Photo of the Week - "The Abominable Snowman"

Kona the "The Abominable snowman"

One of my favourite things is taking my dog out to play in snow - after a week of -30 we really appreciated the "warmer" temperatures today! This is what his face looked like after 20 minutes of frisbee playing down on the ice

Artichokes

Homemade Spinach Artichoke Drip

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
• 1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a small baking dish.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Romano cheese, garlic, basil, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Gently stir in artichoke hearts and spinach.
3. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Top with mozzarella cheese. Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hot-artichoke-and-spinach-dip-ii/

This recipe was so easy to make and was beyond delicious!!

Words of Wisdom - Week 2

I'm back from NYC - cannot put into words what a fabulous time I had and how much I loved the city (Full post about my adventures to come soon).  This little mini adventure has got me so excited to do some major travelling for our honeymoon to a more far away location than NY!

This quote really moved me.....

“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

Goat Cheese + Sun-dried tomatoes = tastebud explosion!

Tonight started out like most normal nights.  Hungry and no inspiration for dinner. However my craving for goat cheese and tomatoes lead to the creation o a truly fabulous, flavourful dinner for two!


Steak, Goat Cheese, Sun-dried tomato & Garlic Nann Bread Pizza

Green Beans and Quinoa Salad with tomatoes, peppers, onions, jalapeños with homemade greek dressing


Let's just staying Kevin will miss my cooking when I leave for New York tomorrow!

Words of Wisdom - Week 1

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” - Steve Jobs – Businessweek


Steve Jobs...what an inspirational human being.  His legacy will live on forever.  This is so true in many aspects of life - with material possessions, friends, experiences. I will try to keep this in mind while shopping in NYC this week :)

New Year new blog ideas

Hello Friends
So I have been slacking on my blog posts lately as life has been busy! However I have been coming up with some great ideas for my blog (I come up with my best ideas when I'm busy!)  
Since my blog represents my life and I am a pretty organized person I want to organize my posts a little bit.  


Weekly Posts
*Favorite quote, word or inspirational sayings for the week
*Recipes and random cooking/baking fun from my kitchen to yours (with pictures of course!)
*My top photograph from the week - I love taking pictures and want to share my top photo of the week
*Weekly Fashion Inspiration - Person, style trend, item of clothing that is currently inspiring me


Monthly Posts
*I have decided that I am reading 1 book per month this year so I will be doing a monthly book review
*Monthly house projects or crafts that I'm working on


Random Posts
*I will of course still have my completely random posts as I am a organized yet random person :)


Random things on my mind right now include: My girls grip to NYC in 3 days!!!, x-country skiing, travel and honeymoon planning, wedding details (5 months and counting), setting business goals for the year, home renovation planning....wait a minute this list is never ending!!

Bye for now (Dreaming of NYC)

New Year new beginnings!!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday season. I sure did! I love the start of a new year because it is a time to reflect on life and make positive changes for the future.
A few of my 2012 goals I wanted to share:
1-Plant a vegetable garden in my yard
2-Experiment with bread making (I've already been making homemade pizza dough and cinnamon buns). I would love to stop buying bread from the store all together
3-Focus on my Arbonne business and become an Area Manager by May 2012
4-Focus on my health as much as possible- healthly choices make all the difference
5-Marry the man of my dreams (5 months 6 days and counting :) )

I wish everyone a fabulous first week of 2012- May this be the best year yet!!

Xo