Favorite Pins of the Week

I hope everyone had a good weekend!  It was super busy for us!  One of Kevins good friends came in to town to stay with us for the weekend, we went out with friends to Coeur dAlene, ID on Friday evening, then Saturday was spent Downtown Spokane for Hoopfest, the biggest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the world.  Happily, our court was super close to my work, so we were able to park for free and haul all of our chairs and stuff over with ease.

Since I wanted to give Kevin some time to hang out with his friend he hadnt seen in a while (read: play video games, lasertag, and other boy stuff), in downtime I kept to myself and read, worked-out, and was on Pinterest, of course ;).  Here are some of my favorite pins from the last week:

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Doesnt this corn quinoa salad from
Eating Bird Food just look like summer? (source)

Arent these water as fire images just gorgeous? (source)

Did this yesterday for my first workout after a
2 month hiatus of traveling and having an
injured hip.... my god.... it is shameful how sore I am! (source)

Im also doing this abs challege, as my girlfriends
wedding that I am in (was) 14 days away.
Good motivation to stick-to-it! (source)

Makes me think of what I will be doing on the
4th of July with two of my best whiskey buds :)
(source)

Doesnt this look like the perfect fall
apple-picking outfit?  I know!  I know!
Too soon to start wishing it was fall ;)

Happy Pinning!

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This broccoli and bean pasta from Holy Cow Vegan looks amazing!
There isnt a single ingredient in this recipe Kevin wouldnt like.
 Ill have to give this one a try sometime soon. 

These beautiful white glass cabinets matched with blue floral planters
are literally something taken out of my dream kitchen.
I have a whole set of blue plates, bowls, and figurines that my grandma left to me.
Maybe my next kitchen (yay apartment living right?)
will have lighter cabinets that will go well with the blue ceramics.
(unknown source)

This Creamy (vegan) Butternut Squash Pasta with Sage
from Cookie and Kate caught my eye last week.
 I ended up making it for a friend who came over for dinner last Wednesday.
The sauce was so yummy that I thinned the leftovers with
 low-sodium vegetable broth and had as a soup later in the week.

Another piece of my dream kitchen.  Look at that apron sink and the huge windows!
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I love this outfit.  I have a dress that is super similar to this one in style and colors.
Now all I need is a good jean jacket to go with it.
(source)

Happy Pinning to all!

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Favorite Pins of the Week 3

This week seems to be going by sooooo sloooowly!  Kevin is still in western Washington visiting his family, so Ive been a bit lonely.  Also, it has been hot as hell around here lately!  We have had weather in the lower 90s, but it feels so so much hotter because there is no breeze all day.  Ive been needing to prep food and do other chores in the evening, but I keep putting it off because of how hot it has been in our apartment.  Bleh!

This week seems to be going by slowly because this next weekend is my good friends wedding.  So excited for the wedding and all of the girly primping beforehand, since I am a bridesmaid.  Tonight Im helping the bride with a few last minute errands before the wedding... which may include wine tasting... oh darn! ;)

Since I have been a bit of a hermit the last few days due to the heat, I have spent a bit of time on Pinterest.  Here are a few of my favorite pins this week:

Cranberry Walnut Chickpea Salad Sandwich
My mom and I made these for my sister-in-laws
High Tea bab(ies) shower this last December.
They were a huge hit with non-vegetarians
and to my disappointment, there werent any
leftovers after the party.

DIY Pom-Pom Magnets
These would be perfect for my leftover yarn!

I sent my friend this infograph on her days leading up to the wedding.
For dinner tonight Ill be making us a veggie stir fry with broccoli, carrots,
celery, garlic, ginger, and cabbage, topped with a citrus teriyaki sauce.

Isnt this knit stitch beautiful with the gradual colored yarn?

Hope everyone has a great week!!!

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Favorite Pins this Week

Gotta love Pinterest!  It is great for getting and sharing ideas as well as killing time when you are procrastinating, of course!  For those of you on Pinterest, you can find and follow me on Pinterest here:

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I thought I would share with you guys some of my favorite pins as of late...

This idea for a Thai Baked Potato Bar came from Dula Notes.
Its my turn to host ladys night on Thursday ,and how easy would it be to
bake some potatoes, cook up some peanut sauce, chop the toppings,
and have a potato bar set up?  I could also set out my Coconut Curry Hummus leftovers!

How perfectly lovely is this DIY lace window pane treatment?
This one is from Annabel Vita, and only requires corn starch, water, and lace.
It can be a temporary treatment that will wash off with warm water.
Brilliant!

Im dying to make a cardi with some of the yarn I got over the holidays,
but was worried I wouldnt be able to wear what I make until autumn.
 I think this little bolero from Quince & Co. would work perfect for summertime.
I love the simple texture and classic pattern!

I finally aquired all of the ingredients I needed from Vitacost.com
to make my own homemade foundation powder.  I followed the recipe from
Live Simply, and used Tea Tree oil as my essential oil.
I think I need to add a bit more cinnamon to my mix, but it has been
working perfectly to keep my face matte, and it smells great!

How AHH-MAZE-ING does this look?!
I love all of the Indian recipes from Vegan Richa like this cauliflower keema.

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Farmers Market Finds and Pins

I hope everyone had a good weekend!  I spent mine mostly relaxing around the house with Kevin.  We recently started watching the first season of Revenge on Netflix.  In short, we are addicted and are trying to watch the whole season through this week so we can watch the new season that we are recording tonight.

On Saturday morning I went to the Liberty Lake Farmers Market with my friends Stephanie and Beth.  We were able to get to the market a bit earlier this week and found the selection a lot more plentiful.  Here is a breakdown of what I got:

• 2 bunches of parsnips- $2
• 1 lb purple potatoes- $1.50
• 10 red prunes- $1
• bunch of green and swiss chard- $1

Can you tell from this week and last weeks Farmers Market trip that I seem to be attracted to purple produce?  Im excited for what recipe Ill think up to use the purple potatoes.  I asked the man selling them if they are purple on the inside too.  He said that they were, but they dont bleed color at all like a beet might.  Ill be fun to cut one of these puppies open!  Also, I was so happy to find parsnips!  I had never tried it before last fall, but I loved this recipe for Roasted Apples and Parsnips, Mmmmm!

Since Ive been being a bit lazy this weekend, Ive been on my Pinterest just a bit... ok, thats a bit of an understatement, but here are a few of my favorite pins from the week:

Step-by-step to roast and puree a pumpkin from Oh She Glows
From what I can tell, this will work for most fall and winter squashes,
such as butternut, ambernut, and acorn squashes.

Peanut Butter Granola from SHAPE.com
I tried out this recipe with brown rice syrup instead of honey and it turned out great.
At 5 minutes of baking I turned the oven off and allowed the granola to cool with the oven,
making the moisture from the granola to dry out.  Crunchy, peanut buttery, and delicious!

These sweet little tea cups and plates remind me of this summer when I had a fancy tea with my mom, a family friend, and my bridesmaids a few weeks before the wedding.  Its things like this that make me so happy to be a girl :)

I cannot tell you how true this is for Kevin and I.  We have such childish potty humor sometimes.

Fruit Slide from SOSK Designs
Isnt this awesome?!  I want this in my future kitchen so badly!  Im not quite sure how that banana is sitting there, but the idea that my apples and oranges get to go for a slide before I eat them is just so fun.  It would be a great visual as to how much fruit youve eaten since you last went grocery shopping.

Four sleeping baby otters... I have never seen anything as cute!  I got to do a lot of cat-napping this weekend, which I think I will now call otter-napping.... that is, sleeping like otters, not stealing otters... hehe!

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