Thursday, July 17, 2014

Spinach Burgers and Tragedy

I think we've all been there. You're scrolling through days worth of missed content on pinterest or you're on the random setting of stumbleupon when IT appears in front of you. A dish that looks so mouthwatering (possibly because at some point during your crazed scrolling you forgot to be human and eat) that you decide right then and there you are going to make that dish. You carefully pin it with the perfect description in your "Foodie" section and then you decide it's time you actually get up and find something nice to munch on before you settle right back into the same routine where you will, inevitably, find another recipe that you just HAVE to try...and then never do.

I know I can't be alone in this. I am constantly finding yummy things that I swear I'm going to make, despite the fact that I loath cooking, unless of course it involves putting myself into a nice sugar coma. I'll say anything to get my partner to take over cooking for me for the night. On occasion, however, I remember one of those I've just GOTTA recipes I pinned and I will immediately run to the store, buy all the ingredients, and forget, temporarily, the fact that I hate the kitchen.

One of these recipes was the Spinach Burgers. I decided I was going to make a nice meal for my boyfriend, the first meal I'd actually cook for him, and I was stoked. I spent about 30  minutes making everything perfect, sat down to practice some music while they cooled, grabbed my boyfriend to have dinner and ran back to the kitchen to find and empty plate and a more than satiated puppy licking his chops. How he managed to wolf down the entire plate of 10 in the brief moment it took me to grab my boyfriend I have no idea. I was pretty upset then. Now I'm just kind of impressed. Needless to say, the incident kept me from wanting to make those burgers for quite some time. I was so heartbroken that I couldn't make this meal. It was also the only food we had in our house so the dog basically got, 5 meals, his dinner, our dinners respectively, and our lunches for work the next day. Oi!

Anyway, this past week I finally put my broken heart and hope back together and made these burgers, watched the dog the entire time I was cooking and prepping, and finally enjoyed one of the tastiest things I think I've ever cooked.

I refound the recipe on http://thevillagecook.com/spinach-burgers/ and am soooo grateful for it. We are going to try it next time without the cheese and see how we like it. :)

I'm not going to leave the recipe here, the village cook makes it simple enough but I'll share some photos of the process.
This stuff is pure heaven

Easy DIY Monster Earrings


So, I can't be the only person who, even as an adult, likes making and wearing very bright, childlike jewelry. Most of my wardrobe would probably make you think that I work in a circus ( don't get me wrong, I totally would if I was circusy enough.. circusy!) which is probably why I decided the most awesome earrings I could possibly make were from leftover pompoms with googley eyes. As soon as I finished sewing them I couldn't stop staring at them. I made little, cute monsters that would follow me on my ears! HOW can life get any better than that? It can't, I know you totally agree with me on this and because I know that you are now SUPER excite about adorable monsters on your ears I made a video so you two can make them! If you'd like for me to do a written tutorial on them cause that's your learning style let me know and I'll get together all the photos to make this project easy for you. :)


You can watch the tutorial here:  http://youtu.be/tgKwpaIIlDo



Supplies:
> Scissors
> 2 Pairs of Needle Nose Pliers ( you can use just 1 but 2 makes life so much easier)
> 2 Large Pompoms in any color you choose (I opted for 2 colors)
> A Small Needle for Hand Sewing
> Thread to Match your Pompoms or Invisible Thread
> 4 Jump Rings
> 2 Lengths of Chain (each about 10-20 individual chains long)
> 2 Earring Hooks


Show me pictures if you make these!! I would love to see how creative you get with it.


Love and Hugs,
Talea