Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons

I recently went to the Cafe at Nordstroms and had the most delicious treat ever...chocolate dipped coconut macaroons. Their's were much prettier than mine. I just had to make some though. I can't remember where I found the recipe but here's how I made them!

 INGREDIENTS:

14 oz bag sweetened shredded coconut

14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

2 egg whites

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp salt

Bag of chocolate chips

 First heat oven to 325*, then whip egg whites and salt into stiff peaks.

 Combine coconut & vanilla...

 with sweetened condensed milk and...

 carefully fold in egg whites.

 Spoon out balls of mixture onto a baking sheet.

 Bake for 30-35 minutes.

 Once cooled, melt chocolate chips in microwave for 1 min. then stir. If the chocolate isn't melted completely after stirring, then heat for another 30 seconds and stir again. Then dip each macaroon into the chocolate and place on a wax paper lined baking sheet. Refridgerate macaroons until the chocolate is hardened, then enjoy!!!

 These were so good, I could seriously make them once a month as my go to snack. I hope you like them as much as I did!

Personal Herb Garden Pots

Personal Herb Garden Pots

You can make these pots for an indoor or outdoor herb garden. 

Start with however many terra cotta pots you want.

Paint the inside and lower outside of the pots whatever color you want.

Then paint the outer lip of the pots whatever color you want. My kitchen is green and purple so I painted them those colors.

Stick on stickers of the first letter of the herb names.

L = Lavendar

O = Oregano

T = Thyme

S = Sage

Pretty Pots for LOTS of Herbs!

Use a glittery puff paint to line the top edge of the pots and let it dry.

Once the puff pain is dry, paint all the pots completely with Mod Podge. You may need to do this in steps. After one part dries, paint another part, and so on, until the whole thing is covered. Then make little bows and glue those on as a cute accent!

Once everything is dried and glued on, fill with planting soil and plant your seeds. Spritz with water and wait for them to grow.

These are some herbs we planted about 3 weeks ago.

Sorry I don't have pictures of herbs growing out of the pots I just made.

Here's a shot of my cute recipe box that I upcycled from a cheap box that I got at Michaels. I think it turned out pretty cute. I didn't do a tutorial on it, but I thought I'd show you anyways, since it matched my little herb pots. Can't wait to see my plants grow.

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