Our Museum Trip

Here is some pictures of our day trip to the Berman Museum in Anniston Alabama. The kids really liked this museum. They loved the Knights in Shining Armour and the Kings hat. Ty liked all of the old guns in the last picture. It was a great way to spend a hot summer afternoon!

Cooking Light Recipe

Well, with the kids back in school it is time to get our house organized and decluttered. I have sooo many cookbooks that I need to go through. I always say I am going to make a new recipe a week. It's high time I got the cookbooks out and make the recipes instead of just enjoying the pictures.

We made a new recipe from Cooking Light 5 Ingredient 15 Minute Cookbook.

The name is Deep Dish Pizza Casserole.

It calls for
1 pound of ground round
1 (15 ounce ) can chunky Italian-style tomato sauce
Cooking spray
1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust dough
6 (1- ounce) skices part-skim mozzarella cheese, devided

Cook meat in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, stirring until it crumbles. Drain, if necessaary and return to skillet. Add tomato sauce, and cook until heated.

While meat cooks, coat a 13 by 9 by 2 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Unroll pizza crust dough, and press into bottom and halfway up sides of baking dish. Line bottom of pizza crust with 3 slices of mozzarella cheese. Top with meat mixture.

Bake, uncovered, at 425 for 12 minutes. Top with remaining 3 cheese slices, and bake 5 additional minutes or until crust is browned and cheese melts. Cool 5 minutes before serving.
Yeild: 6 servings

The kids loved the recipe, it is a keeper. I hope you enjoy it also.

Blogs in Italy and France

I've been pretty busy with summer and trying to get the house uncluttered. I have no idea what this blog is for, still trying to figure it out.

I was playing on the computer this morning and came up with these websites. I haven't flown in 18 years and it does not look like I will be traveling anytime soon. So I've looked for blogs in countries I would like to go to. Italy and France. Just dreaming. Did you know you can put in blogs from France or blogs from Italy in the search engine???

Click on this link, it is a guy in France. So funny and dare I say he is cute?

http://season2.bonjour-america.com/archives/002.html


And here is a blog called Ms. Adventures in Italy.

http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/

Enjoy!!

Warning- by Jenny Joseph

Warning
When I am an old woman,
I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go,
and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy
and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other peoples’ gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats
and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked
and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
— Jenny Joseph

A few of my favorite things

Just a post of a few of my favorite things. At this house we are obsessed with Twilight. Dr. Carlisle Cullen is my favorite character.

I have always loved pictures of Austria. If I could go anywhere in the world that is where I would want to go. Aren't these pictures beautiful?



And of course my favorite dessert is Boston Creme Pie. Aren't I making you hungry?

Another church gathering recipe.

Here is another great church recipe. Today the church had a Easter Egg Hunt and some nice ladies brought some goodies. Of course we had to check out the goodies.

This recipe is Cream Cheese bars. I found the recipe on Cooks.com. I asked the lady for the recipe and she told me but of course I did not have a pen. So right after I got home I found this recipe!! YAY!! They are delicious. Try them.

CREAM CHEESE BARS
1 box yellow cake mix 1 egg 1/2 stick of butter 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 3 eggs, beaten 1 box confectioners' sugar, sifted Mix first 3 ingredients and press in 9 x 13 inch greased pan. Mix remaining ingredients with an electric mixer until well blended; pour over crust in pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. Let stand until cold. (May fall in the middle.) Cut into small bars.

I am loving Church Dinners

Last night we had dinner at our church and the kids ate sooo good. They served thin chicken breasts breaded and baked, corn, baked beans, yeast rolls and Eclair Cake.
The cake was sooo yummy and sounded easy to make. Here is the recipe that I found online for it. The reviews say it is better to heat the icing in the microwave a few seconds and to let the dessert sit overnight in fridge.
THe beans tasted just like Big John Beans. I will have to ask for the recipe for that.
Enjoy. Yum Yum!!!

Eclair Cake

SUBMITTED BY: Cathy Gordon PHOTO BY: UDSTUDENT

"This is a very quick and simple no bake dessert cake. It uses graham crackers and a pudding mixture. It tastes just like an eclair, but there is enough for a crowd!! It is a great recipe for children who are learning to cook, there is no baking involved or any power kitchen tools. Just a bowl and a spoon!"

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PREP TIME	25 Min
READY IN	4 Hrs 25 Min
Original recipe yield 1 - 13x9 inch pan

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

• 2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 3 cups milk
• 1 (16 ounce) package graham cracker squares
• 1 (16 ounce) package prepared chocolate frosting

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DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, thoroughly blend the pudding mix, whipped topping, and milk.
2. Arrange a single layer of graham cracker squares in the bottom of a 13x9 inch baking pan. Evenly spread half of the pudding mixture over the crackers. Top with another layer of crackers and the remaining pudding mixture. Top with a final layer of graham crackers.
3. Spread the frosting over the whole cake up to the edges of the pan. Cover, and chill at least 4 hours before serving.

FOOTNOTE

The frosting will be easier to spread if the cake is covered and chilled for about 30 minutes before spreading.