I was busy pinning the other day…which is a total shock I am sure! Alex and I really enjoyed my Grilled Swai from last week. I was just happy to show him that HE was not the only one that could rock that Traeger! (Although I will say I was surprised that I did so well!) When I sat the fish out to thaw, I had originally planned on grilling it again…but I felt the need to kick it up a notch so I kept putting it off while I would decide what to do with it. Well, last night I decided to go for it. I found a few recipes on Pinterest that were baked with a breading and decided on Parmesan Crusted Swai! I just looked at a few and decided to modify them so here is what I came up with. But before I get to the recipe, I have to at least mention the side I made tonight. Green beans are good but I am like crazy about green beans since Alex showed me how to sauté them! (I am even getting good at flipping them without stirring!) I have always just turned on the stove and threw the can in…juice and all with a little salt & pepper and warm them up. This was also delicious…but I could eat a can of cold green beans…they are just good!
Drain the green beans and toss in a little olive oil and salt & pepper and saute´ them for awhile. They actually get an even better flavor after they have been cooked this way. If you have never cooked green beans this way…TRY it! You won’t be disappointed…and you better leave me a comment about how it changed your life!
Ingredients:
4 fillets of Swai or Tilapia fish 3 eggs 1 cup Italian Bread Crumbs 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 1 Tbs parsley Salt & Pepper 2 Tbs melted butter
Instructions:
Start some butter melting in a pan.Beat 3 eggs with some salt and pepperMake your breading by putting bread crumbs, parsley, pepper, and parmesan cheese into a shallow bowl and mix.Set up an assembly line with a greased pan to toss the breaded fish in.Take the fishy for a dip in the pool.Turn one side down into the crumbs pressing firmly to get it to coat well. Do this on both sides.After both sides are coated, stick them into the stove for 15-20 minutes or until internal temperature is 160°.It turned out amazing!!!!It made a pretty bomb fish sandwich for lunch the next day!
Please let me know what you think! I would love some feedback! Savor Each Second!
Yesterday I shared my Father’s Day project for my summer school kiddos. We finished them up today so they will be ready to send home tomorrow! I decided that I needed to get my own Father’s Day projects done and out of the door in time to be there by Sunday. (My Mother’s Day projects went out a day late since things were so crazy with school ending and I didn’t even get a picture of those!) So when I came home from work today I decided to finish them off. I had spent a few days rounding up all of the goodies to put in the jars and they were getting close. I finished up and got them in the mail today!
You can use all different types of jars. I grabbed the big one for Troy and his HUGE sweet tooth! I had to make it better then the big bowl that is stuffed full of goodies already! This will keep it fresher and airtight!For my daddy…I made a “stache” of pistachios! I can remember when I was little, we would eat pistachios together because he LOVED pistachios!This is Troy (or Troyboy….which is what I call him!) He is my step-dad and he is addicted to candy! This was by far the BEST idea for him for Father’s Day! He is worse than a 5 year old! Every time mom and I go to Garden we always have to get Troy some candy! They have the best “STACHE” of goodies when I come to visit! Between my mom and my sister, I hooked him up with some Red Vine Red Licorice, Carmel Milky Ways, and some extra goodies! I will be honest….There was ONE more box that didn’t make it….it was delicious! I owe you a box of Reese’s Pieces! lol I couldn’t resist!Sorry Troyboy! This picture kills me everytime! He’s awesome! Best Step-Daddy a girl could ask for! He does so much for my mom and my family!!! Thanks Troyboy! I don’t think we say it enough!Grandpa Bloesser and I apparently need to get a picture together! I had to go searching! Grandpa Bloesser loves mixed nuts, but he always has them at the house so I wanted to get him some goodies that he doesn’t have regularly. I got him some Peanut Butter Snickers and 3 Musketeers! I can remember him always having 3 Musketeers when I was little!For my Grandpa Underhill, I filled him up with a variety of chocolate candies!Alright Victor, you got out of a picture this time but I will make it happen….someday! This is Alex’s dad when we went to the Royal Gorge last year. He refused to let me take a picture of him! I hooked him up with some Sugar Free Twizzlers…which I might add are hard to find..So a HUGE shout out to CVS!
I grabbed some Krylon Metallic Spray Paint from Walmart (which I got carded for! lol) for the lids. Two quick coats on the tops and sides of the lids and you should be good.After weeding out the excess vinyl, press the vinyl cutout onto Glad Press & Seal (or transfer tape).After the vinyl is attached to the transfer tape, peel the backing off the cutout carefully.Make sure to line up the sticky side carefully onto the jar as straight as possible and rub onto jar pressing out all of the air bubbles.So cute!Love, love, love the final product!
Today at summer school, we started our Father’s Day projects and it was too much fun! I always feel bad for the dads of my class seem to get the shaft on Father’s Day because the holiday is in June. Most schools are out before then and so the kids don’t get a chance to make them a gift at school. Not my summer school class! I am teaching 1st grade math this summer and am actually really enjoying it! I usually teach 2nd grade but I wanted to spice it up a bit for the summer and try something different. I have an amazing partner in crime! Her name is Mrs. Black and she is teaching first grade at our school next year. She’s amazing and a true Pinterest Queen like me! I remember our second day in summer school and she came in and had little buses and cars cut out with the bus routes and kids on them! That’s my style! I am excited to get the chance to teach with her this summer!
For Father’s Day we have both been pinning like crazy and I found the BEST Pinterest idea of making little coasters out of Popsicle sticks and glue that look like little wood pallets. Luckily Mrs. Black had a few boxes of small Popsicle sticks and I had leftover glue from last year! I am sure my fellow teachers would agree…finding a project like this that is cheap is amazing and supplies on hand…even better!
Wood Pallet Coasters for Father’s Day!
A few pins I found looked more realistic as they cut the ends of the sticks straight but let’s face it…we don’t have time for that! They still turned out adorable. I am still brainstorming a little saying to add to it but hasn’t came to me yet! If we had more time, I would have loved to make a set of 4 per child, but we have little time at the end of the day. I have been pulling them in tables and got through 2 in the amount of time we had to fit it in. Two down….three more to go!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Line up five Popsicle sticks. I used an extra stick at the bottom to make sure they were lined up good. Put a glue dot about a thumbs length from both edges on you Popsicle stick. Repeat on all 5.Place a Popsicle stick horizontally on top of the glue dots on both sides.Repeat then glue dots on top of each of the top Popsicle sticks to avoid too much glue. (Trust me I had 1st graders with oozing pallets that I had to redirect a few times!) place a Popsicle stick on top of each one to prop the pallet up a bit.Do the glue dots in the same place as before and add the 5 Popsicle sticks across to finish off your pallet coasters and set away to dry. I would suggest an adult the pick it up after it has been sitting a bit to make sure to hold it in place.Super cute!
These turned out so cute and I was very pleased with the project. The kids had fun making them too! I hope you enjoyed! Please feel free to leave a comment and tell me what you think!
Alex teases me all the time about the large amounts of peanut butter that I eat. I can’t help it! I eat an apple with peanut butter almost everyday! It is a great healthy snack and I never really seem to get tired of it. I am not sure what it is about peanut butter with apples, but it makes me feel like I am eating something naughty but it is actually a healthy snack! When I was heavily drinking Shakeology every morning, Alex bought a huge can of peanut butter and it was amazing how quickly we went through it! (Little does he know I have a stash of peanut butter at school so I actually eat more than he can imagine! lol)
I have like 4 of these cans that are in need of a Pinterest-worthy craft project and today I decided to get with it.
We recently moved the dog food out to the garage…which I am not a huge fan of because in the morning it seems like I am always in a hurry and it is a pain to have to go out to the garage and upstairs to feed the pups. Awhile back, I had decided to do a treat canister with one of my JIF containers. So when I finally sat down to do it, I decided a food canister was also necessary! I am pretty pleased with the results and it took me like 20 minutes.
Cut your 12×12″ paper at 5 13/16″ I used 2 pieces for both cans, cutting an extra 4 1/2″ x 5 13/16″ for the back part.Get out your handy dandy Mod Podge and a paint brush.Paint some of the Mod Podge on the cannister.Line up the scrapbook paper of your choice. I lined mine up with the bottom so that it didn’t interfere with the lid.Add whatever you want the canister to say and voila!Counter space by the fridge before…Alex is always complaining that he has to share his smoothie station with the dogs…lolCounter space after! AND this mama doesn’t have to run to the garage every time her babies need some grub!Alex’s smoothie station…all to himself! I am sure he will be a happy camper!
Overall this was a super fun and quick craft to do with a recycled container! Oh how I love projects that are complete upcycles! They turned out super cute and my mind is already swirling with ideas to do with the next two canisters sitting in my closet! This would be a fun project to do with the kids! Who says my peanut butter addiction can’t have its perks?!
