CSN Stores Giveaway

CSN Stores has very generously offered another giveaway through my blog. The lucky (U.S. or Canadian) winner will receive a $30.00 gift code to purchase anything their little heart desires from any of the over 200 online stores that feature lights, furniture, items for the kitchen, bed and bath, patio, and more!

Here are a few pretties to whet your appetite ...

With Spring right around the corner, you can get something wonderful for your Easter dinner table or think ahead to a special gift for Mother's Day.

I've been fortunate enough to win two of these CSN Stores gift codes, the first through One Crazy Cookie and I got myself some gorgeous Emile Henry baking dishes from France ...

The second from La Esquina de la Estrellita and I got a new Proctor Silex toaster and a beautiful cobalt blue utensil holder ...

I just loves me some new kitchen stuff!

So let's make this simple. Please leave just one comment and include your email address so I can reach you if you win. Once I have drawn the winner, I will email you with the gift code so you can spend your $30 winnings at CSN Stores in any one of their wonderful online stores.

Here's a tip ... look for the items with FREE SHIPPING. It makes your gift code go a lot further.

This giveaway will end at Midnight, Mountain Standard Time, on Saturday, March 12th, and I'll post the winner as soon as I can thereafter. Sorry, this is for U.S. or Canadian citizens only.

Good Luck!

A Pina Colada Kind of Weekend

I'm linking up with Heaven is a Bookstore for Martha Monday

Father's Day weekend ... was just one big party. Good food, good times, good pina coladas. Hubby manned the blender, playing with all the different buttons ... puree, whip, liquify. Here's what he came up with as the ultimate pina colada ...

Pina Coladas

Pineapple Juice
Crushed Pineapple
Coconut Cream
Rum
Crushed Ice

We chilled everything in advance in the fridge (the cans of juice and crushed pineapple and the bottle of rum) except the Coconut Cream (it gets too thick to pour) ...

Put about 1/2 cup of crushed pineapple in the blender, add 4 ounces of pineapple juice, 4 ounces of rum,  3 ounces of coconut cream and 2 cups of crushed ice.

Blend Pour Sip Smile! 

Saturday dinner ...

Bacon Wrapped Boursin Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Spray olive oil
2 chicken breasts
Salt and pepper
Boursin Light cheese spread
Fresh baby spinach leaves
3 slices bacon

If you've never tried Boursin cheese, you are missing out. We like to serve this savory cheese spread with crackers and grapes as an appetizer. It is loaded with herbs and garlic and oh so tasty!

Preheat oven to 350˚ and spray your baking dish with olive oil. Butterfly chicken breasts open, season with salt and pepper, spread half of the Boursin on each breast.

Layer with baby spinach and fold chicken breasts closed. Cut bacon strips in half and wrap 3 half strips around each breast.

Bake uncovered for 45 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. The blend of bacon and Boursin is ridiculously good!

And dessert ...

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies. Tiffanee over at One Crazy Cookie has so many wonderful recipes to share. Please stop by her fragrant kitchen and tell her I said "Hi!"


People, this was only Saturday. Sunday (Father's Day) included a big breakfast of bacon, eggs, hash browns, beans and tortillas, pool-side lounging and swimming and more pina coladas, BBQ rib eye steaks, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and more brownies.

Decadent, fun.

Happy Father's Day, my love.

Now get me to the treadmill!!!