More than Burnt Toast

I tried this recipe last week and it was a hit.  It was fresh and a perfect way to end a hot day.

**Grilled Chicken Club with Garlic Pesto Mayonnaise**

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast fillets
Salt and black pepper, to taste
8 slices Swiss or other cheese of your choice
4 Kaiser rolls, sliced horizontally, toasted
4 lettuce leaves
8 tomato slices
8 slices bacon, cooked crisply
1/4 avocado, peeled, sliced
Garlic Pesto Mayonnaise, recipe follows

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Preheat grill. Season chicken with salt and pepper and grill over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Top each chicken fillet with 2 slices cheese; heat on grill until cheese melts.

Spread garlic pesto mayonnaise on bottom half of each roll and top with lettuce, tomato, bacon, chicken and avocado.

Close each sandwich with top half of roll and serve.

Garlic Pesto Mayonnaise

1 cup (packed) fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup lightly toasted pine nuts
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
1/4 cup mayonnaise

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On a cutting board with a sharp knife or mezzaluna chop basil, pine nuts and garlic until a fine consistency. Add to a bowl. To this add salt, pepper, Parmesan. and mayonnaise, stirring to blend well. Cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to serve.(Of course you could prepare the basil in a food processor if you like for speed)

My alterations:

I left out the pine nuts in the sauce (they are ridiculously expensive)

I also substituted 1 T garlic salt instead of 1 T minced garlic

**I'm sure the original recipe is delicious but my slight variation tasted yummy too!

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Ruffle Tote

This is my next project!  Find the free pattern here

Sincerely,

Ms This

Heirlooms

A few days ago I went to visit one of my grandmothers and came home with awesome spectacles.  My grandma said she had found them and was going to throw them away, but there was no way I was going to let her do so.  So she let me have them and now they sit on my nightstand.  She wore these glasses when she was about twenty years old, so during WWII.  I absolutely love them and am so glad she let me have them.

This isn't a very good picture but at the top of the rims there are small diamonds.  There is a lot of detail on these glasses.

My next retro finding is from my other grandparents.  I was cleaning their house one day and came across these groovy 70's drinking glasses.  My grandparents don't use them anymore so I asked if I could have them.  They agreed and now I use them for decoration and one day I will use them to drink from as well.

"Oink Oink"

For some reason i've been obsessed with piggy banks--well i wouldn't use the word obsessed, I have just seen some really cute ones lately.  One day I was at Tai Pan browsing around and came across some plain white piggy banks.  I thought it would be fun to do a little project on them with my little brother.  So we purchased some craft paint and created our own customized piggy banks.  I couldn't find his anywhere around the house (he probably broke it and didn't want to tell me) but here is mine...

This was a really fun project to do with a little kid--it may even encourage them to save money:)

Now here are some cute ones I found on Etsy of course....

mossbottle

The Pig Pen

I bought this next one in Hawaii--All money in it goes towards my next trip to North Shore!

Now this one is by far my favorite...

Purchased at Robert's Crafts

Sincerely,

"Ms. That"

Bloom

These flowers are making me happy today.  

Nesting Dolls

The other day I stopped at one of my favorite consignment shops and found these beloved creatures...

I fell in love instantly, so it was a must to purchase these nesting doll pillows.  They were the last two and I thought about only buying one, but you can't separate them because they go so well together.  The consignment shop where these pillows were purchased is called Urban Renewal--located in St. George, UT on the Boulevard. This is such a fun shop and the women that own it are so creative.  You can find so many ideas for your home by visiting this shop.

Sincerely,

"Ms. That"

Oh So Clean

Someday I would really like to have a ruffled shower curtain like the one below.  But I want it to blend from white to cream to yellow.  I think I might attempt to make it.

Here are some other noteworthy shower curtains.