Monthly Favourites July 2016
Hey everyone! Well, here we are again to another monthly favourites & round-up. Any big plans for the upcoming weekend? I wanna hear all about it (especially if it involves good eats 😉 ) Hubby and I will be having a little staycation next week (fingers crossed for nice weather), so I won’t be having a post and minimal time, if any, on social media. A girl needs a break every once in a while to recharge, doesn’t she? But, rest assured, I will be back the following week all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with a delicious recipe for you guys! Pull up a coffee, get comfy and enjoy, my friends.
RECIPES I’VE POSTED THIS MONTH –
Cold Buckwheat Noodle Salad with Peanut Sauce
FOOD & FOOD RELATED SHINANIGANS
Ok, you guys, you may have read on one of my blog posts that hubby and I tried Nashville Style Hot Chicken. The recipe came from Bon Appetit and it was seriously the bomb dot com. The chicken is breaded, fried and brushed with a spicy cayenne infused oil. Words can’t describe properly the awesomeness that is this chicken. I highly recommend trying it if you haven’t already. You don’t know what’s missing from your life 😛
These are some scrumptious recipes from friends and fellow food bloggers that I’ve been loving this month. I’m sure you’ll feel the same 🙂
Blackberry-Chipotle Glazed Cedar Plank Salmon from No Spoon Necessary. I think this is such a brilliant idea to combine the sweet and tart blackberry flavour with smoky chipotle. Such an impressive recipe to share with family and friends (or to keep all for yourself if you’re a big salmon lover like me). Dinner perfection!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brookie Tart from The Beach House Kitchen . How awesome is this recipe, you guys? It’s cookie meets brownie and becomes bffs. Can’t decide on which treat to stuff your piehole with? Well, you don’t have to with this delicious recipe. Plus, not to mention, how beautiful it looks!
Unbelievable Peanut Butter Pie from Sally’s Baking Addiction. If you are a fan of peanut butter, then this one is for you! This is peanut butter flavour to the max here. Plus, aside from the crust, it’s no bake! Score!
TELEVISION SHOWS/MOVIES
Hubby and I finally watched the latest Star Wars movie. It was just released on Netflix so I got to stay home in the comfort of my leggings, on the couch with some munchies. I was glued to the screen from start to end (and that’s saying somethin’). Hubby didn’t even really care about watching it and he loved it too!
The Great British Baking Show is back on PBS. These are home bakers and they are seriously talented, you guys. It amazes me the creations they come up with. Every time I watch an episode I’m inspired to bake something. Highly recommended. Be prepared to get hungry. Maybe you should just go ahead already and get a box of donuts or something, ok 😉 ?
MUSIC
Just the other day, hubby had on Austin City Limits on TV and The Black Keys were playing . What great music. I particularly love their El Camino album. It’s alternative, but so easy listening. We went right away and bought the album.
‘Never be Like You’ featuring Kai by Flume. This song has some serious beats? And have you ever listened to a song and thought to yourself ‘You know, I could do some serious contemporary dancing to this.’ No? Not for you? Ok, ok, not me either…..hehehe. It’s not like I watch ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ or anything<——guilty as charged.
BEAUTY
So, if you haven’t figured it out yet, I also LOVE all kinds of beauty related things. I have a bunch of facial cleansers and lotions and potions in my bath and totally forgot about this one. It’s Josie Maran’s Argan Cleansing Oil. It’s like angels came down from heaven and kissed your face when you use this. Ok, maybe a tad dramatic, but seriously, when I started to use it I was wondering what I had been waiting for in trying it out. And it smells amaze balls.
RANDOM STUFF –
Furry child has discovered a new food that he LOVES. Our little boy is so funny. He really enjoys broccoli (yes, broccoli), but recently we gave him some mashed turnip with carrot with his food and he ate it up like it was nobody’s business. Now, we regularly keep a little container of it in the fridge for him.
Anywho, that’s all folks for this month’s Monthly Favourites July 2016. Hope you’ve enjoyed & been a bit entertained! Have an awesome upcoming weekend & lots of relaxing like this little guy….chit chat again soon!
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OMG, we are totally twins, Dawn! My husband and I LOVE the Black Keys, they are one of our favorite bands! And we also love Austin City Limits! And we are obsessed with the Great British Bakeoff as well! Love all the recipes you shared here, those ice pops look so good, especially considering what a hot day it is here.
Hahaha! So cool! Twinning 😉 ! Thanks so much Meghan! Have a great week 🙂
It all looks delicious and I love the sound of those ice pops. What a cure dog!
Thanks so much!!
how cute is your pup?! and broccoli? he could teach my younger boy a thing or two. fantastic round-up and enjoy your vacay-stacay. and yes! we all need a little break from the keyboard sometimes. enjoy!!
Thank you Cathy! Will certainly enjoy for sure 🙂
I really enjoy your monthly favourites 🙂 I seriously need to try that peach and chickpea salad already! And how about those peanut butter deliciousness you featured. Yum. Hope you’re having a wonderful summer Dawn! (PS: How cute that furry child loves broccoli??)
Thank-you Jolina. Appreciate that very much!! Furry child surprises me every day. I can hardly believe how much he loves veggies….so funny 😀 Hope you’re having a great Summer too!
Love this round-up, and it’s reminding me that I really do have to watch the Great British Baking Show! Happy Sunday, Dawn!
LOVE this round-up, and it’s reminding me that I really do have to watch the Great British Baking Show. Happy Sunday, Dawn!
Thank you Kate! Have a great week 🙂
What a fabulous round-up! As you might assume, I’m all over those soba noodles! So funny that your cute little pup likes broccoli! Just yesterday I dropped a large floret on the ground and I was surprised to see that my dogs raced to snatch it up! Of course I think it had more to do the competition between the two rather than them actually liking it 😉
Hope you have a great weekend, Dawn!
Thank-you Kathleen!! Those noodles are pretty awesome. The peanut sauce makes it 🙂 Even if you fur babies were competing over the broccoli, at least they ate it, right 😉 Have a lovely week!
Everything looks so good . I am trying noodle salad with peanut sauce today. Thank you for sharing. Have great weekend.
Thank you Kushi! I’m sure you’ll love it 🙂 Have a great weekend too!
This was a great round up and an exciting month! Really loved your Pineapple and Coconut Ice Pops – so delicious and pretty! I also love the Great British Bake Off, can’t wait for a new competition to start on the 24th of August! So sweet that your little furry child likes broccoli – such a good boy! Have a nice weekend and a fabulous staycation next week!
Thank you Miriam! Appreciate it 🙂 That show is just the best…looking forward to the next season too! I also get hungry and in the mood to bake something when I watch it…every time! Furry child is definitely a good boy. He got hubby and I wrapped around his little paw, lol 😀 Have a wonderful weekend too!
That peach chickpea salad has been calling my name all week – I gotta make it this weekend! I also love Star Wars and The Black Keys. Saw them in concert a few years ago and they were amazing live!
My in-laws are coming this weekend and we’re celebrating (a little early) my little boy’s 3rd birthday. So not much relaxing but lots of fun 🙂
Hope you have such a lovely break – well-deserved! – and a fun staycation next week! XO
Yay! Well, if you do make it, love to hear how you like it 🙂 The Black Keys in concert must have been awesome!! I can only imagine the excitement in the venue!
Happy early birthday to your little one! I’m sure you and your family will have lots of fun, especially if there’s a piece or two of cake involved 😉
Have a wonderful weekend! xo
P.S. We’ll definitely try to have a relaxing break, nice weather or not 😉 Really looking forward to it! Thanks Kathryn! xo
I need to try some of that fish!!! Noms.
Your dog is so funny- I had a cat awhile back that LOVED Mac and cheese lol. Enjoy your weekend!
I think you’d love the fish recipe! So easy too. A cat that loved mac and cheese? That’s so funny!! Thanks Sarah. Enjoy your weekend too 🙂
So many good things in this post, especially that Peach & Chickpea salad and Chey’s Salmon. I could go on and on about the desserts, but I need them like a hole in the head. Well, maybe one slice! 🙂
I don’t know about the new Star Wars, I was so hyped to see it and when we finally did I just felt… meh! Sometimes I think waiting too long kills it for me, more expectation. Anywhoo…
Enjoy your staycation with the hubs and Furry CHild (he’s so cute!)
Thank you Kevin! One slice of dessert would be ok 😉 Twist ya arm, right? I hear ya, though!
Really? Not a huge fan of the new Star Wars? Maybe we went into it with lower expectations.
We will definitely try to enjoy our staycation! Hopefully the weather will be nice so we can do some things outside. It’s been pretty decent here the last couple of weeks so fingers crossed it’ll stay that way! Have a great weekend 🙂
I hope you have a FABULOUS stay-cation girlfriend!! Turn off that computer and get your R & R on!!! I know your week will be filled with good eats (because I see you on social media!), but I will keep my fingers crossed you also get some great weather! Love this round up!! Thank you so much for including my salmon, lovely!! I’m HONORED! Cheers to you and some much needed and deserved relaxation! xoxo
Thank so much, Chey!! I will definitely try to get my R & R on……I’ll try my darn hardest, I tells ya 😉 !! And good eats for sure, without a doubt! So happy you like the round up and thanks so much again for allowing me to share your beautiful, tasty salmon recipe- I really appreciate it! While I will try to have some relaxation, hopefully you will too, my friend. How about you and I agree that we both relax (with maybe that delicious mojito recipe of yours in hand 😉 ) ? Have a wonderful one! xoxo
Damn girl, you’ve been busy!!! That cookie meets brownie concoction is amazing!!!!! xoxo
Thanks Rebecca! I’m always cooking up somethin’ 😉 !! You’re right, it’s one sweet treat Mary Ann has come up with! Have a great weekend, girl 🙂 xo
What a fun post, Dawn! I hope you and your husband have such a relaxing time on your staycation! I’ve got to try you peach chickpea salad…it’s like it was made for me! My husband and I just got a new dog yesterday (I’m SO excited) so I will have to see if she likes broccoli! 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks so much, Gayle! We will definitely try 😉 If you do try the salad, I’d love to hear how you like it. You got a new dog? How EXCITING!!! I hope we get to see pics of your new family member soon! How fun 🙂 Good luck with training and everything! Have a great weekend too! xo
D, I was seriously in a bit of a bad mood until I saw that you posted your monthly favorites! Instantly cheered me up, I say. 😉
So many fantastic recipes, so little time! You know your super awesome pineapple + coconut pops have everything my mom loves. Like woah. Plus, a shoutout to our girl Chey? Whoop whoop! 😉 Plus, SBA. The Queen of Baking, right? <3
So funny though that you've recommended the Great British Baking Show a few times. I seriously can't watch it bc I get too into it. Like, yelling things, thinking about how I would do that kind of competition… sweating for some contestants. Lol. I just can't. And Flume??? YES. I LOVE Flume!! Did you listen to the album he did with Chet Faker? Bc that was everything to me. Two of fave artists on one album. It was pure magic.
Anyway, I hope you have an awesome weekend, my friend. xo
Yay! Happy it cheered you up! No need to be in a bad mood, girlie 🙂 That ain’t gonna get ya anywhere, right? I know, I know, easier said than done sometimes, but still…
You really have to get on that Great British Baking Show, like, for reals. You would absolutely love. Speaking of love, Married at First Sight just started again and that’s pretty good too 😉
Wow, didn’t know you loved Flume! I didn’t hear anything other than that song and it is awesome! I can only imagine how awesome the rest of the music is! I’ll have to check that out!
Have an awesome weekend too! xo
Enjoy your week! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for great weather for you!
Thank-you Kathy 🙂