It's a Party! #55

Don't you love parties? Especially ones where you can see what everyone has been doing lately? There is so much creativity out here in blogland!! So, what are we waiting for? Let's go!

Link up anything you want to share with us this week. It can be your fabulous craft, yummy recipe, giveaway, shop, etc.

I'll feature the Top 5 most viewed links on Saturday.

I would love for you to follow A Creative Princess while you're here!

If you would like to grab an It's a Party button (on the sidebar) and post it on your blog somewhere, that would be great! Let's get the word out and grow this party.

The more the merrier!

We all love comments, so please visit other links and have fun!

Let's get this party started!

Guest Post: Craft Geek

Hi Creative Princess readers!

I am Jesika from Craft Geek I love to cook, craft, sew and a million other hobbies. I am excited to be here helping Terri out and sharing a fun and super easy recipe.

I love all types of vegetables but since I am the only one in my house I tend to have vegetables that last forever and a day so I need to think of all kinds of ways to use them all up. On my most recent trip to the farmer’s market I found a huge bundle of asparagus and it was super cheap so I had to take one home.

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So I sat looking at the remaining bundle after roasting and steaming the other half. I wanted to do something that incorporated roasting but did not have the same taste as the asparagus I had the night before. I decided parmesan cheese would make it different but still fabulous.

Ingredients:

Asparagus

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Freshly Grated Parmesan

Seasoned and ready for the oven!

Super Easy!! Heat the oven to 400 and roast the asparagus with olive oil, salt,& pepper for 12 minutes. Once that goes off remove and sprinkle with parmesan and return to the over for 3-5 minutes or if you have more food to prep turn the over off when you add the cheese and it will melt the cheese and keep it warm.

Roasted and awaiting cheese!

It was a super good super easy side and pretty healthy too. All in all I would try it if I were you!

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All Done!

Thank you for having me Terri and be sure to stop on by and check out the other recipes and crafts I have on my page. :]

Stay Crafty & Thank you again!

-Jesika


Thank you, Jesika! That is the absolute favorite way we cook asparagus at our house. We all love it and I can never fix enough of it!

Guest Post: Life with My Pollitos

Hola A Creative Princess readers. My name is Sapphire and I'm over from my lil corner in the blog-o-sphere, Life with My Pollitos. I

ramble blog a bit about mama-hood, crafts, recipes, my Latino culture & everything else in between.

I'm honored to be guest posting for Terri. She's one of my favorite craft bloggers. I happen to love all of her re-purpose crafts. She totally thinks out of the box.

 

Today, I would love to share with you an obsession of mine. Wreaths! Yes, I adore looking at and making wreaths. Who knew! Since joining Pinterest last summer, I've pinned over 78 wreaths, and have re-created several here, here, here and here. Making them is almost like a mommy time-out for me, and the big bonus is that they make my front door welcoming. Now what you may encounter inside is a different story. I, kid! I, kid!

With Summer right around the corner, I'd like to show you a fun and colorful wreath that I recently created. Perfect for a luau this, Cocktail Umbrella Wreath will make anyone smile. Plus it is sooooooo easy to make.

What you'll need:

• Straw wreath
• Cocktail Umbrellas (Learn from my mistake & go straight to Party City, that is if you have one in your area.)
• Ribbon of your choice
• 2 greening pins or something similar

What to do:

• Keep your straw wreath wrapped in plastic
• Open your little parasols & stick them into the wreath, until totally covered.
• Cut your ribbon to the size you desire, pin it to the back of the wreath, using the greening pins

Now how easy was that?!? And in no time you'll have something similar to this cutie...

I hope I've inspired you a bit today. Please feel free to stop on over to my neck of the woods for other interesting reads. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for having me, Terri!

 

Thank you so much, Sapphire! Now I've got to confess something. I ask Sapphire to do this tutorial because I absolutely adore it!! How perfect for summer!

Guest Post: Bacon Time with the Hungry Hungry Hypo

Hi, it's me Mindie from Bacon Time with the Hungry Hungry Hypo. I am here to make a confession.  I own many cookbooks, and have even been published in one, yet I almost never prepare recipes straight from a cookbook.  I tend to enjoy throwing meals together from the bounty found in my pantry.  I like to create recipes on the fly.  Every so often one of those quick fix last minute pantry raid meals turns out to be amazing.  The recipe I am sharing with you today is just one of those recipes.  I raided my pantry, trying to make dinner on a small budget and in a short amount of time.  This recipe is not only quick but uber delicious.  

Ingredients:

Serves 4 to 5 people

12.5 ounces of fully cooked and chopped chicken (or 1 large can of cooked chicken)

             4 ounces of chopped fire roasted green chilies  (or 1 small can of fire roasted chilies)

1 can (10 ounces) of mild green chile enchilada sauce 

1 can (15.25 ounces) of yellow corn, no salt added, drained

8 ounces of light sour cream

1 cup of shredded cheese (I used taco blend cheese)

1 box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix

1 egg (for muffin mix)

1/3 cup of milk (for muffin mix)

Optional: Before serving top with more sour cream. Serve hot sauce on the side. Garnish with chopped green onion or cilantro.

Directions:

In a large casserole dish, greased or sprayed with non stick butter flavored spray, mix your chicken, chilies, enchilada sauce, corn, and sour cream together. Top with your shredded cheese. Then pour your corn muffin mix batter that you have already prepared over the top.  Bake in a preheated 400 F degree oven for 20 minutes or until corn bread crust is done in center. 

Step 1 mix first five ingredients together.

Step 2 top with shredded cheese.

Step 3 top with your corn bread muffin mix batter, bake and enjoy.

This is one of those recipes that will surprise you with how good it is, yet it is so easy and affordable to prepare. Thanks for letting me spend some time with you all today.  I hope you will give this recipe a try, I know you won't regret it. 

Thank you, Mindie!

I can tell everyone that this recipe is awesome! I fixed it after Mindie sent me this post!

Guest Post: These Peas Taste Funny

First of all I want to say a great big thank-you to Terri for letting me come visit and  a great big hello to A Creative Princess followers.  My name is Terry and you can find me hanging out at These Peas Taste Funny where I like to cook, craft, take photos, and just try new things.

I wanted to share with you all a super easy eggs for supper recipe that I tried last week when my hubby was away.

 

This was easy, delicious, and absolutely adorable.  The original recipe came from Food and Wine and is made to serve 4, but I modified it to serve one because I was a bachlorette for the evening.

I started off throwing some cherry tomatoes and garlic in a cast iron skillet and tossing with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper.

Whirl it up.

Spoon it into a ramekin (this is the adorable part) or a non-stick muffin tin if you don't have ramekins.  Top with an egg, parmesan cheese, and fresh basil and pop it into the oven.

If you like a softer yolk, you can cook it a little less.  Also, if you have farm fresh eggs, this will taste all the better.  I enjoyed mine with an avocado half drizzled with pistachio oil and it was absolute heaven.

I hope you'll pop by some to visit.  Thanks again, Terri, for having me.

Thank you, Terry! This sounds delicious!!

Draw Something...Disney!

We are absolutely hooked on the game Draw Something around here. When the kids are all here, even the grandkids are playing it on our I-Phones and I-Pad. One thing has been determined though, I can't draw! Triniti even told me one day that drawing was not my talent, maybe I should try something else! Thanks, Trin!

I thought we needed a Disney version. Oh, and look at that, Photobucket now has Disney stickers! Remember how I was whining about them changing things a few weeks ago? They've redeemed themselves!

It all started with those paint chips.

I printed off labels with Disney things on them and...

stuck one on each card.

I needed something to keep them in, so I tore a card box apart at all the flaps.

I used spray glue and glued the right side of the box to the wrong side of the paper.

After it's completely dry, cut around all the edges.

Because of the creases of the box, it folds back easily. Glue down the open bottom and side.

A smart person probably would have checked to see if they fit before they made the box, but I lucked out, they fit!

Photobucket, I think I'm starting to love you again!

Happy Friday!

I link to these awesome parties each week.

It's a Party! #54

Hello party people! Everybody ready? Let's go!

 

Link up anything you want to share with us this week. It can be your fabulous craft, yummy recipe, giveaway, shop, etc.

I'll feature the Top 5 most viewed links on Saturday.

I would love for you to follow A Creative Princess while you're here!

If you would like to grab an It's a Party button (on the sidebar) and post it on your blog somewhere, that would be great! Let's get the word out and grow this party.

The more the merrier!

We all love comments, so please visit other links and have fun!

Let's get this party started!