Copycat - A Season Later

I take a lot of pics with my camera phone of things that I'd like to make or try.  Sometimes I tackle the project right away, and sometimes these pics just end up sitting in an inspiration file for some-time-later-maybe-next-year.  One pic that I snapped was from a Holiday Edition of Better Homes and Gardens way back in November.  I loved the snowy vignette and wanted to do something like that on my mantel.

Except, I didn't.  And now it's just about Springtime.  Still that pic was one that I loved, and really wanted to emulate, so here's my springtime version.  Instead of "snow" and evergreens, I filled my footed glass bowl with moss and tossed some ivy underneath the bowl.

The moss is reused from some previous mossy projects, and can be found at the dollar store.  The bird was pulled off of last year's Spring wreath.  This footed bowl will be finding a home on my Spring mantel, coming soon.

Thanks for popping in and crafting with me.

Meatloafins

I'd seen these meatloaf muffins in Cooking Light a few months ago and thought that they were so cute.  I filed the pic away for later.

Later came.  CG had his wisdom teeth out yesterday.  It astounds me that he didn't get them out back in highschool like everyone else, but they were impacted and needed to come out.  It was a fairly quick & easy procedure and after stopping for 4(!) prescriptions on the way home, I snapped this pic of him with chipmunk cheeks.

CG was told to eat soft mushy, non-spicy foods so I thought meatloaf would be perfect for dinner and celebrating his newfound space in his mouth would be perfect for the meatloafins.  I used my own meatloaf recipe, because WD loves it, but followed the instructions for baking time for the meatloafins.  I place 1 lb ground turkey, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 finely chopped onion, 1/2 cup ketchup, 1 egg, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp worcestshire sauce, black pepper, and garlic powder in a mixing bowl.

I actually used more bread crumbs than usual for an especially soft meatloaf.  I realize that the canister says chicken coating, but I've shown you how I use crushed up chips to coat chicken here.  These Hol-Grain chicken coating crumbs are perfect for recipes calling for seasoned bread crumbs.

Using my hands, I mixed up all the ingredients.

I greased a muffin pan, and using an icecream scoop for uniformity,

filled the pan.

I mixed together another 1/3 cup ketchup with 1/4 cup brown sugar,

and spread that sauce on top of the meat.  Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Here's mine served with potato wedges like in the Cooking Light photo.

CG needed soft foods, so his were topped with mashed potatoes.

Thanks for popping in and cooking with me and thanks for all the words of encouragement yesterday.  I started out the day feeling pretty crummy, but your words lifted me up.  I'm linking this up to Gluten-Free Wednesdays and these parties below.

Copycat by the Pool

Debbie over at Debbiedoos Blogging & Blabbing is hosting a Magazine Copycat party, and as usual I'm late to the party.  I had absolutely every intention to have my post ready to roll, but life got in the way, and I didn't even get a magazine in my hands until last night.  I flipped through a copy of Cottages & Bungalows and found the perfect image to copy. 

My criteria was that it needed to be able to be recreated with stuff I had on hand.  Obviously, we have a pool,

and the rest of the stuff looked pretty basic.  My options for that tray were this one, but it was too small.

This basket, but it was too deep.

Or this woven bamboo one, which I ended up choosing.

I pulled out the craft paints, and went to town.

And here she is all painted up and by the pool.  I used flowers cut from my garden.

It's not an exact copy, but I like how it turned out.  And with a wine spritzer by the pool - how could I go wrong?

Thanks for stopping by and painting with me.