Wishing on a White Horse

Long ago, my mom's best friend taught my sisters and I how to wish upon a white horse.  Before she bestowed this knowledge upon us, I'd never ever before heard that white horses were lucky, but an intrigued child with plenty of banked wishes, I didn't question her logic.  We were fascinated, and listened carefully to her tutorial of how to wish upon a white horse.

* spot a white horse
* lick your thumb
* stamp your thumb in your open palm
* make your wish
* seal your wish by punching your opposite fist into your open palm
* wait for wish to come true

One thing I do know, it's definitely something I've never forgotten.  Learning this as a child was magical as it was such a strange, weird, and unique set of instructions to follow in order to cast a wish.  Yet regardless, ever since that day, I've found myself scanning the horizon on road trips in search of every white horses without any markings, splashes, or spots, eager to make that next wish.

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Quote of the Week

Before you act, listen.

Before you react, think.

Before you spend, earn.

Before you criticize, wait.

Before you pray, forgive.

Before you quit, try.

{Ernest Hemingway}

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Link Love

Have a lovely weekend my friends!  One of my closest friends in town for the weekend, so we're celebrating her visit with dinner, drinks, and a play tonight!  What are you up to?

+ Pinata cookies!?  Genius!

+ My husband would love this print

+ I adore this dress!

+ Easy refreshments to bring to a picnic

+ DIY cap toe shoes, super cute!

+ Garden oasis for my dream backyard

+ Bright necklace for spring

+ A new twist on oatmeal

+ Another cute bun - I need to practice my skills...

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Weeknight Baking: Mexican Chocolate Cookies

Tuesday night was a cookie-eating kind of night.  A busy, hectic day at school, followed by a lazy night cozying on the couch.  Perfect occasion for a batch of cookies, right?

In lieu of my usual fave cookie (chocolate chip-coconut), I opted to try something new - Mexican Chocolate cookies, with a dusting of powdered sugar.  The recipe calls for fancy chocolate - which of course I didn't have, but I substituted in bittersweet chocolate chips, and they turned out just fine!  I mean, you really can't go wrong with cookies, but this recipe is definitely worthy of a repeat appearance.

Note: Make sure you have milk on hand when baking these bad boys!

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Salad Savvy

My new favorite salad recipe, hands down!

Holy moly, I'm excited to make this again!!  Don't you love it when you find a recipe that is just superbly awesome that you know FOR SURE you will commit to memory and DEFINITELY make again?

This is THAT recipe my friends (grab a pen...I'll wait...)

Okay, ready?  Golden Corn Salad with Fresh Basil, I made a few slight alterations.  First - I didn't have any fresh basil (no worries, you don't need it).  Second - I subbed in sliced fresh mozzarella for goat cheese - a worthy substitution in my opinion since there was already plenty of flavor in the salad.

Can't for summer picnics, potlucks, and parties.  Put me down for greens, 'cause I'm bringing salad!

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Wednesday Pretty

Don't you wish you could create a castle out of paper?

Color me impressed!

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Dinner Last Night: Chicken Enchilada Casserole

I've been thinking about making this recipe for a while - chicken enchilada casserole - and it didn't disappoint.  Albeit a bit labor intensive (I felt like I used practically every pan in my kitchen to make this dang casserole) - but after all the hard work, it tasted great!  Phew!   

Added bonus: it reheats well, I took the leftovers to work for lunch the following day.  I wish I had my own pictures of the dish to post, but my husband and I devoured this seconds after it emerged from the oven.  Pin it!

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