No Need To Knead

I don’t know about you but any chance I get to use my fresh herbs I take it. That’s one of the many reasons I just love this time of year. Thyme, Dill, Basil, and Rosemary I can’t get enough. This super easy but very elegant bread is perfect for your next dinner and you get to use your Rosemary. How do I know it’s easy? Because I made it with a screaming, teething baby strapped to my body. Insert hysterical laughter...

Rosemary Parmesan Skillet Bread

What you need: 

1 packet instant yeast 

4 cups flour

1 1/2 tbsp fresh Rosemary

2 cups warm water

1 tsp sea salt

olive oil

parmsean cheese  

What you do: 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and oil your cast iron skillet.

Mix the water and yeast and let it sit for 5 minutes. Then mix in the flour, Rosemary, and salt. You don’t need to knead this bread which is great. I did just slightly to make it more pretty.

Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for about an hour. I let mine rise in the skillet. Sprinkle some fresh rosemary, a little olive oil on top, cut an X in the middle and bake for 20 minutes. After that, take it out and put desired amount of parm cheese on top and throw it back in the oven for another 20. 

Enjoy!  

Have a great Wednesday! We've almost made it to our long weekend...

All Dressed Up

Your salad that is! It's true that I post some deliciously decadent recipes but for the most part I'm a really healthy eater. I live for a good salad and eat a ton of them through the week. A lot of times a fatty, high calorie salad dressing will ruin your diet or just plans of eating healthy. Lately, I've been making my own low calorie dressings. They are so good and don't have any unnessesary junk in them. All of these are super fast. Which I need with an almost six month old. Anything that's easy and fast I'm on board. I got some mason jars at the dollar store that you can throw the ingredients in and just shake. 

Here are three of my current favorite low calorie salad dressings: 

My favorite? Honey Mustard! Yum!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Picture Perfect

Since wedding season is in full swing and many of you will be getting glam for your big day or your pals day I thought I would share some of my tips. MK and I have been photographing wedding for nine years and I've been doing a ton of makeup (and hair) throughout the years. After over 150 weddings shot, I sure have seen just about everything. From spray tans gone wrong, black marks on a dress, or even shoes breaking walking into the church. I know how to handle just about everything. I could go on and on about that but for now, I'm sharing my pro makeup tips for your next event.

1. Stay away from shine!! Keep it matte all the way. Now that the weather is warmer lets face it, you can get a little sweaty. Thats a bad combination with shiny make up and being photographed.  

2. If you aren't having your makeup professionally done, make sure your foundation matches your skin tone perfectly. If not, the photos will show that it doesn't.  

3. When I do a brides makeup unless requested otherwise I always try to keep her as natural as possiblele and as close to what she looks like normally with just a tad more glam. You never want to look at your wedding photos in 20 years and say "What was I thinking with that makeup?!".  At the same time you don't want to go too light on the makeup because even if you feel like your eyes look a little heavy with makeup, it won't photograph that way. I call it natural glam. 

4. When it comes to liner, I always use a gel because I like the way it looks. Also, I'll start the liner in the middle of the eye because lining it all the way to the corner can make the eye look smaller. 

5. Never ever skip the primer! Not only does it smooth, you know like spanx for your face, it will keep your makeup on so much longer. Don't forget eyelid primer too! The smoothing effect really makes for much better photos

I hope my tips helped! Hoping everyone has a great wedding season no matter what part you play!