Recipes
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TikTok Wrap Trend
Have you seen it yet? The TikTok tortilla wrap hack food trend that’s gone viral? Well, we obviously had to try it and good news – it’s worth the hype. Make any flavor combination wraps for an easy breakfast, lunch or dinner! The process is super easy and I could eat one everyday. Directions: Cut a slit to the middle of burrito-sized tortilla (I like Siete Grain Free and Carb Balance Whole Wheat tortillas) and fill each quarter with your favorite ingredients. Then simply fold each quarter triangles onto themselves until you have a layered wrap. Then brush each side with a tiny bit of olive oil and put it…
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Team Breakfast
Lets Wine About It Sister is entering the age-old debate regarding the importance of eating breakfast. Are you Team Breakfast? Or do you fall in the “would rather skip it” camp? Both Mallory and I are staunch must east breakfast gals. And I have found that if I do not eat a breakfast that contains protein each morning, I will most certainly be eating dark chocolate individually-wrapped Reese’s peanut butter cups out of my colleague’s candy dish by 10am. Below are some of the ways I push off candy eating until at least after lunch. Microwave Eggs My husband Ryan gets out a pan and cooks himself an egg for…
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Mocktails for a Dry-ish January
December was FUN and FULL of indulging and unfortunately it’s time to lock it up. That being said, I have two wild toddler boys at home in the midst of the pandemic soooo why would I go completely dry? I wouldn’t. But, I am saving the wine for the weekends and attempting to be dry Monday through Thursday this month. That said, I’m finding myself wanting something around 4 pm as I wait for Chris to get home from work at approximately 4:47 every day. And I want something other than the water and bubbly water I’ve been drinking all day long. I even found myself craving a diet coke…
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Peace. Love. Cookies.
Our mom is the Christmas cookie queen! Each year she bakes about 15 different types of cookies (gingerbread, teatime tassies, Nordie bars, melting moments, sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, thumbprints, fudge, just to name a few) and sends them out to friends on beautiful, elaborate platters that our dad delivers on Christmas Eve. Sam and Emma love going to Grandma Lolo’s house on Christmas Eve to help fill the platters (and maybe sample a cookie or three in the process). Unfortunately our mom is not doing cookie platters this year due to COVID-19, but next year we promise to bring ALL the Christmas cookie content to you. In the meantime,…
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2 Things You Should Really Make This Week: Antipasto Squares & Sparkling Raspberry Shrub Cocktails
Tis the season for festive cocktails and yummy appetizers! My Saturday night consisted of raspberry shrub cocktails and antipasto squares and I wouldn’t change a thing. We had a bring your own heavy appetizer night with the fam and there was way too much food and good bottles of wine so in my eyes it was a very successful night. These were both new recipes to me so I really didn’t know how they were going to turn out which is always a little concerning when you are serving something to other people. Thankfully, they were both so good and really made the night (along with the other apps like…
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Feliz Navidad with Christmas Nachos & Holiday Margaritas
We want to wish you a Merry Christmas with nachos and holiday margaritas! Last Friday I walked into the grocery store (QFC) to discover these Xochitl Red & Green Corn Chips. And like any other sane person, I immediately thought “Christmas Nachos”! Quickly followed by “with Holiday Margaritas.” Of course, I then texted Mallory. Three bags of chips later, Mallory and I separately brainstormed our Christmas nacho recipes. Mallory went the route of traditional Christmas-themed toppings (i.e. red and green) – diced bell pepper, salsa, jalapenos, tomatoes, and avocado with CHRISTMAS QUESO. This stuff is amazing! Mallory and I literally stood in front of the stove with a bag of…
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Celebrate the Holidays with a Snow Globe Cake
Do you have a friend or loved one with a December birthday that you would like to celebrate in a special way? Or perhaps you are looking for a fun holiday baking activity with your kids? We have a recommendation for you: make a snow globe cake! This baking project is a simple and fun with a definite WOW factor. Kids can help make the cake layers, spreading the frosting (if you are brave!), putting on the coconut snowflakes, and designing your snow globe scene. And we had time to make this cake because we, unlike our mother, buy our children’s’ gingerbread houses prebuilt instead of tracing, cutting out by…
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Holiday Cocktails
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas are some delicious holiday cocktails… Its Friday and I think we all need a fun holiday cocktail to kick off this first weekend in December! While our December calendar looks very different this year with absolutely zero holiday parties, we are refusing to say “Bah Humbug!” Instead, we are finding ways to be more celebratory at home. If we cannot go to the holiday cocktails, lets bring them to us! One easy holiday cocktail you can try at home – a Poinsettia. Its a mimosa but instead of orange juice you combine prosecco or champagne with cranberry juice to taste. Pomegranate juice is…
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Thanksgiving Recap & Baked Caramel Corn Recipe
Despite being in the middle of pandemic, we made the best of Thanksgiving and our mom hosted a lovely al fresco Covid-friendly afternoon. So, even though Thanksgiving has come and gone and it’s officially Christmas season (wahoo) we thought the details from my mom’s Thanksgiving lunch were worth mentioning because they would work well for any gathering these days! And given that we will still be dealing with this in a month at Christmas, uuuuugh, this could be helpful as everyone starts to think about their Covid Christmas plans. As Megan previously mentioned in this post about our alternative Thanksgiving plans, my mom made the YUMMIEST Turkey Potpie Soup and…
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MINI THANKSGIVING DESSERTS
Looking for Thanksgiving dessert ideas that are mini, easy, and COVID-friendly (i.e. single serve)? We have you covered. Mini pumpkin crème brûlée, mini apple tarts, mini pumpkin pies, mini pumpkin pie custards, oh my! And best of all, each recipe requires very few ingredients because, wow, I made the mistake of stopping at the grocery store on the way home from work yesterday to grab cold Corona beer that we “needed” to accompany our Taco Tuesday dinner. The COVID-grocery store line wrapped down the sidewalk and around the corner. And, yes, I still waited because Taco Tuesday… While easy and quick to make, these mini Thanksgiving desserts do require some…
