Month: April 2024

Dandelion Lion Craft

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Happy Wednesday, y’all!

With spring being fully here (and almost summer), the dandelions are out full force!

Kaz loves picking flowers, and dandelions are not exception. A friend shared this fun and easy craft, and I just knew it’d be a huge hit!

You only need four things, for a craft your kids can do over and over again!

What You’ll Need

  • Cardboard or a paper plate
  • A black marker
  • A hole puncher or screwdriver
  • Dandelions

Take your paper plate and marker and draw your lions face on; eyes, mouth, nose.

Next take your hole puncher or screwdriver to poke the holes around the outside edge. These holes are where the dandelion stems will go. This definitely took me a second to do with a screwdriver, but I have no clue where our hole puncher is.

Find lots of dandelions, and have fun!

xoxo,

Leah

Sushi Bake

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I’ve never been one for long intros when it comes to recipe blogs, so I’m definitely not going to start now!

This sushi bake is a huge hit in our house, and we normally make it at least a few times a month.

What You’ll Need

– 1/2 pound of salmon seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, and a little Smokey paprika, shredded

⁃ 1/2 pound of imitation crab, shredded

⁃ 4 oz cream cheese

⁃ 1/4 cup mayo (I use a Japanese brand called Kewpie), but regular mayo works too

⁃ Sriracha to taste

⁃ 2 cups of cooked white rice

⁃ Crushed seaweed

⁃ 9×9 baking dish

⁃ Cooking spray

⁃ Sesame seeds (optional)

Bake your salmon until done. I use the air fryer for about 9 minutes at 400 and season with salt, pepper, garlic, and a little smokey paprika. Remove skin and shred when finished.

Cook your rice according to package directions. I use jasmine rice (but any white rice will work) and cook it in our Instant Pot using the rice function.

Shred your imitation crab while your salmon and rice cook.

Add your shredded salmon, imitation crab, cream cheese, mayo, and sriracha to a bowl. Mix until well combined.

Spread your rice into an even layer in your greased 9×9 dish.

Add your crushed seaweed on top of the rice layer, and top with your salmon and imitation crab mixture.

Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes at 380, and finish under the broiler for about 3 minutes.

Top with more of the mayo and sriracha, and enjoy! We add sesame seeds and sometimes avocado if we have them.

xoxo,

Leah

When God Uses Trials to Strengthen Your Faithfulness

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“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.” – Psalm 59:16

I had grown up going to all the faith based things; church, Sunday school, youth group, mission trips, etc. I could sing along to the praise songs with the best of them, but it wasn’t until that season of life that my faith really started to take shape and grow in my adult life.

The devil was fighting hard to convince me the lies I had been told. I was in the deepest and darkest valley of my life, and it would’ve been so easy to wander even further away, but something told me that was the exact time I needed to run back as fast as I could!

Three years later, and gosh am I glad I did! While I’m not allowed to fully share about God’s faithfulness in my life (maybe someday I’ll be able to), I’ll never stop talking about it.

These have been the ultimate tests of my trust in God and who I know he is; a God that is faithful to complete what he has started in my life, one that will never leave or forsake me, one who is in all of my tomorrows.

While I’m not quite out of the valley yet, I’m not as far down as I used to be, and things don’t seem nearly as dark anymore.

I will always be grateful for the things in my life that pushed me back to God and his plan for my life!

xoxo,

Leah