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Friday, March 13, 2015

Current Favorite Recipes

Confession: I stalk pinterest multiple times a day for new recipes.  I love getting inspired by what I see and trying new recipes.  Sweets, treats, 30 minute meals, one pot wonders, restaurant copy-cats, healthy dinners, snacks, ect.  I love it all!

Here are some of my favorites that I've tried recently:

One Pot lasagna by: Damn Delicious

I do not even like lasagna, but I love this!  It's not too saucy and tomato-ey (which is what I don't like about lasagna).  Best of all--you make it all in one pan in under 30 minutes!  So great for when you want something tasty and quick.  David loves lasagna, so this recipe is definitely a keeper for us.  I'm making it tonight and can't wait to eat it again :)


Easier, Healthier Butter Chicken by:Half Baked Harvest

We love Indian Food and make it at home a lot!  This is probably my favorite recipe.  Now, it is "healthi-er", but it's definitely still not a diet meal.  Trust me, it is worth it though!  I love to serve this with rice (you can throw in a pinch of garam masala or turmeric for Indian flare), homemade garlic naan, and sprinkle fresh cilantro on top.  So yummy!  And best part?  It's a crock pot dish!




This seriously is the "best ever".  I've actually been eating this a lot for breakfast, lunch, and dessert lately.  It is definitely something that you'll crave.  Fresh berries, cream, yogurt, brown sugar...mmmmm.  Make it for an indulgent snack--I promise it'll change the way you think about fruit and yogurt!  It is definitely a keeper for any brunch you might host.



This is a great, light dinner.  It packs lots of flavor and is so refreshing!  I cut back on the amount of buffalo sauce so that it wasn't too spicy.  Make a batch of "homemade ranch" (and by that I mean, use the packet and not the bottle) and pile your favorite veggies on top.  Yum!



This is pretty fast and easy to make.  I love that it doesn't get hard, but stays "ooey, gooey",  It's just the right amount of sweet and salty.  I took this to a game night and it was devoured pretty quickly (mostly by me, but I was craving it, ok?).

What are you favorite recipes?  Let me know if you try any of these!

Love, 
Kristy Jane

Monday, March 2, 2015

Back To School??

So, for Christmas  this last year David got me Photoshop Elements.  I have always been interested in photography and wanted to learn more about editing.  I opened up Elements a few times, but really didn't know all that much about it.  I pinned a lot of tutorials to pinterest, but was so easily frustrated by them because I really didn't have a frame of reference for the program at all.  So, after about a month of fighting that losing battle I started to look into courses. UVU offered a community education course on the basics.  It was a good price, close by, and I thought the description of the course offered what I needed so I signed up.  It was back to school for a few hours twice a week for me!

I was a little hesitant about this because it was after all Community Ed.  I thought it would be filled with a bunch of retirees learning how to open up a picture.  Needless to say, my hypothesis was a little true.  My class was about 45% older "computer savvy" people (and by that I mean stuck in the floppy disc age, but still thinking they know what's going on), 50% moms, and 5% me.  Although it did move a little slow (and I felt slightly out of place), I still really really enjoyed it.  I was able to learn what the tools do and get a good base knowledge for what I want to know in the future :)

Here are a few things I learned to do:

Taking this picture.....

...to this picture of "Mr. Melonhead"

Fixing this scan (and kind of terrible quality picture)....

...to this better picture!
And this one I took a few weeks ago....

...Into this fun (and more flattering) picture!

^^^^Anyone notice one of the changes I made to the last one?  Haha, maybe a little vain and not the most "perfect" use of the tool.  But it was fun for me to think of this application and practice using it ;)

Also, I have to share this story because it is just too funny.  During my last semester (and even after graduating from BYU), I used to have this recurring dream that I completely forgot all semester about a class I had registered for and never attended. That would lead to me realizing months later that I got a big fat F on my transcript or couldn't graduate because it was a required course.  These dreams probably didn't go away for about a year.  During the first week of this Photoshop Elements course I was thinking about how I was so excited for my next class and wondering what we would learn next.  I thought about that for a while and then realized that I had completely missed my "next class"!  My "next class" was actually the night before and I had completely forgot about it until noon of the next day.  Too funny.  Good thing my recurring dream came true about a community ed class and not the real thing ;)

Love,
Kristy Jane

 

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