February Favorites: Food + Fun.
Here’s what I’m loving in February – tell me your favorites below!
Skillet pizzas, but in a different way! Instead of the cast iron skillet method (which is the best, but hello – hot as heck and requires a little more hands-on time which I so don’t have right now), I’ve been using a regular nonstick or stainless skillet and my go-to dough. Throw a bit of oil in the skillet while it’s over high heat. Throw in the dough and cook until bubbles form (think pancake-like) then flip the dough and build your pizza. Finish it in the oven, anywhere from 350 to 450 degrees until the cheese is melty, like around ten-ish minutes. This means no pizza peel nightmares! Above is my cheeseburger pizza from a pizza class I taught last week. So good.
La Croix’s new pineapple strawberry flavor. I found it at Target and it’s to die for.
PARENTHOOD! Gah. I’m so sad I didn’t get into it sooner but I blew threw every episode in two weeks. My love knows no bounds. It quite possibly might be my favorite show of ALL time, which is huge for the TV junkie that I am. I couldn’t even tell you who my favorite character is because I loved them all for so many reasons. The writers knocked it out of the park with that. I feel like they covered so many different personalities and I have no idea HOW they did it so brilliantly!
This le creuset 4 1/2 qt round oven – I can’t find the exact one online anymore, but my parents gave it to me for Christmas and it is THE PERFECT SIZE. Seriously, perfect. Most meals I cook can feed four and this is just the best size for everything. I use it almost every single day – soups, stews, pasta, chicken – everything.
This smoothie, but with a hefty dose of spirulina in it. I’ve been drinking it at least four times a week (minus the chocolate everytime, ha) and I swear it works miracles.
Along those same lines, apple cider vinegar. I buy that 32-ounce bottle at my local grocery store. I’ve taken it for years – just a few teaspoons in my water in the morning, but I am telling you – for the first time I got rid of a killer sinus infection and I attribute it to ACV a few times a day, my favorite coconut water, the above smoothie with spirulina, tons of water and avoiding dairy for a few days. Usually they last two plus weeks for me, but this one was gone in four days!
ummm – handsoap. Yep, it’s a thing right now for me. I think because I’ve been so cooped up in the house with the freezing temps and baby, that I’m searching for ways to make every little thing a special experience or something. First up, these Nest hand soaps! I love Nest perfume and candles and these do not disappoint. I have the grapefruit and the tangerine in our bathrooms. And next, these a la Maison hand soaps. My cousin brought me one of these from whole foods a few weeks ago – the rosemary mint scent – and it’s currently in the kitchen. It smells DIVINE. Everyone loses their mind when they wash their hands in the kitchen.
Kind of flipping over this cornflake crisp chocolate. Spread with peanut butter? Oh yes.
Maroon 5’s song Sugar – but more importantly, their music video for it. I could watch it ten times a day.
This unicorn mug! A few of you mentioned this in the comments of my last favorites post and uhhh… like I could say no? I’m fanatical about it. I want a second one. The only thing is – it’s super fragile and I’m so afraid I’m going to break off the horn!
The tiramisu latte. I love it. Freaking LOVE it.
Everything floral that is currently at athleta. DYING over it. I got the jacket and the sports bra... and I really want the crops buuuuut… not so sure how flattering they would be at the moment. May just do it anyway!
The heart pizza. It’s true. I cannot eat it any other way now. Last night I made us skillet pizzas and cut the pepperoni into hearts again. I don’t think my starving husband was as in to it. Whatevs.
[none of this is sponsored, just like to talk about things that I discover and love over the month. there may be a few amazon affiliate links above. love love.]
26 Comments on “February Favorites: Food + Fun.”
Pingback: Just Cooking News / February Favorites: Food + Fun.
Oh, yum, I bet that pineapple strawberry La Croix is the best! I will have to be on the lookout for it, since I’m just about finished with the cherry lime ones I have now. :) I love how they are flavored and BUBBLY without being terrible for you!
I’m dying over that sports bra! I cannot get enough of all the brightly colored athletic wear out right now!
I am currently crushing on Maroon 5 as well! Can’t.Get.Enough!
Ah, so many good things! Those soaps make me happy :)
That Last Croix link seems to be the wrong one. FYI.
Pineapple Strawberry!? Thank god Target is closed right now or I would be making a special trip.
oh myyy – that unicorn mug, those florals! so cute… gotta restrain myself now!
xo, cheyenne
I LOVE Ritter cornflake bars! Never thought to put PB on it tho… hmmmmm…
OMG. The florals at Athleta are killing me too! I basically want everything out of their most recent catalog…
greatttt now I need to get that chocolate, that pizza, and that handsoap. you’re killing my wallet here! mainly because I trust you inherently and want to buy everything you recommend.
I love your favorite lists, and all your lists in general. You speak my language it seems, and I never miss one when I see them in my inbox! Thanks for sharing!
So many great things! Your favorites compilations are always the best! Thanks for sharing!
My 6 year old is constantly singing Sugar. It is the cutest thing! I have yet to watch the video and am probably the only person who hasn’t seen it. I hate how much I love Tiramisu latte. I’m now waiting for Coffee-Mate to come out with a creamer. I’ll have to go there!
OMG that tiramisu latte is SO good. #addicted. And yes to everything Athleta! :)
HEART PIZZA! So much love! :D
HEART PIZZA! So much love!
AMEN to 4 1/2 qt dutch ovens. they are literally the perfect size. and pretty.
Recent favorite binge-watch show that I watched in Feb: BROADCHURCH! On Netflix. Go, now!
I hated the Tiramisu latte! But then again I am not huge on Starbucks coffee. Has a weird after taste to me.
The crust on that skillet pizza looks perfect, yumm! And that unicorn mug — I’d be afraid to use it (major klutz) but at the same time wouldn’t be able to resist!
Have you checked out the athletic wear from Fabletics? I LOVE their stuff. Their yoga pants seem to stay up well and everything is so soft and comfortable. Plus the prices can’t be beat! At the very least you should try the $25 special! A word to the wise though, wait to do it until the first of the month when they release the new styles and buy fast!
I was feeling sickish shortly after you first posted the orange Julius smoothie, so I made it a few days later and OMG so freaking good. I feel like I’m constantly buying citrus and coconut milk now just to make them. LOVE. and i’m also obsessed with coconut milk in my coffee!
The little Braverman girl on Parenthood is actually my friend’s twin daughters! Aren’t they just super adorable?! And hello, that skillet pizza looks amaze!
I am always stocking up on hand soaps. I think at any given point we have like 10 bottles in the house. My husband doesn’t understand. But I want nice smelling soap. It makes me happy.
That cornflake crisp chocolate sounds amazing!
Kari
http://www.sweetteasweetie.com
Parenthood is one of the most special shows on tv. I am so happy you watched it before it was a moment of the past. I only discovered you recently… I am so happy I have found you. Already, I have loved so many of the moments of your life and many of your recipes. All the best.