Today’s holiday recipe is for the best tasting GF (gluten free) cornbread stuffing out there. Eating gluten-free can be challenging–easier than it used to be, but still difficult. Last year was my first gluten-free Thanksgiving and it went pretty well. I’m hosting my in-laws this year and we’re having a (mostly) gluten-free menu. Everything I’m making will be GF at least. That goes for the cornbread stuffing too. I experimented last year and this year I think I’ve got it! …
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Today’s DIY is how to make napkin rings for the holidays. Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner the blog world has been chock-full of amazing recipe ideas and round ups. Which, don’t get me wrong, I am totally enjoying every mouth watering picture of turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pies. However, we can’t forget about the rest of the table during the holiday meal!
To help spruce up the place settings, here is an easy do-it-yourself napkin ring project made out of simple materials you probably already have at home.
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Blue is all the rage, so let’s pull up our big girl panties and do it up right: Fall fashion, wear all that blue.
Let’s get real, how do you feel about blue? I’ll be honest, I’m a big fat blue fan and not just because I grew up in Cougar-town USA, (you might not get that, it’s cool – I’m talking about B.Y.U. Cougar blue). Even if my parents didn’t bleed blue, I’ve still always loved the color. When you’ve got dark hair and hazel eyes all those oranges and yellows you’re (slightly) obsessed with aren’t so flattering, but blue is your best girlfriend, like ever.
Okay, so I kind of have a thing for blue. A bit of a problem, even. Maybe. Sort of. I’m not copping to anything.
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Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
And now for my other favorite Thanksgiving category: dessert. Dessert, dear dear wonderful desserts. No less wonderful because they are gluten-free. I’m pretty darn thankful the gluten-free wiz kids of the internet have shared some amazing recipes with the world. These look like all around show-stoppers. Maybe you should just serve all three. Save yourself the problem of having to choose, what with all the coconut and apple and almond…
...by day, making a home where the buffalo roam. By night, pretty much the same thing, punctuated by the occasional fantasies of sunny beaches, italian movies and sparkling lemonade.
You need a recipe for spinach salad with quinoa and fruit for the holidays upon us. It’s that time of year when we swear up and down we will be good and not eat too much pie. (But then we have three slices in a weak moment.) Here’s my solution: indulge a bit at the plethora of holiday parties, and eat super healthy at home. That’s my plan this year.
This spinach salad with quinoa + fruit is a super healthy recipe. And it’s tasty too. I love dispelling the myth that if it’s healthy it must not taste very good. I’ve used a very light dressing–just enough to coat everything with a punch of vinegary goodness and tossed in a bunch of my favorites that I almost always have hanging around the kitchen. You be sure to use what you have on hand. Fresh fruit is so tasty in this salad; fresh oranges sooooo good in place of the apples, Also, pears! Pears and dried cranberries with pecans would be fabulous. If you have some buttery avocados sitting on your counter, toss one of those in too.
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Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
Today’s post is a homemade holiday do it yourself tea cup sleeve + template. So easy and fun! The weather is getting gradually cooler here in the mid-west reminding us that full-fledged winter is just around the corner, and that means it is almost hot chocolate season! (or hot tea, or cider…)
Whatever warm drink you prefer, it will most definitely taste better with a properly adorned mug. Cue in this week’s do it yourself project: a polka dot tea cup sleeve.
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Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
Peanut butter and chocolate candy bar trifle is the solution to all your problems. I have almost reached that point where I’m completely 100% sick of candy. Every surface of my house feels sticky. I’m pretty sure my kids must be drooling all over themselves, the walls and everything else while they are enjoying their lollipops. But you know what, I’ll let them have their lollies. I’m more of a peanut butter and chocolate candy bar kind of gal anyway….
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So you’d like to be a writer for me? Friends, we need to have a talk. It’s not ‘that’ kind of talk, we’re totally not breaking up. I want you in my life, permanent like. Forever and ever, besties till the end. But here’s the thing: Petit Elefant is growing like a weed (or my teenage kid) and I need help getting awesome content into your lives every single day. So, what do you say? Are you in? (I hope…
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Planning a holiday menu while taking into consideration the special diet concerns of each guest along with remembering everyone’s favorites can make a girl dizzy! Dizzy dizzy. Maybe even cranky. We simply can’t have it. Maybe you are hosting the big day this year? Maybe you’re a guest and want to contribute. You’re gluten free but your host isn’t? Your guests are gluten free but you aren’t? Fear not. I’ve been pinning Thanksgiving options like mad. Here are a few that…
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