Tonight had a few fun surprises all from boxes!
First. . . to get to the boxes, I had to do one of my favorite activities. Run errands 🙂
And it’s a good thing that I got all that done during lunch, because we had a fun, boxed evening at home 🙂
August got to play with her new scratch pad, from the first box…

Thanks Mom!
She goes crazy on these things
August played while Zach and I cleaned the cupboards . Guess what we found 🙂 A BOX cookie mix.
So of course, I baked 🙂
Much to Zach’s chagrin I healthified even a box mix a bit by using applesauce instead of butter, and half the sugar and again applesauce versus butter in the icing. Once he tried them, he didn’t complain 🙂
BOXED pumpkin iced cookies for all Zach and I
Then. . . we got a BOX delivered!
Wedding presents!
I guess good things do come from boxes 🙂
Even dinner, which was full of fun and fresh ingredients, partially came from a box!
Salad with
- farmer’s market carrots
- garden tomatoes
- farmer’s market greens
- BBQ and mustard as dressing to go with the….
- Veggie burgers! (Morning star veggie burger, from a box, am I stretching this now? haha)
- and a side of garlic parmesan toast.
Yum!
Now it’s time to relax and enjoy family time. And try to not eat all those boxed cookies. . .
Question of the night: Do you ever bake from boxes?
Love that tiered dessert/appetizer plate thingy! And I also use the applesauce trick! No one ever notices the difference so why not? 🙂
Thanks! We love it too, I think we’re going to use it for produce and fruit for now. Until we get to host a little get together 🙂
Yay wedding gifts!!! So fun. August is so cute! I have a neighbor cat who looks similar although a bit bigger!!
She’s a ball of attitude, but we love it 🙂
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