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Homemade Pumpkin Puree
I have ALWAYS made my own pumpkin puree. There are several reasons why – it’s cheaper, easy to make but the biggest reason is it simply tastes better! There is just such a better flavor when making your pumpkin goodies when using a homemade pumpkin puree. There is honestly not a single brand of canned Pumpkin Puree that can even come close to comparing to homemade! I do have this one tip though….make sure to purchase your pie pumpkin early November or you may not be able to find one for your Thanksgiving dinner. I usually purchase a few pumpkins in late October/early November and keep it as decor…
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It’t time to get ready for Thanksgiving! Check out what I will be making as well as my own person recipes!!!
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu and Recipes: HoneySuckle White Turkey (16-20 lbs) If the turkey has been refrigerated, bring it to room temperature before cooking. If you get a frozen turkey, you will need to defrost it in the refrigerator for several days. Allow approximately 5 hours of defrosting for every pound. So, if you have a 20 pound turkey, it will take about 100 hours (4 days) to defrost it in the refrigerator. Remove the neck and giblets (heart, gizzard, liver). Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Wash the turkey inside and out with water. Pat the turkey dry with paper towels. Lather the outside of the turkey with a mixture of 2…
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My Top 5 Back to School Hacks
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% my own! It’s back to school time! There are so many emotions involved with the kids going back to school for me. I am ready for a little more structure to my day, a little less bickering and fighting. But I will surely miss spending all of that quality time with my kiddos. For us once school begins we are like a well oiled machine. It doesn’t happen on it’s own it takes a little planning and practice but we have learned how to make it happen. I have 5 kids with very busy schedules. They ride 3 different buses, go…
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Summer Reading List K-6th Grades
With summer here we are all scrambling to find ways to keep our kids reading and enjoying reading! As a teacher and mom of four I have established this detailed summer reading list. I have listed 5 books for each grade level that are age appropriate and enjoyable. PRINT or DOWNLOAD: Summer Reading List Grades K-3rd PRINT or DOWNLOAD: Summer Reading List Grades 4th-6th
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PEEPsicle’s – Peeps on a stick!
Peeps are an icon treat for Easter. My kids are always looking excited to open up their Easter baskets and start snacking on their PEEPS. This year I wanted to do a little something different. Instead of putting the same old boring packaging in their Easter Baskets I made these adorable PEEPsicle’s or PEEPS on a stick. They only took 10 seconds to make and turned out super cute. These Peeps on a stick really turned out so cute! I put them in a cute bucket I found in the Dollar Spot at Target, added a little lace and flower to decorate a little and filled the bucket with brown…
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How to Style a Julia
I have recently become a HUGE fan of the Julia. Ok wait…let me back up for a second. A Julia is the name of a dress designed by Lularoe. If you don’t know what Lularoe is then you may have been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years. LOL. Just kidding. Lularoe is designer boutique clothing at affordable prices. You can only buy Lularoe from a personal retailer online or through an in home pop up. (I am actually a Lularoe Retailer, please feel free to join my group on Facebook Angelique’s Lularoe Boutique). So as I mentioned the Julia is a dress. It is form fitting,…
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Must Have Baby Registry Items – I Couldn’t Live Without!
We just recently had our 5th baby and oh boy let me tell you…baby products have definitely changed over the past 13 years since having my first. There are so many things that nice and quite convenient and then a ton of things to be honest that are just a waste of money. We really had to start completely over with baby #5, as we got rid of pretty much everything after having our 4th. So of course I did a ton of thinking and research to figure out what we NEEDED. I wanted to go into this last baby with a pretty minimalist approach. Not just get a ton…
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DIY Glow Stick Valentine’s Day Cards
My kids absolutely LOVE these DIY Valentine’s Day cards we made for their classmates. I love that they were fun, easy and super affordable. Even more so I love that they do not include any candy. To make these fabulous Valentines simply print this Valentines Day Glow Stick printables HERE. Purchase glow stick bracelets (I found mine at Target, a pack of 15 for just $1. They also have them at the Dollar Tree.) Using pretty scrapbook paper cut out a background piece. I used my Silhouette Machine to cut my banner shaped background. Above is pictured the exact shape I created for the background of each Valentine, for printing with the…
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Authentic Pork Fried Rice Recipe
We are a mixed family. My husband is Korean and I am white. As a mixed family we have found that we enjoy authentic foods much more than classic American foods. One of my families favorite meals is this delicious Authentic Pork Fried Rice recipe. It is really quite simple to make and even better it was taught to us by a good friend from China and it was his grandma’s recipe! YUM!!! Ingredients 2 cups Jasmine Rice 3 1/2 cups water 1/2 pork roast 3/4 cup celery, chopped/diced 3/4 cup carrots, chopped/diced 3/4 cup onion, chopped/diced 3/4 cup sugar snap peas, chopped 2 egg, scrambled 1/4-1/2 cup cilantro, chopped…
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Kids Yearly Savings Jar – 1 Penny at a Time!
Teaching kids to save their money can be hard. Heck convincing myself I need to save money seems nearly impossible sometimes. That’s why I decided to try something new with my kids this year. This year we will be saving money 1¢ at a time. Here’s how this works. First you will need a jar. I chose a nice big one since we will be adding lots of coins in (because that’s the type of money my kids have). You can get a jar like mine HERE. Next you will want to print a label for your jar. HERE is the label shown in the picture above, available for you to…
