Five on Friday

ONE - Some signs of spring around our yard!

TWO - been looking for something for this space for about 3 years. Fell in love with this super reasonable vase and fake orchids from Creative By Nature which is a local Charlotte shop. Put water in it to make it look more real!! This pink is making me so happy with all of the blue in our space.

THREE - it's been a very rough week with my puppy. Molly Anne took this pic.

FOUR - cruised up to Norfolk and Nags Head for a meeting this week. Taryn always finds the best lunch spots!

FIVE - Molly Anne loved her trial class at D1 this week. Her friend asked her to go and they had a blast together and got to work on their agility for an hour! This is a great idea to help with other sports and fun to change it up!

Cute Things

Found some cuteness this week...see below!

ONE - loving this soft tank

TWO - super cute clutch

THREE - I recently got this dress in black and now feel as though I need it in every color. I did have the seamstress sew the front a bit more so it wasn't too low cut.

FOUR - comfy gauze dress

FIVE - the perfect sweater and you can wear it over your shoulders too

Two Recipes - Sausage, Rice and Beans and Reuben in a Bowl

Reuben in a Bowl - my kids loved this and it took me 5 minutes to make. I used lunchmeat Roast Beef.

Sausage Rice and Beans - this is my friend Kellie's recipe and it was a lot better than I was expecting! I made it the night before then just heated it up for a quick dinner before sports.

Ingredients:
16 ounces smoked sausage
2 cans rotel

2 cans red beans
1 can black beans
1 medium sweet onion chopped
1 stick butter - I used unsalted
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt

Directions:
Saute the onion in the butter. Pour all ingredients in the pan and let simmer for as long as you would like. I let it get to a boil then let it simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add the sausage in a few minutes before you serve.

You can also cook this in a crockpot. Add 1/2 cup water and let it simmer all day. Add the sausage in the last 30 minutes.

Serve over a bed of rice and add some hot sauce!