Friday Favorites

Well, my favorite thing about this week is that it is over. It has been a long one. But I guess it couldn't have come at a better time considering we have a 3-day weekend ahead! Yay!!

This week for Friday Favorites I have the lovely Jennifer co-hosting with me!! She and I will be running this little party together from now on, so hopefully you guys can all meet a whole new set of friends!

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I also apologize in advance for my limited number of favorites this week. I wasn't able to do as much internet trolling and blog reading as usual. How rude for work and life to get in the way, right?!

FAVORITE OUTFIT
I am loving high waisted shorts these days. This is not the first pair that I have favorited for a week. B could not disagree more. He thinks high waisted shorts are weird. But what does he know? I love how she paired them with a bigger shirt that highlights her tiny waist!

The Stylish Housewife

FAVORITE RECIPE
I typically stop reading after Nutella. If it has Nutella in it, I will eat it. No matter what. While cereal seems like it might be more work than its worth, I might just have to try this Nutella Breakfast Cereal from A Beautiful Mess.

FAVORITE DIY
I always have a hair tie around my wrist. At someone during the day I will want to put my hair up and I hate it when I can't find a hair tie. Obviously, it's not the most glamorous accessory, so I love what I Spy DIY did to jazz it up. I feel like I could totally knock these out over the weekend.

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Mini Berry Tartlettes

For B's and my little picnic this past weekend, I wanted to make a fun but easy dessert that could travel well.....and I was lazy and just wanted to use whatever we had in the fridge. I think it was just all the stars aligning, because seriously, who just keeps marscapone and Nutella on hand at all times. Not me. Okay, except for the Nutella. It just doesn't last very long.

 Sorry, got of track. Nutella will do that to a girl.

I ended up making little raspberry and strawberry tartlettes. And while you may think of tarts as being complicated or time consuming, these were anything but. These little guys require 5 or fewer ingredients and can be made in less than 30 minutes.

Easy right?

I made two different kinds: a Nutella-marscapone filling topped with a strawberry and a vanilla-marscapone filling topped with a raspberry.

I love Nutella and strawberries together, so this was a no-brainer for me. I used 1 part marscapone to 1 part Nutella. If you prefer a stronger Nutella flavor you can add more Nutella or even add a drop of hazelnut extract.

Even though I love Nutella, these vanilla and raspberry tarts were my favorite. I used about 1/4 cup marscapone, 1 tsp sugar, and 1/8 tsp vanilla for the filling. Obviously, you can add more sugar or vanilla to suit your tastes.

The little tart shells are made using refrigerated cookie dough. You can make your own dough if you have the time or don't like the taste of refrigerated dough. To make the shells, I just pressed about tablespoon of dough into a mini muffin tin and baked until they were golden brown.

Mini Berry Tartlettes
Ingredients
Shells:
-1/2 tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough

Nutella filling:
-2 tbsp Nutella
-2 tbsp marscapone cheese
-6 strawberries, cored and sliced in half

Vanilla filling:
-1/4 mascapone cheese
-1 tsp sugar
-1/8 tsp vanilla
-12 raspberries, rinsed and dried

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Press about a tablespoon of cookie dough into a mini muffin tin to form a small cup. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.
3. While shells are cooking, mix together the Nutella filling and vanilla filling in two separate bowls. Set aside.
4. Remove shells from oven and let cool on a wide rack.
5. Spoon filling into cooled shells, half of shells with Nutella and the other half with vanilla filling.
6. Top the filled shells with fruit. 

I am telling you, these came together in less than 30 minutes. They would be the prefect last minute dessert to make for a party or picnic. And the options are endless. You can use different fruits and berries, or different flavors all together.

What flavor combination would you make?

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