Here are this week’s Thursday Things (on Friday). Running a day later this week due to the holiday:
1. Bethenny Frankel has my chocolate chip cookie dough balls (no-bake, vegan, GF) pinned on her dessert board
To say that I’m extremely ecstatic about this is accurate.
I’m a huge Bethenny fan and feel like I “know” her after watching her on reality tv over the years. And she “knows” me via my cookie dough balls. Sure.
A few days later she pinned my Peanut Sauce Baked Tofu on her Vegan/Vegetarian board. Peanut Sauce Tofu is one of my favorite ways to eat tofu. Then again, anything in peanut sauce usually scores with me and I was glad Bethenny liked it. I wonder if she really does her own pinning or if her assistants do it?
2. This is so me
From Hot Pepper Jelly to Apricot Cookies, I love the flavors going on in that sauce.
3. I’d love to take one of these baking classes at Sur La Table
Their Cooking Classes FAQ does not address price but I’m sure the classes aren’t exactly cheap but I bet really informative and fun.
4. 25 Wasteful Things You Can Probably Get Along Without
Such as Electric Can Openers – Use your muscles
and plastic cutlery- use the metal stuff
However, they also suggest that facial tissues (use handkerchiefs instead) and tin foil are wasteful.
I am all about saving the planet, but I love Kleenex. One.time.usage.item.
And I line all my baking pans with aluminum foil.
Recipes like Creamy Mixed Berry White Chocolate Crumble Bars are far too ooey and gooey to attempt without foil.
Why worry about dishes and elbow grease or having a dessert ruined because you have to butcher it to get it out of the pan when a simple sheet of foil will save so much hassle?
5. Never in a million years would I have thought that I’d be subscribing to Bon Appetit or Saveur magazines, but I am now.
And to think Cosmo, W, and Vogue used to my rags of choice. Now, it’s all about braised pork belly and locally-grown squash blossom risotto. Who am I?
Magazines are better for my attention span and time constraints. When you have a 5 year old, you just don’t sit down with 300 page novels and curl up on the couch. You’re lucky to read a 3 minute article because you’re too busy running alongside her bike.
6. The Fourth of July falling on a Wednesday left me feeling like Thursday was Saturday and like Friday should be Sunday. Why oh why couldn’t the weekend have just started on Thursday?
My days are all goofed up and I kept hitting snooze on my alarm on Thursday morning because in my sleepy state, I though it was Saturday. And then my Thursday started in an over-adrenalized, scrambling, massively late way that comes with oversleeping. Fun times.
7. 50 Simply Ways to Build Your Platform in 5 Minutes Per Day – Nice list for bloggers, writers, small business owners, or entrepreneurs.
Figuring out who you are and what your message is, who your audience is, and are you saying or promoting your message (or brand, service, item, or business) to the best of your ability is important in any type of endeavor from small business ownership to blogging.
8. Food & Wine interview with Khloe Kardashian, Cooking with Khloe Kardashian Odom
Lamar apparently wants her to cook like it’s Thanksgiving every day and his favorite meal is a sweet potato soufflé and a green bean dish with smoked turkey legs. I whip that up every Monday for an easy weeknight dinner, for sure.
9. This Peacocks and Trees Tapestry from Urban Outfitters. The price is right, $39 bucks.
Now if only I had a spare wall to put up a super vibrant print with life-sized trees and peacocks and not have my house look like I decorated it while on an acid trip.
10. Thanks for the Magimix by Robot-Coupe Food Processor and Juice Extractor Giveaway entries. Wow!
What are your Thursday Things?
Feel free to link up anything fabulous that you’ve seen, done, bought, made, or tell me about how you celebrated the Fourth.
Do you subscribe to magazines? Any favorites?
I used to subscribe to a ton: W, Vogue, Elle, Cosmo, and similar.
Fitness-related magazines like Shape, Hers, and Yoga Journal.
Then I had a baby, had no time to read, found blogs and did all my reading online, and let all my magazine subscriptions lapse.
But it’s nice to hold something in my hands, to leaf through it, and since I don’t have time for long books, magazines are perfect. Five minutes is about what I’ve got.
Have a great weekend!
I get a lot of magazines, but never paid for any of them. Until last weekend when my friend came and brought her copy of Bon Appetit. I sat on the beach and “read” it. Then, I went home and ordered a subscription! The pictures….oh my god. I used to get Saveur, but I’m not a big fan.
I’ve been totally messed up with the days this week too. I thought it was Sat all day long yesterday. And today, its raining and overcast, so it feels like a lazy Sunday.
You just subscribed to Bon Appetit last weekend? What are the odds of this stuff….we coudln’t make it up! And yes, I prefer B.A. to Saveur, too.
I thought it was Sat all day yesterday, today I feel like it’s Sunday but it’s Friday…I hope I actually feel like it’s the weekend over the weekend. It’s been 65F, cool, dreary, & raining for a week in San Diego. I run with a hoodie, 2 shirts, and pants for my 55F morning runs!
Congrats on the pin, that’s awesome! (And thanks for bringing my attention to the fact that Bethenny is on Pinterest – love her!). I love magazines too, Cooking Light is one of my faves.
Bethany Frankel pinned one of your recipes! I love it! And I love her! Have you ever tried her Skinny Girl Margarita? It’s fairly strong! Martha stewart pinned my brownie cupcakes w/ cookie dough frosting and I hate to say it, but I would assume it was an assistant. But who knows! Still an honor, right?!
“Now if only I had a spare wall to put up a super vibrant print with life-sized trees and peacocks and not have my house look like I decorated it while on an acid trip.” –> seriously laughing so loud right now.
I can’t live without my blessed aluminum foil! How dare they call it wasteful! I quit my subscriptions to Glamour, Cosmo, + Allure. Now the only things I read are Cooking Light, Shape, + US Weekly lol. I want to subscribe to more baking mags though. Happy Friday!
I love that Martha (or her assistant) or someone there pinned something of yours! She (or her assistant) featured my Chocolate Saltine Toffee, i.e. Christmas Crack, on one of her sites (she has so many sub-sites within her major brand) right before Xmas. I was shocked and thrilled!
Foil is a baker’s salvation, indeed!
I’m not really a magazine person- I prefer blogs!
And that’s awesome about Bethany- congrats! She’s my idol : )
I know what you mean about blogs…makes it so easy but I’m trying the old-fashioned way again of magazine reading :)
I’m still a loyal subscriber to Cosmo (love it), but I also subscribe to HGTV Magazine (which is actually pretty great) and am a recent subscriber to bon appetit as well! I’m always so hungry after reading that one!
Congrats on the Bethenny pinning again, so cool! Maybe you could be on her show! I made your chocolate chip cookies with peanut flour, they are my new favorite thing! AMAZING!!!! I even blogged about them today! https://kellird.com/peanut-chocolate-chip-cookies-made-with-peanut-flour/
I know and I commented on the post last night…and thank you, they look awesome! Funny that a friend of mine just made peanut flour cookies and I saw her post moments after I saw yours and linked yours up to her – small peanut flour world!
https://cookiesandcrafts.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/enough-already-peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Very cool on the Bethenny pin! I love how Pinterest makes us all equals…haha. That sounds incredibly lame but you know what I mean. ;) I’m all sorts of confused on this week but one thing I know…it’s finally Friday, thank the lord!
I love to read anything I can get my hands on ! Like you though I find myself chasing the 5 year old rather than reading novels. I’ve since discovered books on cd and now listen to them in the car whenever I do longer drives, it’s sort of nice to have “someone” read to you. Congrats on getting your recipies pinned by Bethany !
HA! Too cool with the Bethany pins– I love her! :-)
Great Thursday things! I had Monday off, which is making my week feel all out of sorts as well. At least it’s Friday today!
I totally agree on the handkerchief and electric can-opener fronts!!
I’ve never had a magazine subscription, but I do pick them up from time to time when I’m looking for some light reading material, when a book doesn’t appeal. I was really excited when Women’s Fitness came out in the UK! It only comes out quarterly, so it’s a good every-so-often read!
such fun things always Averie! Hope you have a great weekend!
Gotta love Pinterest — such a fun small world!
I have totally let all of my subscriptions lapse. Can’t seem to find time for magazines, but I still am a big Real Simple fan! :)
I think Sur La Table has class prices listed on individual classes. I’ve thought about taking 1, but haven’t taken the plunge yet. As for magazines, I subscribe to way too many, but Entertainment Weekly is my favorite. I find that I visit the websites of food magazines rather than subscribe.
I’m so bummed about the giveaway bc I couldn’t enter! :/ For some reason Akismet had been marking any comment I tried to leave anywhere as Spam so nothing posted for like 3 days! Ugh! Sadness! And Internet High Five for Bethenny pinning your stuff!! :D
well re-enter then! You’re not in my spam folder and as long as your entries aren’t already posted, just re-enter.
Congrats on the pin-wow!!!
I was thinking about getting a subscription to Bon Appetit…What do you think of it so far? Is it worth it?
I wouldn’t have subscribed if I didn’t think I’d like it overall and sure, there are foods I’d never make in it, but for ideas and photography, I’d great. Really, any food magazine has it’s selling points for me!
That is so cool Bethenny pinned your recipes! Wow, go you!! :) I used to subscribe to magazines but now I have mainly switched to blogs. I used to love Cosmo etc but I read one recently at the hairdressers and just couldn’t relate anymore, it made me feel old! Haha!
I know..I save those types of mags for dr’s office and hair salon type reading :)