Oh How Purple!

I've been pinning lots of PURPLE! 

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Fiestaware was suggested to me a while ago and after taking a look on Pinterest! I love the color combos of these. Especially since it would include purple! 

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And these would match the fiestaware! 

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These just look delish! 

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Oh how i would love a little grilled eggplant right about now! 

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oooohhhhh pretty!!! 

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I love hydrangeas! We used white ones for our wedding! Love! 

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This reminds me of walking through lavender fields at one of the wineries hubs and i visited last summer! What a fun memory!  

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Oh boy ... that looks perfect for a hot day! 

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Gonna remind myself of this tomorrow while working with the little cherubs! 

Can you tell which color is my favorite?

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Have a great Wednesday! 

Oh How SWEET!

Who doesn't love a good, if not great, dessert?

Today for my Oh, How pinteresting! Link up the theme is desserts! This has definitely been a bunch of eye candy for me on pinterest the first 5 are ones I will make in time and the last 5 are truly just desert porn!

Btw - I'm just wondering if you have found it to be true that many recipes on pinterest claim to be "easy" and yet they are so not? I heard this from a friend who tried to make churros and said it was super difficult! (I was lucky enough to taste the results and loved them! You know who you are!) 

Anyone else feel the same?

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Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake

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Brownie Pizza

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Key Lime Shortbread Cookies

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Blackberry Crumble

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Peach and Cinnamon Cobbler

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Chocolate Caramel Brownies

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Cinnamon and Sugar Pull Apart Bread

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Orange Creamsicle Cookies

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Oh boy... its a good thing looking at desserts don't add calories to my diet!

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Recipe Review

I feel a review is in order... A review of last weeks menu items. I am contemplating this becoming a weekly part of this blog, but not sure it will be as regular. 

So, this week I found a fresh salad from Veggie Belly, you can find it HERE. 

My version of Mango Blueberry Quinoa Salad is one where i just used this salad as a topping to salad greens. Also, instead of the mango i saw at the grocery store, i used dried mango that i chopped up. I added the suggest garbanzo beans as well and made my own dressing. 

Here was what i did for the dressing:

Orange Muscato Vinaigrette

Ingredients: 

2 Tb. Orange Muscato White Vinegar (from Trader Joe's)

1 Tb. Olive oil

1 Splenda packet

Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

I whisked this all up and made more as needed because i packaged up everything for lunches this week! It was nice and light for the salad. All you need is an ounce or 2 for one serving. 

Overall the salad was tasty and had lots of flavor. I really enjoyed the addition of the garbanzo beans! Overall this was a great Pinterest find! Let me know if you try the dressing or even if you try the salad! It was tasty! If you like my find you can also follow me on Pinterest! Just click the link below!