Friendsgiving

A picture I took while landing, with the Minneapolis skyline in the background 💕

Last night was my first night home for the Holiday. It was actually a great day because my best friend picked me up from the airport, and we each got coffee for each other because we share the same brain! We then did our favorite activity and went to Trader Joe's, and picked up things we needed for Friendsgiving. Next up, we hit up Sephora, and I utilized the VIB sale to get more eye masks (I'm obsessed), and this eye lash primer! Super excited to try that. 

A little later, I got to some some self care (did you see my self care challenge post??), and got my hair cut. I always go to the same stylist at Juut. I think Juut is the best place for all of your hair, skin, and pampering needs. I always feel very very pampered when I go there. You start with drinking their yummy tea. Then you get a scalp massage before your wash and cut! It is the best!! I also have exclusively used Aveda hair products for most of my life, and Juut is an Aveda salon (will do post about my fave Aveda things later😊). 

My done hair!! Not a great picture of the hair, but it looks a lot happier than it did before!

That night, we went to my home, and had our other best friends over for Friendsgiving!! We do not do a traditional Friendsgiving because we just really like some side dishes!! Someone made the most delicious appetizer ever: baked brie bites with cranberry sauce. SO. GOOD. I will try to recreate the recipe below! Other dishes we ate: confetti corn, cheesy baked brussel sprouts, twice baked sweet potato hot dish, and sautéed green beans!

We played board games, and had dessert to end the night. Dessert was simple because I am not a baker: ice cream sandwiches with pumpkin ice cream, and gluten free crispy crunchy salted toffee cookies all from Trader Joe's!! So perfect!

Loose Recipe for the Baked Brie Bite (sorry pictures! we were having to much fun, and I forgot!):

Ingredients:

• Gluten Free pie crust (I have celiac so we used this), or a pie crust of your choice.
• Block of Brie of your choice (we used triple cream brie from Trader Joe's).
• Cranberry sauce or favorite jam/preserves. Figs would also be yummy. We used the Cranberry sauce from Trader Joe's, and it is DELICIOUS. 
• Herb garnish if you wish.
• Mini cupcake/muffin tin.

To Bake!

1. Preheat oven to the specificities of your pie crust.
2. Spray tin with cooking spray (or wipe with butter!). 
3. Cut the brie into pieces that fit in the mini sized tin.
4. Either roll out the dough, and cut sizes that fit your tin, OR freeform dough into the tins.
5. Line each cup in the tin with pie crust.
6. Place a piece of brie in each cup in the tin.
7. Put a small spoonful fo the Cranberry sauce/preserve over the top of the brie. 
8. Put in the preheated over for about 15 minutes (or for how long it says to bake the pie crust).
9. Pull out and serve warm!! Yummmmm

Now, I am getting ready for day 2, and send thoughts my way to keep my warm 😂.


As always,


#dontforgetyourpearls