Very Inspiring Blog Award

Thank you to Inspiring blogger thesensiblescrap for nominating my blog last night for Very Inspiring Blogger. This is exciting and I truly appreciate the nomination and look forward to continuing to inspire inspiration and connecting with other inspiring bloggers. Thank you!

“It is not about the nomination, but it is about somebody acknowledge that my blog is inspiring” –RealityDreamer24

 

15 Nominated Inspiring Bloggers Congratulations!

1. becausewecan-“An Architectural firm with Amazing designs by leading designers and  husband and wife team Jeffrey McGrew and Jillian Northrup.”

2. gardensunshine -“This blog is so beautiful is filled with gorgeous gardening photography and has design, diy and before and after makeover projects.”

3. eclecticlamb-”Has the best Bento box lunch ideas. Great ideas for making kids school lunch meals or pack n go food while on the go or traveling.”

4. mamasgottabake-”Beautiful pastry desserts and food recipes including wonderful photographs.”

5. frugalfeeding.com -”He’s handsome, from the UK and knows how to cook great foods on a budget.”

6. lovethesecretingredient -”Recipes for every meal from breakfast to desert all made with love by Mary.”

7. thelemursarehungry -”Blog about traveling and food.  Has a variety of recipes from all over the world.”

8. checkoutNutsandBolts -“Beautiful! All DIY projects and interior design. Must See!”

9. MakeSomethingMondays -“Every Monday there’s something new being created. Awesome fun creative blog with links to other bloggers and photography.”

10. irisinteriors-“Interior Designer with many interior photographs of furniture and homes. Beautiful and very inspirational.”

11. communidiy-“Beautiful Blog with many diy arts & crafts tutorials. Also has the cuttest Owl Baby shower diy: Invitations and other beautiful diy crafts.”

12. sugar-coat-it-“Beautiful food recipes from sweets to dinner.”

13. southerndisposition -“Wonderful DIY: Dollhouse tutorial made of binders.”

14. brooklynlimestone -“Beautiful do it yourself cat bed ideas made of suitcase and lots of DIY Projects.”

15. chaoticallycreative-“Mom and Daughter create home decor designs, diy projects, find bargain deals, do makeovers, cooking, cleaning and everything else.”

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SEVEN THINGS ABOUT ME 

1. I Love my family 🙂

2. I Like thrift shopping and love a bargain.

3.I Like do-it-yourself projects. I am always re-creating, designing or creating something new or again with a makeover.

4. I Love , love, love Thai food!!!!

5. I Love to travel and have visited over 10 countries outside of the United States.

6.  I Love to cook all kinds of food and watching others cook and learning how to make the recipes myself. “Cooking is like Art.”

7. I Love learning to learn and doing.

See! 🙂

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Here are the rules:
Copy and paste the Award graphic in a post.
Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
Share 7 things about yourself.
Nominate 15 bloggers, and tell them by posting a comment on their blog.

Shish Kabob Grapes

By Kathleen Heady

For my kids Birthday Party I decided to make Shish Kabob Grapes as one of the appetizers. There were only 4 left from this plate after the party was done that totaled eight kids. These were simple, sweet and easy to make and gave a great fun colorful presentation for my children’s birthday party.

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Ingredients:

Green Grapes

Purple Grapes

XL toothpicks

Directions: Rinse the grapes first. Then add green and purple grapes to shish kabob sticks. Add to plate and serve.

Thai Beef Salad Recipe

Homemade by Kathleen Heady

This is an all time favorite. I grew up with this dish. My Mom had a friend  from Thailand and she owned her own Thai restaurant where we lived when I was little and we would go visit her and have this Thai beef Salad dish along with some other great Thai dishes to include Tom Yum and Tom Kha Gai soup. Since then, I learned how to make this dish and I have served this Thai Beef Salad up for friends and family members.  And Everyone who has had tried it, has loved it!

So, last night for dinner I decided to make this salad recipe of mine for my family and let me say it was all gone by lunch the next day between two grown adults and two children.  We all had seconds and of course we all packed the salad for lunch. It was beyond delicious.  The meat can also be cooked three different ways Grilled, Broiled or on the pan. Make sure to marinate the meat if you decide to Grill or Broil this dish with a little bit of Soy Sauce and minced garlic and then Stir Fry it for 5-10 minutes with all the ingredients below.  Either way it is cooked, I promise it will be delicious. Let me know if you make this dish! I’d love to hear from you. 

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Serving size:

10-12

Prep Time: 10-15 minutes Cook Time: 10-15 minutes

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Serve with:

Rice & Pour Sauce on top of Rice

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Meat

Ingredients

4 steaks chopped

1 cup chopped Onion

1 oz Cilantro

2 cup Sliced Onion

3 tbsp Soy Sauce or low sodium Soy Sauce

1 tsp Chili Red Pepper

1 tsp Minced Garlic

1 tsp. Lime Juice

Directions: Prepare meat and all other ingredients. Add 1/2 tbsp. Olive to pan then add meat and 2 tbsp. Soy Sauce with Onion and minced garlic. Stir fry on high heat for 5-10 minutes. Add red chili peppers one more tablespoon of soy sauce and squeeze fresh lime juice over meat and add cilantro and continue to stir fry on high heat for another 5 minutes or until meat is cooked. Then prepare Salad. Let meat cool all the way down before adding to salad. 

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Salad

Ingredients

8 cups Green Leaf Lettuce

1 cup chopped Green Onion

2 cups sliced Tomatoe

2 cup sliced Cucumber

3-4 oz Cilantro chopped

Directions: Prepare all salad ingredients. Then add to salad bowl and mix all ingredients. Then prepare sauce.

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Sauce

Ingredients

2 tbsp Fish Suace

1 tbsp Soy Sauce

2 1/2 cup water

1/2 tbsp Garlic minced

1 tsp. Chili Red Peppers

4 oz. Lime juice

1 tbsp. Siracha Hot Chili Sauce

Directions: Add all ingredients to mixing bowl. Mix sauce. Any leftover over meat juice from meat pan go ahead and drain into sauce. Mix. Then pour about 1 cup over the salad and 1/2 cup over the meat in pan. The Add meat to salad and Serve.

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Delicious.

Roast Beef

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Ingredients

1 Roast beef (3.29 net. wt.)

1 2/2-2 tbsp. Soy Sauce

1/2-1 tbsp. Black Pepper

2 tbsp Garlic Cloves chopped

1/2 cup Garlic clove whole

1 Tbsp. Olive Oil

4 cups Celery chopped

2 cups Carrots chopped

1 1/2 cup Walla Walla Onion chopped

1/2 cup Lemon Grass

2 oz. Basil

1/3 cup Cilantro

4 cups Potato chopped

14.5 oz. Organic Stewed Tomatoes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 2 hour 45 minutes

Serving Size: 8-10

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Serve With

White Rice with White Vinegar on top

For extra taste: Feta Cheese to dish prior to serving

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Directions: Prepare Roast. Cut about 1-2 inches deep in the middle of roast. Add 2 tbsp. chopped garlic cloves. Then lightly pour soy sauce about 1-2 tbsp. all over Roast. Rub it in with a little black pepper. Then enclose garlic in roast with cooking bands.

Add 1 tbsp. Olive Oil to pot. Turn heat to high. Add Roast to pot. Sear the roast on each side 1-2 minutes each until nice and braised.

Add chopped 4 cups celery, 1 1/2 cups onion, 2 cups carrots and 1/2 cup whole garlic cloves to pot. Cook in pot for 3-5 minutes on high heat. frequently stirring the produce.

 Then add 4 cups water. Bring water to a boil. While water is heating back up prepare Lemon grass. Cut lemon Grass and add about 1/2 cup to pot.

Then add 1 1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce and 1 can (14.5 oz) Organic Stewed tomatoes, 2oz. Basil leaf, 1/3 cup Cilantro and Lemon Grass to pot. Mix all ingredients.

Once pot is fully boiling cover with lid and simmer on medium low heat for 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Uncover pot after 2 hours and 30 minutes. Let cool for 10-15 minutes.

Then Add Roast to baking Pan to cut and Serve.

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Yummy. 

Romaine Salad & Mayovin dressing

Step 1: 

Romaine Salad 

Ingredients

Romaine Lettuce

1 Carrot Stick

1/2 cup onion (sliced)

Directions: Cut Romaine lettuce and add to salad bowl. Shred 1 carrot in Salad bowl and add 1/2 cup thinly sliced onion and mix.

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Step 2: 

Mayovin Dressing

Ingredients

Mayonnaise

Balsamic vinegar

dash Black Pepper

Add tbsp Mayonnaise and Balsamic Vinegar to mixing bowl.  Add a dash of Black Pepper and mix. Pour Sauce over Salad. Mix and serve.

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Bueno.