Fall 2016 Decor

Give Thanks Fireplace

Harvest Pumpkin Pillow

 This pillow was inspired by Pottery Barn's Fall Catalog

 I found it at Ross for $9.99

Fall Place Setting in the Kitchen

 You cannot really tell, but the pumpkin is on top of 

the cutest little bird plate

Fall Buffet Decor

 I love the pumpkin harvest table runner

I had left over candy corn from my halloween decorations

so I just decided to incorporate it into the Fall decor

Front Porch - Give Thanks

 Love the mum from Costco. 

They are always big and have the best price. 

I got this one for $10.99

I just have a hard time keeping them alive 

Owl Plates

 Love these cute little plates. 

I've had them about 2 years now.

I got them at Walmart. 

Fall Table Decorations

Trader Joe's Fall Flowers

 

 Love flowers from Trader Joe's. 

They are always festive 

&

reasonably priced

These were only $3.99

They lasted over a week

In person, they were so pretty, they almost didn't look real

Cute Thankful Heart Turkey Plate

"Fall in Love" Wine Glass

 I LOVE this wine glass! 

I found 3 of them on sale at HomeGoods

for $2.49 

Plan to take them out to my dad's

for our Thanksgiving Eve celebration

Tis the Season to be Grateful Plate

Eat Drink Get Stuffed Wine Glass

Fall Flower

Marigolds

  Bought these pretty marigolds when I bought the mum 

at Costco for $10.99 as well

Gobble till you Wobble Wine Glass

Out of all 3 glasses, this one is my favorite

Pumpkin & Plant

Shallot-Chive Boursin Stuffed Mushrooms

 This is a "re-post" of this recipe from back in May 2010.

It's modified because I am now using this new flavor of boursin cheese!

Shallot Chive Boursin Stuffed Mushrooms

Ingredients

• 1 pkg whole white button mushrooms
• 1/4 stick butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 container shallots-chive boursin cheese (or any flavor)
• 1 cup parmigiano reggiano
• 3/4 cup italian bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
• 4-6 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray or line with foil
3. Clean mushrooms & remove stems
4. In a small bowl, mix melted butter and garlic powder together
5. Brush the mushrooms with the butter mixture
6. In another small bowl, mix the boursin cheese, 1/2 cup parm-reggiano cheese and bread crumbs together
7. With a small spoon, stuff the mushrooms with the cheese mixture
8. Mix the panko bread crumbs, remaining parm-reggiano with olive oil - just enough to coat
9. Place on top of mushrooms
10. Bake until the mushrooms are tender, the filling is heated through, and the mushrooms are golden on top - 30-35 minutes

Note: I buy boursin cheese at Costco. You get 3 boxes for approximately $8.99 versus regular supermarkets carry it for about $5.99 - $7.99 per box.  This cheese is amazing. It goes great in pastas, and also, just by itself with crackers!

Getting Organized

Who can relate to this picture?

Doesn't everyone have a cabinet or drawer filled

with plasticware in every shape and size?

Every time I open the cabinet, something falls out

I have it so full of bowls and lids

that I can never find

the right lid

for the right bowl

at the right time

Anyone feeling me out there?

Well, I pulled all that out

(2 boxes of stuff I never used)

&

I'm starting fresh

I bought this Rubbermaid set at Costco

(I even had a coupon)

It's even BPA free

Look how pretty

Let's see how long it takes me

to lose these lids

Sex in the City

Sex in the City 2

Who's in?

I do not know about you, but I feel like it just appeared out of nowhere.

I remember hearing about a 2nd one when the 1st one came out

but...

forgot about it...

(sorry Carrie)

When I saw the first preview for Sex in the City 2

 coming out on May 27th

At first I'm like, do I care?

and...

I'm like...

of course I do...

Then...

to add to the intrigue even more...

I'm at Costco and see this book...

"The Carrie Diaries"

You Go

 Candance Bushnell

Way to jump on the young adult bandwagon

of course we all want to know about Carrie

before

Sex in the City

I haven't read the book yet, but I will

There are some great young adult series out there that I've read

but that's for another day, another post

Stuffed Mushrooms

These were also served on Mother's Day!

Stuffed Mushrooms

Ingredients

1 pkg whole white button mushrooms

1/4 stick butter, melted

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 container boursin cheese

1 cup parmigiano reggiano

3/4 cup italian bread crumbs

1/2 cup panko bread crumbs

4-6 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray or line with foil

Clean mushrooms & remove stems

In a small bowl, mix melted butter and garlic powder together

Brush the mushrooms with the butter mixture

In another small bowl, mix the boursin cheese, 1/2 cup parm-reggiano cheese and bread crumbs together

With a small spoon, stuff the mushrooms with the cheese mixture

Mix the panko bread crumbs, remaining parm-reggiano with olive oil - just enough to coat

Place on top of mushrooms

Bake until the mushrooms are tender, the filling is heated through, and the mushrooms are golden on top - 30-35 minutes

Note: I buy boursin cheese at Costco.  You get 3 boxes for approximately $7.99 versus regular supermarkets carry it for about $5.99 - $7.99 per box.

Also, Lulu Powers  has a recipe for boursin cheese

 in her new book, "Lulu Powers - Food to Flowers"  

that I plan to make and blog about soon

Wine Snob Confession #12

Yes, I bought this one for the name...

moobuzz chardonnay

(It's a play of the land of milk and honey, cute!)

I got this at Costco for under $15.

It's a little too "oakey" for me

Wine Snob Confession #4

I bought this wine about a year ago for the first time at Costco.

 I haven't seen it there in awhile, so I was very happy to discover it at Kroger.

I'm not a big fan of Argentinan wines, but Pascual Toso Malbec rocks.

TOTALLY..

and even better...

it's under $20.00