It’s Halloween time! It is one of our favorite Holidays. We have been known to decorate more for Halloween than any other holiday! BUT…we don’t necessarily like all of the candy hanging around, so I will sometimes make this bark and send it to anyone willing to eat more candy or bring it to work and let all my high school kiddo’s have some! If you have some candy and want to change it up, you can make this bark or make this ahead of your party and leave it out for guests to enjoy. You can use any candy you want, just chop up into smaller pieces but don’t forget to add the pretzels as that is where you get the salty for that sweet and salty flavor!
INGREDIENTS
1 bag of Ghirardelli white melting chips
Small pretzel sticks, broken
Reese’s Pieces (I used the mini size)
Chocolate chips
Candy corn
DIRECTIONS
Spray a baking sheet with non stick spray and set aside. Melt your baking chips in a glass bowl in the microwave for about two minutes stirring every thirty seconds until melted and smooth. Take out of microwave and spread the chocolate on your prepared pan but not spreading too thin. Add your pretzels and candy as much or as little as you like. Place in the refrigerator until cool and the chocolate is hardened. Remove from fridge and break into pieces. Ready to serve. I keep any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Enjoy,
This was really easy and really good! Robby had seconds before Jim and I could even finish our first plate! I love a teenager with a full belly! I know Amanda would like this recipe, but with her living an hour away on her own and working hard in college, she was not able to try this with us. But, this is one that she could easily make on her own!
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces bow tie pasta
1 (14 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, drained
1 pound HOT (or regular) Jimmy Dean sausage
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
DIRECTIONS
Cook pasta according to package directions ( I usually take my pasta out one minute sooner than directions call for ). Brown and crumble sausage in a large pan over medium high heat until sausage is cooked through. Drain excess fat from sausage if needed. Add drained tomatoes, oregano, garlic,and salt stirring well. Add cream and bring to a low boil. Reduce heat to medium and stir occasionally for about 10 minutes until sauce is reduced and thickened. Remove skillet from heat and add cooked pasta and cheese, stir well and let the cheese melt. Top with additional cheese if desired. Serve warm with a side salad and dinner is done!
Enjoy,
Recipe is from www.southyourmouth.com
Are you ever in the mood for a batch of brownies but don’t have brownie mix and don’t have the time to make them from scratch? Well if you have a box of cake mix this is your answer. These brownies had a lot of taste testers and were liked by ALL of them. Robby enjoyed them the most even asking for them the next day after they were LONNNNGGG GONE! He ate his brownie with ice cream and caramel sauce! There is nothing better than a warm brownie with ice cream so I would suggest following Robby’s lead!
INGREDIENTS
1 box of devil’s food cake
1 bag of peanut butter chips
2 eggs
5 Tablespoons melted butter
2 Tablespoons milk (I used 1%)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter and milk, stir until well combined and add the peanut butter chips stirring again until the chips are throughout the batter. The batter will be very thick. Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool and cut into squares.
Enjoy,
Slightly adapted from www.plainchicken.com
This weekend was our local Apple Harvest day. The day is filled full of events for kids, adults and family activities. I was originally going to write a post about all the various activities and everything offered at this event, but I can’t get past the amazing products that I tasted at a tent set up by Warrick Dowsett, who is a Australian born luxury yacht chef who has traveled the world! He is taking all of his creativity and travel experience and bottling it in the most amazing condiments I have ever tasted! All of the products are 100 % handmade in Vermont! I had a wonderful conversation with him about his products and he was telling me that he was just at a national convention where his Triple Ale Onion just received the highest award available! Needless to say I bought 4 jars!
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Thanks Wozz!
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