Sweet Potato Burger

I always read those blogs about budgeting and it seems something they all have in common is throwing a couple vegetarian meals in your weekly menu. Cut down on how much meat you buy. I always wondered what meals WE would like that didn't have meat. Even salad sucks without meat.

Well, I found a meal!! We LOVED this!! Well, actually a friend of ours found a meal and told me she discovered it on Pinterest. So, naturally I had to try it!! 

 These have so much flavor! I didn't plan well enough and totally forgot to plan any side dish for dinner tonight but we were happy just piling these down our throats, ha!! 

HERE is the recipe!!

**So, for the sauce it says you can use either sour cream or greek yogurt. We used the greek yogurt and it was delicious!!

**I had no clue what cannellini beans are and almost tried the recipe without them since I didn't know what they were. Good thing I changed my mind because you NEED the beans. Mmmm!!! Also, I walked around the store searching on my phone what they were and where I'd find them. They are just white kidney beans and found in cans (just so you don't find yourself in my position!)    :)

**This recipe says it makes 4 burgers. I used 2 large sweet potatoes and ours made 9!

ENJOY!!

Turkey Hair Bow

Let me just start by saying this took WAAAAY longer then it looks like it would. I thought I would fly through this in like 5 minutes and I think it took closer to 45. Ha. 

As I was going through my massive container of ribbon I realized I didn't have the thicker brown ribbon I wanted to use for the body so I tried making the body out of a thinner brown ribbon.... As you can see below it looks more like a dying penguin. 

So, my turkey is a dark green color... ANYWAY, I was sort of depressed as I was making this because it looked dumb to me the whole way threw until I put the beak on and stepped back. Then I loved it! So, if you decide to make one just keep going because it will turn out cute!!  :)

Oh, the eyes? Yeah, I can't believe my stash of googly eyes has diminished! I know, I have a 2 year old, I should ALWAYS have googly eyes on hand! So, tonight, my turkey is blind but tomorrow he shall see!!

HERE is where this idea came from. 

This link is a shopping site, not a DIY site so I made mine by looking at the picture and using my famous 'famous trial and error' method.

**Obviously by looking at the top picture I would use only the thicker (I call it scrapbooking) ribbon...

** for my beak and red dangly I just cut off pieces of orange and red ribbon

** I just hot glued this bad boy on a simple alligator clip and it's ready to wear!

Filling A Frosting Bag EASIER

This may seem small and dumb to some people but whenever I try to fill my frosting bags by holding a floppy bag open with one hand and trying to scoop frosting and getting it in the bag cleanly with the other hand it just makes a mess!! 

When preparing to fill my frosting bag I remembered this little tip found on Pinterest.... place the bag in a cup and drape it over the edge. 

What a genius idea!! Soooo much easier!!

THIS is where I find this genius idea!

Puffed Rice Balls

I am a sucker for any treat with puffed rice and this was no different!! 

Their green because we used a green gelatin. I saw another cute idea on Pinterest to make these and shape it like a big wreath and put red hots for the berries at Christmas time. I'm sure I'll be doing that. :)

HERE  is the recipe!!

This was soooo easy and an inexpensive treat to make!!

Poppy Seed Chicken

This is going on my list of regulars!! Sooooo good!!

I thought it sounded weird at first because of the Ritz but I was also intrigued by the same thing...

 The Ritz keep a little crunchiness so there is perfect texture and deliciousness!

HERE is the recipe.

Seriously, make this!

Cleaning The Old Flat Iron

Well, I was trying to decide what to experiment with today when my sister said her flat iron was in need of a good cleaning. 

UNDERSTATEMENT! 

Her flat iron has seen a lot of days and I'm pretty sure it's on it's last leg but I gave it a go anyway.

This is what it looked like BEFORE....and AFTER. Ha.

 

Yeah, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide aren't strong enough for this bad boy.

I'm not a believer of the "awesomeness" of baking soda and peroxide considering everything I've tried with it hasn't worked. (like when I tried to clean my cookie sheets: fail)

Anyway THIS is where I got the idea :)

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

 I love hybrid foods!! Who ever thought to combine pumpkin with snicker doodles was a genius!! 

These are yummy!

I felt like there wasn't enough cinnamon so next time I would add more but other than that these were fun to make because of the PUMPKIN and delicious to eat!

HERE is the goodness :)