Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

I LOVE food. So much that I taught myself how to cook and bake. I had a craving for stuffed mushrooms but I didn't want to buy premade ones so instead I came up my own recipe. 

They are baked pillows of goodness.

Prep: 15 mins

Bake: 25 mins

You will need:

16 oz Whole Baby portobello mushrooms or regular mushrooms 

4 oz cream cheese

4 oz spinach (I used canned)

Pinch of salt

1 garlic clove chopped or a tsp of minced

Pinch of crushed red peppers (optional)

1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup parmasen cheese

Preheat oven to 375.

Clean mushrooms, take out steams, and chop up the steams really fine.

 

Soften your cream cheese in the microwave (it makes it easier to stir), stir in your drained spinach, salt, garlic, hot pepper, mozzarella, parmesan cheese and chopped steams. 

Using a small spoon fill your mushrooms and put in a baking pan. (I used a metal cake pan lined with foil sprayed with olive oil) I left a little room between the mushrooms so they had space to cook.

Put them in the oven. Bake 25 mins and enjoy!!!

Caution: you might eat them all in one sitting!!

Faux Fur Vest Tutorial for The Little Diva in Your Life!

I've been obsessed with fashion trends lately and one trend I've seen lately is the faux fur vests. So I decided to make one for my oldest daughter rylee. 

Supplies:

1/2 yd faux fur or in my case minky<<<it's like wearing a blanket!!

1\2 yd cotton fabric, I used an amy butler print from my stash

Sewing supplies, machine, thread, scissors, measuring tape, pins, etc!

I started by tracing an existing sweater to make a quick pattern I added a 1/2 inch seam allowance just incase I needed to adjust the size.

 

I also measured around the top part on my pattern to add a collar. I cut two pieces 4 inch at the widest part tampering down to a half inch on each end by 12 inches long. 

Note: You can make it wider or longer it's completely up to you. :) You just need it long enough to go around the back of the neck. 

I also included in a 1/4 inch seam allowance on both sides of the pattern.

I the cut my vest pieces out. I cut one piece for the back of the vest out, and two pieces for the front. Minky tip: flip your minky over right sides together and cut your pattern pieces out, that way everything thing is nice and even. Now cut out your lining. You just need two pieces for the front of the vest and one piece for the back.

I sewed the two pieces for the collar right sides together around the curved part and turned it right side out.  

Then I flipped the collar right side out. 

Next I sewed the shoulder seams together. Repeat for the lining.  

Then I folded the collar in half to find the middle and marked it. I did the same for the vest. I matched the two points up on the collar and back of the vest and pinned in place. I then pinned my lining and minky right sides together around the collar and sewed the whole front of the vest together up to the side seams.

 It slipped my mind to take pictures of the next few steps, so just bare with me. :)

Next I stitched the back part together of the vest to the side seams. The side seams should not be sewed together yet. (I originally did them first and ended up ripping stitching out because I found an easier way to turn the vest inside out.)

I turned the vest right side out. 

Now, I carefully went back inside the vest and matched up the right sides of the fabric and stitched together the side seams, I did the minky on each side then I did one of my lining seams. (The last seam is going to feel very awkward because your only going to sew half way up the seam and it's gonna feel like your gonna catch all the other fabric, so just take your time.) Once I did that, I tucked my seam inside and slip stitched the hole shut. 

Note: You can add a button closure or maybe a ribbon closure. On this vest I decided not to add anything and she loved it!

That's it! I my little diva loved her vest I hope yours will love it two!

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