Friday, January 9, 2015

Friday Favorites ~ A whole lotta random!

 
It's been BITTER cold pretty much all across America the past few days.... This little thing is so cute...but SO true!! Hahah I can't count how many times this week I said to my husband "Lets move somewhere warm"
 
 But since I have to deal with the cold... These amazing convertible mittens are my favorite.
 And lucky me they still have my favorite Gingerbread at my Starbucks AND red cups! 
 
On Tuesday, in honor of my dads 60th birthday in heaven... I had HIS favorite breakfast:
A Wawa coffee bun & wawa "coffee" (it was tea)  
 
Everyone's favorite movie Frozen! This hangs right outside my office in the hallway...
A Science teacher used it for a project...clever
 
2014 was one of my favorite years... lots of amazing memories were made 
 
My favorite man helping with the laundry....over-achiever! Haha  
 
My favorite day <3
 
My absolute favorite bag company, Barrington came out with their new monogram bags and OMG I'm dying.... I need one, like NOW!
 
My new favorite boutique! Tara Lynn's !
 
 
My current favorite house we're considering buying!
 Love. Love. Love.
 
Happy Friday Ladies!
Stay warm out there...and have a fabulous weekend!!
~Tiffany~

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Whats Cookin'.....for breakfast!!

~ Breakfast Edition ~
 
I'm SO not a breakfast person. In fact I struggle with this on the daily. When I'm home I can eat someone better then during the work week. I tend to grab those "not so good for you" junk food breakfast items. I'm REALLY trying hard to break it! However, when I AM home, I love to make a yummy breakfast for me and my husband. It's a pretty standard meal of Eggs, Potatoes & breakfast meat....but the way I spice it up makes all the difference!
 
For my potatoes I usually peel (or not) 3 large red potatoes (or any color really) and cut them in half long ways and then again in half and then into little slivers.
Toss them into a medium heat pan that has some butter melted into it.
Flip them around until they have cooked a bit (about 8 minutes)
Then sprinkle dried onion (or if you feel like slicing up half a small onion very very finely) salt & pepper on top.
Add a little more butter.
Sautee until almost completely cooked (gotta eye ball it)
Then sprinkle paprika all over it and toss around again. 
SUPER easy and SO delicious!
I have also made these as a side with dinner. We love them.
 
 
On to the Eggs.
I'm a scrambled eggs girl. Well done, almost burnt. Some people call it gross, I call it the way I can get eggs down the dang hatch. The whole sunny side up makes me gag (no offense) but there is nothing sunny about runny yolks folks. #welldoneforthewin
 
So, that being said - I break a few eggs into a bowl.
Sprinkle some salt and pepper in there.
Then add the "Italian Blend" spice to the bowl
A little garlic pepper and a splash of milk
Then whisk them up with a fork, or whatever you like to whisk your eggs with
And dump them into a hot skillet/pan with a lil bit of butter and cook to your liking
 
*Sorry - no pic of this, but use your imagination*
 
Ted love eggs this way. The same spice combo works for cooking eggs other ways, just don't scramble them! hahah
I also make Ted a egg sandwich with fried eggs with the same spices. I just sprinkle them on right before flipping them over :)
 
Next up is the meat...
Yummmmmmm

 
Pretty basic stuff here...
Whether it's bacon, turkey bacon, sausage, chicken sausage, turkey sausage, taylor ham or as we call it pork roll... meat up that breakfast!
My favorite is bacon but I'm also a huge fan of pork roll.
Those of you not from Jersey don't know the deliciousness that IS pork roll.

 
My favorite thing is pork roll and cheese on a bagel.
It doesn't get healthier than that people.
Most Jersey people do the Pork Roll Egg & Cheese on a hard roll or an Everything Bagel.
I Mean.....



Now that you are hungry like me, try to get yourself some Pork Roll...
Not gonna lie, I might grab this for lunch.
#dietstartsMonday #Ipromise
 
Happy Thursday ladies... I'm personally struggling to get through this first week back and CAN NOT wait for the weekend to get my house back in order and finally put away ALL my Christmas decorations....who's with me?!
 
~Tiffany~
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Interrupted by the bitter cold

I know today is supposed to be what's  Cookin Wednesday but I didn't cook a dang thjng. It's currently 10° outside with a real feel of 0°. I'm cuddled up with my hubby with the heat cranked trying like hell to stay warm!! It's been brutally cold for 2 solid days. After working all day then heading to pick up my nephew from school (standing outside mind you FREEZING) then straight to teach CCD over on the island - I'm pretty much done for the day/night!  So I'll follow up tomorrow with a favorite meal... 
Say a prayer for my sanity as I head to work in 7°. For realz. 
I wasn't joking! 
Above was this afternoon leaving work. 
The above here is leaving dinner last night. It was SO cold!! 
Above is yesterday. Please note the snow on my hat and of course my fabulous blanket scarf! 
Brrr. Jersey is supposed to be warm! 
Like this....
And this...
Oh well... Thinking about warmer days. Or at least, a snow day!! 
Stay warm East Coasters!! 
~Tiffany~