Soup(er) Week

Hello lovelies! Sorry it’s been a little while! I had my wisdom teeth removed on Wednesday. I’m puffy and very tired! But I’m also gearing up for a cook-a-long next week. Here on Chasing Daylight October 17 thru 21 shall be Soup(er) week! (my brother wanted it to be called that so I humored him) if any of you have a favorite soup feel free to email me and I’ll give it a try! Hope you all enjoy next week!

Thanks for stopping by, Kirstin

The Best Cookies Ever

These are my favorite cookies in the ENTIRE world! I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do! Thanks for reading, Kirstin  

Ingredients:

½ cup butter

¼ cup vegetable oil

½ cup peanut butter

¾ cup sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 ½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 cup flour

2 cups rolled oats

1 ½ cups chocolate chips (or any goodies you care to put in)

Instructions:

·         Preheat the oven to 375 degrees

·         Mix (blender works good for this) all the green ingredients together

·         Blend in the blue ingredients

·         Plop the yummy dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes

·         Let the cookies cool and enjoy!

Lovely Links

Congratulations!! We made it through another work week! I found some lovely hair accessories on Pinterest to brighten up your weekend!

First off this lovely tutorial on how to tie a scarf to use as a headband: http://www.keikolynn.com/2011/07/head-scarf-tutorial.html

Next Disney at Ruffles and Stuff shows us how to whip up some adorable bow hair clips:  http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2011/09/simple-projects-week-bows.html

 

And finally these charming little bobby pins from Sew Much Ado: http://sewmuchado.blogspot.com/2011/04/anthro-knock-off-tutorial-brocco.html

Thanks so much for reading! Kirstin

Hug Printable

Howdy lovelies! Lately I’ve been playing around in Photoshop and created this lovely printable for all my wonderful readers. Hope you enjoy it!

And here’s the link-

http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/67802681?access_key=key-21uqo3ymwcwkbygjm4ll

Thank's for reading!    Kirstin

Asian Pasta Salad

Hey all! Hope you’re having a wonderful Wednesday. One quick fact- I love Asian food!! It is by far my favorite food ethnicity. This is one of the best dishes I have made, it’s pretty American but with an Asian flare. Hope you all enjoy it, thanks for reading!

Kirstin

Asian Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

8oz. dried linguine (uncooked)

3 cups broccoli

12 halved cherry tomatoes

4 sliced green onions

2 large carrots

Sauce:

¼ cup soy sauce

2 Tbs. sesame seeds

2 Tbs. brown sugar

2 Tbs. dark sesame oil

1 Tbs. lemon juice

¼ tsp. hot sauce

1 large minced garlic clove

What to Do:

Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Rinse with cold water; drain again. Place pasta in cold water. Add the rest of ingredients, except for the sauce.

Combine sauce ingredients in a small jar and shake. Pour over pasta and stir in.   


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