Let me preface this, my first recipe post, by stating that I am not a cook; I do not do it for “fun”; I  simply love good food and when that collides with time spent on Pinterest things like this happen. Good things. I am always looking to add some variation to my diet, and I found it with this recipe.

Baked Avocados Pin It

Ingredients

- 1 whole avocado

- 2 sm/med eggs

- 5 slices of regular bacon

- Shredded cheddar cheese

- Tony Chachere’s seasoning

- Salt & pepper

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 425°F.

2. Cut the avocado in half, and remove the seed. I left my avocados in the skin.

3. Place one egg in each half where the pit formerly took up residence. (I scraped out a tad more in fear that my eggs would come flowing out.)

4. Top with whatever you would like. I used salt, pepper, Tony C’s, cheddar, and real bacon.

Note: I did not add the bacon until I was ready to eat it, so I cooked it to a crisp separately and crushed it up into bits.

5. The original recipe I found on Life Hacker says to use an iron skillet; I chose to use this loaf/muffin pan because my avocados could not sit on their own with egg in them.

6. Place the avocados (with the eggs and toppings) into the preheated oven.

7. Keep an eye on them; I know ovens are different, but mine took about ten minutes. It honestly depends on how you prefer the consistency of your eggs.

8. Pull them out; let them cool for about 3 -5 minutes, and they’ll be ready to eat!

 A tasty, satisfying, protein-rich breakfast, or in my case, lunch.

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I almost wet my pants, yes – I said it, when my two-year-old was jamming out with my husband…asked for the harmonica…and continued to do this…

Oh and if you are not familiar with Muddy Waters or The Last Waltz, you must watch this first to understand the significance…

Obviously Finn is quite familiar with it…

I received what could be the cutest Valentine’s card ever from my mom today.

Bunting + tissue = adorable

Plus, robin’s egg blue and a bold red is one of my favorite color combinations.  Cute, right?

It came pouring down around these parts today; and with no thunder or lightning, what’s a mom to do but let a kid run as free as he pleases scooping up mud and splashing through the mire formerly know as the backyard.

Saturday afternoon we took a short drive down the road to the ocean front, and Finn was quite pleased to make his first appearance.

It is mind-boggling that it has been almost a year since this post.

Just a hand full of phone pics from the past few days…

This photo is a sampling of one of my New Year’s resolutions: a self-portrait p365.

Hopefully, next week I can take a photo of my entire face once the viral conjunctivitis is gone, except that I was informed today that they tend to run their course in 4 – 6 weeks.

Yep, that’s right. It’s an untreatable pink-eye-plague. I’m armed with three different drops, none of which can kill a virus…just any hopes of being presentable.

I seriously hope it clears up before the Go Red Luncheon simply because I am not prepared for whole “looks like you decided to go pink as well! Bwahahaha!”

I had grand plans for a perfect post for today’s holiday bokeh party with Darcy, since this was my first year with a DSLR.

However, I also have a toddler;

and I had to bribe him to get even the slightest hint of a shot the past two days.

First, I promised a banana…

Then the allure of a “ma nan na” ran out…

and we had to upgrade,

to some caffeine and sugar.

That owl is one of my favorites. I got it for my husband before we were married, when I was trying to put together a rugged, manly tree for his house,

and these skates are a Gipson family treasure that just makes me smile.

I did get freed-up to practice some bokeh shots for a little while.

Oh and I snapped this of my cousin’s new pup.

All of these were shot at 1.8mm with my 35mm lens.

I am so excited to see everyone’s posts today. I know it will inspire me to shoot some new angles, and who knows maybe I’ll find some tips on working with toddlers during the holidays. ;)

I also shared some holiday decor inspiration in this other post today for Maggie’s Inspiration Workshop.