Hubby's Birthday!

Today is my Husband's 25th Birthday! Quarter Century, its a big one! He is the most supportive person in my life, and I definitely wouldn't be where I am now without him. He is the most amazing Daddy to our beautiful daughter, Charlee. Being an amazing Dad, made me fall even more in love with him! I love you Tyler!! And I hope you have a very very Happy Birthday!

All those things said  Hubby isn't much for Parties (I know right?! Proof that opposites attract) So last year we had a surprise BBQ for him, ended up being everyone in the living room waiting for him to come home from work, me outside BBQ'ing and when I came in he was in the kitchen eating and everyone was still in the living room. Surprise!!(?) This year the weekend of his Birthday was the same weekend as our Besties Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties which we were a part of planning, so I figured that would be enough celebrating for one week.



xoxo

 

Spinach Triangles

On Friday we got together with friends for a Belated Birthday BBQ, pour moi! =) We always have BBQ's in the summer with the neighbors that are always a great time. I was grabbing some vegetables out of the freezer and saw  had left over phyllo pastry....well!! I decided I was going to make us a little appie, here's what it turned out to be! PS They were Delicious! 

Took about 15 minutes to throw these together, great last minute snack or appetizer! I didn't really measure the stuff I just threw it together, so here's an estimate for the amount of triangles I made...Its cooking...doesn't need to be exact. If you want more bacon add more bacon...if you want more dill....well you get the point!  These are a pretty popular appetizer, this is just my version.

Spinach Triangles

4 sheets phyllo pastry, thawed

1/2 c Cream Cheese, softened

2 tbsp onion, finely chopped

1 tsp dill weed

3 oz frozen spinach (*)

1 tbsp Bacon Bits

melted butter 

(*) When you buy frozen spinach it comes frozen in those little balls, each one while still frozen is 1 oz. So you need 3 of them, thaw them in the microwave and then using a kitchen towel, squeeze out all the water.

Mixed Cream Cheese, onion, dill, bacon bits and thawed spinach together in a bowl. Brush one sheet of phyllo with melted butter, place another sheet on top. Using a sharp knife cut the layered phyllo into 5 strips and spoon some filling onto one end.

Fold phyllo into a triangle...here's a little diagram to help you along.

Folding Phyllo into a triangle

Brush with melted butter. Place onto a parchment lined tray and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes, or until browned, checking every 10 minutes.

Come out of the oven looking like this....

I suggest that everyone try making these once! They look great, are easy and SO SO good! 


Of course every BBQ needs dessert aka cupcakes...So I made some vanilla cupcakes and used the chocolate icing from the Chocolate Salted Caramel Cupcake recipe that I had tucked away in the freezer. Took it out, let it thaw...it was perfect! Just like the day I made it. I had grabbed a printable Easter topper freebie a little while ago (I apologize, I completely forgot about it otherwise I would have shared) so I printed those and threw together a couple toppers. Voila! 

I made sure to make enough  for tea for our Easter visitors