Hump Day Recipe!

I honestly cant believe how many recipes you can find online for homemade granola bars! Put that into google search and the listings go on and on. Which one do I choose!?!

So to back up a little, since we started this clean eating journey, I have been in the search for a cheap and easy way to make granola bars for the family. We absolutely love them and we chow down on some Cliff bars - but those things aren't cheap at all! Thank goodness Target has them on sale all. the. time! Since we all love them, especially my kiddos, I have had to ration them out daily! The rule now in the Hart house is one granola bar a day. My kids would eat them for every meal and every snack!! Now don't get me wrong, I definitely could eat an entire box in one day as well. They are way too good!

So I think I have found one that has decent ingredients and I actually have all the ingredients in my cabinet except the cocoa nibs.

So here they are:

4 cups old fashioned oats (gluten-free if you prefer)
1/3 cup coconut oil*
1 cup raw honey*
4 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
1/8 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups almonds, chopped (a food processor works great for this)
1/2 cup cocoa nibs* (optional) - These are unsweetened bits of chopped cocoa that contain no sweeteners or other ingredients.

This recipe is courtesy of www.naturalnews.com. I have not made these yet but that is on my agenda today! So I should be back tomorrow with the news on how well they turned out!! 

But I am asking my readers for your help! If you have a good homemade granola recipe, please share!!! 
Trying to keep our budget down while clean eating is extremely hard but we are trying!! 

Hope you all have a good hump day!! 

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No Black Thumb Here!

Happy Thursday to everyone!! First I want to give you all a small apology about not being on here as much! I promise I will be better. Things with my Etsy shop have been going crazy fast and I am trying to catch up! It is a good thing though, but I feel like my blog has taken the backseat and that will change!

I am excited to update everyone on our family garden and how this life style is slowly changing us! First can I tell you that my garden is growing like crazy!!!! I seriously was afraid that I might have a black thumb but it turns out, it is pretty green. Trust me, I was in complete shock. I was expecting everything to turn brown and die within days of being planted but the total opposite happened. They are growing!!! And growing fast!

My herb collection is growing wonderfully! My poor basil plant gets picked almost daily. I may need to give him a basil friend!

Ok! So the biggest surprise to me is my tomato plant. This thing it literally about 10 times bigger than it was when I first planted it. It just keeps growing! I may need a bigger wire! 

Oh and it is growing flowers which means tomatoes are next!!

And the garden is taking off! I couldn't be happier - well maybe once everything starts actually growing!

Oh and that small guy up there is Ty's turnip plant. He brought the seeds home from school and we decided to give it a shot and they have sprouted!!! Ty was so happy!

So there is my update! Hopefully within the next couple of months things will actually start growing. That will definitely put a smile on my face!

New Product!!

So yesterday was quite a busy day for me. Sewing and a photo shoot took up most of the day, but I am happy to say that there are new patterns now available in my Boutique on Etsy! I have also started making scarfs for little girls!!! My daughter Emma graciously decided to be my little model and she did great!!!!  I may be a bit biased but she is adorable...

She definitely makes that scarf look pretty darn cute!! Girls scarves are now available!! I cant wait to make more. Look for them soon!

Also I have decided to make a little survey for my blog readers and my Facebook fans on what you would like to see in my shop! I will be back tomorrow with that. 

Again head over to my Facebook page and "like" for a chance to win a free headband!! Winner will be picked Memorial Day! Don't miss out. 

The Harts 2013

Uggs, Bugs, & TuTus Boutique got its first two orders today and I am so excited to ship them out to my very first customers! Lets hope everything gets there in one piece.

So today is a bit calmer since my in laws are on their way back home. The kids definitely are missing them, as well as mommy and daddy, but July 4th will be here before we know it. So this weekend we had our family pictures done and I cant wait to share them with y'all. We have a family friend that takes amazing pictures and she is just beginning her business so check her out on Facebook @Jessica Van Nest.

Bergey's Dairy has been our go to place for the past few months so I thought it was fitting that we have our pictures done there and they turned out amazing!!!!

Here ya go!

Pawpaw and Mimi with their babies

The love of my life!

Sugars!

Me and my girls!

The Harts

She loves giving daddy sugars!

I am in LOVE with this picture!

Mimi and her little man

Pawpaw and his little brown eye girl

My men

Haha! Totally giving my blue steel look...too funny!

My sexy man!

Love that face!

My older babies!

All my babies

Couldn't ask for a better set of in laws :)

Little Bit!

Me and my honey!

The Hart men

She was not happy!

Anthony with his parents

The Harts 2013

Here Ya Go!!!

Here is a coupon for all you fabric lovers!!!

Thank you!

So I figured that since this is my shops opening week I will give my blog readers a little something off of their purchase!! How does 20% off sound? That's right, for my blog readers only. I just want to give y'all a little thank you for sticking by my blog and giving me the encouragement to continue!!! If it wasn't for my small little group of readers, I wouldn't really have a blog! I love being able to write every day, even if it is to share a recipe, it still makes me smile. And all the thanks goes to YOU!

So if you decide to purchase anything head over to www.etsy.com/shop/uggsbugsandtutus or use the link to the right and use the coupon code: tutu20

This code is only good until May 31st!

Thanks again to each and every one of you! I truly am blessed!!!