Quick Cannoli Dip!

Hi friends, I just had to share this quick fun cannoli dip that Mr. M and I made up the other day. You will need: Ricotta cheese; mini chocolate chips; vanilla; sugar; Teddy grahams or graham crackers. Take a dollop (1/2 of a cup) ricotta cheese and mix in a bit (about two teaspoons) of sugar and a splash of vanilla. Mix this together. Then add in a handful of mini chocolate chips. Scoop onto the middle of a plate, and surround with Teddy Grahams (or graham cracker squares:) It is a cannoli dip! Super fun and yummy! Yum!

My Mommy Heart Sings!

So happy my little Mr. M loves art as much as Mommy! Happy Monday!

What's for Dinner?

Dear Friends, What's for dinner? How many times have you heard this question in your home...whether from your family or in your own head? Well I have an answer, or rather I have found one. A terrific site called "Plan to Eat". They have a wonderful program that allows you to plan your meals for the week and helps you create a grocery list for your meal plan! No last minute trips to the market for a forgotten item:) And when you are asked "What's for dinner?" you'll have a ready answer! Check out Plan to Eat HERE! How many of you already plan your week's worth of meals? Do you shop all at once or make several trips to the market through the week? ~Angela xoxo

Some things happen for a reason...the rest I am trying to understand.

I am sitting here this morning drinking a cup of tea. I just hung up the phone with my youngest sister. I then posted this painting on facebook with the caption: Evil is only defeated by Love. The posting of the painting is really a way of convincing me that the statement is true. Right now I am having a hard time feeling that. I am Sicilian, and as my father often puts it, are nature is to think "Vendeda". I cannot wrap my mind around yesterday's events in Boston. I want to understand it, I want to be this peaceful person whom 'only feels love and forgiveness for those who would do this'. I don't. I want them to pay. I want to smack them. I want to kick them. I want them to hurt. I know this is not a spiritual way to think and feel. But it is honest. Until I am able to understand and accept this awfulness, I will cling to the feeling of gratitude that my youngest sister, the one I spoke to this morning, wasn't at that race. She was scheduled to be. She and husband run all types of races and marathons all over the country. They were registered to run a smaller race the day before and had a hotel booked in Boston and had plans to stay to cheer on some friends at the finish line. At the last minute my sister hurt her ankle and couldn't go. I can find some sense in the knowing that some things do happen for a reason. Thank you Universe. I will spend my life trying to understand the rest. My heart to Boston. ~Angela xoxo

Illustrated recipe!!!!!!

Hi Friends! I am so happy to announce that my illustrated recipe for Banana Cake was accepted and published with They Draw and Cook. Take a virtual stroll through their entire website...there are so many yummy and clever illustrated recipes!!!! I am so grateful to be a part of it! I am working on another illustrated recipe....Peanut Noodles! I'll keep you posted as to when it is published! ~Angela xoxoxo

Happy Here Happy NOW...living your life on purpose.

My friends, I have been so busy getting ready to teach my first workshop of "Happy here Happy NOW....living your life ON purpose". I cannot wait to meet everyone tomorrow and get started! It is certainly going to be a very fun day. My favorite part is creating our 'Happy ON Purpose" boards!!! ~Angela xoxoxo

The "Land of MU" storybooks are going to Korea!

Hello my friends, We are just over the moon excited here at the studio this morning! Our "Land of MU" storybooks are going to be packed up and sent overseas to Korea! A while back I had read a story about a man named Pastor Lee in South Korea who had installed a Baby Box to the front of his church. This was a means to protect unwanted and abandoned babies. The box is a heated cradle that is equipped with an alarm that lets someone know in the church that a baby has been left. You can read a bit about it here. And here. Watch the video clip from the film made about this Baby Box. After being in touch with the wonderful souls at the Jusarang Church in Korea aka the Baby Box orphanage, we have worked out all the details to allow these children to receive the "Land of MU" story books! Our first hurtle was that our books are written in English and everyone at the orphanage speaks Korean. We were able to locate a translator here in PA., but in the meantime; enter the sweet translator Ellie Oh from Korea! She will be translating my stories for the children once the books arrive! Now friends, you just know I wish so much that I could meet these little boys and girls to read to them! So we came up with a brilliant idea: a virtual story time! Included with the books will be a DVD that the children can watch with me reading to them, again it will be translated into Korean. This whole process just makes my heart sing! and I am so grateful to be able to share my stories and characters with children who perhaps would not have the opportunity for a story time otherwise. And perhaps at some point I will get to meet them! I have been inspired to create a storybook that has no words, illustration only, the children can adapt their own words for the story. This way it can be a universal story for children all over the world no matter what language they speak! I am currently working on that and hope to have it ready soon to send! To keep up with news and for information on how you can help with Pastor Lee's mission join their facebook group. ~Angela xo