Candy shortage, oh no!!!
Posted: October 30, 2011 Filed under: babble | Tags: candy, halloween, halloween candy, kit kat, orange kit kat 2 Comments »
Oh no, my Target is having a Halloween candy shortage!!! Hurry up and snatch a few of the orange Halloween Kit-Kats for me please and ship them my way because they are my favorite! :)
If you love the hard to find white chocolate Kit-Kats then you’re going to love the orange ones. They have that yummy creamy white chocolate taste but they’re just dyed orange.
So happy I found a bag! :)
xoxo, kat
life unexpected
Posted: October 30, 2011 Filed under: babble | Tags: farmers market, tacos 2 Comments »
The farmers market!
I love running into them unexpectedly. Every time I’m in one, all I think about is all the amazing yummy things I can cook with all the fresh organic veggies and eating kettle corn! I’m sure by now my boyfriend is use to hearing me go on and on about it lol.
Couldn’t find the kettle corn but we did find the taco stand!! Yummmm :)
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!
xoxo
it’s the 100th post!! what better way to celebrate than with a Liebster Blog Award!
Posted: October 30, 2011 Filed under: babble, thank you babble | Tags: blog award, liebster, liebster blog award 16 Comments »Ahhh finally, the 100th post! Wow, I couldn’t have gotten here without all of you! Since it is the big 100, I guess by default this post needs to be extra special right? :)
Well two Fridays ago, I mentioned that I was awarded with the Liebster Blog Award. The beautiful lady behind Around the World in Eighty Bakes nominated me for the award. What made it even more sweet was that I received the nom on National Chocolate Cupcake Day. I was on cloud nine that day, I felt like Tuesday was made for me. I was that excited…everything just fell right into place.
Sure, it probably doesn’t mean much to some but for a girl that’s only been blogging for almost 5 months now…it means the world to me. When I started blogging I never even dreamed of things like this happening for me or my blog.
I feel like this is the only appropriate time in my life where I am allowed to give a cheesy thank you speech, so please bear with me because I’m going to me the biggest cheeseball there is right now! Hahah. It’ll only be for a second, I promise :)
To the “he” in she cooks, he eats thank you for all your encouragement and support not only with the blog but with everything that I do. I can’t imagine being with anyone else other than you, here’s to the next 100 years and the many anniversaries and date nights to come! I love you. Oh ps. thanks for the kitchen! :)
And to those few readers that I know on a first name basis…your comments, advice, and emails make me happy. Just happy. I can’t explain it. Trish and aikidude (has the ban been lifted? lol), thank you for being there since the beginning.
I know, I’m a cheeseball! :)
Prior to this, I had no idea what this award meant and after lots of googling, here’s some background on the award:
“The Liebster Blog Award is given to recognize your up and coming bloggers who you feel deserve more. It’s a way to connect with new people and expand your horizons. This is an award this is received and also given.”
Here are the rules:
- Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
- Reveal your top 5 bloggers and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
- Copy and paste the award on your blog.
- Sunny Side Up A wonderful mom to the cutest baby girl around. During my first month of blogging, she was so sweet and asked me to guest blog. That was truly a wonderful experience.
- Dreaming of…Asia Oh, just a European man obsessed with aikido living in China eating all the amazing foods I would like to try one day.
- iliketotalkalot A total sweetheart with the cutest nails around and a polish collection I envy!
- El fogoncito He makes the most crazy delicious food on the net!
- EyeWonTell A fashionista!!
Chopped Caprese Salad
Posted: October 30, 2011 Filed under: sides recipes | Tags: Balsamic vinegar, Basil, caprese, caprese salad, chopped caprese salad, Insalata Caprese, Mozzarella, Salad, Tomato 5 Comments »
chopped caprese salad
Being such a smartie pants, I thought that pairing a light salad with a roasted pork tenderloin would counteract the heaviness that is meat and prevent me from falling into a massive meat-induced coma. Oh boy, was I wrong! As usual, I plopped myself onto my boyfriend and fell right asleep :)
This has to be the simplest and yummiest salad I’ve ever made! I really can’t call this a recipe because well… it’s so easy! Here are the suggested instructions and it can be made in any order your heart desires….
INGREDIENTS: tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, fresh basil leaves, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, s+p
tomatoes
STEP 1: chop the tomatoes into bite size chunks (remove the insides)
