1 Yr Blog Giveaway & Grilled Chicken Winter Salad

We are ONE WEEK away from the 
1st Anniversary of Teach Me How to Cookie! 

ONE YEAR!!

I feel so proud!!
It has been such a fun adventure.
I've learned about blogging and myself,
and we've collected a lot of fun recipes along the way!
I can't wait to continue this little hobby for years to come!

But this week we will celebrate!
And we are starting with a BIG GIVEWAY
to say "Thank You" to everyone who has supported this blog over the past year!

You all know I LOVE coffee.
Starbucks is always my go to,
but sometimes you just need a nice Cuppa Joe at home.
My parents bought me Keurig several Christmas' ago,
and I absolutely LOVE it!
It's so simple, and for someone who is not an everyday coffee drinker,
I need something I just make a single cup when I feel like it.

The Keurig Mini is PERFECT for that!
So over the next week we will be celebrating Valentine's Day a
nd Teach Me How to Cookie's ONE YEAR Anniversary
with some awesome recipes, some guest posts, anddd

drumroll......

A Keurig Mini Giveaway! 
Red of course for Valentine's Day!

You have one week to enter,
and on the official Anniversary of Teach Me How to Cookie,
we will award a winner!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now for the Recipe of the Day:

Grilled Chicken Winter Salad

Shopping List:

Baby Spinach

Feta

Grilled Chicken Strips

Pomegranate Arils

Craisins

Honey Roasted Walnuts

Raspberry Vinaigrette 

Method:

1. Assemble Salad - that's it! Enjoy!

Incase you missed my DIY Ice Candles, click HERE!

DIY: Ice Candles

I saw this idea in my January Southern Living magazine
and it has been so gosh, darn cold lately,
I figured this would be a fun way to embrace the weather!

These things look awesome and you can use them
to decorate almost anything outside!
Put them on  your front porch, flanking your front door,
along a front walkaway,
or make enough to line the whole driveway!
You could place a few sporadically in flower beds in the back yard!

And the best part i they will stay in tact
as long as the weather is below freezing (32 degrees).
So if you see a cold week ahead in the forecast and
want to embrace the falling temps, try this out.

Ice Candles

Shopping List:

2 Different Sized Buckets

(one should fit side the other - I got mine 

for about $1.00/ea at DrugMart)

Weights

(something to weigh 

the smaller/middle bucket 

down - I used a brick)

Water

Method:

1. Place smaller bucket inside larger bucket. Fill smaller bucket with weights (I used a brick).

2. Fill outer ring with water. Place outside to freeze.

3. When completely frozen (mine took almost a full 24 hours), remove weight in smaller bucket, and begin removing ice candle. You may want to leave buckets inside for a little while to loosen up the ice candle. You can also pour hot water into the smaller bucket to aid in this process.

4. Decorate outside, light votive candle and Enjoy!

****************Notes****************

I recommend using taller buckets as votives need to be shielded 

from the wind as much as possible or they will not stay lit.

Also, may sure Ice Candle is COMPLETELY frozen before removing from buckets.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we will be one week away 

from my FIRST Blogiversary!! 

One year since the launch of Teach Me How to Cookie! 

And we will be celebrating all week long, starting tomorrow!! 

Tomorrow you will be able to enter my 1 yr Blogiversary Giveaway!!

Annndd!! All next week we will also be posting 

some AWESOME Valentine's Day recipes! 

Feel the love People, feel the love.