A great recipe from Mel's Kitchen Cafe: Sweet and Sour chicken

This recipe is a total winner. It is from Mel's Kitchen Cafe and she never lets me down. Last night I knew that I had chicken and broccoli on hand but didn't want the same old thing. I headed to my Pinterest board where the first thing I ran across was this sweet and sour chicken. Miracle of miracles, when I looked at the ingredients I had them all.

And y'all, both kids loved it. I repeat, both kids loved it (okay one loved it, one liked it) but that is a really big deal. One meal that all four of us will eat? Yes please.

And Mr. C loved it too might I add:) It is easy. It is delicious. Add it to your arsenal. (And make extra sauce.)

Recently..

We've been on spring break this week but the warm weather forgot to show up, instead we've had snow!  No accumulation, but it's still weird for it to still be so cold. Have I mentioned I'm ready for spring? I hate to be a complainer, but really now?!

What's been up around here? Well..lots!

We dyed some eggs. I almost forgot we needed to do this until I checked out what everyone was doing on Instagram. Hello! Where is my mind?

This tea from Whole Foods is SO good. I add a little bit of honey.  It's a nice little treat!

My mom sent the boys some precious Easter outfits but I was little torn...they look so BIG boy! Then I saw this picture on Tumblr..

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and realized I should add a bow-tie and I'd feel better. Here's the garb, how cute is that? P.S. I thought little bitty ties were clip on? Not so!! I had to ask google how to tie this thing. Clearly I'd better practice before Sunday.

I finished this book recently and really enjoyed it.  It's really interesting and a little different from everything else I've read lately.  I recommend it!

Did some shoppin' at Loft a couple days ago. I had the $25 savings card thingie and had to use it before it expired. I coached myself on the way inside the store to choose ONE thing. It didn't work. They were having 40% off and I filled up my bag with steals!

I picked up some white shorts and some salmon shorts... I prefer Loft's shorts to JCrew's; JC's 4 inch short feels too long but the 3 inch feels the slightest bit too short for the mama in me.  These are in between.

And a sunshiney cardi..

I made some gluten free brownies the other day with this mix.  They were so good! I don't know what I was expecting but these brownies were fudgy and chocolately goodness. I've eaten an embarrassing amount (which is why I typically don't bake!)

My first Bauble Bar purchase, I LOVE this necklace.. they have so many cute things right now.

And I'm currently reading this..it has been a slow start but so was Downton Abbey (which I ended up loving) and this book is Downton Abbey-ish. My sister in law gave it 5 stars so I'm sticking with it!

And that's a brief snippet of life lately.  I promise there's more to life than baking and shopping but I don't want to bore you with all the laundry I've done, floors I've scrubbed, bathrooms I've cleaned, groceries I've bought, ha!

I leave you with this because it is whimsical and fun and made me smile, hope it makes you smile too:)

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