Thursday, August 31, 2017

16 Homemade Spice mixes

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Have you ever had all the ingredients out to make tacos and looked in your pantry only to find you’re out of taco seasoning?  Arrg!  Or want to make your favorite pumpkin chocolate chip muffins only to find you never replenished your pumpkin pie spice?  Ooh, I hate that!  Luckily, you can make pretty much all spice mixes yourself.  Here are 16 homemade spice mixes that are much better than the packet stuff any day.

Homemade Spice Mixes Better Than Store Bought

1.DIY Pumpkin Pie spice mix
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2. Homemade apple pie spice mixapple pie homemade spice mix

3. DIY Cajun spice mix

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4. Chili seasoning

DIY chili seasoning mix

5. Spiced chai mix

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6. Blackened seasoning 

For deliciously grilled chicken, steak, and seafood

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7. DIY gingerbread spice mix

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8. Homemade steak seasoning

homemade steak seasoning mix

9. Homemade au jus mix

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10. Homemade taco seasoning

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11. DIY onion soup mix

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12. Homemade dry ranch mix

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13. Apple cider spice mix

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14. Homemade lemon pepper seasoning

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15. DIY fajita seasoning

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16. Made from scratch hot cocoa mix

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Mmm…these homemade spice mixes look even yummier than the store-bought version.  Probably healthier too!  I’m ready to start making!

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20 Easy & Healthy Weeknight Dinner Ideas

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Let’s start with healthy dinner ideas.  It’s that busy time of year with sports and music lessons after school. I hate to say it, but sometimes our dinner suffers, how about at your house? Here are 20 great solutions to our packed full weeknights. Hope they help you too!

Fast and Easy Healthy Dinner Ideas

 1. Full of healthy ingredients, this Sweet Pineapple Chicken Quinoa Salad doesn’t disappoint!

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2. I’m pretty lucky my kids love cooked broccoli. I might just have to try this 12-Minute Chicken and Broccoli soon!

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3. Quick and easy recipe to keep your tummies full when you’re super busy! This Easy Tuscan Bean Soup looks divine!

Healthy Dinner Ideas4. The Skinny BBQ Chicken Pizza has a secret ingredient for the crust! Sounds fantastic and super healthy!

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 5. Ever wonder what to do with all those zucchinis popping up from your garden? Try this Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bake for a low-carb, gluten-free meal!

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6. Buffalo Chicken Wraps are quick to make and are a great meal for the entire family!

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7. Easy Lime Chicken is perfect for a busy week night! Doesn’t take long to have a yummy dinner!

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8. This only takes 15 minutes to make and you’ll love the results! This 15 Minute Beef and Broccoli remind me of our favorite takeout store but looks even healthier!

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9. These Crispy Black Bean Tacos are a great way to get your nutrients and still enjoy the delicious taste of tacos!

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10. This BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potato reminds me of the delicious potato bar I had at my brother’s house this past weekend.  Love how easy and delicious potatoes are! And budget friendly too!

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11. 4 ingredients make this the perfect weeknight meal! Try this Meatball Sub Bubble Up Bake soon. I know I will!

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12. Taking 20 minutes from start to finish, these Easy Chicken Fajitas are sure to be a hit! I know my family loves stuff like this. Gotta try this one!

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13. Healthy and inexpensive to make, this Skinny Beef Casserole is the perfect recipe for a hungry family!

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14. I hate to admit it, but we definitely eat our fair share or spaghetti at this house. I’m thinking my kids would be forever grateful if I switched things up and made this Million Dollar Spaghetti instead!

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15. This Cheesy Taco Casserole has plenty of flavors in it to be delicious and also super easy to make. Guaranteed to be a favorite!

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16. This Lasagna Soup is an easy and delicious way to still enjoy lasagna, perfect for a cold winter day!

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 17. Yum Yum these Chicken Pot Pies are a favorite at our house, but always so full of calories. I’m excited to find this low-calorie version!

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18. We had something similar at our favorite restaurant last week, instead of eating our usual pasta we opted for the more healthy zucchini noodles and it was actually delicious! Get the details for Zucchini Spaghetti here.

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19. One of my favorite meals, this Chicken Salad in a Crockpot won’t take much to make delicious! Perfect for a busy night!

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20. Cream Cheese Chicken Quesadillas are a great meal to mix up when short on time and ingredients. Doesn’t take much!

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 Ah, I’m so excited to get some new ideas. My kids (and husband) will be happy too!

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Inside the Real Houses from the Movie “Keeping Up With the Joneses”

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I’m probably the only person who still gets Netflix DVDs in the mail. I mostly stream stuff these days, but I keep the DVD option in case there’s a movie I can’t get any other way for one of my Movie House posts. Readers kept asking me about the houses in Keeping Up With the Joneses, so I requested it from Netflix. And then the DVD sat next to my TV for months, waiting for me to watch it. Sad state of things when putting a DVD into the player seems like “too much hassle.” 😉

I finally sat down to watch it and the neighborhood looked so picture perfect, I assumed they filmed on a backlot. When I looked it up, I was surprised to learn it’s a real cul-de-sac in Atlanta. Not only that, but they shot inside the actual houses we saw onscreen, which is a rare thing these days. I tracked down both the Jones and Gaffney houses — take a look!

The Real Houses from “Keeping Up With the Joneses”

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Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot play the Joneses, who move into a quiet neighborhood in Atlanta.

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When their blue two-story first appeared onscreen, I barely got the words “Cute house!” out of my mouth…

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…before this happened:

Gah! I hate when they blow up nice houses in movies.

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I found an old listing for this house, which sold in 2015 for $388,500. It wasn’t blue then, though:

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

It looked so different, it took me a minute to realize it was the same place!

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

The house has 3 bedrooms +3 baths.

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

A shot of the back door from a similar viewpoint in the movie:

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The house is located in the Dupont Commons neighborhood.

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

Tim Jones (Hamm) walks into the kitchen:

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

Here’s how it looked in the listing, with cherry cabinets and granite countertops:

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

Gal Gadot plays a Food Blogger named Natalie, who has a big pot rack over the island:

Joneses kitchen pot rack

Isla Fisher plays suspicious neighbor Karen, who notes the pots don’t look like they’ve been used.

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The walls were gray and they had a modern light fixture over the kitchen table in the movie:

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The kitchen looks more traditional in the listing photos:

Real house Keeping Up Joneses 1617 Duncan Atlanta

Tim and Natalie fleeing the kitchen before the bomb goes off:

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Zach Galifianakis plays Karen’s husband, Jeff Gaffney, and they live a few houses down:

Gaffney House cul-de-sac Keeping Up With Joneses movie

I found a listing for it from 2015, when it sold for $417,000:

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

They added more blue to the exterior for the movie:

Gaffney House exterior Keeping up with Joneses

Although, oddly enough, the house’s colors changed a bit and looked more pink in this shot:

Gaffney House exterior Keeping Up Joneses movie still

Makes me wonder if the house colors were altered digitally instead of with actual paint?

Gaffney House exterior Keeping Up Joneses movie still

Here’s how the house looked in the listing:
Gaffney House exterior Keeping Up Joneses movie stillThe listing said:

This sought after Dupont Commons home is perfection from the stone front porch to the lush backyard! The open main floor plan features a separate dining room, new hardwoods, rich molding, and a newly updated granite & stainless kitchen with breakfast bar. A fireside family room connects to the separate office w/French doors. Large master bedroom suite up plus two spacious secondary bedrooms. Enjoy the gracious deck and patio overlooking the custom landscaped backyard. All this plus an unfinished basement and 2 car garage in the community’s most sought after cul-de-sac.

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You couldn’t tell it was a two-story entry in the movie:

Gaffney House entry Keeping Up with Joneses

The same wallpaper, window treatments, and light fixture appeared in the listing:

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

The Gaffney’s kitchen:

Gaffney House Kitchen Keeping Up Joneses

In the listing:

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

The living room fireplace is black in the movie:

Gaffney House living room black fireplace

But it was white in the listing:

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

This house has 4 bedrooms + 2.5 baths.

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

The master bedroom had the same striped wallpaper in the movie:

Gaffney House master bedroom Joneses movie

The Gaffneys hosted “Junetoberfest” in this backyard:

Gaffney House Keeping Up with Joneses 1608 Duncan Atlanta

Read more about the neighborhood on the builder’s website, which says Atlanta is becoming “Hollywood’s East Coast hub.”

Keeping Up With the Joneses blue house

Looks like a pretty sweet cul-de-sac to live on, with or without spies for neighbors! Watch the movie here. See more interior photos of the Jones house here and the Gaffney house here. More location info about Keeping Up With the Joneses at On Set Hollywood.

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P.S. Visit my TV/Movie Houses page to see more, including Life as We Know It:

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