4 recipes

these pretty photos caught my eye over the past week, here are four recipes i'm hungry to try. have any of you tried to make almond butter before?  i'm just a little confused as to how it doesn't turn into almond milk (which i'm also excited about making!)

source/recipes found here (clockwise left to right): sugarandcharm scandifoodie thelittleredhouse naturallyella

our nightstands

our home tour is so close i can taste it! our sweet little house is going to be featured on my most favorite design blog designsponge someday very soon. until then, here's a little peek at our nightstands. i went the thrifty route for those and stacked some vintage crates to create little cubbies for books and pretty things. the lamps are a craigslist find that made me giddy- orginal laurel mushroom lamps, for cheap! the chevron wall was a project our friend kevin helped us with... you can't tell in the photos but it's a metallic gold paint and so very amazing if i do say so myself! can't wait to share the rest {although i do have to say it's a bit terrifying to put our home out there for the world to see, hoping that the critics will be kind!}  have a great weekend my friends!  

if bean were a communist dictator

Nugget, as my buddy Stalin said, "when we hang the capitalist they will sell us the rope"

date balls, get in my mouth

If the voice in your head didn't scream THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID when you read this post title, well you must be one classy lady (or man). Now that we've got that out of the way, on to the date balls (hehe).  These suckers are so sweet and tasty, you may even trick yourself into thinking you're eating some cookie ball or super dense donut. I swear, it happened to me. And to make matters better, they are so quick, easy and cheap to make that you'll probably want to send me a thank you batch.  {please, resist- I've eaten too many this week already}

the what:

2 cups of dried merjool dates, de-seeded

1 tablespoon of almond butter (substitute peanut butter if you'd like)

2 tablespoons of water

shredded coconut 

the how:

slice each date in half and pull out the seeds. put dates, almond butter and water in food processor and pulse until it has become a thick, sticky paste.  wet fingers and scoop roughly one tablespoon of paste out of food processor.  form it into a little ball and roll in a plate of dried, shredded coconut. refrigerate to firm them up and then eat them as snacks, dessert or breakfast (my choice). enjoy! 

eeeeeee!

we got a sneak peek of our wedding photos last night. max put together a very special viewing experience for us and we sat in front of his computer, wordless, just weeping as we looked through them. i'm not being dramatic, this is a true story. snot may or may not have flown out of one of us. amazing!  this is the only one i'm going to share until they're all ready (and we may hold out for our video too). you don't know how much this will torture me, i promise you it will take every bit of self restraint i have. every little bit. eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

photo by max

someone is having one of those days

this should clear up all the confusion about bean's gender, once and for all. ps- check out our old living room, circa late 2008. it makes me want to do what bean is doing, especially those curtains! we despised them but couldn't make a decision on what to replace them with to save our lives. 

on my wishlist

i'm really concentrating on doing this and you would be amazed by how i've watched my savings grow!  but that doesn't mean i don't have a laundry list of wishes for when i decide the time is right. and you can bet your cute ass these things are on it!  1. 2. 3. 4.