My amazing tomatillo sauce!

After learning a couple of different versions, I have made my own - it is pretty amazing and the perfect compliment to enchiladas and especially tacos!  So good!

15-20 tomatillos, peeled and washed

1/2 of a yellow onion, chopped big

1 jalapeno, de stemmed and washed

1/2 bunch of cilantro

salt and pepper

1 avocado

4 cloves of garlic

Directions:

• After peeling and washing the tomatillos, put them in a pan wih the jalapeno and cover with water. Boil until the tomatillos skin starts to crack and they turn a light green color
• In a blender, add the tomatillos, jalapeno, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and cilantro and blend. Do a quick taste test to make sure it is seasoned ok.
• Then add the whole peeled and de-pitted avocado and blend!
• Enjoy as a sauce on your tacos or add to tortillas with jack cheese to make salsa verde enchiladas- no baking required.

Rainbow Sprinkle Thumbprint Cookies

I LOVE thumbprint cookies and really can't resist sprinkles so I had to try these :)

2/3 cup unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 and 1/4 cup flour

rainbow sprinkles

chocolate kisses

Directions:

• Beat butter until fluffy. Then add sugar, cocoa, soda, salt, eggs and vanilla.
• Slowly mix in flour
• Roll dough into 1 inch balls then coat in sprinkles
• Bake at 375 degrees for 6-7 minutes then remove and immediately place kisses in the middle

DIY Magnetic Chalkboard

I really wanted to make a chalkboard in my guest room so that I could leave cute little welcome notes for our guests. I found a tutorial for making the exact chalkboard I wanted and here is how I did it!

I first started with an empty frame that I had already painted, tin snips, sheet metal, nails, chalkboard paint, metal primer and an ultra smooth foam roller

Then, I primed the metal and painted with the chalkboard paint. As I was waiting for it to dry I wanted to make my own magnets. I found these little clock pendants in the scrapbooking section at Michaels. I bought some adhesive magnets and attached them to the clocks.

All Done!! I just nailed the sheet metal to the back of the frame and added my magnets!

Hung it in my guest room!