Hello, everyone!
It was a b-e-a-utiful week here in central Iowa, and today’s supposed to be the nicest day yet with temps climbing up into the mid 50s – yeehaw! I’ve made sure to get out and soak up some vitamin D each afternoon with a quick walk around the neighborhood since we all know this won’t last very long. I believe I saw a high of, um, ELEVEN early next week? BLARG!
At any rate, if you need me today, I’ll be twirling around in the sunshine. ;) Hope you’re able to do some of the same, and in the meantime, please enjoy my favorite finds from around the web in this week’s Friday Favorites!
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Favorite treat: Easy Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes. Normally I’m a 4:1 ratio of cupcake to icing kind of gal, but holy buckets I would totally reverse the rule for these babies. Mouthwatering, and adorable!
Favorite spring: Michael Kors Persia Sandal. Say it with me now, SPRING! What beautiful, fun embellishments on these casual wedges, right?
Favorite bite: French Toasted Sausage & Pear “Hot Dogs”. I recently blogged about these sausage and pear stuffed French toasted sandwiches for BHG’s Delish Dish blog. They are TO DIE FOR. Ben and I could not stop stuffing our faces with ’em. A must-try for any French toast lover!
Favorite space. This is the mail center I’ve been dreaming of! A must-have in our next home so I can finally get rid of the piles of stuff that always seem to accumulate on the kitchen counter.
Favorite dunk: Pretzel Rolls with Beer-Cheese Sauce. Ohhhh myyy gaawwwwsshh. I’d like to dip my entire arm in that cheese sauce…
Favorite sip: Citrus Margarita. Don’t these drinks look perfectly thirst-quenching? Loving the orange-salt rimmed glass, too.
Favorite fashion: Marc Jacobs Classic Q – Percy. Obsessed with the coral and gold color combo on this bag. It’d be perfect for my spring break trip!
Favorite wake-up: Vegan Blueberry Muffin Pancakes. Complete with streusel topping!!
Favorite furball. Temptation…
Favorite slurp: Beefy Nacho Soup. Warm and filling, this soup would be great for the arctic blast coming our way next week.
Favorite accent: Finnia Curtains. Call me crazy, but I think these curtains are absolutely adorable (plus they’re on sale!) I think they’d be cute for a kids room, or to provide a fun burst of color in the living room.
Favorite sweet: Italian Lemon & Olive Oil Pound Cake. Mmmm, luscious and full of bright, lemon flavor.
Favorite fitness: Brazilian Butt Workout. Yep, still obsessed with butt workouts! I did one earlier this week and can barely walk (in a good way!) Here’s to big booties!
Favorite DIY: Shutter Mail Center. I found a TON of old shutters when Ben and I were out antiquing a couple weeks ago, thinking they’d make an awesome mail sorter/picture holder. Inspired to actually pick one up next time and put it to good use!
Favorite combo: Whiskey Walnut Blondies. Ahhh, I can practically taste that vanilla-y hint of whiskey in these dense and gooey blondies. So yum!
Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!
“Iowa girl eats” has recently started showing up as the name of my Google app
instead of the word “Google”. What has happened?
WARNING! I went to the link for the pretzel rolls. Made them but used an aluminum pot. DO NOT USE aluminum pot with the baking soda hot water. You will ruin a good pot. NOT HAPPY! :o( They looked so good. My six year old said “Then just make them again!” So tomorrow we will try with a better pot. It was a good expensive Calphalon.
Beefy Nacho soup – get in ma belly – love all your pins. Pinterest takes up soo much of my time, I have passed my addiction on to my sister and mum too!
xo Emily
Thank you thank you for featuring my beefy nacho soup! It is an honor to have you feature me! I am seriously {obsessed} with your blog! You are amazing!!
Enjoy the warm weather…here in Fargo, ND the temp is steadily dropping and tomorrow’s high is projected to be minus 6! Oh it gets worse, the low is minus 24 and the high for Monday is minus 10. I think I may need to make a batch of the beefy nacho soup to keep warm! Love the Friday Favorites by the way, I always look forward to them!
I need those cupcakes in my life, they look so fluffy and yummy!
I love that bag! Bloomingdales is having a big bag sale and I had my eye on a few marc by marc jacobs today actually!!! Also drooling over those cupcakes!!
LOVING the shutter/mail idea. We are moving in June and will be able to (hopefully) put some holes in the wall. I’m saving this idea for certain–will paint a bright color and it will keep all those pieces of paper off the fridge!
I must try the brazilian butt workout! Mostly to work off the pound cake recipe :)
I always love your Friday Favorites post. Today I even used it for motivation. I saw it in my Google Reader this morning and wouldn’t let myself read it until I got my work to-dos done. Here we are 8 hours later… :)
I don’t normally comment (long time reader, first time poster), but I had to just say thanks for the amazing Friday Favorites – it is one of the highlights of the end of the work week for me – I get home and figure out what to bake over the weekend! You’re on tap twice this weekend – for the apple cake (previously posted) and now this lemon olive oil cake. Thanks for always ending the week with a smile for me.
UMMM those french toast hot dogs are INSANE! How on earth did you think of them!?
And I want that little doggie! So cute!
I was just making out my grocery list and all I need to add to it will be the cheese soup to make the Beefy nacho soup! I’ll do lean ground turkey instead though! Yum!
I look forward to your Friday Favorites every week! I pin at least 3 things to Pinterest every time, too. haha :) You always find the best stuff!
So great that the weather was nice today for you! And wow, that French toast with the sausages, I’m pretty sure if I made this I’d be stuck making it everyday. Wowza
The shutters are very cute. Great idea.
Hi,
Including a link to a website called ‘getthin-or-dietrying’ promotes unhealthy attitudes towards food, poor body image and destructive, health-endangering behaviours. As much as I enjoy these round-ups, the inclusion of this link and website name strikes me as irresponsible.
Mmm…must have Italian pound cake…(drool)