Tuesday Things.
1. When I was a kid we spent what felt like hours in greenhouses with my mom in the spring while she picked out flowers to plant. I’m pretty sure she just let us loose for an hour or two and we ran through the aisles and kicked the stones around. Now here’s me trying to hold both kids and pick out baskets and dragging my mom with me.
2. And! I was so excited to see my chives from last year pop back up and have the prettiest blossoms on them. This is my new obsession – I’ve used the purple blossoms in multiple recipes and I love them more than other edible flowers. I planted the rest of my herbs this weekend too! Tons of basil, TONS of mint, three big lavender pots – lots of stuff!
3. Um hello chocolate raspberry cups! Reeeeally want to try these.
4. Guys, please tell me how you eat cacao nibs. Every time I get them on a smoothie bowl they are so hard then I feel like they will break my teeth. I’ve never experience it before! And I don’t totally LOATHE the taste of them, I do think they taste slightly like chocolate and coffee. But they are like biting stones. Then other times I buy them and they are fine?
5. The best of Martha Stewart’s personal instagram. I live for it.
6. So for our TV talk, who is soooo excited that Southern Charm is coming back this week? I cannot wait. I liked Billions, watched GoT last night with Eddie but am still not into it (like still have no desire to watch from the start), am dying over the ending of Grey’s Anatomy last week and kind of want to start Dead to Me on netflix too.
7. The aperol spritz is not a good drink? Lacy sent me this last week and we were in disbelief… I actually LOVE the aperol spritz. I love the taste and how light it is. Can’t get on board with that.
8. Yesterday before 7 am, Max and Emilia had emptied the contents of two of my kitchen drawers along with everything under the kitchen sink. The floor was COVERED and as I looked around, Max stare right at me and says “mama… are you having a hard time?” Maybe never laughed so hard in my liiiife.
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My favorite kid story is from the grocery store. I let my then-4 year old use one of those kid sized carts (aka Achilles’s heel destroyers) and I was anxiously following her around and reminding her to say “excuse me.” We turned down an aisle and there was an older woman coming the other direction. “Natalie,” I said, “be careful when we pass this lady – what do you say?” Nat looked right at her with her little cherub face and said “beep beep, lady!”
Dead on Me is excellent – DO IT! and thats such an adorable innocent troublemaker thing to do./say…. toddlers are the best!
I use cacao nibs in smoothies, but I think the key is to blend them along with all of your other ingredients – if you don’t want them completely pulverized, just add them at the end and pulse a couple of times. I think it adds great texture that way.
“Dead to Me” did nothing for us! The reviews were really strong, but I thought it was all very predictable and also very, very slow.
Omg, watching GOT this week had the opposite effect for me. I want to go back to the beginning and watch it from the start all over again! Haha.
I mostly use cacao nibs in baking. They add almost a nuttiness to whatever it is. My favorite is to put them in muffins. The ones I use are from Trader Joe’s and are pretty small, and I’ve never had a problem with how hard they are (maybe because they are so small.)
I LOVED Dead to Me. Christina Applegate is so great.
Dead to Me was so fun (if we can use the word fun) Kind of Big Little Lies vibe to it I thought.
‘Mama, are you having a hard time?’ OMG. lol. little turkeys. but they’re awesome
I love cacao nibs on top of overnight oats along with fresh fruit and nuts. I need that texture with those! I always get mine from Trader Joe’s-not sure if the quality varies depending on where you buy them?
I love Aperol Spritz! We drank them when we studied abroad (and the bars would give you chips and other snacky things for free – a college student’s dream!) so maybe it’s nostalgic, but i was so excited when I first saw them become more popular. They’re not as cool now that everyone knows what they are, but still fun.
4.) I put cacao nibs in homemade granola, and soak the mixture (for at least 45 minutes) in brazil nut milk. It sounds goop-y, but it totally softens the cacao nibs and brings out sweetness (to tone down the bitterness).
6.) Only if they for sure keep Thomas off the show.
I loved Dead to Me! I thought it was well written and real, and hilarious at times. A fun binge.
You HAVE to watch Dead to Me! Also, it has James Marsden…ummm HELLO total hearthrob
Dead To Me…yes
Also watch Sneaky Pete if you have an Amazon streaming subscription..
Hi! You recommended “Good Girls ” I didn’t know it was on NBC? So ADDICTED! Thanks! Love Netflix! I’m watching ” The Santa Clarita Diet ” on Netflix right now. It’s good it’s with Drew Barrymore and she turned into a zombie. She has suburban life and her and her husband are realters. And they don’t know how she got the virus. It’s so FUNNY! It’s kind of a dark comedy. Just an FYI! Love your Blog!! I hope you took a picture of the result of mess the kids created! FUNNY!
Love Southern Charm! Meredith won’t let them take him to jail???
Maybe the cacao nibs are only hard when they are cold (ie, in a smoothie bowl)? I’ve never tried them but that might make sense?
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this probably doesnt help your issue but….the best way to eat cocoa nibs in MY opinion is this. 1. insert spoon into nut butter of choice (me = almond). 2. insert covered spoon into cocoa nib bag. 3. shove in mouth while no one looks :)
also my boyfriend recently told me one of his most unfav chores is to go to the greenhouse with me and pick out flowers. he would trade scrubbing toilets to just get to sit in the car and watch tv while i walked the greenhouse ? HUH ? im not sure why its that bad ? but my toilets will be cleaner this summer i guess ?