hearty

first, a recipe of some hearty but easy crock pot beef stroganoff:
the original was found online and only called for a couple ingredients.  i changed it up a bit and here is how it turned out:

EASY CROCK-POT BEEF STROGANOFF
combine the following ingredients in a crock pot:
1lb cubed beef stew meat or sirloin tips
1 {10.75oz} can cream of mushroom soup
1 packet soup mix {i used onion-mushroom but im sure any of those would work}
1 can sliced mushrooms
1/2 onion, chopped
1/4 cup water
2 T worcestershire sauce
garlic powder
salt and pepper

cook for 5 or so hours on high, or 8 hours on low setting.

mix with 1/2 c sour cream {or more if youre feeling brave}

serve over egg noodles {do not mix the noodles with the stroganoff unless you plan on eating it all that night...the noodles will disintegrate if left in the crock pot for too long}


hearty and delicious {and easy...did i say easy? :)}

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and now, a hearty book

this weekend my mom, sister rachel, emory and i made a last minute trip to new orleans to try on wedding dresses...for rachel of course.  we had an hour or so to spare so we ventured to nearby magazine street and spent the entire hour on ONE BLOCK...in three stores.  {seriously yall i could easily spend a whole weekend perusing through the shops on this street. we didnt even make it NEAR where stephen and i shopped on our anniversary trip}.  i ended up finding a lamp for our den as well as this amazing book:
 

WHAT?
something that combines my PASSION with my PASSION?
too good to be true.

its by a local author/designer in new orleans and the pages are filled heartily with fabulously inspiring interiors, as well as fabulously inspiring prayers, commentary, verses, and thoughts.

AH-MAY-ZING





strangely enough i just recently wrote a post for mobile bay magazine online again {to be posted in march}, and the topic i wrote about was making your home more than just "one note," designing based on how you live, and living what you love.  it allllll ties in.  and i dont believe in coincedences, i wholeheartedly believe this is the way God speaks to us...and this book is such a wonderful reminder of what and WHO we are to build and decorate our lives FOR - all to glorify him and not ourselves.
so humbling and beautiful.
and quite hearty

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and now, because what good is a post about hearty things when it does not include one of the heartiest parts of my...heart...as she experiences the goodness of rice cereal for the first time:

here i am lookin all cute and happy and such


for real yall, i am relaxed and content


wait a minute...what is this? and what is THAT?


this...cant...be...happening...

 


too late.  it happened. yall asked for it