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Hidy ho my favorite people!
This week absolutely flew by thanks to a few fun evenings out on the town. On Tuesday I went to a great local social media event, then Wednesday I had drinks and apps with a girlfriend after work. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, girl time feeds the soul like nothing else. This week was a good reminder to peel off my semi-permanently-attached slippers and GET OUT THERE!
Another highlight from the week? Absolutely slaying a batch of hard-boiled eggs. I like to keep HBE in the fridge because they’re so easy to eat when I need a quick, healthy snack or something to tide me over until dinnertime but, let’s be real, they’re a pain in the buns to peel. Lately I’ve been having terrible luck with losing half the egg in the peeling process but this time I hardly lost a drop (and no idea why.) So much win!
What is my life coming to when I get this excited about eggs? You know what, don’t answer that. :)
Anyway, nothing specific on tap for the weekend – it’s supposed to finally warm up from the negative temps we’ve been having so probably lots of snow and sled time for Mr. Lincoln who, in case you missed it, turned 18 months old this week! G-A-S-P.
Well wherever you are and whatever you do have a wonderful weekend and in the meantime please enjoy my favorite finds from around the web and beyond in this week’s Friday Favorites!
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Favorite sip: The Best Coconut Margarita Recipe. It’s always around this time of year, when the snow and cold temps are just relentless, that I start dreaming of a tropical getaway. Although my suitcase is empty, my shopping list is about to fill up with the ingredients to make these tropical-inspired margs from Heidi @ Foodie Crush. Beachy bliss.
Favorite DIY: Rustic Crate How To. I had just decided to put a long flower box on my entryway table that I was having trouble styling a few weeks back, when I stumbled upon this how to post! I will for sure give you an update if I decided to give it a go, otherwise I’ve found some pretty sweet ones on Etsy, too.
Favorite fresh: Cauliflower Rice Lettuce Cups with Siracha Peanut Sauce. Told you cauliflower was having a moment. ;) Love this fresh and healthy Thai-inspired lettuce wrap recipe. Can’t wait to give it a try.
Favorite maybe? Whole 30. Whole 30 has exploded over the last couple of years and I’ve been toying around with the idea of doing it since last summer. That said I don’t know what it would look like for IGE. 30 days of my Whole 30 eats in a food diary-type format (for you OG readers, it would be more like the first two years of the blog) + Whole 30-friendly recipes? Does anybody have any thoughts on this? Love it? Hate it and would stop reading for a month? Don’t care either way? I want to do it for my health, and I know that trumps everything in life, but I also realize it could be strange and risky to change the course of my blog for a whole month… Hmm.
Favorite find: Favorite Sources: Decorative Objects. I feel like decorating the house is not only hard because well, it’s FREAKING HARD, but also because it feels like I see the same things at the same stores over and over and over again. That said I was pumped to find this enormous roundup from Teal & Lime on all the different places you can find fun, unique, and interesting decor for any style.
Favorite snack: Pizza Kale Chips. Yuuuuup.
Favorite decor: How To Make a Small Room Look Bigger. This setup is amazing!! It’d be perfect for our formal living room where we have uh, nothing on the walls. Now to find an enormous mirror that doesn’t cost a gazillion dollars.
Favorite flashback: THE GANG IS BACK!!! Best 8 minutes of my life spent watching this video. Wait for Jesse’s face at 4:28. I’m still dying. Someone needs to create a meme stat.
Favorite dinner: Easy Chicken Breasts with Creamy Mushroom Sauce. Another winner from Heidi @ Foodie Crush! Simple. Quick. Satisfying. Also, mushrooms. :)
Favorite reminder. Ugh, most amazing thing I’ve read in a long time.
Favorite treat: Yogurt Tart with Oat Crust. Is it breakfast? Dessert? Who cares – this tart looks delicious!
Favorite natural: All-Purpose Healing Stick. I’ve mentioned a few times here on IGE that I’ve dabbled in essential oils over the past year and a half, so the combo of oils in this all-purpose stick intrigues me for using on everything from blemishes to bug bites. Totally trying it out. My Mom used a combo of oils (of course right now I forget which ones) as bug repellent last summer that she swore by.
Favorite Etsy: 12 Bottle High Capacity Wine Rack. Isn’t this an amazing wine rack? I especially like the big bolt details at the top and bottom.
Favorite remix: Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Zucchini Boats. My Pinterest feed has been blowing up with delicious looking Mexican recipes lately and these caught my eye for being decadent yet healthy at the same time. Mouthwatering!
Favorite fashion: Striped Pareo. I started with a vacation-inspired find and I’ll end with one too. Isn’t this bathing suit cover up adorable?? I love how it’s shorter in the front and looks like it could be easily tailored for any height (it’s a one size pareo. And don’t think I knew what a pareo meant until I Googled that ‘ish before writing about it here.) :)
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Have a great weekend!
YES! Pleasepleaseplease do a Whole 30! It would be so fantastic if you chartered the waters with us for healthy, INTERESTING Whole30 recipes.
Just you mentioning Whole30, I looked into it and am getting ready to try it myself! I’d love to see it on the blog!
My tip for hard boiled eggs is to boil them for 11 minutes and then shock them with ice water..they peel beautifully every time!
YES, do a month of WHOLE30. I am currently doing Whole 30 and feel great and would love to see your recipes!!
I am on Day 11 of my first ever Whole30 journey and would love to see your take on it!
Jimmy Fallon is the BEST his Saved by the Bell skit with the gang took me back to watching that show! So awesome!!!
I love the idea of the Whole30. After years of gi distress (and MUCH research), tests and an umbrella diagnoses of IBS, I decided to give the Whole30 a shot. I have honestly never felt better and have decided to continue this way of eating (real foods!). I also love to cook so experimenting with new foods and recipes was all part of the fun. Lastly, its about the furthest thing from a cleanse — I have felt extremely satisfied. Can’t wait to see what you decide!
Hi Kristin! Two things…
1) Next time you do Happy Hour on a Wednesday I would highly recommend Bonefish Grill for 1/2 price Bang Bang Shrimp! I’m not positive if it’s GH so you’ll want to ask (as if you need me to tell you to ask) but it is DELICOUS. I don’t even like shrimp and I ate about 20. Pretty sure it’s 1/2 price wine on Wednesdays as well. Sign me up! :)
2) I also get very excited with perfectly peeled eggs, and feel like a failure on some level when they’re not perfect.
Ok three things now that you’ve got me thinking about Happy Hour…
3) If you haven’t already I highly recommend trying Eatery A for HH, which runs everyday from 3-6. 1/2 price wine, draft beer, and pizzas. (And they do have GF crusts available.) It’s a fun and kinda sassy place, with really interesting pizza toppings that I think you’d enjoy. (The #6 with figs and prociutto is my fave.)
And that’s all. :)
Yes please do the month of whole30! I have been thinking about doing it for a long time and have finally decided to go for it at the end of the month. Would love to see you posting recipes here!
I don’t have any experience with Whole 30, per se. But, I followed a Primal/Paleo diet for a couple of months late last year. It was very tough. For the first two weeks, I felt like I had the flu–every day. Ugh. It was awful. I lost a little weight, the dry patches on my hands went away, and I had more energy. It all fell apart over the holidays and, then my husband had surgery, and things got messy for awhile. Now I’m getting ready to go on vacation, so I’m putting off getting back on Primal until after then. I’d be interested in hearing more about Whole 30.
I love the idea of you switching the blog focus to Whole 30 for 30 days! I’ve been wanting to try it, but I don’t feel confident in my ability to come up with Whole 30-friendly foods for that long. That being said, if you post some Whole 30 recipes, that would definitely help!
What if you did the Whole 30 on an extension page like you do with your family channel? Just a thought…to maybe make everyone happy. I’m good either way! Also, another great way to find unique, original decor is by going to flea markets and thrift stores! I find awesome things all the time, especially if I go to an antique market.
Yes, Yes, Yes, please consider a month of Whole 30 posts. Would love more clean, sugar-free and even grain-free recipes. Thanks in advance. :)
I would love to see your Whole30 experience! Go for it!
I love that your blog is a nice balance of healthy and indulgent. I never feel guilty about preparing your recipes but they don’t taste like health food either. That said, I am not drinking the Whole30 Kool-Aid. I don’t like the idea of labeling foods good and bad. Maybe you could stick that in a separate section of your blog? I would really like to keep seeing your regular recipes!