Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Champagne's First Lady & An Amazing Woman!

Let me introduce you to Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin. What an AMAZING woman! She built an entire empire and legacy for her heritage, that spawned an entire industry. With the aid of her salesman, Louis Bohne, she was the first to trade Champagne, internationally.

Not only did she have to break the law and commandeer ships and sneak them into Russian ports during war-risking her own freedom and inheritance; but she also had to INVENT the manner in which to bottle/cork/transport across the ocean these thousands of bottles...WITHOUT LOSING THE FIZZ!

Oh my gosh, if you read the story, which I will post the link to, next, you will be FOREVER IN AWE & INSPIRED!

CHEERS TO YOU, Barbe-Nicole` Ponsardin, and may I achieve a fraction of what you did!!

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This is a very well written, easy to read, and INTRIGUING story of her life and history of the company. One of the BEST CHAMPAGNE HOUSES in history...and still today!

You can order it at Amazon...click here.

Two Cakes in One Day

Ohhhh, but it was so much fun :) 

For the past two weeks I was head-long into a writing project. But, the party is upon us for our Daughter and my husbands Granddaughter.

Boxes cakes just won't do for this occassion!

For two sparkling little Birthday Girls, there are nothing like flowers, butterflies, and princess sprinklers to get them giddy.  These are both made from scratch, except for the sprinkles....so the only buzz they will have is sugar :)

Happy Birthday to Sophie-4,  and Ariana-3, 

xoxo

Chocolate Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing &

 Italian Vanilla Coconut Cake w/Vanilla Creem Cheese Icing

Mama Mia!!

La Dolce Vita!!

Enjoy Your Life

xoxo

Food as Antibiotics! A Great List to Remember

Goodbye Crappy School Lunches! Hello, LAPTOP LUNCHES! Buy Them Here! :)

BPA, Phthalate, Lead-Free! EcoFriendly

for You and Your Child!

Click to see COLOR choices for product above

I am so excited to be selling these! After years of fighting with the schools over their toxic lunches they feed our kids, and struggling to send a healthy lunch that would be well-preserved and not smashed up in a bag...this is the SOLUTION!

Eco-friendly lunch containers, available in a multitude of sizes and colors, with neat options like expandable pockets for drink containers, hot and cold canisters, and more! Also offered, are more professional styles for Mommies and Daddies on the go!  Kids are not the only ones that need to eat healthy, you know!

So ditch the artifical colors, high fructose, and pink-slime!

Keep your kids healthy and energized throughout the day with healthy fruits, vegetables, pasta, sandwiches,and more. Foods that YOU make for them!

Here are two samples of their products, and I have included the quick VIDEOS on each so you can see the details, first hand!.  

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Mommy Laptop Lunch Urban Swing Bento Kit

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I picked up my first MomAgenda planner last year in a little shop in Michigan, and fell in love with it!

It has a beautiful placekeeper ribbon, and fabulous organizing tools for work and home.

The company also specializes in many other types of planners, such as the Kitchen Planner...which you can also buy here :) 

Click the link on my left side bar (of the blog) and it will take you to the site.

Let me know when you get yours and if you love it as much as I do!

La Dolce Vita, Mommies!!

xoxox

A Better Basil Pesto

It started with this...

and ended with this...

Fresh, Basil Pesto!

Last year, when I started this little blog, I threw together a Basil Pesto and posted it.  I was reprimanded by someone whom claimed to be an authentic Italian whom smashed my recipe to bits.  She was right to some degree in that I was blending the ingredients far too much and making it too liquidy.

So, this year, I made it differently and like it much better.

I still did NOT use the mortar and pestil however, so forgive me again.  It seems I cannot

bring myself to forego the food processor to get through this much basil!

As it turns out though, this worked just as well :)

Basil Pesto!

12 cups Fresh Picked Basil

1/2 cup Pinenuts

2 cloves Fresh Garlic

1 tsp Sea Salt

1/4 cup Olive Oil (EVOO optional)

1 cup Fresh Parmesan, Shaved

Wash and dry basil, and within hours of picking, blend in food processor until small bits.  Add remainder of ingredients and blend until smooth.  Taste, add more Sea Salt if needed.

Serving Suggestions:

On Eggs, Omelots, Egg dishes

On Tomato slices

On Toast or Crackers

Mangia Bene!

La Dolce Vita!

xoxo

Guest Blogger, Tracie Ring Sikora..and Blueberry Buckle!

THANK YOU to Tracie Ring Sikora for this fabulous recipe! Tracie and I are Facebook friends, although am not sure about how the connection was made...I think through my sister, Tonya. But, the great thing about social media is that

virtual friends end up feeling like real friends :)

Tracie is a high-energy Mom, whose label is "Senior Vice President @ Sikora Family".

I love that!

I think all of us Wives, Mothers, and other keepers of the family life

ought to have such a title!

Thanks Tracie, for sharing part of the Good Life!

Read her great recipe, below!

La Dolce Vita!

Blueberry Buckle

by Tracie Ring Sikora

(compliments of Taste of Home)

Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk (I used Silk Coconut Milk...makes recipes richer and has a better flavor)
2 cups fresh blueberries

Topping:

‎2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 cup cold butter, cubed

Directions: In a small bowl cream butter & sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking powder, & salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in blueberries. Pour into greased 9-inch square baking pan.

For topping, in a small bowl, combine the sugar, flour & cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over blueberry mixture.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 4-6 servings.

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