Rocky Mountain Oatmeal

Last month, I went to a great breakfast place with my family. Something that caught my eye on the menu was quinoa cooked in coconut milk, with fresh fruit. Um, yum!

Naturally, I HAD to recreate it at home and dub it Rocky Mountain Oatmeal, even though it’s not oatmeal…

Ingredients, makes 2 servings:
-1/2 cup Quinoa
-1 cup Coconut Milk
-Sugar to taste (omit if using sweetened coconut milk)
-Fruit (fresh is preferred, but dried works too)

1. Rinse the quinoa according to the directions. Rinse it good, because it takes away the bitterness!

2. Bring the coconut milk and quinoa to a boil in a medium saucepan. Lower heat, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is cooked like normal (about 10-15 min)

3. Remove from heat, spoon into two bowls, and add sugar and fruit. Enjoy!

And that’s it! Seriously! A delicious breakfast recipe that’s easy and healthy! Yay!

Do you guys have any suggestions?

The Liebster Award

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Hello! Today I am delighted to say that I’ve been nominated for the Liebster Award by Sophia over at Someplace in the Midst and Sophie from iDesigns by Sophie! Thank you so much!

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What is the Liebster Award?
I had to look it up, and it turns out the Liebster Award is somewhat like those annoying chain/forward emails you got when you were in middle school, but without the annoying part! It’s actually really cool, because bloggers nominate other bloggers (who have less than 200 followers) as kind of a “welcome-to-the-blogosphere-you’re-really-cool” gift! You ask questions for your nominees to answer, and they just pass it on!

Because two people nominated me, I’ll just answer 5 questions from each person 🙂

1. (Sophia) Favorite YouTuber? Umm honestly I don’t really get on YouTube as much as expected I guess…When I’m on YouTube I like vlogbrothers I suppose.

2. (Sophia) Favorite celebrity? I’m also not that into pop culture, oops. But Jennifer Lawrence is always cool. Always.

3. (Sophia) Favorite Disney princess? Ha! See now, this is a question I can answer!!! Maybe Merida because she’s super awesome and independent and is amazing with her bow. 🙂

4. (Sophia) Favorite vacation? Honestly, I love visiting my grandma. Okay, so it’s not a huge vacation, being just three hours away, but it’s always fun! 🙂

5. (Sophia) Last movie watched? The Hunger Games- it was on last night!

6. (Sophie) Favorite book series? Oooooh, this is a hard one….I LOOOVEEEE Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, Maximum Ride, and most recently the Graceling world has been in my mind.

7. (Sophie) Favorite holiday? I truly love Christmas! I love love love making gifts for my whole family and all of my friends; there’s so much variety in the crafts I can make! I also love the baking (the lovely smells!), the music, the food, getting together with my family, and unity in celebrating my faith. It’s such a  great feeling 🙂

8. (Sophie) Favorite author? James Patterson is pretty great. So is JK Rowling, Rick Riordan, Suzanne Collins, and Michael Crichton. I know I know, I’m so decisive.

9. (Sophie) Career goals? At the moment, I want to become a biomedical engineer designing artificial hearts. But it changes every few months–last year, I wanted to be a hematologist.

10. (Sophie) Favorite DIY? Seriously, Soph?! DIYing is my life! XD Buutttt today I tried a label-removing solution that was like magic…ask me again tomorrow, it’ll change, I’m sure.

I nominate these wonderful blogs for the Liebster Award, and can I just say, I’m thrilled and honored to be a part of the wonderful blogging universe! (By the way, I’m friends with a lot of amazing blogger people who also deserve this award, but if I’ve seen you’ve already been nominated recently by Sophia or Sophie, I didn’t nominate you because I though you’d be kinda overwhelmed, but do know that I really love being friends with you all!!!!)

The Lolly Project
Pebbles + Peaches
Wispy & Willowy
Reckless
A Little Yarn Blossom
Eve of Womanhood

Here are my questions 🙂 Answer all, none, or however many you want! And to the magnificent people who are reading this post and didn’t get nominated, answer these questions in the comments! Or on your own blog (if you have one) and link back to this post so I can read them!

1. What do you fangirl over?
2. Three weird, random facts about you?
3. What are you most proud of?
4. What would be your dream place to live?
5. Favorite dessert?
6. What are you doing at this moment besides writing this post?
7. Do you have any pets?
8. What superpower do you want?
9. If you could meet anyone (past, present, or future; fictional or real), who would you want to meet?
10. Fruits or veggies?
11. What do you want your legacy to be? In other words, what do you want people to remember you by/for?

I love all you people, those who I mentioned and those I didn’t, thank you so much for stopping by and reading my blog. I truly appreciate it so much! And don’t forget to comment with your answers to the questions! 😀

Take a Look Around

If you’re reading this, yay! That probably means you read my post yesterday and you’ve come back for more! And good for you, because today you get a tour of the blog!

Let’s start with the most obvious: pages. Very straightforward, if you wanna learn more about me go to the About page, if you wanna get in touch and talk to me go to the Connect page, and last but not least, my personal favorite, the Fun Stuff page!

What’s “Fun Stuff” you may ask? I’ll put links to free printables and downloads, plus links to websites that I love to go to for inspiration and reference! Unless I say otherwise, all the printables are created by me, and the website links go to huge blogs or websites that I do not have any affiliation with- I just seriously love them! Right now, I have a blog planner available for download on the Fun Stuff page, available in two color options. This blog planner is mostly for DIY posts, but I’m currently working on a more flexible blog planner.

Now, let’s explore the sidebar. Obviously there’s the search bar, a little About Me snippet, social media buttons (email and Pinterest, haha!), follow button, subscribe button, and buttons for my friends! What’s the difference between following and subscribing? When you follow, you’ll receive an email from WordPress telling you that I’ve published a new post. When you subscribe, I’ll email you every month with the Summer Sky Newsletter, telling you about ultra-cool posts I’m planning, featuring new printables, and maybe even giving you access to secret posts!

Now that you’re familiar with the blog, go over to that little sidebar, Follow, and Subscribe!

Welcome!

Hi! Welcome to Summer Sky!

If you’ve been following my other blog for a while, thanks for checking out the new site! You’ll probably notice a bunch of new changes: the name, how I’ve expanded the post topics a little (a lot, yay!). But hopefully you are just as excited as I am about all these changes!

If you’re new here, welcome! Also thank you for checking out this blog in the first place! I’m Holly, a teen blogger who writes about DIYs, crafts, and more recently, just lifestyle! Feel free to explore the site, leave comments, and follow!

If you’re another blogger, I’d love to get feedback and talk with you! I know I’m a novice blogger, and I’m always open to suggestions, critiques, and ways to improve! Thanks!

Enjoy, guys!