Day 2 of Recipes and Aprons: Blueberries in the Morning

This has been one of my favorite recipes for years, and something we serve each Christmas morning in our house. It’s nice that you can make it the night before and pop it in the oven in the morning, especially if you have a potluck breakfast or brunch to attend. If I’m pressed for time, I’ll skip the sauce, and just serve it with blueberry syrup from the store.  I usually use French bread for taste and appearance.  

Recipe: Overnight Blueberry French Toast

Apron: Women’s Original Blue Chocolate Apron

The friend that I mentioned yesterday actually suggested this one to go with the Blueberry French Toast Casserole, which is perfect, since the blue polka dots even resemble blueberries! 🙂

Happy weekend!

Aprons and Recipes vs. Fine Wine and Chocolate?

A good friend of mine, @gratefulkim, sent me one of her amazing ideas yesterday, and I decided to take her advice.  So for the next few days, I’m going to post a recipe and pair it with an apron (as she says, “like fine wine and chocolate”. 🙂  Some of the recipes will be my own, but others will be favorites that I either use as is, or alter somewhat. If y’all approve, we can keep going until we run out of aprons.

The Recipe: Turkey Ham Soup

This is one of my favorite comfort foods and is very easy to make.  It’s modified from a family recipe.

Ingredients:

• ½ turkey ham, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 3-4 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 red onion, diced
• ½ bag frozen cut green beans (not French style)
• garlic powder, salt and lemon pepper to taste
• 2 cans chicken broth

Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on low for 5 hours.

Enjoy!

The Apron: Women’s Original Pink Chocolate Apron

I chose this apron because it brings to mind the same attributes as the soup; warmth, tradition and comfort.

Ok, we have a recipe and an apron (which happens to have chocolate in the name), so who has the vino?

Have a great Thursday!

October Giveaway in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness

Every month we give away one of our products to one lucky social media fan.  And, every month I ask our friends what they would like to see us give away as a prize.  This month, several people asked that we give away a pink apron in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  I thought this was a great idea, especially since it is a cause very dear to me (my dear mother-in-law is a survivor). 

So in the spirit of all things pink, we are giving away our Chic Pink Apron for this month’s prize.  We’re also donating a $50 Gift Certificate to my friend’s Zumbathon for Breast Cancer Charity Event.  (If you’re in the L.A. Area, please check it out!  I mean, a Zumba Marathon? What could be cooler?)

Ok, so pay attention because we’re changing up the entries to show our support. 🙂

There are 4 ways to enter:

1) Follow Swanky Aprons on Twitter and Tweet the following: Apron #giveaway in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness! RT & follow @swanky_aprons for a chance to win! Ends 10/31. http://tinyurl.com/2auhlvl

(Change your avatar to a pink ribbon or add a Twibbon  for a double entry each time you tweet!)

2) Become a fan of Swanky Aprons on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/swankyaprons Post a pic on our Facebook page of you and your friends at your Local Race for the Cure for an additional 5 entries!

3) Suggest our Facebook page to your friends, if they “like” us and post a comment there saying you invited them; you’ll get an extra entry for each friend.

4) Subscribe to this blog (see the right side of the screen under Recent Tweets)

This giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada only. All entries must be in by midnight, October 31, 2010.

Good luck and get your mammograms! ❤