The Oh So Famous "Not Basic Spaghetti"

We are huge fans of quick and easy meals and of course we pair it with an oh so crisp and fruity white wine.

If we can not find our favorite Luccio Moscato D'asiti, we go for our second favorite Barefoot Mascato, which is a whopping $7.62 at Winn-Diixie with your Winn-Dixie Card. If you want to be civil and on your better behavior, the Luccio is a better choice with a lower alcohol content and more fruity flavor, but if you are enjoying a night of relaxation and there is not need to impress anyone, a bottle of the Barefoot Moscato will treat you just right.

While spaghetti can be basic and sometimes boring, it is a great dish to add your own flare.

Ingredients:

1 pound of hamburger meat 

1 medium onion 

noodles (desired amount and kind) - we used whole wheat angle hair noodles 

1 jar of sauce (the sauce is the public brand) 

1 box of Pepperidge Farm Texas Toast (freezer section)

1 bag of lettuce 

Directions:

1. brown thawed meat in a skillet over medium
2. Jessica loves onions so, dice onion and add to meat before meat is completely cooked through that that the onions have time to cook.
3. Boil noodles for about 8-10 mins. (SALT WATER GENEROUSLY)
4. drain meat and add back to pan
5. add desired amount of sauce (you can have it meaty or saucy)
6. pop bread in a preheated oven (as directed on package)
7. drain noodles
8. If you desire to be healthy, throw together a simple salad
9. assemble spaghetti and eat!




We hope you enjoy putting your own touch to your "famous" spaghetti!
Happy Blogging,
Heather and Jessica (:

"innovASIAN" supper

In search of a new easy and quick recipe for a weeknight feast? Search no more. In all of about 20 minuets you can have a delicious and healthy meal for one or for the family!

Ingredients:

             

1 box of "innvASIAN" frozen sticky rice
chicken (amount to be desired-for two, we usually use 2 breast)
1bottle of "kikkoman Stir-Fry" sauce (We use the preservative free bottle for less sodium)
Salt and Pepper
And cookies for dessert!

Directions:

1. Heat a pan over medium heat with a small amount of extra virgin olive oil (or butter)
2. Dice chicken into bite size pieces and cook in pan over medium heat until golden
3. Follow preparation direction for the rice in the microwave (3 min on one side 2 min on the other)
4. Once chicken is cooked, add sauce to pan
5. after 5 minutes of heating and stirring, assemble on plates or bowls
6. Finish your meal and help yourself to the cookies (glass of milk suggested)

For best results, Spoon desired rice onto plate and add chicken and sauce on top! Enjoy (:

Happy Blogging,
Heather and Jessica

Wall Decorations- DIY

I just moved into a new apartment and had a bare back wall to my dining room. I am on a tight budget, being that I am a teacher, but I wanted something large to cover most of the back wall. After looking around at Wal-mart, Target, and other such places for their "low prices" we decided to go to Pinterest. Here is what we found...

This was the inspiration to the creative and crafty wall decoration and fabulous DIY project that consumed our next three days! So on the scavenger for some wood, I remembered that my mom had brought some beautiful, and I do mean beautiful, driftwood home from her vacation. This then became the base to my new wall decoration. Our next adventure was a trip to Hobby Lobby. Lets just say, we could spend all day there. We looked around for some inspiration, and we were led to the ribbon aisle. We found some beautiful glitter ribbon accompanied by a pink and teal combo. The ribbon we decided on were $3.99 a piece and the glittery ribbon was $4.99.Then we found the wooden letters which were $1.79 each (the letters came in packs of two). We are both suckers for glitter and we decided to glitter the wooden letters. We painted them first with black paint and then added the glitter which was a woppin' $2.99.  After much thought and consideration, the word "hope" won the contest. It was more of a debate, but who is judging? I wish we had a picture to show the wonderful products that we purchased from our local hobby lobby, but unfortunately both cameras were MIA. So this is a picture of the fist stages. 

Being that we both had to get up bright and early, we decided to call it quits after finding some sort of layout for the project. The more we thought about the wall, the more we decided we needed something else added to the piece. What more do you need than yarn to add some texture ($5.99)?

This project was super fun to put together and very easy to assemble. If your creative juices get to flowing by a piece of wood, go for it! You never know what you might come up with! 

Happy Blogging, 

Heather and Jessica (: 

P. S. More tips to come on how to hang heavy wall hangings :)