Happy Friday to you Friends
I hope it feels like "Friyay" to you because you have such a wonderful weekend planned ahead! 😉
I'm not sure what we'll be getting up to around here. We plan on church time and have errands to run, but the weather might get snowy and slippery...so we'll wait and see.
I'm sharing this Friday Catch Up with Cathy at the blog Our Creative Life and you can find her and link up yourself here.
Here's a bit of what I've been doing along with some fun recipes....
One day for lunch this week I tried this unique sandwich method I saw on social media. Instead of bread you use slices of apple as the ends of your sandwich of choice (in my case pepper turkey and cheddar). I added a little bit of sriracha mayo too (love that stuff!). You just cut the apple horizontally instead of vertically. And you core out the middle seeds.
It was so good as it was savory, spicy, crunchy and sweet. I guess it's not that unusual as they have "picklewiches" at Jimmy John's where your sub meat and veggies is sandwiched between halves of a giant pickle. Or an "unwich" where you have your sub fixings wrapped in lettuce. They are all just a healthier higher fiber alternative to bread. And don't get me wrong, I still eat bread, but to have a lighter moment I really liked this option. I want to try a picklewich next! 😋
Would you try something like this?
When I was journaling the other day I started doodling too. I made a Spring bucket liist that included things not so fun like specific Spring house cleaning jobs. But also lots of fun things like: go to the farmers market, go on a hike, visit some botanical gardens, get a pedicure, and make sourdough bread to go with a Spring soup. And then I added some little drawings on the next page with other ideas. It's fun to draw and dream.
While the kiddos were here I made a dessert I've always wanted to try. I had peaches from last summer I had frozen and I wanted to make them into a cobbler along with some blueberries. I had been holding on to this recipe that my friend Billie Jo of the blog Afternoon Coffee and Evening Tea had shared in the past. I love all the family, faith, holiday and recipes she shares. Especially her love of Autumn like me! :)
You can find her blog here.
This recipe was a hit and so good warm with a little ice cream! You make a batter for the top....and then make a kind of simple syrup with lots of cinnamon and you pour it over the top before you bake. Thanks Billie Jo - it was great!
Her recipe is below.
I have been loving my 40 oz hydro jug so much (it helps me get at least 120 oz of water in a day) So I ordered a 2nd one and it came the other day and isn't it the most adorable thing you've ever seen?? It's called "Farmer's Market" - how sweet is that? I love the pattern and bright pink and yellow. So Spring 🌸💛
Another fun recipe I thought I'd share are these little parfaits I've been making as a little dessert for Matt & I. I was craving strawberry pretzel salad (if you're from the Midwest you know). And so I made sugar-free vanilla pudding with skim milk (next time I might through some protein powder in there too). And then I added some sugar-free strawberry jello on top. I didn't have strawberries at the time or I would have cut some up to throw in there too. And then I took some pretzels and put them in a baggie with a little sugar and crushed them up and sprinkled them on top. It really fed the "fix" and we thought they were very tasty. You could really up the protein if you used greek yogurt as half along with half milk to make the pudding...but I don't care for the aftertaste of the plain green yogurt. Maybe a vanilla one would be ok.
That's my Friday recap Folks. I'm almost done with our wedding album and I'm making some unique pages I really like and I'll share more about it when I'm done. Also, if we get groceries this weekend I have some new healthy recipes to share for next week too.
I hope you have a very blessed cozy weekend ahead 💗
xoxo
