Friendsgiving Invites with Minted

I went ahead and ordered the addressed envelopes, because I am a sucker for a cute font anddidn’t stand a chance once I saw these!

Minted has SO many cute designs. It was ridiculously hard to decide, but I ended up going with the Pumpkin Pie design ( it even gives you color options for the piece of pie!)

I had such a great experience with Minted. The quality and customer service was amazing. I am definitely going to be orderingour Christmas cards from them! Wait did I just say Christmas?…. OMG its so close already.

Can’t wait to share our Friendsgiving recap with all of you next week! In case you missed it, I recentlyshared myFriendsgiving outfit!

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S’mores & Sweater Weather

This Caraway Cold Shoulder Sweater from Francesca’sandI will be wearing these all Fall/Winter long.

This bar cart has been one of my favorite homepurchases EVER. I have used it in the traditional bar cart way, as a cocoa bar, to hold board games, snacks, and blankets, and now outside as a s’mores bar!

I had to throw this picture in here, because this is SO John. LOL! Middle of taking photos to decide to see how many marshmallows he can fit in his mouth. He always keeps me laughing, y’all!

c/oSweaters | c/o Coffee Mugs

Photography: Dede Raad / Hair & Makeup: The Bronze Body

John and I have had so much fun with Fall posts the last couple weeks. In case you missed it, here are a few of our favorites: Fall Bucket List, Burgundy Dress for Friendsgiving, Halloween Movie Mix, and Olive Green Bomber Jacket!

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Cotton Candy Cocktail

This presentation of this drink is just too perfect! It is super girly, pink, and feels a little like a science experiment! (You will see what I mean, when you make it!) It is sweet, but the cotton candy doesn’t over power the drink, like I expected it too. It is just the right amount of cotton candy flavor.

Ingredients:

• Cotton Candy
• Pink Moscato

Directions:

This is honestly the simplest drink you will ever make. Take a handful of cotton candy and put in a wine glass, then pour chilled pink moscato on top! You will see the cotton candy start to dissolve really quick – it was kinda of like a science experiment and made it even more fun!

Voila! That is all there is too it! Too add an extra special touch, I made little name tags for each girl and had individual bottles of moscato. I already had the cotton candy out in the glasses, but do this at the last possible minute, because the cotton candy starts to harden when it is left out too long. Hope you enjoy this cocktail at your next girls night! Use #OMThappyhour so we can see your drinks!

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You probably have noticed, if you have read some of our other blog posts, that we like to make things as simple as possible. Life is so crazy busy, so I don’t need to spend hours on a centerpiece! I needed something that was cute, affordable, QUICK, and tropical! I picked up these pineapples and knew they would be super cute centerpieces, but John took my idea to the next level when he came up with the idea to spray paint them bright colors! ( That’s one thing that is great about blogging together. When we combine our ideas, the project always turns out 1000x better!)

Spray Painted Pineapple Centerpieces

Choose your spray paint colors and spray paint the pineapples first. We choose lime green, yellow, and a bright blue spray paint, because it matched our plates and table runner perfectly! Then we hollowed out the pineapple. We put the clear plastic cups inside of the pineapple and filled them with water for the flowers. (You can cut the tops off the cups if they need to be shorter. For our centerpieces, you didn’t notice the cups because the flowers hid the edge of the cup.) Then pick out your favorite Summer flowers!

Aren’t these bright colors beautiful? I love the way these centerpieces turned out. Below are a couple pictures of the full tablescape!

Don’t these colors just scream tropical vacation? If you didn’t get to go anywhere tropical this Summer at least your house can feel like one! John and I just finished our last trip of the Summer ( he travels a lot for work this time of the year.) So now the rest of my summer will be relaxing by the pool a bit in the upcoming weekends and hopefully getting caught up on some TV shows!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sharks on the Beach Cocktail

Sharks on the Beach

2016-06-29 23:48:50

This sweet and refreshing summer drink will be a perfect addition to any pool side activity or while your watching shark week. The pineapple goes perfectly with both the dark and light rums.

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Prep Time

1 min

Total Time

1 min

Prep Time

1 min

Total Time

1 min

117 calories

16 g

0 g

0 g

0 g

0 g

85 g

3 g

15 g

0 g

0 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

85g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 117

Calories from Fat 1

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 0g

0%

Saturated Fat 0g

0%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0g

Monounsaturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

0%

Sodium 3mg

0%

Total Carbohydrates 16g

5%

Dietary Fiber 0g

0%

Sugars 15g

Protein 0g

Vitamin A

0%

Vitamin C

9%

Calcium

1%

Iron

1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Ingredients

1. 3/4 oz Malibu
2. 3/4 oz Captain Morgan
3. 2 oz Pineapple Juice
4. 1 oz Blue Curacao
5. Splash of Grenadine

Instructions

1. Fill glass with ice
2. Pour Malibu and Captain over the ice
3. Add Blue Curacao
4. And finish with the pineapple juice to create a nice layered drink
5. For fun fill a shark toy with Grenadine and use it to add it to the drink for a "blood" in the water effect

Notes

1. If you don't care about the layers of the drink then just combine all of the ingredients, stir and enjoy

By John Lyons

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calories

117

fat

0g

protein

0g

carbs

16g

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The decoration would be a great add if you were hosting a shark watching party. The sand is just brown sugar and I got the sand buckets from the miniature doll house section at Michael’s.

Enjoy your Shark Week my friends and as always if you take a fun picture of the drink and post it “on the line” be sure to use the #OMThappyhour so we can find all of them. We know you have a ton of options when it comes to blogs to read, so we thank you for choosing ours today. I leave you with this parting question, “If you were given the chance to get into a cage in the water with a Great White would you do it?”

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Fall off the Bone Oven Baked BBQ Ribs

So yeah, I love BBQ and with summer here that means more of it. I thought I would share one of the easy ways that I make baby back ribs. With Father’s Day and Fourth of July you will have plenty of opportunity to cook these baby’s up. (pun intended).

Fall off the Bone Ribs

2016-06-09 09:50:06

Mouth Watering fall off the bone ribs that you make in your oven

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

4 hr 15 min

Total Time

4 hr 25 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

4 hr 15 min

Total Time

4 hr 25 min

181 calories

43 g

0 g

2 g

6 g

1 g

96 g

7356 g

9 g

0 g

2 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

96g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 181

Calories from Fat 15

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 2g

3%

Saturated Fat 1g

3%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 1g

Cholesterol 0mg

0%

Sodium 7356mg

306%

Total Carbohydrates 43g

14%

Dietary Fiber 10g

40%

Sugars 9g

Protein 6g

Vitamin A

27%

Vitamin C

3%

Calcium

17%

Iron

23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Ingredients

1. Baby Back Ribs
2. Aluminum Foil
3. BBQ sauce
4. Spray bottle
5. Seasoning shaker
6. BBQ brush
7. Olive Oil

For the Rub

1. 1/4 cup black pepper
2. 1 tbsp of salt
3. 1 tbsp of garlic powder
4. 1 tbsp of onion powder
5. 1 tsp of paprika
6. 1 tbsp of hili powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 280 degrees
2. Mix all of the rub ingredients into shaker bottle and set aside
3. Trim ribs by removing the extra fat from the edges
4. Remove the membrane from the under side of the ribs**
5. Rub a small amount of olive oil onto both sides of the ribs
6. Using the shaker bottle, season the ribs with the rub
7. Place ribs on a baking sheet in the oven for 2 hours
8. Remove ribs and lightly spritz them with water using the spray bottle, then add a coat of bbq sauce
9. Place back in the oven for 15 minutes
10. Remove from the oven
11. Prepare some aluminum foil on a baking sheet. Spritz the foil with water and add some bbq sauce, then lay the ribs MEAT side down on the sauce. Spritz and sauce the other side of the ribs and then tightly wrap the ribs in the foil.
12. Place back in the oven for 2 hours
13. Remove from oven, open the foil, and let the ribs rest for 10 minutes
14. Slice and serve.

Notes

1. **Great Tip: to remove the membrane use a butter knife to wedge between the bone and the membrane and lift up a corner, then using a paper towel pull the membrane off the bone.

By John

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calories

181

fat

2g

protein

6g

carbs

43g

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Let the Ribfest begin!! I’m always here to help so if you have some questions leave them in the comments below. Also if you are not from Texas tell me some of the best BBQ spots in your state, I’m always looking for another food adventure. Maybe I can expand the BBQ tour to other states?! haha Lindz will love that. Anywho, thanks for stopping by my friends.

Mini Chicken and Waffles with Syrup Shots

I thought pairing these with the syrup shot glasses was a fun touch and you can find them cheap almost anywhere.

And these aren’t just for brunching,these also make for great gameday snacks on Sundays in the Fall as well. Either way, the combination of both savory and sweet is perfect anytime. Whenever you whip these up be sure to take some pics and be sureto use #omtfoodie, so we can see all of your great ideas.

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Mini Chicken and Waffles

2016-05-10 13:40:52

Sweet and savory meets southern comfort food with these Mini Chicken and Waffles.

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

25 min

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

25 min

2763 calories

153 g

809 g

155 g

180 g

19 g

915 g

1809 g

7 g

1 g

126 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

915g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 2763

Calories from Fat 1374

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 155g

238%

Saturated Fat 19g

93%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 32g

Monounsaturated Fat 94g

Cholesterol 809mg

270%

Sodium 1809mg

75%

Total Carbohydrates 153g

51%

Dietary Fiber 8g

30%

Sugars 7g

Protein 180g

Vitamin A

28%

Vitamin C

1%

Calcium

54%

Iron

81%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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For the Waffles

1. Eggo Mini Waffles
2. Syrup

For the Chicken

1. 1/2 cup vegetable oil
2. 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
3. 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
4. 1/2 teaspoon paprika
5. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
6. 2 large eggs, beaten
7. Salt and Pepper

For the Waffles

1. Follow the instructions on the box

For the Chicken

1. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
2. Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste.
3. In a large bowl, combine panko and paprika; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
4. Working in batches, dredge chicken in flour, dip into eggs, then dredge in panko mixture, pressing to coat.
5. Add chicken to the skillet, 5 or 6 at a time, and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.

Assembly

1. Take two of the waffles and sandwich a piece of chicken between them then slide a toothpick through the center to hold it together and drizzle syrup on top.

Notes

1. Serve immediately or the waffles with begin to get soggy.

By John

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calories

2763

fat

155g

protein

180g

carbs

153g

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*Side note- this is NOT a sponsored post by Imperial, this was pure coincidence, the two sugars were already in my pantry, but if you are from Imperial and would like to make this a sponsored post…haha we are all for it!

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Try to stretch and pinch together the dough so there aren’t any holes.

Look at that, I mean just look at it, that is gonna be awesome.

This is my first time to try out this recipe card plug in so tell me what you guys think? Is it helpful? Do you like the layout? Is there something that you would like to see on there that would help you? Thanks for the feedback and thank you for stopping by, Lindsey and I have been overwhelmed by the support you give to us and we could never thank y’all enough. I hope you enjoy this sopapilla cheesecake recipe!

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Simple Sopapilla Cheesecake

2016-04-26 08:48:27

Serves 6

Delicious layers of fluffy cresent rolls filled with creamy cheesecake, topped with cinnamon, brown sugar and melted butter, then baked to perfection.

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

40 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

40 min

660 calories

68 g

124 g

42 g

5 g

24 g

167 g

298 g

63 g

1 g

13 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

167g

Servings

6

Amount Per Serving

Calories 660

Calories from Fat 367

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 42g

64%

Saturated Fat 24g

122%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 2g

Monounsaturated Fat 11g

Cholesterol 124mg

41%

Sodium 298mg

12%

Total Carbohydrates 68g

23%

Dietary Fiber 1g

2%

Sugars 63g

Protein 5g

Vitamin A

30%

Vitamin C

0%

Calcium

12%

Iron

5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Ingredients

1. 2 Cans of Cresent Rolls
2. 2 8oz pkgs of cream cheese
3. 1 Stick of butter
4. 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
5. Cinnamon
6. 3/4 Cup of brown sugar
7. 1 Cup regular sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray a 13x9" baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
3. Lay one roll of crescent rolls down in a single layer on the bottom of the pan, pinching together any seams to seal and stretching to fit the pan. Set aside.
4. Meanwhile, mix the cream cheese, white sugar and vanilla until combined. Spread the mixture evenly over top of the first crescent roll layer.
5. Unroll the 2nd crescent roll sheet onto a cutting board and pinch the seams together to seal, lightly stretching it out as you go. Pick it up and carefully lay it over top of the cheesecake filling, covering it completely.
6. Melt and pour the butter evenly over the top, and evenly sprinkle the cinnamon and brown sugar on top.
7. Bake for approx. 30 minutes, then let cool completely before chilling in the fridge.
8. It’s best to store cheesecake in the fridge.

Great tip

1. I found that by heating the cream cheese up for about 30 seconds in the microwave it was easier to mix.

By John Lyons

Adapted from an awesome mom

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calories

660

fat

42g

protein

5g

carbs

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Beermosa

Ingredients:

• Shock top or Blue Moon Beer
• Orange Juice
• Orange slices
• Chilled Glass ( optional)

Directions:

This is so complicated…first you blend ice and orange juice and put it in a glass. Then fill the rest of the glass with your choice of beer. Lastly, add a orange slice for a garnish. ( Told you that it was complicated!)

If you have been following our blog for awhile – you probably have noticed a theme. SIMPLE. We like simple projects, drinks, and recipes! So, if that is your thing – this drink is for you! It is simple, refreshing, and is a drink that John and I both enjoy!

Don’t forget to tag us with your drink recipes #OMThappyhour & we will follow along.

In case you missed it, check out the recipe on how to make Pineapple Margaritas!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lindsey

Caribbean Margarita

This is my go-to margarita during Spring and Summer because it is so refreshing and easy to make! It was inspired by one of our favorite margaritas from Texas Roadhouse (restaurant) the Jamaican Cowboy.

Recipe:

• 1 ounce Coconut Rum
• 1 ounce Tequila
• 1/2 ounce Peach Schnapps
• 1 ounce Margarita Mix
• 1 ounce Orange Juice
• 1 ounce Pineapple Juice
• Orange or pineapple garnishes
• Cute drink straws and umbrellas – I am a firm believer they make the drink taste better

This is also a great recipe to make in a larger batch and use at a bridal shower (check out my favorite bridal shower tips here) or when entertaining!

John came home a couple weeks ago and surprised me with these adorable “Hey Y’all” glasses! Aren’t they cute?!

For a greatsnack to go with the margaritas, try thisCrunchy Taco Minis recipe!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you enjoy this Caribbean Margarita recipe and if you try it over the weekend – we would love to see your pics! Use #omthappyhour so we can check it out!

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