DD Friendly: Cole Slaw

One big cabbage leaf (if your making it just for yourself; if not, you can use more).
About an inch of a carrot, shredded.
Drop of fat free mayo.
salt and pepper
Cilantro (lots of it if you love it)
Drop of vinegar

This was a quick snack. You can add other veggies and such. I used what I already had in the fridge. What is your go to snack when you find yourself hungry? Do you make your cole slaw differently? How so? I hope you enjoyed this. I did. Yummy in my tummy :)

DD Friendly: Onion Mushroom Burger with Cheesy Tomato Sauce

This recipe is originally from Ella (The single woman’s kitchen).

Here is what you need:

Portabella mushrooms (cut into small cubes)

Onions

3 lb of 90% lean ground beef

3 TBSP grainy mustard

salt and pepper

For the sauce:

1 can tomato sauce

Oregano to taste

A handful of mozzarella cheese

Mix mushrooms, onions, beef, mustard, salt and pepper together. Form into balls and place in oven at 350F until it’s cooked through. While the meat is baking, heat the tomato sauce and add oregano and cheese. Once the meat is ready, spread sauce over it and enjoy! 

This picture does not do this burger justice.
Enjoy!

Bacon!

I am a big fan of bacon (& so is my sweetie). But since I’ve started DD, I’ve had to switch to turkey bacon. Yes, I know it’s not the same but I do get my bacon fix. This morning I made bacon and eggs in the oven. It was pretty simple. I used a cupcake pan and 2 pieces of bacon. One to go around and the second one I cut in half and did an x. I broke the egg and then placed the overlapping pieces over the egg. It was in the oven for about 15 min (I think, my mornings are slow so maybe it was less). I don’t like the eggs runny so I made sure they were cooked all the way by sticking a toothpick in it.  

This is with regular bacon (for him). 

Here are a few other bacon dishes from the past few months:

Jalapeno pepper wrapped in bacon (this was real bacon, the leanest we could find but you can substitute with turkey bacon) and cream cheese filling. Here is a link to the recipe from the Pioneer woman (love her recipes!). It’s perfect if you love spicy, crunchy and cheesy all together! Yum! 

Be careful with this bacon man log, it can give you a heart attack! Unless you substitute for turkey bacon and ground turkey instead of ground sausage. My sweetie found this and wanted me to make it for him. He enjoyed it! I found this recipe from Baked Bree,

here is the link. 

I hoped you've enjoyed this!

DD Friendly: Spicy BBQ Chicken Patties & Easy Sushi

Here is what was on my plate today:

Spicy BBQ Chicken Patties

These were pretty simple to make and super yummy!

Here is what I used:

1lb ground chicken

Bbq sauce

Chili garlic sauce

2 eggs

1/3 c cheese

I added everything together and dropped them into a pan. You can also bake them in the oven if you want.  After they were done, I just added some cheese. It would have been better with veggies but today was protein day for me. 

Easy Sushi

This was extremely easy!

You can use canned fish if you want; I used fresh fish (don’t remember what it was called but my sweetie caught it :D ). I took out the bones and forked the meat a little bit and heated it. Then I just placed it on the sea weed wrap and rolled it. That’s about it. You are welcome to add veggies, I just forgot. I used ginger and low sodium soy sauce. Enjoy!

Christmas Button Earrings

No, I promise I have not forgotten about thanksgiving and fall. I will come back to it; I promise I have something planned. But these turned out way better and easier than I thought they would.

Here is what you need:

earrings

buttons

jewels 

glue gun (if you want a super strong hold, you can use E6000 )

 Glue the top and hold, glue bottom and hold.

 How simple was that?

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial :)

DD Friendly: Bottoms up!

Mint Pink Lemonade

The day is winding down and you just need a...

DD friendly drink. It's hard to beat cravings so this drink will help. It's sweet and refreshing!

Here's what you need:

Unflavored carbonated water

1/2 cup of lemon (or lime) juice

1 lime (or lemon)

1 Sugar free instant light drink powder 

1 cup chopped fresh mint

You can blend the mint, powdered drink, lemon juice and lime together then put in a pitcher and fill with the carbonated water. I chose to not strain the mint but you can strain it. 

mMm Enjoy!

If you try this, let me know how it turned out, I would love to hear from you!

Hair Accessories Tutorial

Good Morning Sunshine!

Astrid

I hope that you have had a wonderful, relaxing weekend. Mondays can be 'blah' and hard to get back into the routine of a busy week. It's not all gray and sad, there is SUNSHINE (that you can wear in your hair!). I promise it will make you feel better, so SMILE! 

Here are your materials: 
Thread & needle
glue gun
hair clip
bead or button 
yellow fabric
black ribbon 
non slip grip pad (is usually used under a rug)
white fabric square (preferably thick)

Step by step:

Step 1: Fold and cut fabric until you have squares. Trim around the corners to make them round.

Step 2: Fold the circle twice to resemble a triangle and stitch the pointed tip to the center of your white square. Then repeat on the opposite side. After you have four (make sure the tips don't overlap), add four more on top (trim them down just a bit or a lot )

Step 3: Tread a bead or button into the center.

Step 4: Glue your ribbon onto the clip. You can put ribbon around the entire clip or just the top part.
Step 5:  Glue the non slip grip strip under the top piece. 
Step 6: You can continue to add one on the bottom (optional).
Step 7: Glue the clip onto the backside of your flower.

Ta Da! 
All done. I hope I did not fail to mention anything. If you have any questions, let me know and I will try my best to answer them. Which is your favorite? I love the button version better. Heads up: watch for my first GIVEAWAY at the end of the week. Enjoy the rest of your Monday!

I love putting it on my belt :)

Paper Roses

It's Tutorial time! 

Here is what you will need:

Glue gun (you can use other glue but it takes longer)

Paper (I used dictionary pages)

scissors

paint and brushes (optional)

Step 1&2: Choose your paper, fold and cut to your desired shape

Step 3: Trim into your desired shape and paint the edges of the petal.

Step 4: Glue along the straight edge and from one end, begin to roll (cone shaped). 

Step 5: Take the next petal, glue it, and position it in the center and fold the corners. 

Step 6: Repeat, repeat, repeat until you get the desired size.

Step 7&8: All done! You can leave it as is or cut a prepared petal in half and make leaves. 

If you wish, you can make a wreath or bouquets of roses. Have fun and don't get your fingers burnt!  

Rustic Christmas Fragrance Deco

Hello! I'm Anna and this is my very first blog post. I have been contemplating for months on when I should start posting and what to start with. I know it’s still October but I just can’t wait for Christmas so I decided to put a little deco that smells great and can be placed anywhere!

Here is what you need:

• ·         Package of cranberry dry fragrance (has cones, colored wood chips and etc.)
• ·         White ribbon with gold rimming
• ·         Glass vase
• ·         Yarn ribbon (I used the one that came with the package)

Here is how I did it:

• ·         Placed the white ribbon inside the vase.
• ·         Picked out a few cones and placed in the bottom.
• ·         Then filled the vase almost to the top with the contents of the fragrance package.
• ·         Picked out the bigger and darker colors and placed them at the top and more cones on top of the wood chips.
• ·         Tied the yarn around the outside of the vase and Voila, all done.

I hope you enjoyed this post!