Hey!! I have my CAMERA BACK!!
Mmmm a lovely relaxing after class glass of wine —–
NOT!!!!
Gross grossssss grrrrrroooooosssssssss!!
The fly is either realllly DRUNK or realllllly DEAD because it is NOT MOVING!!
Cheers to a “fly free” dinner experience!!
B+B
I just love how FUNNY FIGS look!!
And how funny BAK BAKs look — That is the noise I make for chickens when I babysit.
And how pretty COWs are.
I LOVE FARMS!!
P.S. My camera is in an airport parking lot until Wednesday night — I’ll either have to get really creative, or I’ll see you guys in a few days!!
oxo.
B+B
In case you guys didn’t know I have a LITTLE THING FOR FISH STICKS.
The evidence can be seen:
Move over OLDIES I have a NEW FAVORITE FORM OF FROZEN FISH!!
So good sooooooooooooooooo GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!
Baked to perfection.
I stuffed my small, but not miniature, pita pocket with one whole carrot [chopped], a lot of cabbage, and a little tartar sauce.
SLAMMED with FISH BITES!!
Fish party in my mouth!! Love love LOVED it.
Back to school back to school.. marph marph marph.
OXO
B+B
Well actually I don’t really feel any older or any wiser — So the title of this post is a lie.
I met this guy on my birthday —–>
I also met these girls.
Apparently when it is your birthday people like to buy you high octane stuff.
I met the nice guy again!
I think this is a chicken finger dipped in honey mustard + ketchup — but I can’t say for sure.
I HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME!!!!!!
When we came [cabbed it] home I tucked little Penny in.
On my actual birthday I did my favorite thing to do —
So what if it was 3:18 PM. It was my birthday.
I LOVE my new birthday wine glass!!
Thank you MaMa K!!
For birthday dinner I made a DELICIOUS SHRIMP + CORN GRAVY OVER CORNBREAD!!
Yes, that is right — I made my birthday dinner. Sounds like a crime, right?
[It was no crime.... Eric made me a lobster dinner Friday night.. Then took me out to dinner Saturday night.. AND I LOVE to cook.. So me making my delicious birthday dinner was a treat!! AND my awesome aunt came over + brought the shrimp + the cornbread mix.... So I didn't even have to go to the grocery!!]
Since I have my new fancy schmancy recipe page — [still in progress] I’ll be able to add this recipe to it!! YaY.
SHRIMP + CORN GRAVY OVER CORNBREAD
Start by making a simple gravy —
Once the flour butter mixture has browned add in milk –
Once the gravy is gravy like add in your choice of ingredients –
Serve over cornbread or grits or rice or whatever YOU like.
Cupcakes thanks to E + AWESOME CANDLES thanks again to MAMA K!!
And thanks to Emily for the great wine!! I loved it!!
Cheers to an older + wiser B+B.
First + Foremost —-> If this isn’t coming up as a full post in your google reader PLEASE LET ME KNOW !! It should be back to normal now. Sorry for any heartache
my blog makeover adventure may have caused you!!
THANK YOU MEZZETTA!!!!!!
They are sponsoring again what I consider to be the BEST SANDWICH CONTEST IN THE WORLD
It ends in 18 days — So hurry up. The grand prize is $25,000
So Gorgey!!
Glamour Shot.
Penny is such a CARNIVORE!!
Dinnnnnnnnner!!!!!!!
As you know — Monkeys came + visited me!!
Harper monkey knows how to use chopsticks to eat her LION.
All of the monkeys went to the park, including the dog monkey.
I actually did force her down the slide — Which she decided she should jump off of half way down [not so gracefully].
That is probably my 5th documented account of dog abuse in the past calendar year. Shhhh don’t tell.
Hey — Weren’t we supposed to separate CHURCH + STATE a few years ago?
Apparently STATE RUN PARKS are EXCLUDED from being BANNED from BRAINWASHING small children.
Way to go government.
This is the newest monkey to the monkey collection.
This is an unruly monkey.
Look at her LAUGHING at the SIGN!!
Swingers PARTY!!
I can swing too!!
We came back home + I made a MEXICAN FIESTA for everyone –
I attempted to document it. If you have kids you know that this is a HUGE CHALLENGE.
Here is my one photo — I call it “Onion. Chopped.”
I had a DELICIOUS LOCAL CRACKED PEPPER MONTEREY JACK BREAD but no dipping sauce to go with it.
Mezzetta to the rescue!!
All blended in my knock off bullet. Perfection.
Not a good picture — Keep in mind my house was crazy with kids!!
I tossed the bread in the oven to crisp it up + melt the cheese.
I will for sure highlight this bakery in the near future!!
The end results were pretty delicious.
Toppings:
There were a few additions and subtractions to my bed for the evening.
While the KIDS are AWAY the ADULTS will PLAY!!
My friends had never gone on chat roulette before — So me being the bad influence that I am decided to introduce them to the ridiculous sensation that swept the nation a few months ago.
For the RECORD it was only my third time on the site. And it is NOT something I do alone!!
We let PENNY man the operation.
She got kind of SAUCEY!!
Say bye bye friends!!!!!!!!!!
Say hello clean house!! [kidding, only kidding. I love kids!]
Cheers!!
B+B
LIKES:
DISLIKES:
FEEDBACK PLEASE!!
I know a couple of you have suggested reinstating full length posts back in reader format. That is something that I am going to have to think about — I know there are a million blogs that everyone follows and going to all of the sites is time consuming — but bloggers put a lot of time + effort into what they do. Readers are a great way to *alert* you that a new post is up — but a click over is the only way it is viable for bloggers to keep dedicating a significant portion of their time to blogging.
I’ll sleep on it.
What else!?!
Cheers!!
B+B
I have NO CLUE what I am about to do to B+B.
It needs a facelift + we’re going to see if I have any computer skills!!!!!! [It would be new news to me if I do]
Brace yourselves for CHAOS!!
LOVE,
B+B
Yes – That would be me. KELSEY the TRANSFORMER.
TRANSFORMATION #1
Unfortunately I did not take a before picture of the garden [perhaps b/c I only went outside to PICK a PEPPER - Literally]
This is the after shot — Imagine a CANTALOUPE + SQUASH + PEPPER JUNGLE as the before shot. Why did I go crazy + pull all of the plants up? Well they weren’t producing. The week prior I’d had a little talk with them and told them to “PUT OUT OR GET OUT“.
Looks grrrreat.
Here is my new CORNER GARDEN
What on earth do I want to plant?!
TRANSFORMATION #3
What can you make with:
Hmmmm. Suspicious.
This nail doesn’t appear to be in a functional space.
OMG it is so UGLY.
Just kidding — This is the backside of the mystery object. The tape is on there to prevent the frame from touching + scratching the wall.
TaDA — But really Kelsey, WHAT IS IT???!!!!
It is an EARRING HOLDER.
I was uber annoyed with all of my earrings laying by the sink. I don’t like earring trees or jewelry boxes.
So I literally invented this in my head one day while plundering an antique shop.
I flipping LOVE IT.
TRANSFORMATION #3
Turn the CURRENT KELSEY into a leaner, meaner YOGA MACHINE!!
I spent my summer doing volunteer work, working for a local farmer and drinking a lot of red wine. PENNY did more DOWNWARD FACING DOGS than I did this summer. Now I have borderline OPRAH ARMS…. [yipes]
Last night I was whining to Eric about how my student membership for UNLIMITED MONTHLY YOGA [which is a ridiculously good deal] would be equal to 1/4 of my PROJECTED MONTHLY INCOME from babysitting during the school year…. and then I calculated my PER MONTHLY WINE COSTS.
I HAD to make a CHOICE.
Unfortunately I’ll be making the switch from WINE to YOGA.
I hear your METABOLISM SLOWS DOWN when you hit 27?! I’ll find out on TUESDAY!!
Say GOODBYE to the not so toned arms.
Cheers!!
B+B
Hello LADIES + GENTS.
As you guys may or may not know Ashley of Edible Perspective has had her hands a little tied up with this little thing I like to call LIFE lately .
Life has been “lifing” her.
Her pictures are ridiculously amazing + her research is awesomely informative — so I tried to do her justice in my GUEST POST to keep her entertained while she is away from her computer.
Aren’t we just so cute?!
So you should go to her BLOG + send her some bloggy love + cheer!!
A big shout out to MAMA PEA for her AMAZINGLY AWESOME GUEST POST !!
Cheers!!
B+B
These little MONKIES are coming to visit me tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh Oh Oh my I am EXCITED!!
Harper is so TECH SAVY!!
CHEERS!!
B+B
Check out the WORLD’S MOST ADORABLE CUCUMBER!!
It was deEelicious.
I love ANTIQUING!
I was looking for a ring holder + found something WAY BETTER than a “real” ring holder.
Hello REINDEER!!
TWO very conflicting things happened yesterday — all within FIVE minutes.
So I poured myself a glass.
I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS WINE.
$3.99 @ TJs and sooooooooooooooOOOOOOooooo GOOD
It’s dry, smooth, perfect everyday wine.
I love it so much that I chose to drink it over a few more expensive bottles I have at home right now.
DINNER was FUNNNN!!
I marinated local, grass fed sirloin in a mixture of:
All pulverized together in the my knockoff bullet blender. [The mixture was pulverized, not the steak]
I chopped fresh veggies:
This was marinated in a mixture of:
I swung by the Asian market to pick up RICE WRAPPERS
and RICE VERMICELLI
I whipped together an Herb Butter for the corn.
In the mix:
I let it sit outside to soften before blending.
When the rice noodles were through cooking [such an easy process] I tossed them with the marinated veggie mixture AND tossed in the grilled steak — cut into bite sized cubes.
Following the instructions on the rice wrappers I wrapped it all up + served it with corn rolled in the herbed butter.
This is an ABSOLUTELY AMAAAAZING + EASY + INEXPENSIVE way to spice up your meals + really impress your dinner guests.
Who wants to come over for dinner?
CHEERS!!
B+B
I was lucky enough to be a demonstrator at an HEIRLOOM TOMATO TASTING at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden.
Check out the salsa that Kris canned the other day!! [More on that to come soon]
I think this is my MOST FAVORITE TOMATO that I have ever photographed — So photogenic!!
It’s a Mortgage Lifter [there is a fun story behind it that can be read HERE]
Mini Orange tomatoes — These are tangy!!
Abraham Lincolns — great for cooking, but not the best for slicing
Purple Cherokee [lower in acid + a GREAT slicing tomato]
I think this was everyones favorite!
Caspian Pink [all pinks originated in Russia] and are lower in acid
We diced them up so they could be tasted individually without any additions.
Another Kelsey demo sign!
What we sampled:
Cook-Free tomato dishes:
Why buy heirloom:
Here’s a great tip:
Cut different tomatoes in different shapes so you have a variety of flavors, textures + sizes — and it’s WAY PRETTIER!!
Tossed with a simple vinaigrette made with:
Also tossed with:
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SIMPLE + SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!
Now go buy + play with some local tomatoes!!
Cheers!
B+B
