HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PIE RECIPE.

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PIE RECIPE.

3 Tbsp. cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 frozen deep dish pie crust

1/2 stick margarine

3 egg yolks

3 Tbsp. self rising flour

1 cup of water

1 cup of sugar

Pinch of salt

16 oz. can evaporated milk

Mix cocoa, sugar and flour. Add egg yolks; then add milk and water.

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly. Add margarine while cooking. Pour into baked deep dish pie shell. Let chill until cold.

Meringue:

3 egg whites until stiff, add 1/4tsp. Cream of tartar while beating egg whites. When stiff, add 6 Tbsp. sugar, and 1 tsp. vanilla.

Beat again and put on pie.

Brown top in 350 degree oven.

Penne with Sausage & kale

Penne with Sausage & Kale

(what we call Mothers Day Pasta)

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

3/4 lb. Kielbasa Sausage, cut into 3/4 chunks

1 lb Penne Pasta

1 lb kale

1 12 oz jar roasted red peppers, drained & cut into strips

2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped

1/2 cup shredded Parmesan Cheese

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a deep skillet over medium heat:

Add sausage. Cook until brown and halfway cooked through (about 7 minutes at this point)

Add Pasta to boiling water stir a few times and cook according to package directions.

Add Kale to Sausage cover skillet & cook 2 minutes (tossing once or twice)or until Kale is wilted.

Stir in Peppers & Garlic:

Cook 7 minutes longer or until Sausage is thoroughly cooked.

Drain Pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of cooking water. 

Return pasta to pot and add Sausage mixture & reserved water and toss.

Divide into Six plates and sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese.

Serve Immediately.

Makes 6 Servings.

This is one of our favourite meals to have.

Enjoy!

One Dish Dinner

ONE DISH DINNER

2 lbs. Ground Beef

1 Medium Onion, Chopped

1 Tsp. Salt

2 Cups Green Beans

2 Cups  Whole Kernel Corn

6 Medium Potatoes Cooked & Creamed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Peel and dice the Potatoes.

Boil & mash Potatoes.

Brown Ground Beef & Onion.

Add salt, green beans & corn. 

Place them all in a baking dish.

Add Creamed Potatoes on top of all the other ingredients.

Bake at 350 degrees until brown.

See my friends its simple to serve your family a hot meal at home and it doesn't have to be complicated at all.

You can serve this with a side salad.

 ENJOY!

Learn to cook

Basic Recipes for your family.

Start your process by inventoring what you have on hand at home.

Now that you have an idea of what you have available use that knowledge to build your family a menu of weekly or even monthly meals, depending on how you shop.

Once you have the menus find recipes for what you have and get busy trying them.

See it really isn't that bad. Start with simple easy to follow recipes. 

It will keep you from getting over whelmed and you will see that you can provide wonderful meals for your family.

Not to mention save money in the process.

By keeping track of what you have on hand cooking will become a better process and not so hard of a task to do.

You can even get your kids and Grandkids involved in the kitchen by having them work on sides while you cook. 

Ask (if you don't already know) what their favorite meal is then when that meal comes up have them in the kitchen helping. 

Our children today see restaurants more than they see us cook and that my friends is pretty sad.

Let me know some of your favorite meals and I will see if I can find you a recipe to try. Remember make it simple and make it as cheaply and delicious as possible.

ENJOY!

Things to help you have a clean home.

Things to do daily that will help

Starting our year

Make your bed: When you have a made bed it makes you feel like your space is cleaner and more relaxing to come home to.

Clean as you cook: Cleaning as you cook makes it easier to do. Rather you are doing it by hand or loading your dishwasher so it can be run before bed. Unload it first thing in the morning or while you are cooking so that it is always ready to use.

Wipe down your bathroom: Wiping down your bathroom after taking a bath will help with grime build up making it easier to keep clean.

Wiping kitchen counters: Wiping your counter tops down helps you to straighten the area and keep it tidy as you go. Keeping clutter from building on counter tops will also make it easier to keep clean.

Make yourself a DONATE bin/box: As you come across something you don't like or use add it to you bin to donate. When its full get rid of it. There isn't any need in keeping something you haven't or won't use.

Take your trash out: Not letting your trash over flow is part of making your kitchen look cleaner and eliminates having over flowing trash.

Laundry: Wash a small load of laundry (if you can) daily. When its Dried fold it while watching T.V. 

Just doing little things daily helps while you are trying to organize and declutter your house. Don't let it over whelm you. Just little steps and in no time you will start to see a difference in your home and the way it looks.

Together we can all do this and enjoy the things we love to do and have a cleaner home.

Clean & Organize

Clean & Organize

Its a new year so lets get organized and live a happier life.
Start with one room and with a four piles:
Keep, Donate, Trash & Sale.
When you start start small that way you won't get over whelmed. 
You don't have to spend a fortune to organize your home. 
You can find container or baskets at yard sales, dollar trees or discount stores for cheap prices.

If you start your days by cleaning off clutter from counters and tables it will help with the appearance of a cleaner room. 
When picking up clutter take a basket with you and place items in there so as you walk through your home you can place them where they belong.
Most people start to get over whelmed when starting to organize their homes but it won't over whelm you if you start small.
Make yourself a short cleaning list of things that need doing daily: dishes, wiping counters & making your bed.
Then assign a day to do mopping,  sweeping & vacuuming. 

Set aside a day for laundry, cleaning carpets then do it only on those days. Make sure to wash, dry & fold so that it is all done.
When you organize one area at a time it will take time but it will eventually be done and you will have the home that you desire. 

Remember not everything has to be done in one day and you can do this. 
I have started this myself.
Happy New Year lets get organized together.

New Gadgets to learn

Gadgets for Christmas

Hello friends I want to share with you that coming in the New Year I will be trying out my new gadgets for my kitchen.

I received a Air Fryer & Instant Pot.

This are going to be interesting to use since I have never even seen anyone use them.

 My daughter who lives far away loves hers.

I can't wait to get started and give you my reviews and hopefully share a few recipes for them with you.

Now I want you to know that I love my slow cooker but the Instant pot is suppose to cut my cooking time so we will see how this goes.

The Air fryer is suppose to eliminate having to fry in oil. 

I am southern so you can guess I love fried food but it isn't really healthy to eat.

I am hoping that this machine will help with that.

I hope you have all had a joyful Holiday season. 

See you soon.

Hello My Friends

Hello, my friends. 

As we all get ready for our big holiday gathering I wanted to take the time to say simply 

Thank You.

 Thank You for joining me this year as I started this new journey.
Thank you for letting me into your lives with cooking and crafts.

Thank you for being encouraging in this endeavour.

Our lives have taken so many new and exciting turns this year and I am glad that through this journey I have met and got to know so many wonderful people. 

I have been so busy that it is unreal and it is all thanks to you. 

May each of your lives be exciting and blessed and may all your dreams come true.

I have some great things planned for my Blog and I am so excited to be able to share them with you all.

I am working very hard to bring you the easiest of recipes, the creative and inspiring of crafts and some personal stories in the New Year.

I hope that you will continue to follow and share my pages and together we get to know more about each other.

May you be Blessed this holiday season and throughout the New Year.

Enjoy your Family and Friends.

Forever Hugs!

Fruit Salad

I wanted to share this with you guys because it is something that we enjoy to eat. 

When you are full of all the holiday food this will come in handy even your kids will eat it. 

I cant recall where I found this but I do hope you all ENJOY!

Fruit Salad

Ingredients

16 ounces plain yogurt

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

6  Red Delicious Apples cut into slices

3 Green Apples cut into slices

1 1/2 cup green grape

Directions

Combine yogurt, nutmeg, sugar and vanilla, mixing well.

Pour over prepared fruit, tossing to cover the apples and grapes.

Chill.

Apple Dumplings

APPLE DUMPLINGS

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup water

1 stick butter

1 can Crescent Rolls

Apples

Cinnamon (optional)

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter and mix with sugar and water. 

Cut apples into 8 quarters.

Wrap each quarter with a crescent roll.

Put into baking dish and pour mixture over apples.

Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Sprinkle with cinnamon if desired.

ENJOY!

Fudge

FUDGE

1 2/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoons butter

2/3 can of evaporated milk

1/2 cup pecans

2 cups miniature marshmallows

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

1 tsp vanilla

Combine sugar, butter and milk in saucepan bring to boil stirring constantly for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Add remaining ingredients.

Beat until cools slightly and starts to get hard.

Pour into buttered pan.

ENJOY!

Easy Peach Cobbler

EASY PEACH COBBLER

2 cans sliced peaches (in heavy syrup)

1 box butter flavored Cake mix

1/2 cup butter (melted)

Pre heat oven to 400 degrees.

Pour peaches into 9x13 baking pan.

Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over peaches.

Drizzle melted butter over the top.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

ENJOY!

Easy No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Easy No Bake Pumpkin Pie

1 graham cracker crust

2 sm pkg instant vanilla pudding mix 

1 &1/4 c. milk

1 c. plain canned pumpkin (not pie mix)

2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice 

1 8 oz. carton Cool Whip, thawed

Beat instant pudding and milk; will be very thick.

Beat in pumpkin and spice. 

Fold in 1/2 carton Cool Whip and stir until well combined. 

Pour into pie crust.

Spread remaining Cool Whip over top. 

Chill several hours before serving.

ENJOY!