Friday Favorites (1/22)

 

Happy Friday y'all!!  I'm watching Fixer Upper as I type this, so the y'all is totally appropriate ;).  This week went by pretty quickly with Monday being a holiday.  I think four day weeks should be a thing!

In true Friday fashion, I'm going to share my favorites from the week!

one:  I'm obsessed with Bethany Frankel's shed turned woman cave.  It was shown on last week's episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and it was so cute!  It's a place for her and her girlfriend's to hang out, have drinks and catch up. I couldn't find any pictures of the inside, but trust me it was was adorable!

two:  I had been on the hunt for some leopard heels for a while.  I saw these on Express.com and ordered them.  They are so pretty and comfortable.  I've been pairing them with everything lately!

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three:  I chopped off my hair yesterday and went for a "lob".  It was time for a change, my hair had been the same for a few years.  It's funny how a new hairstyle instantly refreshes your look.  I'm looking forward to having less hair to style when I wash it - blowing out my hair is always a chore.

four:  So many good posts were written this week.  A coupe of my favorites were:

• Katie Elizabeth's 10 Things To Do For Your Blog In The New Year - she gave some great pointers on how to brush up your blog and make it more reader friendly.
• Love and Bellini's  Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with Cheesy Broiled Tomatoes.
   I often make spaghetti agilio e olio (Italian for spaghetti with garlic and olive oil) when I want something comforting to eat.  It is comfort in a bowl and takes minutes to make.  When I read her post, I had to have it for dinner!  The tomatoes were a new recipe for me and oh my word were they delicious!  They will be a repeat around here!

 

Hope you have a great weekend!  We're finally getting our family pictures taken - I can't wait to see how they come out.  See you next week - there's an exciting announcement so make sure you come by!

*also linking up with H54F,   Oh Hey Friday and Meet at The Barre

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins | Recipe

I found the BEST recipe for banana chocolate chip muffins on Pinterest!  It was one of those days where I had ripe bananas on hand and the kids were begging to bake, so I decided to bake something they can have for breakfast or snack on throughout the week.  I was wrong about the whole "throughout the week" part, because these muffins were so good that all 12 were gone by the next day!

This is a no fuss recipe which I love.  There's nothing fancy to it, just good old fashioned ingredients that you most likely already have on hand.  They come out moist and full of flavor!  The kids cannot get enough of them, I've already made two batches and each time they go like hot cakes!

Ingredients

• 1½ cups all purpose flour
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• ⅓ cup packed light brown sugar
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large)
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup unsalted butter, melted (you can use salted butter, just don't add the salt that the recipe calls for)
• ¼ cup milk - I used half & half
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 12 muffin cups with liners.
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, both sugars, baking powder, and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter, milk, and vanilla extract.
4. Stir wet ingredients into dry just until there are no large streaks of flour.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Fill each muffin cup ¾ full and bake until muffin tops are firm when pressed gently, about 30 minutes.

So easy and so delicious!  I think when I make them again I'm going to try and add some grated zucchini in them - any excuse to get extra veggies in these kids; chocolate masks everything ;)

Have a great day!