Homemade Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies

                                                                                                                               VALENTINE'S DAY SUGAR COOKIES!                  YUMMY HEART-SHAPED TREATS! :)                                 So for Valentine's Day I decided to go ahead and make       Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies from scratch! .. sort of! LOL         I bought myself a powedery flour mix, just add eggs, water, etc  to make the dough. Roll it out on a flat surface.. flour sprinkled beneath it and a lil on top.. crab your cookie cutters and have at it! I bought all different kinds of red and pink sprinkles and other edible decorative stuff to do some artwork a-top my cookies!    Put everything on the raw cookies before you bake them (except for the icing as you will see I used to make smiley faces on a few). The finish product came out pretty good, at least I think so for my first try! Really like how the sprinkles, colored sugar and tiny candied hearts looks on top of the cookies too. :)

Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies for Valentine's Day! <3

Athena Greek Cuisine

Taramosalata (Greek Caviar Dip)

Looking for authentic, clean Greek cuisine, Athena Greek Cuisine was absolutely amazing! :) My best friend and I have a thing for Greek food. We <3 it so much and try to visit as many Greek spots as we can!

I wanted to try something different, something we never heard of or had before, so we started with Taramosalata (Greek Caviar Dip), which came with Olives, Tomato, Cucumber, Onion, Hot Peppers and Pita Bread for dipping. If you're looking for something interesting and unique, this ap is definitely worth a try. If you're a fan of hummus, try this! It's like a hummus dip with zinggg!

We also ordered the homemade Iced Tea, which came with slices of honeydew, lemon and a side of Greek Honey Sauce to add for sweetness. This was the best iced tea I've encountered so far in my life.

For the main course, we each had Gyro Platters. Lamb and Beef slices a top rice, served with Onion and Tomato with Fresh Pita Bread and some of the best Tzatziki Sauce on the side.

Gyro Platter

The Opa Grille is a classy, clean restaurant with great service and utterly delicious food.

Everytime a plate came out of the kitchen and brought to a table, we couldn't help but take a look. Everything that came out was fresh and spot-on perfect. I honestly can't wait to go back again and perhaps try the Mousaka or Spinach Pie.

My Fav Homemade Salad Yet

So I decided to eat something healthy...




So I made myself a salad with a mix of romaine and iceburg lettuce, sliced cherry tomatoes, sliced green peppers, mushrooms, shreds of mozzarella, and sprinkled with a mango ginger dressing mango ginger dressing... on the side I made myself some tuna salad. I drain the juice from the can, run some water, drain again.. add celery for some crunch and mayo.

Homemade Cupcakes with Sprinkles

Baked cupcakes with the kiddos the other day...

There is nothing like babysitting and being threatened by a child to bake with them or they will make up horrible stories of how terrible you were at babysitting.. This is how I was suckered into baking a ridiculous amount of cupcakes on this particular day.   :)

Quote of the day... The lil man I was watching approached me:
"Yay, it's just me and you! No adults around!"
I guess it's good to be considered young at heart, no? lol