Thursday, January 10, 2013

Quick and Easy and Portable....Oh My!!!

While looking around Pinterest I came across a pin for a "White Bean and Artichoke Spread". It looked very yummy, so I bought some white beans and artichoke hearts awhile back, but finally decided to make it today.
I changed the recipe quite a bit to cover for what I had in the house and leaving out the fat. It came out more of a hummus consistency, rather than the spread the original recipe claimed, but it is alot healthier and flavor packed!

White Bean and Arichoke "Hummus"

2 cans white beans
1 can artichoke heart
1/4 cup bread and butter pickles
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp capers
1 TBSP lemon juice
2 tsp sweet paprika
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
salt to taste

Add all ingredients to your food processor. Blend and enjoy!



My little kitchen helper!!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

I am back...did you miss me?

The last part of 2012 went by with a blur. My photography business kept me very busy, and then family time took up the rest.
So now that things have slowed down, as much as life slows down when you are a mom, I hope to have some time to blog a bit more.
While I am not a big New Years Resolution person, I do like to take the new year and use it as a new start for things that got kinda left behind the craziness of the holiday season.
One of the things that got kind of shoved to the side was taking time to just "play" with my kids. During the holiday most of our playing has an "agenda", whether it is crafting holiday gifts or playing "baker" all the playing had a reason. Today I decided to do something that I have wanted to do for awhile, especially since after Christmas we are all "armed" with NERF guns.
Alot of times our games are geared more for my little Roo because she is the youngest. Today I decided to bring out a game specifically for my little Professor.

This is the letter that greeted him when he got home from school today.

And he had plenty of ammo......

These are the dastardly villians who let themselves in while he was in school!!


He had a great time finding them and wiping them out. He and his sister are having a grand time hiding the villians for each other leaving me a few precious moments to write this blog post!