I had a great day hanging out with my dear friend Olta (who will be getting married in 2 and a half weeks!!!) and my dear friend Heather. I’m so thankful to have them both in my life.
But first, here’s a picture of Olta’s AMAZING table. It’s an antique door! So cool!
Now, here’s us!! 🙂
The sleeping habits of a home business owner are a little crazy….to say the least. Over the past year, I’ve gone through a few sleep cycles. I’m currently on the up until midnight, awake at 7/8. I’ve actually been doing pretty well with this. I’m a little surprised at how easy I switched. (I was on the 3 a.m. – 11 a.m. sleep cycle before) But as soon as Bret came back and started school and working, I got up when he did. I haven’t been napping either. I was wondering when it would all catch up with me.
Today….it caught up today. 🙂
Ya’ll know I LOVE pens. Tuesday night, I met with an awesome couple! It came up how much I love pens….and the groom gave me TWO UPS pens!!!! I was giddy!!! Thanks guys!!!
Last night, we had a booth set up at the Padonia Park Club Fall Tasting. We LOVE coming out to the tastings! I love meeting new brides, Bret loves the chocolate fountain. 🙂 I also invited one of my previous brides, Lauren Summers!! She was such a great help! It was fun to say, and this is Lauren, that’s her picture over there!! 🙂
I was really happy with how it went too! I made several appointments and met some really awesome brides! I had a giveaway too! The winner will be announced at the bottom. But first, here’s a few of my favorite parts of the evening! (Check out all the pictures here!)
This was the setup in the pavilion! LOVE the fall colors!!
These were just gorgeous! So many beautiful flowers, but these were my fav.
And my FAVORITE table! Ravens colors baby!! (note: we got to catch the last part of the game after the show! WOO! Go Ravens!)
I think this was my favorite part of the evening….the sparkly drapes! I couldn’t stop looking at them! Good thing our table was facing the other way! This was provided by R&R Events!
And lastly….I had a drawing for a $50 Victoria’s Secret gift card!
And the winner was….Jeenah P! Yay!!!! 🙂
I’m crazy about Pinterest. I use it mostly for fun, to get ideas and share things with others. I found a great pin a while back and finally got to try it out!
We were signed up to take snack to our bible study on Wednesday and when trying to figure out what to take, I looked at my “Foods to Try” board….and tried not to look at my “Foods I Shouldn’t Try, but REALLY Want To!!!” board! (Man I have some good lookin’ food on that board!)
Anyways, I saw the veggie one and I knew that’s what I wanted to make. I also made two batches of hummus to go along with it (recipe at the bottom). One was Old Bay (and THE best hummus I’ve ever made, hands down) and the other was Tomato Basil, which was also very good.
I also got some fruit and Bret put together a really fun display!
And now, the BEST hummus recipe I’ve found. It’s a little messy to make because of some of the ingredients, so I recommend making it right next to your sink, if you can.
15 oz can chickpeas
1/2 cup tahini*
5 tbsp oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 medium garlic cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
1 tbsp oil (optional)
Drain and rinse chickpeas, reserving 1/2 cup of the liquid. Combine all ingredients in a food processor (or blender**). Process until mixture is smooth. If mixture is too thick, add 1-2 tbsp of reserved chickpea liquid***. Move to serving dish and add 1 tbsp oil, if desired.
Old Bay Hummus
Same as above, minus salt, pepper or ground red pepper. I added about 2-3 tbsp of Old Bay instead. This is a “to taste” ingredient. I put in a bit…then poured in some more…thought it was too much…but after I tasted it, realized it was perfect. If you are from Baltimore, you know that there is no such thing as “too much Old Bay.”
Tomato Basil Hummus
Same as above, minus salt, pepper or ground red pepper. I added one full tomato and a bunch of basil. I used dried basil, but I would imagine fresh basil would be tasty! Now, since I used a whole tomato, it made the mixture a little watery, so I just opened another can of chickpeas and added about 1/4-1/3 of the can.
* find this near the peanut butter in the store. I have purchased it at Wal-Mart. This is also one of the messy ingredients.
** I have NOT had luck making a double batch in the blender
*** I typically will add 2 tbsp of the chickpea liquid at the beginning. I’ve also found that if you drain the liquid into a measuring cup (I use a 3 cup), it’s much easier (and cleaner) when adding more to the hummus.
I’d love to know how it works out for you! Share your hummus story below!
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