Post it Note Tuesday

Gooseberry Patch Pumpkin Cheeseball

My friends all talk about how much they LOVE Gooseberry Patch cookbooks so I decided to, "join the club"!! I love fall and everything about it so I decided to buy the Homemade Harvert cookbook!

One of the first recipes I made out of it was the Pumpkin Cheeseball! It was very yummy and simple!

Add a softened package of cream cheese and an 8 oz container of chive and onion cream cheese, softened, to a bowl and mix together.  

add the paprika and cayenne pepper and mix.

  add the cheese

The recipe made a lot so I split it in two.

wrap and place in the fridge.

Shape mixture and top with broccoli stalk. Serve with crackers! Yum!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Little Man turns 2!

 My Little Man turned 2 over the weekend and we had a RED tractor party!!! Let me just say that it's a little difficult to find 'red' tractor things! Green has invaded and consumed the market!!

But, we happen to be a RED tractor family so, we did our best to have a RED party!

My Little Man called the entire day his "Happy Day"! He was sing-songing 'happy day' throughout the day and it was "MY Happy Day" whenever he was asked about his BD!

He loved everything about his happy day - his cousins, the cake and ice cream, the red balloons, the presents and even his new red tractor jammies (thanks Aunt Jill!) It was a special day! If you've read some of my other posts, you know how much I just love my kid's BD's!!!!

So, here's to Little Man's Happy Day!!!!

Quiche Lorraine - Freeze-O-Rama Style!

You haven't lived until you have meet up with 11 of your closest blogging friends and made a recipe 12 times so everyone could take 1 home to freeze. It was a Freeze-O-Rama party!! To learn more check out the master mind behind the whole project Cris from Goodeness Gracious - Freeze-o-Rama blog post, linky and give-a-way!

If you are new to the blog my hunny is a picky eater. He likes "man food" aka meat and potatoes. A couple days before the party he asked me what I was planning on making and I told him a Quiche. He looked at me and siad, "What in the world is a quiche?!?! and why would anyone want to eat something called quiche..." SO around our house this receipe is refered to as breakfast casserole!! :) Oh, and he liked it!! score!

Amy and I were both really excited to take part. What can I say, we have busy lives and how cool is it to have that much food sitting in your freezer for the hecktic days where you don't feel like cooking! Amy made a great kid friendly dish, Pizza Casserole! It was very yummy!!

In my opinion you can't have quiche without two things bacon and cheese!! Our hog farmer friend Heather over at 3 Kids and Lots of Pigs said she would be happy to provide the bacon! Let me tell you it was good! I just couldn't cook 6 lbs of bacon and not sneak a couple pieces!! She sells her tasty products locally and at farmers markets! I can't wait to try her other products!

So, in case you are wondering how much stuff it takes to make 12 quiches....Yes, that is a gallon of half & half!!

Quiche Lorraine

Ingredients:

4 eggs

8 slices of bacon

1 cup of swiss cheese

1 cup half & half

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

  Cookin up the bacon!!

Measure out the bacon and cheese and place in pie shell, mix remaining ingredients and add to the pie shell.

My blogging buddy Amy helping me out!!

I added some green onions to make it look pretty!!

Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and bake 30 minutes.

 YUM!

"I o yike it."

 There is nothing better than the first sentences to EVER come out of a baby's mouth!!!

My little man is turning 2 this weekend and he is talking like crazy! He has been talking for quite a while but he is now stringing those words together into the CUTEST little sentences that I will probably ever hear him say! Especially when you put his little facial expressions with them!!!

So, here's some of what I hear all day:

"Air doe" = Where did it go

"Dadee comeen" = Is daddy coming

"Wuv oo too" = Love you too (my all time favorite!!!!)

"Mise dink" = My drink

"Mise soose" = My shoes

"Mise tup" = My cup

"Mise" = Mine (you get the idea!!!!)

"Ess pay" = Let's play

"Go ousside" = Let's go outside

"Hi mommy" = (Plain as day!!!)

"Pay heeball" = Let's play football (not sure where this comes from!)

"I wide" = I would like to take a ride

"Peas" = Please

"Tea too" = Thank you

"I o yike it" = I don't like it (his new favorite sentence!!!)

You just gotta love it!! So, here's to the sweet, sweet sounds of first sentences :)

Wordless Wednesday - Daddy's Home

Daddy made it home from China and look what he brought back for the kids!

Freezing with Friends

Where might one freeze with friends?
A. In the middle of January, walking to class on campus.
B. In a church kitchen.
C. In the walk-in cooler while serving as a camp counselor.
D. All of the above

Correct answer = D!!!!!

However, this blog is going to be about letter B!

That's right - over the weekend, I had the chance to freeze with friends in a church kitchen!!! We had a freeze-o-rama party! We cooked, talked, laughed and cooked some more and when the day came to an end, each person got to take home 12 home-cooked meals with them! What a great day!!!

So, I decided to make something SUPER simple. Easy to prep and certainly perfect for freezing! I made Pizza Casserole. This recipe was given to me at my wedding shower (over 11 years ago!) and I've found it to be a great choice now that I have kids! It's quick and easy to prep, the kids will eat it and every time I make it, I double the recipe to freeze one or share with a friend. It's only 5, yes FIVE ingredients!

Here's how to make it:

Brown 1 lb. ground beef and drain.

  

Boil 1 small pkg. of elbow macaroni and drain.

Mix macaroni, hamburger, 1 can pizza sauce, and 1 can cheddar cheese soup.

  

Pour in to two 8x8 casserole dishes and top with shreded mozzarella. Bake at 350 for 45 min. and/or freeze!

Items needed to prepare 12 dishes for the freeze-o-rama... 

Finished product!

So, if you are looking for something fun to do with friends - try freezing!!!! The funniest part of the day for me - when I finished all 12 dishes and cleaned up my work space - this is what I found...

OOPS!!!!!