Fruit and cheese combinations are absolutely delicious especially when you choose the right ones! An excellent combination that is super easy to make and will have your tastebuds buzzing for morning breakfast are goat cheese and fig scrambled eggs!

scrambled eggs kale goat cheese and fig spread

What You’ll Need: 

• 4 Eggs (scrambled)
• Goat Cheese (softened)
• Fig spread
• Kale (chopped)
• 2 – 3 Garlic Cloves (minced)
• Soy Sauce
• Butter
• Canola Oil
• spices (pepper, sea salt)

Chop about 2 cups of kale and mince 2 -3 garlic cloves. Heat 1/2 tbsp of canola oil on medium heat on the stove in a frying pan.

Add your garlic and turn the heat to medium low. Once your garlic has simmered for about 3 – 5 minutes, add your chopped kale. Add about a a 1/4 cup of water and 2 – 3 tbsps of soy sauce. Season with a little salt and pepper.

Cover and allow to simmer on low heat for 6 – 8 minutes. As your kale and garlic steam, you want to add about 1 tbsp of butter or canola oil to the frying pan. As the butter heats, in a separate bowl, crack 4 eggs and whisk to scramble.

Add to the frying pan on medium low heat. Scramble in the pan with a whisk, you will want to add about 2 – 3 tbsps of fig spread to the eggs as they cook. Add the cooked kale and garlic. Lastly, add 3 slices of goat cheese to the scrambled eggs.

You’ll want to add the cheese last as it will melt quickly once it heats up in the pan. Scramble altogether and season with a little salt.

Want to bring a little eye candy to your space? Lollipop Stools add a pop of color and old fashioned, retro modern style to your dining space!

lollipop stools

They come in a variety scrumptious color options like lime green, vibrant red, bright orange and black. You can mix and match colors to add a rainbow color scheme to your interior design or you can choose one color to add emphasis to other accents and decor. They look like the type of stools you would find in a old school ice cream parlor, candy shop or psychedelic 1960s inspired diner.

lollipop stool (green)

They are made of solid steel with a built-in gas lift for easy seat height adjustment. Plus, the seats are cushioning with plush foam padding combining style with comfort. The steel frame is coated with a white powder finish adding even more retro goodness to the design while highlighting the eye catching colors of the seat cushions.

The Lollipop Stools are incredibly charming and delightfully colorful they will light up a room and brighten your interior space with their cool retro exterior and ultra modern functionality!

It can be a real challenge to get your little ones to eat healthy snacks especially when the bad stuff comes in such colorful and entertaining packages. I mean, have you ever seen those cereal boxes? The back of the box features games, cartoons and other fun things – it even makes me want to eat it while knowing the sugar content is out of control! Kids, like adults need sustainable energy, anything with a boat load of artificial sugar is only going to make them crash and burn, but how to get them to eat boring old carrots or string beans? Make the snacks look cool and tasty you have a way better chance of getting them to at least try it!

Vroom Vroom Race Car Fruit Snacks

Cut apples into slices, stick two toothpicks through both ends and add green or red grapes on each end of the toothpicks

Orange Juice Ice Pops

Fill up an ice tray with orange juice or another healthy fruit juice, let them sit in the freezer to harden up a bit then stick Popsicle sticks or toothpicks in the center of them and allow them to freeze over night

Frozen Banana Treats

Bananas going bad? Stick them in the freezer, the peel may turn into a yucky dark brown color but the banana inside will be extra tasty! Peel it back and cut it into slices for your kids to enjoy. It’s creamy and sweet.

Veggie Critters

Slice up some celery and spread cream cheese and / or peanut butter in the center of them. Place cherry tomatoes, grapes, pretzels or whatever else you’d like on top of them. Add toothpicks as antennas or pieces of the celery if you want to make it fully edible.

Ladybug Sweet Treat

Take slices of apples and add dabs of peanut butter on them. Place raisins on the peanut butter like dots on a ladybugs wings. Take a slice of a red grape and place on one end of the apple, secure with a toothpick but unnecessary if just placing on plate!

If you want to whip up something extra tasty for the night and make a dish everyone can enjoy (vegetarian or not!) why not make classic eggplant parmesan? I recommend making this fresh, although another great part of this dish is enjoying the leftovers the next day!

What You’ll Need:

• Eggplant
• Seasoned Bread Crumbs (Italian style)
• Eggs
• Vegetable Oil
• Red Sauce (pasta sauce – something tasty)
• Mozzarella Cheese
• Fresh basil (optional)

Peel the eggplant and slice it thin in long strips.

Beat 3 – 4 eggs in a bowl.

Grab a plate and shake 2 – 3 cups of bread crumbs on it.

Take a casserole dish or deep baking dish and lightly grease with vegetable oil.

Take the thin slices of eggplant and dip in the beaten eggs on both sides, then place in the bread crumbs flipping on both sides evenly to fully coat the eggplant.

Add vegetable oil to a large frying pan on medium high heat.

Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Continue coating your eggplant as the vegetable oil heats up. Add your eggplant to the heated oil, allowing to fry in the pan. You can tell they are ready, if they are a golden color on both sides. Flip occasionally, allowing them to fry evenly on both sides.

Add the fried eggplant to the casserole or baking dish.

Once all of your eggplants are in the dish pour your red sauce on top of them spreading it out. Add as much as you’d like. I like to add a medium amount so I can still taste the eggplant.

Place in the oven for 10 minutes. You want the eggplant to bake in the sauce.

Take out of the oven, add shredded or thinly slice mozzarella cheese on top. Place basil on top.

Place in the oven for about 5 minutes. Check to see if the cheese is melted. Place for another 2 – 3 minutes if its not. Check periodically. You don’t want your cheese to burn, you just want your eggplants to simmer in the sauce and allow the cheese to melt!

Whether you and your partner love to lounge around at home nesting comfortably and relishing in each others company or the two of you love to be on the move, always seeking the next adventure, exploring and traveling –

Below are great wedding party favors that express how much you and your loved one enjoy being out and about in the outdoors or enjoy spending time together on the inside of the house.

For the newly weds who love the stay-at-home lifestyle:

LED candles with colorful lotus flower origami candle holders around them

Bride and Groom wine bottle openers or stoppers

Essential oil infused bath salts in tiny mason jars

French milled heart shaped hand soaps

Engraved clear glass table coasters

Deck of playing cards that reads”two of a kind” on the front of them

For the newly weds who love the outdoors and travel:

Mini travel compasses with custom wedding label

Heart shaped hiking loop clip

Custom miniature key chain flashlights

Engraved nautical anchor paperweights or bottle openers

Useful party favors that show a common interest are the key to making a great statement when your guests sit down at your reception. Take the time to think about what you want to give guests and of course ask your soon-to-be spouses opinion because it is a joint interest and joint effort! Have a blast on your wedding day!

Are you the type of couple who loves rocking out together? How about visiting museums, going to live concerts or do you two love dancing, painting and writing?

For the newly weds who love art (music, dance, theater, paint, etc) and want to show their guests a little piece of what is dear to their hearts – besides each other of course! – below are some art inspired party favor ideas you can give to your guests on your big wedding day when they sit down at the awesome wedding party you planned!

Custom printed guitar picks (with bride and grooms name and wedding date!) If you play guitar, you know you can always use more picks!

Mini hand percussion instruments (examples: meini wooden frog or metal zills) Guests can totally play these while dancing the night away or they can use them as applause after wedding toasts are made.

Meini wooden frogs make a sort of croaking noise when the tiny wooden stick is rolled back and forth on the ridges of the frogs back. Metal zills are those finger cymbals you see played during some belly dancing performances.

Tiny calligraphy sets – these are little more costly but worth it if you love the fine arts, this might even inspire some of your guests to pick up a new interest

Personalized fountain pens – also a little on the more expensive side, but they are a classy touch and you know they won’t go to waste

Miniature wooden art easels with placeholder cards on them with the guests name and table. Provide little canvases if you really want to make a big impression. Your guests can reuse them to display business cards or show off their art creations.

These are just a few examples of some of the cool wedding party favor gift ideas you can give out during the reception, whether you love to make art or appreciate art, you and your guests will love these!