Spring is for Sprucing

This week I have the most massive-do list ever. I’m thinking of making it a 2-week to-do list. That way there’s less pressure to finish it in record time, and I get to sprinkle in fun things as they come along. My list includes (but is not limited to) scraping paint from windows, painting the living room and dining room, dusting, mopping and/or vacuuming every square inch, cleaning out closets, rearranging artwork, and purging as much clutter as possible. Spring has sprung my dear friends, and it’s time to catch the sprucing fever.

feathercollageWhat’s on your springtime to-do list?

love, Lacey

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Recipe time…

Hi! Last week I made a new Chicken Parmesian Casserole that I found over at Low Carb Friends…and it was spectacular!

chickenparmcass2Okay it doesn’t look riveting, but believe me, it’s worth the time it takes to whip up this meal. This is the original recipe, and this is how I made it:

2 boneless chicken breasts
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/3 cup grated parm
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
3 tbs tomato paste
1/2 cup half and half
3 eggs
1 cup shredded mozzarella

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Saute chicken and chop it up into bite size pieces.

In the bottom of a deep pie dish, spread ricotta cheese evenly and top it with grated parm cheese (the kind in a green canister).

In a medium bowl, mix together garlic, onion, basil, oregano, a dash of s&p, tomato paste, half & half, and eggs. Once the chicken is cooled, stir it in.

Spread the chicken mixture evenly over the cheese in your pie dish. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes, top with cheese and bake another 5 or 7 minutes.

chickenparmcass

Once it’s done, let it cool for a few minutes before digging in. It looks messy, but it was so good. Oh, and the leftovers serve up beautifully for lunch the next day. This has already become a weekly favorite around here (helped by the fact that we keep most of the ingredients as staples). The entire dish has about 20 grams of carbs, which makes it perfect for our low-carb lifestyle.

Make your family a nice dinner tonight! They’ll appreciate it, I promise.

love, Lacey

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Sew finished…

Have you ever felt really good about getting reacquainted with your sewing machine? It seems like I get a little sewing-high after finishing a project I’ve been working on for *cough*months*cough*. I have a bad habit of starting a project, and then losing interest or getting flustered and leaving it by the wayside for way too long.

I got a new-to-me sewing desk for Christmas and finally got it all set up yesterday. I finished a project that’s been in the making for about 3 months and boy, oh boy it feels AWESOME! It’s good for your spirit to finish things.

sewSo maybe I watched 4 hours of United States of Tara on Netflix while I sewed….it helps ease my frustration of broken needles, weird pattern instructions, and pesky zippers.

I guess my words of wisdom for today would be to pick up an old project and dust it off. Finish something! It’ll feel really good, I promise.

love, Lacey

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