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February 10, 2012

I love lists, Friday!

  1. Fashion time! 4, 6 & 8 are my faves
  2. Let it be simple. Strive for good enough!
  3. Bag organizer! WANT.
  4. I have a new blog crush! Check out Emmadime. You’ll love it.
  5. I’m obsessed with this song and that look at about 1:13.
  6. Everything is going to be OK. I know it will, Mati! You have the best attitude!
  7. Like WHOA!! Strawberry Cashew Milk Shake. Perfection.
  8. Rad Business cards collected from Alt Summit 2012.
  9. This is so creepy, yet I can’t stop watching it.
  10. DIY Valentine’s Day Cards. I love the watercolor one.
  11. I love her sense of color as much as I love her sense of humor
  12. Beautiful Cookies trumped by nose picking! HAHA
  13. Love all of these colors!
  14. This light in this kitchen is stunning. Oh & there’s pancakes too!
  15. Fantastic/Fun/Breathtaking wedding Part ONE and TWO
  16. Someday I’ll have chickens

This week on the Joy the Baker podcast, Me & Joy talk about FRIENDSHIP. The good, the BAD & the ugly. It’s real talk!

I also finished another organizing project on High Straightenence. My bathroom shelves are nice & neat.

A big THANK YOU to Hello Giggles for including me in their 5 Blogs You Should Be Reading List! xox

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February 9, 2012

Clove-Scented Sidecar

FACT 1: I’ve never ridden in a sidecar. I’ve always wanted to.

FACT 2: I’ve never had a sidecar drink. Until now!

What would happen if you drank a sidecar while riding IN a sidecar? I bet it would be a very messy endeavor. It would be classy as all heck though. With some cool goggles, a nice scarf and some leather gloves. Wait!

This is the image I have in my head:

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February 8, 2012

Roasted Butternut Squash & Arugula Salad

LITTLE EFFORT, BIG IMPACT. That’s how I’m living. I almost typed livin’ but I don’t know if I’m that cool.

Maybe I am. I dunno.

roasted butternut squash & arugula salad

I’ve got a lot on my plate these days and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I’m working, podcasting, organizing, mom-ing, wife-ing, cooking, making…In other words, there are a lot of ings in my life right now. The most important ing in my life has been and will ALWAYS be eating. You could have guessed as much.

roasted butternut squash & arugula salad

Since I’m a busy lady with a love for new dishes, most of the recipes I’ve been clipping out have been simple and short. A lot of them require mostly pantry staples with a few fresh produce elements thrown into the mix. This one does just that! I had everything in my kitchen except arugula & apple cider.

Aaaaaand wouldn’t you know that with all the my grocery planning, I totally forgot to pick up the apple cider! It was probably those 3 unplanned minutes spent in front of the kombucha shelf figuring out what flavors to get. Guava? Mango? Passionberry? Oooh Strawberry! Tough decisions. When I got home, I made the executive decision to add the orange juice I already had in my fridge to the warm vinaigrette and it worked like a charm!

This salad has all my favorite things:

Toasted walnuts, dried cranberries, Parmesan, arugula & roasted butternut squash.

Loving. Can we make that the new WINNING? Please?

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February 6, 2012

Heart Glazed Cornmeal Cookies

heart glazed cornmeal cookies

My Kitchen Aid Mixer is named Sir Charles Mixalot III. I just call him Sir Mixalot for short. We had a conversation the other day. It went something like this:

Sir Mixalot: Hey Trace! Would you please use me? I’m sick of collecting dust on your pantry shelf.

Tracy: Hey. You talk! Fiiiiine. I’ll use you. What should I make?

Sir Mixalot: I’m a little outta shape. Something easy. Baby steps. Take it easy on me.

Tracy: I totally get it Sir Mixalot, I haven’t worked out in awhile too. How about cornmeal cookie dough?

Sir Mixalot: I can totally handle that. You’re a dear. Many thanks. Don’t forget to clean my crevices afterward.

Tracy: Ummm. OK…

heart glazed cornmeal cookies

So I busted out Sir Mixalot and put him to work. The dough came together in a snap. We high-fived and I gave him a deep cleaning (head out of the gutter!). Then I got to work cutting, baking & glazing these cookies. The dough was the easiest part thanks to Sir Mixalot. The glazing part was a little tough and I only say that because I had a 3 year old running around the kitchen island begging me for some cookies and showing me a new toy every 5 seconds. Labor of love, my friends. LABOR OF LOVE.

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My Everyday Life: Week 5

Here’s what this past week looked like:

My current mantra.

my everyday life: week 5

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February 3, 2012

I love lists, Friday!

  1. I’ve always wanted to go to Yosemite.
  2. Paul Rudd makes me giggle. Love the glasses!
  3. How cute is this San Francisco themed birthday party??!!
  4. I’d eat the heck out of this.
  5. This place would be so pretty on a rainy afternoon with cookies & tea.
  6. Freckle’s Guide to Thrifting ONE & TWO might turn me into a thrifter!
  7. Make an awesome cardigan out of your fave shirt. YES!
  8. Pretzel Dogs, I think I love you.
  9. I love how this little bird eats.
  10. I wish I had some down time
  11. Nicole redesigned her website. It’s SOOO PRETTY.
  12. Helen Jane! You’re my meal planning guru! I love it all!
  13. Someone please make this for me. Oprah voice app!
  14. Cooking with Colors. And yummy risotto too!
  15. Girl Crush! These workshops look awesome. I want to go to one.

Episode #36 of the Joy the Baker Podcast is called Some Breathing Room. Me & Joy talk about Valentine’s Day, strippers, gifts for men & woman and cutting off your underwear. Yeah I totally went there.

While you’re over at Homefries, check out this week’s High Straightenence! I totally ORGANIZED: MY PURSE!

Look what came! I got my notebooks from the Minted giveaway this week. We have 6 winners!

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February 2, 2012

Sushi Roll Edamame Salad

sushi roll edamame salad

You guys! I’m going through some SERIOUS Oprah withdrawals. It’s really bad. Last week I had a crazy dream where I was trying to find a pair of sunglasses and all of a sudden I was in Walmart and Oprah (who was wearing FLIP FLOPS!) handed me a pair. I woke up before I could hear her sweet voice. Sigh. THEN yesterday while I was driving to work, I pulled up at a stop light and a shiny black suburban passed by. OMG it was Oprah driving the car. Well…not really. It was a woman that looked just like her.

sushi roll edamame salad

While figuring out what to type in this paragraph, I did a google search for “Oprah Vegan” because I remembered the show where she went vegan for a week with all of her staffers and LOOK! that post was a year ago! WHAT WHAT?! I think this means we’re destined to meet. Or if not, maybe someone who knows her really well could get her drunk on Moscow Mules and have her call my voicemail? All I want her to say is TRACY SHUTTERBEAN in her voice. It would seriously make my decade.

sushi roll edamame salad

I wonder if Oprah would like this salad? I’m pretty sure she would. Besides the base of romaine lettuce, there’s a bit of brown rice, avocado chunks, cucumber, nori shreds, edamame, carrots & sesame seeds. It’s hearty yet light! I bet she’d ask for more green onion miso dressing. Of course she’d ask for more dressing! That dressing IS SO DANG GOOD.

Without further adieu…

SUSHI ROLL EDAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME SAAAAAAAALAD FOR EVERYONE!

Did I tell you that Cooper can do the Oprah voice now? It’s glorious.

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