Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Unfortunately my pictures were rushed this week. I am not really pleased with them, but hopefully this week will be better.




1. Wish/Dream
I wish I had more time to draw. This is a drawing that I have been working for a couple of months now.





2. Clean



3. Currency
My weekly tip.






4. Pair


5. Square

Wholly Wholesome Bake At Home Cherry Pie Review

I love to bake! But, sometimes I just don't have the time to bake the way I would like to. I was excited about the opportunity to try Wholly Wholesome products.

Wholly Wholesome Baked Goods are made without: Artificial Flavors, Colors, Preservatives or Additives • Hydrogenated Fats, Oils or Trans Fatty Acids • Conventionally Refined Sugars or Synthetic Sweeteners • Bleached or Bromated Flours • Irradiated Ingredients

There I was in Whole Foods trying to decide which item to try. I had a hard time deciding. But, I finally selected the Cherry pie.


The ingredients are: Cherries, Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Cane Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil), Water, Rice Starch, Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Sea Salt.
That is an amazingly short list of ingredients for a pre-made pie!

The baking instructions are easy to follow and in under a hour, you a have a delicious freshly baked pie.

I have to admit that I am generally not a fan of pre-made pies. For me personally, the crust usually tastes and has the texture of cardboard. But, Wholly Wholesome really changed my mind.

The crust was buttery and flaky. The crust really has an amazing flavor and there is no butter in it! The filling was amazing as well! Cherry pie is one of my favorite types of pie. But sometimes it can be overly sweet. The Wholly Wholesome filling had just the right amount of sweetness and tartness. It really tasted like fresh cherries.


I loved it, and my family loved it as well. We gobbled it up!

I definitely would consider buying more Wholly Wholesome products. Wholly Wholesome baked products would be a great item to keep in your freezer. Just in case you need a quick dessert, especially with the holidays just around the corner.


disclosure: I received a free pie for the purpose of this review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. The opinions expressed in this post are my own.

My guacamole recipe is featured in a video segment

A few days ago, I announced that I was the winner of a guacamole recipe contest. My recipe is being featured on Uncle Matt's Organic website.

There is a video how to segment sharing the recipe. Please check it out!

Stressful Week

I have been so busy the last couple of days that I have not gotten to post much at all. Some of my dearest friends had a death in their family this week. My thoughts and prayers have been with them.

Also, I have started a new "business". I am making custom painted shoes and clothing for children. I am hoping that this will be a way to make some extra money to pay for preschool. I am going to make a new facebook page for that, as well as an Etsy Store.

I am hoping this evening that I will be able to post more Tailgating ideas and several reviews.

Hand Painted Shoes

I recently started painting some shoes for my daughter. I thought it would be fun to do something for Halloween.




This is my first test pair, which I am pleased with. I am going to try to sell a few through a local shop. But if anyone is interested, please email me at thesqueakycart@aol.com The shoes are $20, plus shipping and I can customize them to anything you need.

I am planning on opening an Etsy store very soon.

Halloween Hair Barettes for Sale!

These are leftovers from some I made last year. I have limited quantities of these. I will be making some more in a few days. If anyone is interested in purchasing them, please email me at thesqueakycart@aol.com

All designs are $6 shipped.


I have 2 bats available: 1 purple, 1 green (not pictured)



Trick or Treat Pumpkin ( only have 1)



Polka Dot Pumpkin (2 available)

Labor Day!

I am participating in this link up over a 5 Minutes for Mom. The question being asked is concerning Labor Day plans and/or traditions?

We really have never had any plans for Labor Day, even growing up. Growing up in the South, we always started school in August. It was always just a nice day off. We would usually do some sort of cooking out, but that was pretty much it.

My husband has the BBQ bug bad! Saturday, we were looking at meat smokers. I think he has found one for around $230 that he would be happy with. He has been trying out different types of smoking woods. This week's experiment has been Cherry wood. He also has been experimenting with spices, to create his own meat rub.

So far, we have smoked ribs, chicken breast,







and
chicken wings.

He is making plans to smoke a pork butt and beef brisket. He also has been researching different types of BBQ sauces. He has plans to start making his own sauce.

For Labor Day, The grill master will be manning the grill for 6 hours, while 2 racks of ribs smoke. If I were to win a years supply of ketchup, it would be put to good use, making BBQ sauce.