Let's Make Honey Bleu Munchies

Hi there—welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday! This is my little corner to share what’s on my mind and invite you to link up and share your thoughts too. Today, I’m thinking about the easiest (and tastiest!) appetizer I whipped up over the weekend, and I’m so excited to tell you all about it!

Last week at work, a few friends and I were swapping favorite recipes, and my friend Elizabeth shared one that instantly caught my attention. It was a super simple appetizer, and I knew right away I had to try it. So when we had friends over for a game night on Saturday, it was the perfect opportunity to make it!

Here's What You Need

Bag of Kruncher Potato Chips

Blue Cheese Crumbles

Honey

Here's What You Do

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Start by spreading a layer of chips across the bottom of a cast iron skillet.

Next, sprinkle a generous layer of blue cheese crumbles over the chips.

Repeat the process by adding another layer of chips, making sure they’re evenly spread out to cover the first layer. Then sprinkle another layer of blue cheese crumbles over the top, letting them fall into the nooks and crannies for maximum flavor in every bite. This second layer really builds the flavor and gives the dish a nice, hearty feel.

Pop in the oven for 8-10 minutes.  When you remove it from the oven, drizzle honey over the top.  If you want to spice it up a bit, use hot honey!

Place the warm, melty skillet right in the center of the table and let everyone dig in! It’s the perfect casual, shareable appetizer that’s sure to disappear fast.

Now it's your turn - what are you thinking about today?  Link up and share!

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Thinking Out Loud Thursday - October 5, 2017

Welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday!  Hope you link up your post below and share what you're thinking out loud about today.

This past weekend a very dear friend of mine got the call all parents hope never happens to them.  Her son was lying in a hospital in critical condition a thousand miles away.  If this happened to you, would the police know who to contact?  Who would you want to be notified?

There is an app that comes on all iPhones since the iPhone 6, or if your operating system is the iOS 8 or above, that up until this weekend I had never paid attention to.  Do you have the contact information on your Health app filled in?


I had heard all about having a contact in your phone called ICE (in case of emergency).  That contact exists in my phone, but my phone is also locked.  How will the police or paramedics ever get to it without knowing my passcode?  The Health app is the answer.

The Medical ID feature in the Health app allows you to store contacts to be notified in case of an emergency.  It also allows you to enter critical information like blood type and allergies.  First responders or good Samaritans can call the emergency contacts listed even if they don't have your passcode.  This can be done from a locked phone by touching "Emergency" from the screen where you enter your passcode.

From the Emergency Call keypad, click on *Medical ID at the bottom left portion of the screen.  Up pops your allergies and emergency contact list.  Pretty significant information to have available if you are unconscious and emergency personnel are trying to get in touch with your family!

If you already have your emergency contacts stored, now is also a great time to take a peek at them and make sure the phone numbers are current.  It's not very helpful if the numbers you have listed are outdated!

Please keep my friend's son, Cody, in your thoughts and prayers as he still has a very long road to recovery ahead of him.

Now it's your turn - tell us what you are thinking out loud about today.  Link up and share it with us.

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Five on Friday - August 12, 2016

Happy Friday everyone!  This has been a whirlwind week for me with activities every night and full days at work.  To add to my normal happenings, there's the Olympics.  Just can't turn them off and go to bed!  I'm looking forward to the weekend!!  Eric is off work and we have some cool activities in the works.  

Here's the five for this week ~

1.  National Vinyl Record Day

These babies are making a comeback!  Do you have any vinyl records you spin in your house?  Guess what the highest selling vinyl record is for 2016 - it's Blackstar by David Bowie.  I have so many fun memories of playing records while I was growing up.  Makes me happy that their comeback is on.

2.  Ink

One of my coworkers turned me on to the coolest new app this week ~ Ink.  This app allows you to design your own card (with one of your pictures if you like), write a personal note and then Ink will take care of printing and sending your creative in the mail to the recipient.  How cool is that?!? Personalized cards without running out to the store or having to go to the post office for a stamp.   I love the concept and am excited to do a little designing soon.  

                              

3.  Florence Foster Jenkins

I'm adding this movie that opens today to my list of want to see movies because of the cast alone.  Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are two of my favorites.  This is the movie about a wealthy New York heiress that is attempting to become an opera singer - but everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that she can't sing!  Critics are giving Meryl Streep high marks.  Looks like a fun movie!

4.  Acure Facial Cleansing Gel

My Target Beauty Box arrived a few days ago and a sample of the Acure facial cleansing gel was included.  Love it!  The smell really wakes me up in the morning and it leaves my skin feeling so smooth.  It only takes a small dab to cleanse your entire face.  Where has this stuff been all my life?!?  Click HERE to get some of your own.

5.  Something to remember....

Have a great weekend!  Eric and I are going to a wedding reception tonight and to see Paul McCartney tomorrow night - I'm so excited!!  I'm going to squeeze in a bridal shower in between.  Hope you have fun things planned too.  See you back on Monday!

Linking up with:

Rebecca at XOXO Rebecca

Jennie at The Diary of a Real Housewife

Hill Collection

Amy at The Farmer's Wife

Amanda at Meet At The Barre

Erika at Little Bit of Everything

Simply Sweet Home
High Five for Friday

5 on Friday 
The Triplet Farm
Why Girls Are Weird
Ins and Outs

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Five on Friday - July 3, 2015

Welcome to the holiday weekend!!  The company I work for gave us this Friday as a holiday and I absolutely love getting a day off during the week -- and it's even better when it's a FRIDAY!!  I've got a lot of stuff I'm planning on doing this weekend.  My list probably far exceeds what I'll actually get done.  But a girl can dream, can't she?!?  Mainly I'm hoping to do some serious relaxing.  Surely I can get that accomplished.  :)

Before we kick off this three day weekend, here's my five for this week:

1.  Rocksbox
Are you a jewelry lover?  Well, if you answered yes - have you heard of Rocksbox?  Rocksbox gives you unlimited access to rent from an ever-rotating closet of designed jewelry.  For $19 a month, you get three pieces of jewelry to wear for as long as you like.  When you're finished with the pieces, mail them back at Rocksbox expense and they'll send you three new pieces.  Just because I like you, use pennybff15 to get one month FREE.  Come on, give it a try!



2.  Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
Can't wait to see the pictures of this little princess's christening!  Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (or you might know her as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana) is being christened on Sunday at St. Mary Magdelene Church at the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk.  Did you get your invitation?  I think mine must have gotten lost in the mail.  Wonder how long it will take her gown to be completely sold out?

3.  Go Set a Watchman: A Novel

Get ready -- Harper Lee's new book is being released on July 14.  I thought I'd remind you a little early in case you wanted to read To Kill A Mockingbird again before this new book was available.  Here's what Amazon has to say about this new book: 

An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.

Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.

Click HERE to purchase

4.  Sky Map App

If you're sitting outside this weekend watching fireworks, camping or just star gazing you should check out the free Sky Map app.  Point your iPhone or iPad toward the sky and the Sky Map app will let you know exactly what you are looking at.  It displays stars, planets, moon phases, constellations, messier objects and meteor showers.  Makes looking at the stars pretty fun!

                             

5.  Food for Thought...

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!  We are going to be enjoying an outdoor concert and some amazing fireworks.  I might slip in some barbecue too.  Hope you stop by on Monday to see the recap.

Linking up with:

Rebecca at XOXO Rebecca

Jennie at The Diary of a Real Housewife

Amy at The Farmer's Wife

Amanda at Meet At The Barre

Erika at Little Bit of Everything

Hill Collection

Simply Sweet Home
High Five for Friday
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The Jenny Evolution
Serenity Now

Five on Friday - October 24, 2014

Hello everyone! Shout out for the weekend -- I'm so ready!  In case you didn't hear, today is quite the national holiday - National Bologna Day.  My grandpa Bud LOVED bologna.  I have many fond memories of sitting at his kitchen table for lunch and dining on the best fried bologna sandwiches made by my grandma.  Thinking of you today, Grandpa.

Now on to this week's Five on Friday.

1.  Giving Away Some Cash
I'm participating in a cash giveaway with some great bloggers -- please enter to win!

Liz | Jess | Tawnya

Penny | A Mommy App | Ali

Amy | Karissa | Jaelan

a Rafflecopter giveaway 2.  Walmart Savings Catcher App Have you guys been seeing stuff on this Walmart Savings Catcher App?  I downloaded it this week, but haven't officially used it yet.  The story goes you download the app, scan your receipt and if the price is lower at any other store in your area, the difference is placed on an ecard for you to use at Walmart.  This ecard can be printed or you can take your phone in.  Sounds pretty nifty.  I'm anxious to give it a try.  With holiday shopping approaching, it could save some time going to difference stores to get the lowest price.

3.  Roses by Leila Meacham This is a great book!  I started reading it last weekend and am dying to finish.  Here's the Amazon synopsis:  Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town's founding families. Cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick should have married but unwisely did not, and now must deal with the deceit, secrets, and tragedies of their choice and the loss of what might have been--not just for themselves but for their children, and children's children. With expert, unabashed, big-canvas storytelling, Roses covers a hundred years, three generations of Texans and the explosive combination of passion for work and longing for love.

4.  How to Get Away with Murder Anyone else hooked on this show?  We hadn't been watching or taping it, but we'd heard the buzz about how good it was so decided to watch an episode -- then another, and another, and another.  Before I knew it I had binge-watched to the point where we are current.  OH. MY. GOODNESS -- love this show!

5.  Good Advice..

I'm hoping to catch some "fallness" this weekend by being outside with the beautiful colors.  We also need to get ready for the trick-or-treaters that will be showing up at our door next Friday.  Have a wonderful weekend and I hope to see you back here next week.

Linking up with:

Rebecca at XOXO Rebecca

Jennie at The Diary of a Real Housewife

Lauren at The Lauren Elizabeth

Amy at The Farmer's Wife

Amanda at Meet At The Barre

Erika at Little Bit of Everything

5 on Friday 

Five on Friday - October 17, 2014

Oh my goodness -- I'm ready for a weekend!!  As I sit here putting this post together, the Cardinals are playing the Giants.  Win and they are coming home to play more baseball and we will be here to greet them.  Lose, they will be coming back to pack up for the winter and we will be here to greet them.  St. Louis is a baseball town and we'll still love our Cardinals (but it sure would be nice if they win!).

Here's this week's Five on Friday.

1. TV Food Maps App
Can't wait to use this beauty!  We love to check out Food TV locations when travelling and this free app will allow you to search by location, what's near you, shows.  It will suggest places or you can plan a road trip.  When the establishment comes up, it tells you what show(s) it was featured on, the address, how far you are away, description and reviews.  Cool stuff!  Thanks Eric Lemmons for showing me this one.

2.  Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix

Anyone else tried these?  We are in love with this mix!  It's super easy to make and the taste matches the ones from the real Red Lobster.  Just add grated cheddar, water and butter.  We get a big box at Sam's.  One pouch make 10 biscuits.

                                         

3.  The Judge

Good movie -- go see it!  Take tissues.

                                         

4.  Two Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

The whole world has gone pumpkin crazy this month.  You can't get away from it.  So, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.  I was quite skeptical when I saw this two ingredient idea, but believe it or not it's really good.  Mix together one box spice cake mix and 1 can of pumpkin. Plop into 12 muffin cups and bake in a 350 degree F over for 20-25 minutes.  Done.  If you wanted to get creative, you could add in some chocolate chips or nuts.

                                                

5.  Quote

Sometimes don't you really want to say this....

                                       

Have a great weekend everyone!  The sun is supposed to be out here and I can't wait to see it.  I'm off with the girls tonight to an art show.  Hope to pick up some Christmas gifts.  Wish me luck.  :) 

Linking up with:

Rebecca at XOXO Rebecca

Jennie at The Diary of a Real Housewife

Lauren at The Lauren Elizabeth

Amy at The Farmer's Wife

Amanda at Meet At The Barre

Erika at Little Bit of Everything

5 on Friday 

Five on Friday

Happy Friday everyone!  I've been staying in the city this week with a group from work so I'm really looking forward to getting home. This has been one long work week!  :)  Here's my five for today:

1.  App - Timehop
This free app shows you what you were doing the exact day in the past.  You can sync it up with both Facebook and Instagram.  It's been fun remembering the good times I've shared on Facebook.  On July 5 it reminded me of this great moment with my friend Linda a year ago when we met Bret Michaels.  Now that is a moment I want to relive as often as possible!

2.  Fair St. Louis
St. Louis really knows how to throw a Fourth of July party.  Year and year this three-day event amazes me with their free concerts and fireworks.  This year we went on July 5 to see The Fray.  I was able to get my corn dog and funnel cake fix, hear an amazing concert and see unbelievable fireworks.  If you're planning a trip to St. Louis next summer, you should really keep this event in mind.

3.  Blackberries!

Watch out weekend, the blackberries are coming!  My husband, Eric, was off on Thursday and Eckert's has pick-your-own blackberries.  Eckert's Farms is a family-owned and operated business in Belleville, Illinois that's been around since 1837.  It is the largest pick-your-own orchard operation in the United States.  Next week I'll be posting some great recipes that include blackberries so you might want to starting following me so you don't miss them.

 

4.  Rum Chata Pudding Pops

I'm having a few friends over for a Origami Owl party on Thursday and am going to try this recipe for Rum Chata pudding pops.  They sound amazing!  I'll let you know their reviews.

 

1 cup milk

1 cup Rum Chata

1 small box chocolate fudge instant pudding mix

8 oz cool whip 

Whisk together milk, Rum Chata and pudding mix. Add cool whip. Place in 2oz cups with lids. Freeze overnight.



 5.  Say Yes to the Dress

My friend, Lauren, is on the hunt for her wedding dress!  Her mother and grandmother are flying to St. Louis this weekend to join her and her future mother-in-law to dress shop.  I thought it would be nice for them to have goody bags in the car as they travel from shop to shop.  Each one is filled with a bottle of water, tissues, chapstick, granola bar, mints, hand sanitizer, lotion, notepad and pen.  They should be all set for a day of fun!!

Have a great weekend everyone!! 

Linking up with Amanda, Lauren, Rebecca and Jennie for more Friday Fun.