A Holiday Harvest
I was fortunate enough to be selected by POM Wonderful to host a POM Dinner Party this week. POM was so gracious and sent me two cases of gorgeous pomegranates to help with my menu. Let me tell you these were the BEST pomegranates that I have ever tasted. For my dinner party I incorporated pomegranates into each item I created. I also created a lovely tablescape.
{the table scape: i used pomegranates as place cards}
{while waiting for dinner, guest munched on pomegranate brittle.}
{Appetizer: Bacon wrapped shrimp with a pomegranate glaze}
{Salad: spinach, mandarin oranges, pomegranate arils, slivered almonds and poppyseed dressing}
{Cocktail: a POMtini}
{The main course}
{buttermilk biscuits with pomegranate butter}
{chicken orzo with pomegranate arils}
{and pineapple clove boneless pork ribs with a sweet and tangy pomegranate barbecue sauce}
{Dessert: homemade vanilla ice cream with a pomegranate honey glaze, slivered almonds and pomegranate arils}
{After dinner drink and treat: POMegranate mulled cider and shortbread cookies with a lemon glaze}
the secret to the cheeks you\’ve always wanted!
Apply bronzer after you\’ve applied your blush. Gold shades will contour your cheekbones creating a more prominent look. When applying the bronzer you want to sweep it from the apples to the temple.
{LORAC blush/bronzer duo in Hot Flash}Hot Flash allows me to create the gorgeous cheek bones that I wished I was born with. The blush is a pink shimmer and the bronzer is a golden bronze shimmer. They\’re the perfect couple for fabulous cheekbones.
French Onion Soup
Waking up to 20 degree weather and frost on the ground definitely made it clear that it was time to make a big pot of soup. This time I decided to be adventurous and came up with my own recipe for french onion soup. Let me just let you know that I have NEVER had french onion soup before, so this could have been a total fail. I didn\’t want to smell the soup simmering on the stove all day since I am not an onion fan. So I decided to dig deep into my cabinet to get the big old (literally) crock pot out.
2 pts. per one cup of soup. Bread and cheese is extra.
mine with bread and cheese was 3.5 pts
Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon olive oil
1-2 onions cut finely
1 box of beef stock
1 package Lipton Onion Soup Mix
2 cups water
Bread of your choice (I used sandwich thins)
reduced fat provolone cheese
Directions
1. In a crock pot place butter, olive oil, onions, beef stock, water and onion soup mix. I cooked mine on low for ten hours.
2. When you are ready to eat butter your bread(on both sides) and place it in the oven on broil. Flip when one side is crisp. You definitely want both sides of your bread crisp.
3. In a soup crock (bowl, mug or whatever you want) place some soup *NOTE I strained out a lot of the onions first because I don\’t like them*
4. Place the bread into your dish and your cheese on top. Place in the oven on broil until cheese is bubbly.
Dressed for the brisk winds
{Forever 21 puff sleeve dress}$17.80
{Forever 21 stripe dress}
$24.90
{Top Shop knitted button detail dress}
$85.00
{Old Navy boat neck dress}
$39.50
{Urban Outfitters ecote animal print}
$68
{Urban Outfitters house of dagmar aurelie}
$229
I love my Whooga
{the Whooga Ugg Boot Box…… so cute!}
{my tall chocolate Whooga Uggs}
{love their cute logo label}
{the Whooga Ugg Boot box vs the UGG Australia box}
personally the box wins my heart right away
{on the left is my Whooga Ugg Boot and the right is my Ugg Australia Ugg Boot}
Whooga Ugg Boots are made of premium grade merino sheepskin and ThermoFleece, and let me tell you the cushion in the boots is extremely out of this world. Not to mention I found them to be a lot more comfortable than my Ugg Australia boots.
{note: please don\’t mind the tacky rolled up jeans… my leggings were in the wash}Do you own a pair of Ugg Boots?
xo
Fashion meets Food 
