Thanksgiving in a Pan Recipe

The time is approaching what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers. This is one of our favorites:
















Ingredients
• 1 package (6 ounces) stuffing mix
• 2-1/2 cups cubed cooked turkey
• 2 cups frozen cut green beans, thawed
• 1 jar (12 ounces) turkey gravy
• Pepper to taste
Directions
• Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Transfer to a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Top with turkey, beans, gravy and pepper. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 6 servings.

A Buggy Treat

To Make:
Take a Nutter Butter cookie cut in half
Spread one side with frosting
Lay 3 stick prestzels across
Break 1 pretzel stick in half and make a V at the top
Top with other half of cookie
Take M&M's and make eyes and dots aattaching with frosting

The results smiling faces!!!!

A NEW FAVORITE

One of my new favorite things is to replace one of my old favorite things which is cream cheese..I love it but it is not so good for you. My new option is only 35 calories a wedge and oh so flavorful....

LAUGHING COW GARLIC AND HERB WEDGES!!!

PIRATE COOKING CLASS

David or should I say Scallywag David took a Pirate Cooking Class this past weekend and here are some pictures of his creations:

Buried Treasure Cakes


Medallion Cookies


They also learned how to make Pirate Punch and how to throw a pizza dough in the air!

I wish I would have had time to stay a bit and take pictures of him with Chef Patrick and the other boys actually cooking themselves into a pirately frenzy but the happiness on his face when I arrived to pick him told me how much fun he had!!!

I have a friend that posts some of the best quotes. The best ones however are her own thoughts. Thanks Michele for consitant reminders of your goodness and our own.

I absolutely love her most recent post:


It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of you it is what you think of yourself!! When you know your heart is true and you have the best of intention then you can have peace within yourself!! :) I believe in who I am and what I am becoming!! Each day brings growth and each obstacle brings enlightenment!

BROWN BAG MICROWAVE POPCORN

1/4 c. unpopped popcorn kernels
1 brown paper lunch bag
Tape

Seasonings like melted butter, kosher salt, seasoning salt, Creole or Cajun seasoning, bacon salt, or Garlic Bread Seasoning

Place unpopped popcorn in the brown paper lunch bag. Fold the bag over twice, tape it shut, and gently push the air out. Pop for 2 1/2-3 minutes or until there are 1-2 seconds between pops. Remove the bag from the microwave and shake gently before carefully opening the bag. Season as desired.

APPLE SLICES

To make these you cut an apple in slices from the top down and then cut out the core with mini cookie cutters. Then to keep them from browning I have them take a swim in a bowl of pineapple juice.


I make these all year with different shaped mini cookie cutters.

MONSTER VEGGIE TRAY

This was so fun to do with my teenager.

To make the veggie monsters you need to:

1. Deseed a green pepper and put a small mouth slit near the bottom

2. You peel a carrot and then make a long peel for the tongue

3. Slice a cucumber with the peel on

4. Cut some large broccoli florets

5. Cut 2 toothpicks in half

Now to assemble it you need to:

1. From the inside of the pepper poke the toothpicks through where the eyes should be and them add a cucumber slice to both and a grape tomato to both.

2. Add Broccoli to the top for the hair

3. Add peppers to a platter surround with vegetables.

4. Insert carrot tongue into slit and place over vegetables.

The kids really got a kick out of these 2 guys!!!!

Witches Fingers

Cut a cheese stick in half

Dice green peppers

Add peppers to ends of cheese sticks with a dab of cream cheese


So easy to make unless you are making over 75 of them!!!!

PUMPKIN "carving"

"PUMPKIN" dinner

My teen and I set out to surprise the little ones with this oh so cute dinner....






You take orange peppers and cut the stem out like you do with a pumpkin and then deseed. Carve jack o lantern faces into the peppers and fill with your favorite pasta filling. We made spaghetti sauce and then stirred in angel hair pasta for the filling in these little guys. YUM YUM!!!

Fall Preschool Idea

Click HERE to see the fun fall idea!!!

2 Halloween Games in 1

Need to Make Cans:
recycled cans(I have the can opener that doesn't leave sharp edges-I highly recommend getting one)
Different patterns of orange scrapbook paper
Halloween stickers
Glue

How to Make Cans:
Cut paper to fit can
Glue paper to can using glue stick
Add Stickers

Game One:
Stack cans as shown above and throw bean bags at them to knock them down or you can roll a pumpkin at them.

Game Two:
Cluster cans together and try to throw black and orange pom poms in them or black and white beans.

Halloween Game and Craft

To Make:
First cut a 12x12 piece of scrap book paper in four making 6x6 pieces of paper and add a pumpkin die cut to the center with a glue dot(see picture below). Then you program a six sided die with the words or pictures of nose, right eye, left eye, mouth, sticker, and sticker.

Needed to Play:
game card you made from above
die you made
black markers or crayons
Halloween stickers

The Rules:
You pass the die around and roll and you add the item rolled with a black marker or add stickers if you roll the word sticker. First one done converting their pumpkin into a jack o lantern wins.

Pumpkin Farm

(Not too bad of a picture considering I only had enough battery left in my camera for this one shot)

This marks the 17th year we have been going to this pumpkin patch. The kids always have such a fun time there and as always we followed the trip by going to get the best nachos EVER!!!