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To make these:
-slice mini croissants down the middle but leave the back connected.
-fill with chicken salad.
-attach a toothpick to the back of edible eyeballs with cookie icing and allow it to dry.
-insert the toothpicks into the croissants to create eyes!

Save this for later when you need a dish or appetizer to bring to summer parties! 

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It's also the perfect dish to make if your kitchen is under construction like mine was for this video. It's a cold dish so nothing to heat up. 

First, mix together two cans of drained whole-kernel corn, two cups of mexican blend cheese, one cup of light mayo, diced red pepper, pepper and a bit of cilantro in a bowl. Then, add crushed Chili Cheese Fritos and mix well. Serve and enjoy! 

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Thanks for all the birthday love! Can't wait to celebrate my sweet boy the rest of the week! 

Cover photo is from the incredibly talented @keikilaniphotography 

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My drink today is two ounces of bourbon, one ounce of peach syrup, lemon juice and club soda! Stir and watch it sparkle. 

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First, either make or purchase cupcakes with green frosting. My kitchen was under construction for this video, so I purchased mine. But you can easily make your own and even use the grass piping tip to make grass. 

Then I found these golf-tee toothpicks. Place one in each cupcake. 

Then use cookie icing to secure a white chocolate truffle to each of the tees. 

Allow the icing to harden, serve and enjoy!

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Travel · September 14, 2018

The Best Things to Do In Knoxville



Wow. It’s been a minute, no?

I hate taking unintentional breaks from blogging, but sometimes it just happens. I’ve mentioned I have a full-time job so I HAVE to blog on the weekends. However, the past two weekends I’ve been out of town so my content has been lacking. It actually kills me when this is the case. But I got it together for at least one post this week.

Hubbs and I were in Knoxville last weekend. If you’re not familiar, it’s a cute little city in Tennessee…also home to the University of Tennessee. We went for a little fun weekend getaway. Y’all said overwhelmingly on the reader survey a few months ago that you want more travel content, so I want to take more little weekend trips and share fun finds with you. Today I’m doing just that. I’ve put together a little Knoxville travel diary about our trip—the best places to eat, fun things we did, things to see, and how many dogs I pet (Knoxville is super dog friendly.)

I also put together a highlight video at the end—so scroll down to watch that!

OK! Let’s get started.

Where to Eat:

Priorities people. We’re starting with where we ate.

Hands down my favorite stop was The French Market Crêperie. This is a delicious bakery/French pastry/crêpe magical wonderland. There are so many crêpes your head spins. They have sweet and savory crêpes—I had the turkey, bacon, and avocado. It was amazing. The sweet ones looked incredible too but I didn’t want to have a sugar high and crash an hour later lol.

They also have fun unique coffee like a blackberry vanilla latte, which you know I sucked down lol. It was a highlight for me for sure. If you end up in Knoxville make a stop.

In the afternoon, it was game time so we did a little happy hour bar hopping for apps and drinks. Our first stop was Soccer Taco where we had the world’s most delicious nachos. They had a nacho plate called Super Bowl Nachos Potato chips with cheese dip, shredded chicken or ground beef, and your choice of guacamole or sour cream. We went with the more standard nachos with tortilla chips, but man those were tempting. Also if you stop here—get a margarita or four.

After Soccer Taco, we went to Skybox Sports Bar and grill for potato skins and mozzarella sticks. Big disclaimer lol—they play Rocky Top every time Tennessee scores a touchdown. BUT I thought it was fun even though I’m not a UT fan lol. Also the potato skins are legit.

Another great place to snack is the Knoxville Farmer’s market. We had the best fresh squeezed lemonade in a jar, and bought our new favorite salsa after a taste test. The Farmer’s Market is May-November every Wednesday and Saturday.

Night life:

So we stayed mostly on Market Square for our night time fun. We went to Scruffy’s City Hall for live music. This is the coolest bar. The bottom floor is a dance floor and stage for the band. The second floor has church pews that overlook the stage and dance floor, plus another bar and patio seating. Then the third floor is a rooftop bar that shows game highlights projected on the building next to it. It’s just a very cool atmosphere. We bar-hopped a little and checked out a few others on the square, but Scruffy’s was the most fun for sure!

Things to Do:

Photo credit

So I mentioned the Knoxville Farmer’s Market earlier, but it really is so fun. There are so many tasty snacks, cute crafts, and fun discoveries at the Farmer’s Market. Lots of musicians were performing on the street. It was awesome. Definitely plan to bop on over to Market Square on a Saturday to check it out.

Obviously game day.

Then we headed to the Knoxville Zoo for a fun day of animal watching. I loved this zoo. Everything was so organized and interactive. A couple of highlights were the elephants. They were so close and adorable so you could stand right next to them and watch. Plus you could go inside and see them in the barn too.

Another highlight was the bird show. There were not a ton of people there, but you got to meet the coolest birds. Einstein has been on America’s Got Talent and is legitimately the smartest bird I’ve ever seen. They also featured a crane, two macaws, a hawk, and a handful of other interesting birds. It was so cool.

Then finally, Knoxville has some awesome festivals. When we asked the locals about their favorite things to do in Knoxville, they almost all said some kind of festival. We weren’t there for one this weekend, but there are so many I would love to go back for.

Highlight video:

Whew. If you made it this far, good for you! Thanks for sticking with me. I have put together this highlight video featuring some of the things I mentioned here. Check it out!

Have you ever been to Knoxville? What is your favorite part?

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Comments

  1. Trish says

    September 14, 2018 at 11:10 am

    Oh how fun! I am in the south and have never been to Knoxville. I really want to visit, though, after reading this post. I adore crepes and the creperie sounds amazing! Also, that farmer’s market looks like so much fun.

  2. Mistle says

    September 14, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    I’ve never been to Knoxville but have heard that it’s a blast! I am all about where to eat when I visit places! That farmers market looks like a great place to do some shopping!

  3. Patricia Conte says

    September 14, 2018 at 10:53 pm

    Lots to do! I’ve never been, and love learning about new places and things to do!

  4. Summer @ Coffee With Summer says

    September 14, 2018 at 10:58 pm

    I love a good farmer’s market, especially in new cities. I’ve got to get there!

  5. Lily Ayala says

    September 14, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    Looks like a fun place to visit, for sure! Adding it to my list.

  6. XO Kerry says

    September 16, 2018 at 12:10 am

    I’ve always wanted to visit Tennessee. It looks so fun! I’m with you on the food! It’s definitely the most important part of travel!

  7. fairyprincessjord says

    September 17, 2018 at 1:22 am

    I’ve never been to Knoxville (or Tennessee) for that matter but one of my close friends went to grad school there and loved Knoxville!

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To make these:
-slice mini croissants down the middle but leave the back connected.
-fill with chicken salad.
-attach a toothpick to the back of edible eyeballs with cookie icing and allow it to dry.
-insert the toothpicks into the croissants to create eyes!

Save this for later when you need a dish or appetizer to bring to summer parties! 

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It's also the perfect dish to make if your kitchen is under construction like mine was for this video. It's a cold dish so nothing to heat up. 

First, mix together two cans of drained whole-kernel corn, two cups of mexican blend cheese, one cup of light mayo, diced red pepper, pepper and a bit of cilantro in a bowl. Then, add crushed Chili Cheese Fritos and mix well. Serve and enjoy! 

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Allow the icing to harden, serve and enjoy!

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