Smells of the Season.

Happy Chinese New Year! 

Making a quick stovetop potpourri to fill our apartment with luck and fortune!

Put orange peels and ginger in a saucepan and fill with water. 

Place on a low setting burner and enjoy!

Don't let the water completely evaporate, keep refilling. 

Stays good for about a week. We throw ours in the fridge when we aren't using it. 

Happy year of the Sheep!

Long Distance Iced Tea!

As most of you know, Dennis is away till June.  We are both pretty used to the on and off distance, but it still sucks. 

This is a spin on a traditional Long Island Iced Tea, it's damn tasty and strong enough to survive a Valentine's day alone! 

  

This drink is tart, sweet and strong!!

1/2 ounce gin
1/2 ounce vodka 
1/2 ounce rum

1 ounce cherry juice
1 once pomegranate juice
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce club soda/any clear soda would work 
Big squeeze of lemon
Lemon peel  

Pour everything into an ice filled shaker and shake that lonely aggression out!  Strain into a glass filled with ice and garnish with a lemon peel.

 Cheers, lovers! 

Snail Mail!

Stuck on you like snail goo! 

Perfect pomegranate pretzel bark!

This tasty treat made us feel the LOVE! 

Pops of sweet, salty and hints of bitterness. 

-Dark chocolate

-Pomegranate seeds
-Pretzels 
-Salt 

First we double broiled the chocolate.
Spread it out on a parchment lined baking sheet. 
We added the pretzels first then the pomegranate seeds...next time we will push the seeds in a bit more, some popped out when we broke up the bark.  No big deal.

Then we sprinkled on some salt and put it in the fridge for about 30 min. 

After it was chilled we broke it up and devoured it!
It will last about 4-5 days in the fridge...but it was gone by the end of the day so we didn't have to worry about that. 

A sweet treat for a sweetie. 

Coasters make the table grow fonder.

These quirky coasters are a perfect cast of characters for the month of February. 

There's Lincoln (who looks more Amish than presidential), Washington, sleepy or stoned Punxsutawney Phil, and a Valentine's Day heart!

These guys were cut out craft-day afternoon filled with wine and no regrets.

We added a pop of color to the back with some more cardstock. 

Mod Podge-will you be our Valentine?

Happy February! 

Ain't no thang but a chicken wing!

We don't really follow sports...shocking...but we'll use any excuse to cook up some good dude food!
For this year's game were serving up these deliciously easy baked wings!

This recipe is the perfect crispy base for your favorite wings! 

You'll need...
-Wings
-Baking Powder 
-Ranch seasoning or salt! 
-Oil Spray 

• Preheat oven to 250F. 
• In a zip-top bag throw in your wings, a couple of tbs of baking powder and seasoning (enough to coat your wings) and shake shake shake!! 
• Place wings on a sprayed baking sheet and pop into the low temp oven on the bottom rack...this melts the fat before baking at a higher temp. Bake for 30 min.
• Move wings to middle rack then crank up the heat to 425F!  
• Bake for about 40 min, check them occasionally and rotate the pan half way through. 
• Add your favorite wing sauce or enjoy them as is!  

Finger lickin' good! 

Goooooooo team!! ...or something like that. 

Minty fresh!

January is stressful...there's resolution pressure, everyones sick, actual winter weather begins...no holidays to look forward to.  

Take a moment to relax with some fresh mint tea. 

It could not be easier.  Place a couple of sprigs of mint inside your cup, then pour in boiled water and steep!  Sugar/honey optional.

Mint helps with stress relief, nausea, stomach pain, cough suppression, cold/flu prevention...

Relax, take it eeeeeasy!