Spring Rolls

Veggie Spring Rolls

Ingredients

3 small carrots 

1 red bell pepper

3/4 C bean sprouts

juice of 1 lime

1 chile seeded

2Tbsp Cilantro (I used about 4Tbsp)

corn oil (I used veggie oil)

8 phyllo or egg roll sheets

2 Tbsp butter

2 tsp sesame oil

Julienne all your veggies (minus the bean sprouts and cilantro)

coarsely chop cilantro

Add carrots, bell pepper, sprouts and some oil into wok, saute for 3-5 minutes

Remove and toss w/ lime juice, red chile & cilantro

Melt butter, add sesame oil- brush 1 sheet at a time with this mix and spoon on veggie mix, roll and use a bit more of butter oil to seal edge

Add oil to wok (about 1 inch), heat to about 330 and cook about 2-3 min on each side

Enjoy! I dipped mine in a bit of low sodium soy sauce and sriracha sauce! So good!

Quick Photo!

Haha the twinkies new favorite activity is playing special agents... these are their costumes and special agent poses! Oh they are so funny and I just love them!

Kid's Day!

Two weekends ago we decided to let the kids dictate our day... and I'm so glad we did! We gave them multiple choices to begin with, they were: Do you want to A. Go Ice Skating, B. Go Roller Skating C. Go Bowling, D. Stay home and do nothing...

Obviously D was out of the running pretty quickly! After going back and forth they decided bowling which was perfect because it was a cold day and I really didn't want to go Ice Skating!

So off to bowling we went, they got to pick out their own outfits and I must say they looked pretty gosh darn cute! I have videos of them bowling which are hilarious, but will have to be posted at a later time. Randi did the classic roll between the legs and Ryan rolled his off to the side and got up to about 4.5 mph! Pretty impressive I thought, Randi had a low speed of 0.82mph! haha it was so funny but still made it to the pins.

Mommy ended up beating daddy and then Ryan and then Randi and since Ryan got the highest score between the two of them he got to pick dessert.

He chose Cupcakes! We went to the local bakery and let them pick out any cupcake they want... Ryan got a s'mores cupcake and then picked a second chocolate cupcake with sprinkles, Randi picked a carrot cake and a red velvet. To complete the choices mommy picked a blueberry cupcake and daddy got a toffee cupcake... they were to die for and worth breaking my 24 days of no sugar!

Things we did at home to top off our awesome kids day: homemade french fries and mini corn dogs for dinner, Twister, Candy Land, and their new favorite Go Fish... then we watched Bug's Life and ate popcorn! Days like this remind me why my family is awesome and why I would do anything in the world for them to be happy. They are my world and we are complete. I hope you all can have a Kid's Day soon!