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Taking a Break

April 5, 2012 by Holly Yzquierdo Leave a Comment

We are still having a great visit with our older kids who are visiting this week. Sickness has now touched everyone in our house with our daughter being up last night with a fever. We had hoped to go to the zoo today and we still may attempt it with part of our crew.

For that reason I’ll be taking a bit of a blogging break today. I will be back tomorrow with Food Waste Friday hosted by The Frugal Girl.

If you are wondering what we may be eating just know I have a ton of Mexican food leftovers in my fridge so you can read my post about Rocking Leftover Mexican Food if your curious. Also, I’m kinda craving a Baked Potato topped with some of those leftovers so just use your imagination.

Have a great day!

Gratituesday: Big Kid Time

April 3, 2012 by Holly Yzquierdo Leave a Comment

Our big kids are visiting this week! They are all teenagers and live with their mom in a different part of the country. This is their Spring Break so we are excited to get to spend some time with them. They are also planning to spend time with a few of their friends. Our three year old is especially grateful to have this time with his big brother’s and sister. They are really good kids and we miss them.

What are you grateful for today? Check out Heavenly Homemakers to see how Laura and her guests are spending Gratituesday!

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Gratituesday: Simple Things

March 27, 2012 by Holly Yzquierdo Leave a Comment

Simple things make my heart happy.

A cup of coffee

Staying in bed a few more minutes

Stinky baby toes

Time with my husband

A verse of scripture that speaks to the heart

A quiet house (but only for a little while)

Chocolate

The way our babysitter LOVES our boys

A new recipe that works

Trying new things

Warm, homemade soup

Sun light streaming through the windows

Visits from family and friends

Our church family

Seeing my boys grow

Time in prayer

New friends

Anticipation

Long hugs

Faithful friends

Just Simple Things

Every week Laura at Heavenly Homemakers hosts a Gratituesday link up. If you are in need of encouragement head over to see what other bloggers are thankful for.

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Stir-Fry-Bleh!

January 26, 2012 by Holly Yzquierdo Leave a Comment

Stir-Fry never sounds good to me, but in the last 4 months of eating this way it has been awesome every time I’m made it. Truth be told, I am NOT a lover of vegetables. Shocking I know, what with this Plant-Based Diet and all. Even still, every time I made stir-fry it tasted amazing, as if God worked a miracle right there on my plate.

Until last night. The stir-fry was awful. I’m not sure what I did different but bleh, yuck, and more bleh!!! By popular vote stir-fry will not return to the Meal Plan for at least a few weeks.

Sometimes things just don’t turn out. Sometimes it happens several times in one week.

Take these muffins for example. The first time I made them they were good, but not quite sweet enough more my taste. They were perfect for my husband who, unlike me, isn’t cursed with a big honking sweet tooth.

The second time I made them….what the???

Pitiful Chocolate Muffin — Pitiful Second Attempt

They sank, were wet, and just plain pitiful. On the plus side they tasted great. I had hoped to use these for my 1 year old’s birthday, but that wasn’t going to happen.

The next day I made these. Big difference. I finally realized what I did wrong. I left out 1 cup of flour. Genius I know. But I learned a lesson: when reading chicken scratch directions pay careful attention to detail. And, follow the recipe, I always want to tweak them.