{Shopping} Aldi Finds for Spring 🌿

I've been going (frequently!) to our new Aldi and scoring some really good finds.

The "aisle of shame" always gets me!  I ended up returning the lantern but it was pretty cool. I just didn't have a place for it.

The carbs!!  I love their English muffins but the sandwich skinnys are a little too thin. The Woven Crackers are a good Triscuit dupe. The ciabatta rolls are very good and comparable to the Coscto versions.

Dairy items-the ice cream bars were just ok. I like the medium cheddar slices a lot, especially on a veggie burger!  The chive and onion cream cheese was pretty good. I like this mozarella but hadn't had the pesto one yet. It comes pre-sliced so it's perfect on a pizza or salad.

Produce items-Sometimes they aren't the best at Aldi,  but this batch was very good. I didn't need a full bag of lemons so I asked someone in the parking lot if they wanted some. They did!

Fiesta night!  Lots of goodies here!

I bought myself a kombucha as a treat for the drive home.  I'm saving the strawberries for my Strawberry Crunch Cake.  A pineapple sounded good and it was.

It's good to have an easy meal option on hand for dinner emergencies.

I was out of my TJ's favorite dressings and this one was a good stand-in.  I like this cheese too.

More aisle of shame goodies. We needed a new grill cover and I also picked up some grill mats. They have been working out well.

This cute sherpa ottoman came home with me too. I love it!  Have you scored any good deals at Aldi lately?

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{Soup Series} Creamy Dairy-Free Broccoli Soup

I had a craving for cream of broccoli soup but put my own spin on it to make it dairy free and full of veggies.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup raw cashews

1 TBS extra virgin olive oil

6 cups water, divided. 

1 medium onion, chopped

3 medium carrots, chopped

3 stalks of celery, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, minced

7 cups broccoli florets,chopped

2 TBS lemon juice

1-2 tsp salt

freshly ground black pepper

1/3 cup nutritional yeast (optional)

To make:

• Soak cashews in a bowl of hot water for 30 minutes.
• Add oil to a large pot or Dutch oven on medium heat.  Once hot, add onion and sauté for about 3 minutes.  Add celery and carrots and sauté for another 5 minutes.
• Add 5 cups of water, salt and pepper. Stir and bring to a boil.  Once boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 15 minutes.
• Drain cashews and add to high speed blender with 1 cup of water.  Blend until very smooth. Add to soup.
• Puree soup usin gand immersion blender.  I leave it a little chunky.  Season with some lemon juice and adjust for salt & pepper.  Add nutritional yeast and stir to combine. Serve & enjoy!

Dig into some dairy free creamy goodness!

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Lotso-Costco Finds!

We've been hitting up our new Costco a lot lately.  We always find surprise items that are too good to pass up and we've ordered a few things online as well.

They've had some really cute clothes lately and I got a new pair of cuffed white jeans. My last pair had seen better days and didn't make the move so it was perfect timing.

It was time for some new jammies (the Christmas ones were getting tired) and I love how soft this Minnie Mouse pair is.

We stocked up on sunscreen.

I think this Mrs. Meyers hand soap set is such a good deal. The bottles are larger than what I've found in other stores and I love their scents.

Speaking of cute clothes, I also picked up some olive drawstring pants.

I was tempted to get the black ones too.. They were perfect for traveling to Mexico. Light and breezy!

I was also tempted by these sweatshirts but I refrained!

We needed new furniture for our family room and ordered this Thomasville Tisdale sectional and storage ottoman set.  It can be configured in 5 different ways so it gives us a lot of options including a bed for overnight guests.

We also needed to replace a tv and I knew I wanted a Samsung Frame tv this time. Costco had a great deal on them (online).

Our outdoor seating area was calling for a bigger rug and we've loved our other outdoor rug from Costco so it was an easy decision to get another one. This navy and white pattern is fun.

Another outdoor update-we found some nice outdoor string lights for our patio.

We really lack outdoor storage so we purchased our first ever shed.  It took a few hours to put together but is totally worth the sweat equity.

We've been saying we want to try pickle ball so we got a pickle ball set. Still haven't tried it yet... Do you play?

We got a few more beach chairs for some future trips to the beach. 

I almost forgot about this faucet!  We upgraded to a new matte black Kohler Bevin Faucet for our kitchen sink.

What have you gotten at Costco lately?

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Happenings Lately-March

Hey, I'm still here! Here's some of what I was up to last month.

We're loving our new hometown and daily walks to the beach.

I thought this was a suspicious grouping of shells and I left them alone.

I have been obsessed with finding sea glass. This was a particularly good day for it!

We went to a local St. Patrick's Day Parade and had great seats right on the parade route. Green beer was a must!

I tried Andrea via Julie's 3 Ingredient Egg Bake. I used more egg whites in mine because I didn't have enough eggs. It still turned out well, it just needed longer to cook. It doesn't look pretty but it was tasty!

We saw another bald eagle on one of our walks!!

We celebrated a soon to be mom in our family at a sweet baby shower.

The girls were home for less than 24 hours for the shower but we managed a quick Easter with them. It was fun to make baskets for them and all of the kitties.

We took them out for coffee and to the beach for a nice morning walk.

We had brunch with them before driving them back to NYC.

We got to look at an apartment with City Girl #2 (she got it!) while we were there and I tried this Turkish salep drink made from orchid-based flour. Very interesting!

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