Penny's Passion: Five on Friday - February 12, 2016

Friday, February 12, 2016

Five on Friday - February 12, 2016

Hello!  Man, am I glad to have a weekend so close.  This week has been a bit cray cray.  We had a dusting of snow on Tuesday morning and my normal 45 minutes commute in to work took nearly 3 hours.  Yes, 3 HOURS!!  Hope that only happens once this winter.  I'm not normally a patient person so you can imagine how sitting in stop and go traffic for 180 minutes went.  Glad the rest of the week was better!

Do you have plans for Valentine's Day?  I don't have a clue what we're doing.  Before I try to figure that out, here's five of my favorites for this week ~

1.  Supper Club
A few of my friends from the neighborhood decided to start a little supper club and the first gathering was held at my house last night.  It was fun breaking bread and being able to chat for a bit.  I made a couple soups that I've blogged about (Tuscan Tortellini Soup and Loaded Potato Soup).  Added a Mungo salad and it was a delicious meal on a cold, winter night.  Literally the whole meal came together in about an hour.  I'm so glad we decided to start getting together once a month!



2.  Pampered Chef Brownie Pan
I have a new favorite pan in my kitchen - the Pampered Chef Brownie Pan!  For dessert at supper club I whipped up a box brownie mix and baked them in my new brownie pan.  They were wonderful!  The brownies baked at 325 degrees for 25 minutes and they were perfect.  I placed a brownie in a dessert bowl, plopped a scoop of ice cream on the side and drizzled chocolate sauce on top.  If you don't have one of these pans, you need one!
Brownie Pan
3.  Bai Waters
I've been hearing some great things about Bai waters and I'm excited to try them.  They only have 5 calories and no artificial sweeteners, colors or preservatives.  There is about as much caffeine in a bottle as a cup of green tea.  Water is not one of my favorite things to drink, but I think one of these lightly carbonated antioxidant infusion bottles in interesting flavors (black cherry, blood orange, pineapple and pink grapefruit) might just have me drinking more water.  Have you tried them?
Flavored water
4. Hello Breath Spray
If you think you might be doing some kissing this Valentine's Day and want fresh breath, or you just would like to have some breath spray at your desk in case you have garlic at lunch, check out this natural Hello Breath Spray.  One spritz and your ready to go.  You can choose Mojito Mint, Pink Grapefruit Mint or Super Mint.  The variety pack has all three.  They are available from Amazon (HERE) or Walgreens.  Now pucker up!

5.  In honor of February 14



Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  

Linking up with:
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The Evolution of Mom
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11 comments:

  1. If there is one thing I hate hate hate about our area is the way people react to a dusting of snow. Now, yes the other day was more than a dusting but my 30 mile trip took 2.5 going home and its likes come on people. It made me wish I was back in Colorado because they don't freak out! I think MO needs to take some tips from them, haha!

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  2. Pampered Chef brownie pan, they didn't have that when I sold the stuff. Cute idea. Supper club - Mike and I use to do one years ago, such a fun night and great food to discover too. Happy Valentine's Day to you and the hubs. Enjoy the weekend.

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  3. I've been wanting to try those Bai waters. A co worker of mine loves them.
    Love your table settings. Beautiful!

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  4. The Bai waters look yummy! Happy Friday, hope your Valentine's Day is fun!

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  5. I need that brownie pan in my life! I just made brownie bites in mini muffin pans. This would have been perfect! Supper club sounds really nice!

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  6. That brownie Pan looks like a genius idea... Everyone gets corners and middle!

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  7. THREE hours?! Holy smokes, that a bit much. That brownie pan looks pretty sweet, I wouldn't mind trying one of them for my breakfast muffins that I make 3 times a week, instead of the usual round muffin ones. I've seen another blogger use it and I've wanted to try but never remember when I'm out to get one.

    Have a great weekend, Penny. :)

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  8. A supper club sounds like so much fun! I have a brownie pan that is heart shaped, and I use it all the time. I need to get a regular one though! Have a great weekend!!!

    xoxo Alexis @ chemistrycachet.com

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  9. Your supper club sounds like a lot of fun!!!

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  10. Hi There (popping over from Authentic Bloggers)

    Oh what a drag, a 3 hour commute :(

    I'm so glad I can just walk from my bedroom open the door to my home office still in my dressing gown but it does get a little isolating sometimes :(

    Oh your Supper club sounds awesome, people around here, just seem to be too busy for that or they ae trying to tell me something, lol :)

    Hope you had a great Valentine's day, cheers, T. :)

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  11. Hi There (popping over from Authentic Bloggers)

    Oh what a drag, a 3 hour commute :(

    I'm so glad I can just walk from my bedroom open the door to my home office still in my dressing gown but it does get a little isolating sometimes :(

    Oh your Supper club sounds awesome, people around here, just seem to be too busy for that or they ae trying to tell me something, lol :)

    Hope you had a great Valentine's day, cheers, T. :)

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