Salad  

This is a very easy and affordable salad to make.   A combination of cooked pasta with fresh tomatoes plus the crunchiness of the bell pepper and broccoli topped with a robust vinaigrette. 

See full recipe here: Easy & Delicious Pasta Salad. 

Laci Jameson Carlson, creator and owner of Sequins in the South has some refreshing and flavorful recipes

Strawberry & Champagne Popsicles

For this refreshing and crisp recipe click here:  Strawberry Champagne Popsicles.

Stuffed Zuchini Paired with 

Roasted Cauliflower

For these two delicious recipes click here: Stuffed Zuchini Paired with Roasted Cauliflower.

Kim Mais, creator and owner of Three Olive Branch has a sensational recipe that includes "bruschetta"!

Bruschetta with Garlic Costrini

What I love about this recipe is that it is so light and it requires very little ingredients but the result will leave you wanting more!! 

For full recipe click here: Bruschetta with Garlic Costrini

C E Lim creator and owner of Gastronomic (Mis)Adventures has created a fabulous and simple recipe that only requires 5 or less ingredient.  This is a recipe that can be prepared and served within 30 minutes!  

Baked Stuffed Fig Recipe

For the full recipe click here: Baked Stuff Fig Recipe

If you like to try any of these recipes, please make sure you pin the image, save and or share!!  To view more of their amazing creations, just visit their pages and follow!!

Go ahead, try them... you won't be disappointed and please, let us know your thoughts!! 

Happy Easter

Hello everyone and Happy Easter Sunday!!  

Although we are experiencing a rainy day today, it didn't stop the kids from having fun at Church. 

It was so amazing to see the excitement in her eyes this morning.  

Even if you are not religious, come and join us in this special day by sharing all of your Easter photos with us!!

May you find the renewal of hope,

health, love and the Spirit of God. 

Happy Easter to every single one of you and your families!

Easy Spring Crafts for Kids- Project 2

Hello everyone and welcome to our second post on "Easy Spring Crafts for Kids".

PROJECT #2

Colorful Mini Flower Pot   

First, let me start by giving all of you an update on Ms. Bree's condition.  Yesterday was our follow up appointment with Dr. Oliver, ENT.  I'm happy to share that she is recovering nicely and has been given the "green light" to ease herself into her regular activities.  However, her desire to jump on the trampoline is going to have to wait a few more days.  Ms. Bree is back at school today and she was beyond excited! Thank you for all the prayers, positive vibes, and well wishes!  We truly appreciate your support. 

Now, let's start with our second easy spring craft for kids made by kids.  This craft is not only easy and fun to make but it will be easy on your wallet as well.  

You will need the following: 

1. 2 3/4 inch Clay Pot........$1.29
2. Outdoor Paint................$0.79
3. Soil...................................Free
4. Flower seeds pockets...$0.89
5. Stickers...........................Free
          

                   

Let your little ones paint their miniature pots, once they have finished their master piece, set the pots aside for drying. 

After their clay pots are completely dry, it is time to DECORATE as much or as little as they want to!!  

I wish she would have let me apply a couple of more coats of paint to the pot in order to give it that nice bright neon pink color.  But it was not my project, it was hers and she loved the pot just the way it is.. if she is happy then I'm happy.

So there it is ladies, for less than $3.00 you are guaranteed an hour of quality time and you will be coolest mom ever! :)

Happy crafting! 

Easy Spring Crafts For Kids- Project 1

Welcome back everyone! 

To continue with our Spring and Easter theme this month, we have quiet a few easy crafts that you can do with your little ones while at home.  

Instead of writing a very long post, we've decided to break our Easy Spring Crafts for Kids into a series of small posts.

Project #1

Colorful Picket Fence & Flowers

These beautiful picket fences are easy to make by using things our children love to play with:

a.  "Popsicle" sticks
b.  Glue
c.  Kids' paint and
d.  Foam stickers. 

Possibilities are, you already have some these materials are home, like the paint, popsicles sticks and glue.  The foam stickers can be found at any store for less than $2.00! 

This project guarantees to give you some quality time with you little ones and it WILL NOT break the bank... this is what I call a "win-win".

The only messy part of this project is the painting of the popsicle sticks.  

Once the sticks are completely dry, it is time to glue them together.  Remember, the fence can be as long as the kids want them to be.   I always tell my kids, "Sky is the limit here"!

Once the sticks are glued in place, it is time to decorate!  You can easily display these pieces of art by sticking them onto your refrigerator or add a piece of ribbon onto to the back so that kids may hang them. 

Happy Crafting and don't forget to share with us your master pieces!!! 

  

How to Easily Create a DIY Spring Wreath

Hey Everyone!! 

Spring Break is fast approaching and I am happy to welcome it!  

While Spring doesn't officially starts until March 20th, I thought we could get a head start and take advantage of the several sales the local crafting stores have available now. 

My last spring wreath was fairly easy and inexpensive to make. The total spent on making the above wreath was approximately $23.79.  

Unfortunately the ribbon didn't last very long and the letter became unglued.  Therefore, instead of fixing it I decided to change the look of it completely.  

Of course, we saved some money by using the same grape vine round wreath form.  We saved even more by buying the "Hydrangeas" at 40% off at my local craft store.  

I originally purchased eight (8) Hydrangeas, but as you can see on the above picture, it doesn't look as full as I wanted the wreath to be.  

I decided to go back to Michael's and buy two (2) more Hydrangeas and rearrange the flowers to bring them closer together until I was happy with the result.

Now, after seeing and taking in consideration both looks, I felt like it was missing something.

As I mentioned in the video, the technique is not new but it was new to me.  It is fairly easy to make, however, I had a hard time cutting the "v" due to the fact that my ribbon was a little bit thicker and my stack doubled in size because I used two sets of ribbon instead of one.

To learn more about it visit:  How to Tie a Bow from DIY Ready  

Total amount of dollars spent in flowers         $34.90

Ribbon                                                                    $  6.00 
Grape Vine Wreath Form                                     FREE
Large Letter                                                             FREE

And now my beautiful wreath is done! 

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