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Pinworthy Projects Party Features

May 23, 2013 By Shannah 12 Comments

Happy Thursday! Sorry I haven’t been around much recently to visit and comment. I’ve been suffering from a knee injury that has made stuff just hard to do so in free time I have had I use to spend hanging with the kids.

One thing I did have time to do is visit your posts and choose a few party features {you all are making that much harder with your awesomeness though}! Let’s take a look.

Black Bean Quesadillas from Architecture of a Mom

Chevron Corkboard Frame Tutorial from Ashley’s Dandelion Wishes

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Filed Under: Features, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, DIY Projects, Party Features, recipes

Menu Planning Help: WTCW #101

May 22, 2013 By Shannah 2 Comments

Busy moms and dads can use all the meal planning help they can find. That is one of the reasons I started this whole What to Cook Wednesday series. It allows me to find new recipes to feed my family AND provides some menu planning help to my readers. Win win in my mind!

So, since it is mid-week and what to cook is probably on your mind, let’s get started!

Sunday: Let’s start off our week with a delicious meal of creamy polenta and chorizo. Throw in some roasted green beans and we have one delicious meal.

Monday: Mondays are always busy as we get thrust back into the work/school week after the weekend. Ginger, garlic and chili shrimp are perfect for these kinds of night because it cooks up so fast.

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Filed Under: cooking, food, WTCW Tagged With: Eating, Menu Planning, recipes, wednesday, weekend cooking, weekly menu, weeknight cooking

Gift Ideas: 10 Great Gifts for Dad

May 20, 2013 By Shannah 8 Comments

Mother’s Day 2013 is officially in the books {hope yours was a great one} which means it is time to turn out eyes towards Father’s Day. Gift ideas for dad can be a little harder so I’ve rounded up 10 great gifts that would be perfect for the dad in your life!

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Filed Under: holidays Tagged With: Crafts, Dads, Father's Day, Gift Ideas, Gifts for Dads, recipes

Featuring You – The Pinworthy Projects Party Features

May 16, 2013 By Shannah 12 Comments

Happy Thursday! I hope you are having a fabulous week so far. I’ve spent the bulk of mine stuck on the couch with a knee injury. It has been less than fun to saw the least. BUT, it has given me more time to visit the links from the Pinworthy Projects Party. Today, I’m featuring YOU with a round up of some of the best links from last week’s party!

Before we get started, I want to remind you of the AWESOME social media link up going on right now! Today’s Let’s Connect Thursday is all about Twitter pages. Click over to link up yours and watch your Twitter following grow!

Now, let’s get started!

DIY Project Bleach Art Fabric Napkins from Dagmar’s Home

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Filed Under: Features, Link Party, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, DIY, Party Features, Pinworthy Projects Party, recipes

Yummy Salsa Verde Recipe

May 15, 2013 By Shannah 12 Comments

The love for Tex-Mex and Mexican food in our house is pretty obvious! You can see it week after week in my What to Cook Wednesday weekly menus. Plus, we’re regulars at our local Mexican restaurant and you’ll always find salsa in the house.
Typically, I focus on more traditional salsa and guacamole {although, I have been known to make the guacamole with bacon!}, but I decided I wanted to try my hand at a salsa verde recipe for something a little different.

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Filed Under: cooking, food, recipes Tagged With: cooking, Food, Just Us Four Recipes, recipes, salsa verde recipe, snacks, Tex-Mex

Weekly Menu: What to Cook Wednesday #100

May 15, 2013 By Shannah 1 Comment

Happy Wednesday!

I love that our Wednesdays here on the blog are filled with delicious recipes. Putting together a weekly menu is so much easier when you can find inspiration all around blog land. One of my favorite parts of the week is looking through all of the recipes I find and narrowing them down into a menu for the week. I guess that is how this little What to Cook Wednesday series has made it to 100!

Let’s see what the 100th edition brings us in terms of food…

Sunday: You can add prosciutto to just about anything and I am happy. That probably a big reason why chicken with prosciutto, argula and fontina caught my eye.

Monday: We don’t traditionally do pasta on Mondays but, as a meatless option, I fell in love with the idea of lemony spinach and goat cheese linguine.

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Filed Under: cooking, food, weekly menu, WTCW Tagged With: Eating, Food, recipes, weekly menu ideas

Pinworthy Projects Party Features

May 9, 2013 By Shannah 13 Comments

Did you notice the subtle change to the week’s post line up? The party features, which usually run on Thursday mornings, have been moved to Thursday afternoons!

Why? Because Thursday mornings are now filled with an awesome social media link party! Be sure to visit and link up…this week we are focusing on Facebook pages!

Don’t worry…to make it up to you, I’ve added a new category of party features: the last link up. Now, you can randomly be featured just by when you link up!

Now, let’s take a look at some of the awesomeness you all linked up last week at the Pinworthy Projects Party!

Dipped Gold Leg Table from Bright Green Door

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Filed Under: Features, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, DIY Projects, grow your blog, Party Features, recipes

Weekly Menu – What to Cook Wednesday #99

May 8, 2013 By Shannah 5 Comments

Happy Wednesday!
I love that our Wednesdays here on the blog are filled with delicious recipes. Putting together a weekly menu is so much easier when you can find inspiration all around blog land.

Sunday: A stew might sound a little heavy for our warming temperatures but I loved the idea of a red lentil stew so I had to add it!

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Filed Under: cooking, weekly menu, WTCW Tagged With: cooking, recipes, weekly menu, WTCW

Pinworthy Projects Party Features

May 2, 2013 By Shannah 5 Comments

Do you wake up on Thursday and get excited to see the Pinworthy Projects Party features?

No? Just me?

Oh well…I do get excited because Thursday is my day to feature some of the amazing things you linked up to the Pinworthy Projects Party last week. And you all seriously know how to make some ridiculously delicious looking recipes, crazy awesome crafts and fantastic DIY projects. It gets so hard to choose each week…good thing Sam and Carrie pick features too {be sure to check them out}.

Now, let me stop rambling and get on to the Pinworthy Projects Party features for this week! You’ll also see these features on Twitter and Pinterest too so be sure you follow all three of the hosts!

Paper Doily Decoupaged Bottles from Craftiments

Slow Cooker Sweet Balsamic Pork from I Heart Eating

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Filed Under: Features, Link Party, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, DIY Projects, grow your blog, Party Features, recipes

Boozy Baking: Red Wine Cupcakes with Wine Cream Cheese Frosting

May 1, 2013 By Shannah 13 Comments

The boozy baking continues here at Just Us Four. I couldn’t just stop with the whoopie pies so I decided to try out some cupcakes too. After all, cupcakes are where my love of boozy baking originated.

After a few {dozen} texts with Liz, I settled on trying red velvet cupcakes first. She was very supportive and assured me that I couldn’t really mess this up. I mean…I was using wine and nothing is bad with wine