Sunday Supper // Butternut Squash Ravioli

This is my all time favorite recipe, and for some reason it always tastes better on Sunday's! It's the perfect quick, easy and comforting meal. 

Butternut Squash Ravioli with Brown Sugar Sage Butter Sauce

::Ingredients::

1 package butternut squash ravoli ( I like trader joes and costo the best! ) 

2 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)

Pinch of salt to taste

Pinch cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage or one teaspoon dried rubbed sage

2 tablespoons milk

*Have all ingredients together as this comes together quickly!

    1. Cook pasta in boiling water 3 mins. 

    2. While pasta cooks, start the sauce. 

    3. Heat saucepan on low/medium heat

    4. Melt butter

    5. Add brown sugar, salt, cayenne and      

        Sage

    6. Stir until butter is completely melted

    7. Turn off heat and whisk in milk,      

        stirring constantly. 

    8. Add ravoli to sauce and toss lightly. 

    9. Sprinkle with fresh graded 

        parmesan, grab a glass of wine and 

        enjoy! 

Visions of Valentine's Day

Hope you all had a fabulous valentines day, or like at our house valentines week! Here are some random shots from my iphone of our festivities! xoxo

my favorite valentine's treat :) we bought a dozen this year and it was the best decision ever.

 obsessed with this color of roses :)

 pink treats for our little princess

festive donuts and red nails are a must

table for two :)

Cupid's Crack & Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

Happy Valentines Week! Last night I started the first round of my Valentine's baking. Cupid's Crack and Chocolate Dipped Pretzels are two of my favorite desserts because you can easily change them up for each holiday. All you have to do is switch up the sprinkles and m&m's! Also, they are somewhat healthy :)

First I made the chocolate dipped pretzels. I saved a little bit of the melted chocolate for the Cupid's Crack!

Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

Ingredients: 

Pretzels

Ghirardelli Dark melting wafers

Valentines Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate in double boiler

2. Dip pretzels in chocolate and set on silpat lined baking sheet

3. Sprinkle with Valentine's sprinkles

4. Let Dry and serve in airtight container. 

I based the Cupid's Crack off this recipe. I left out the chex this time, but you can really add anything you want - peanuts, chocolate chips ( I think chez it's would be good for a Halloween version!)

Cupid's Crack

Ingredients: 

1 bag popcorn

1/2 cup m&m's

1/2 cup pretzels - broken up

Ghirardelli Dark melting wafers

Sprinkle Pink Himalayan Salt

Valentines Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Pop popcorn in microwave and spread on silpat lined baking sheet. 

2. Break up pretzels and sprinkle on top of popcorn. 

3. Add m&m's and any other toppings you want!

4. Melt chocolate in double boiler and spoon over popcorn/ toppings. 

5. Top with sea salt and sprinkles!

6. Let dry, break it up and store in airtight container.

My Home For The Holidays

Happy Saturday Everyone! I can't believe Christmas is next week. Luckily I have all my shopping and wrapping done, and I am looking forward to relaxing and enjoy the holidays. Christmas Pajamas, my moms cooking, cookies, and lots of festive cocktails by the fireplace are on the agenda. Until then, I wanted to share each corner of my home decorated for the Holidays!

xo, 

margeaux

#TBT My Wedding Season Looks

In honor of #tbt I though I would do a recap of all of the looks I wore during Wedding Season this year! This summer we went to 8 weddings and I was in two of them. It was by far the busiest, but most fun Wedding Season yet! With all the events-showers, bacheloretee parties/weekends,rehearsal dinners and the actual weddings it can be tough to find the perfect outfit for each. Here is a look at how I tackled Wedding Season with only one outfit repeat :)

Shower look and Rehearsal Dinner look

Yellow Dress (Zara)

Bachelorette Parties

Sequin Romper (Zara)

Black Sequin Dress (Mango)

Wedding Looks

Pink dress (BCBG) | On Him: Jcrew

Shoes (Mia - Nordstrom Rack)

Purple Dress (Wilfred-Aritzia) | On Him: Jcrew

Black Bridesmaid Dress (Bill Levkoff) | On Him: Jcrew

Gray Bridesmaid Dress (Bella Bridesmaid)

Orange Romper (Wilfred-Aritzia) | On Him: Jcrew

Where do you shop for wedding season outfits? 

xo, margeaux

M&M Cookies

One of my favorite memories of Christmas time is baking cookies with my mom and sister. We would spend a whole day mixing, baking and decorating so many different types of cookies. My favorites are Neiman Marcus Cookies, Italian Pizzelles and M&M cookies. 

It's tradition that I make Neiman Marcus Cookies with my mom every year. And only my mom has a Pizzelle maker. So last night I tackled the M&M cookies! I adapted them from this recipe. They are fail proof, so a great option to bake if you need to bring cookies to a party or to give as gifts-they always turn out perfect. All due to one secret ingredient, Instant Vanilla Pudding!

Ingredients: 

• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups all purpose Gold Medal Flour
• 3 tablespoons Instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 or 1-1/2 cups Mini M and M’s
• Pink Himalayan Salt for sprinkling 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner. I use a Air Bake cookie sheet, they are the best! 

2.In a large mixing bowl cream your butter and sugars until combined. Add egg and vanilla and combine. Add flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt, stirring to combine. Mix in min chocolate chips and m&m’s.

3. With a medium cookie scoop, place dough 1 inch apart from each other on silpat. I sprinkle a little bit of Himalayan Salt on top right before baking. It gives them the best salty but sweet taste! Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just browned around the edges. They will keep cooking a little bit as they cool! Let cool on cookie sheet until cool enough to grab and put in your mouth! Transfer the remaining cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling. Makes 24 cookies.

Enjoy!

*Seriously, buy a Silpat and Air Bake cookie sheets. They make a huge difference and I don't bake cookies without them! 

What are your favorite Christmas Cookie Traditions and Recipes?

Dressed Up Dresser

I wanted to display my obsessive {okay, really obsessive} necklace collection and add some color to this boring white ikea dresser that I keep in my closet. This also makes it really easy to see what you've got when you are adding a statement necklace to your outfit! What do you think? How do you display your jewelry? 






xo, margeaux