Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Pesto

Want something light, fresh and super easy? One word. Pesto!

Only five ingredients to pesto.

Betty Lou's TGIS Recipe: St. Patrick's Cupcakes

Today is an especially fun holiday, St. Patrick's day and my birthday! This weeks recipe is a celebration of both. 

Dark Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes

Valentine's Duo

I've been super busy this past few days working on some Valentine's day aprons. I managed to mail them just in the nick of time too!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope every one feels the love today!

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Sage Burger

Keeping in theme of the last Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe post, I'm going to make one of the best loved ground meat recipes. 

The Burger!

Sage Chicken Burgers :) 

Broken Free Motion

What a bummer! I finally figure out how to use the free motion presser foot and it breaks :( I was really looking forward to practicing with this new gadget.

Sad face!

This is the video I watched to get started with free motion sewing.

Enjoy

Feeling out Felt

I originally bought this felt to make coasters. I never got around to that lol. Now I'm going to make little flower embellishments for my next apron. 

Templets 

What a pain to cut out lol

  Stay tuned for new apron!

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Meat Grinding

Today we're going to grind meat!

ScrapHooked

I'm not much of a scrap-booker. I collect scraps of special stuff and put it in a draw, box or even a ziplock bag. Sitting down and planning out a page with pretty (and surely expensive) paper, stickers and fancy tools sounds like too much pressure for me! 

In this case, my mind is changed forever. 

Stripes Away!

I love crocheting new patterns! This scarf is super easy and I can't wait to finish. 

Materials:

Medium (#4) weight yarn: 2 balls A, 1 ball each B, C, D.
Crochet Hook: 6mm (US J-10)
Gauge: 12 sts = 4" ; 18 rows = 4"

Now What:

With A, CH 25
Row 1: SC in 2nd Ch from hook and in each Ch across; turn - 24 SC.
Row 2: CH 1, skip first SC, SC in back loop of each SC across to last SC; 2 SCin the back loop of last SC; turn - 24 SC.
Row 3: CH 1, Sc in the back loop of each SC across; turn.
Row 4-23: Repeat Rows 2 and 3 for pattern.
Row 24: Repeat Row 2 changing to B in last SC.

Continue in pattern working color sequence 

[ 12 rows B, 6 rows C, 18 rows D, 24 rows A] twice. 

Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Enjoy

A Red Heart pattern 

Happy Anniversary!

Hello! This blog has been in motion for a year now! 

I would like to thank my readers for sticking with me on this journey.  

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Sriracha

I haven't been cooking this week because I've been sick. So enjoy this photo of Julia Child holding a bottle of Sriracha sause. 

This sause is so popular lol 

Busy Beaver

Hey every one! I know my post are mainly TGIF Recipes this month but I've got a lot of projects cooking. Sewing, crocheting and some pattern making. So hold tight, posts are coming!

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Fried Zucchini

WOW readers! I was lucky to receive a deep fryer for Christmas and it's amazing! The first thing I really wanted to make was some fried zucchini.

Little golden rounds of yummy!

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Juice Smoothie

Well the New Year is here! I'm assuming the #1 resolution is to get 'in shape' or 'dieting'. Mine is similar, taking better care of myself. So I'm going to share my breakfast juice smoothie.

This blender is horrible :/ 

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Stew

We eat a lot of chicken in this house. I really wanted to enjoy some beef. Make something hearty, quick and beefy. Stew!

Thats right I'm going to make stew :)

Guest Blogger Update

Check out my mom's awesome pumpkin soup here!! 
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Guest Blogger!

Hello Everyone! On my last post, I mentioned giving the pumpkin flesh to my mom to make soup. Well she commented and said 'I'll send you the recipe'. Awesome but I want pictures and commentary! 

So in the spirit of sharing and putting people on the spot lol, I would like my readers to comment below and ask my mom, Brisa for a guest TGIF recipe. Don't be shy! Comment Now! 

Brisa! Make soup and a blog out of me!!

TGIF BONUS: Pumpkin Seeds

Bonus Recipe! I never carved my pumpkin for Halloween and its just been sitting by the fire place. So I hatched it up and toasted the seeds!

Betty Lou's TGIF Recipe: Linzer Cookies

Halloween to me is the unofficial 'kick off' of the holiday season, getting me ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. The rush of a holiday coming and going is almost as fun as the holiday itself. To some folks the best part of a holiday is it being over. Maybe because the stress of preparing is over, left over food or great family pictures. How about sales? Thats right, the great American urge to buy stuff we'll only use once a year. This is my first after holiday purchase of the year.
Working at Michaels has made me very aware of the crazy good deals that happen after holidays. All through October I was eying the cutest little linzer cookie cutter. At $7.99 it was't that cute lol. I decided to hold out till after Halloween for it to go on sale. Well as luck would have it, I got the last one at $1.79. 


So this weeks recipe is one included in the linzer. Let's roll and cut some cookies!