Cheesy Potato Soup

This is my husband's favorite soup that I make and it is so simple to do!

Here is the recipe:

8 medium size potatoes - peeled and cubed

1/2 lb bag of baby carrots - cut up

1 carton of chicken broth

1 red onion  - chopped

Start the above ingredients cooking on medium heat.  Bring to a boil and let them cook until the potatoes and carrots are tender.  Remove from heat and use a potato masher to mash up while it is still in your pan.

Return to medium heat and add the following:

4 cups milk mixed with 1/4 flour

1 TBSP parsley flakes

1 lb bacon cooked crisp and broken up

1 16 oz pkg of velveeta - cubed

Salt and Pepper to taste.

Stir constantly until all ingredients are mixed in and soup starts to thicken.  Remove from heat and serve with warm rolls! 

DELICIOUS! 

S'more Brownie Bars

These things are DELICIOUS and so simple to make.  You need the following items:

Betty Crocker Frosted Brownie Mix, a bag of mini marshmallows, and a pkg of graham crackers crushed.

Make the brownies by following the directions on the box then stir in half of the crushed graham crackers and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.  Sprinkle 3 -4 cups of the marshmallows on the hot brownies and bake another 10 minutes or until the marshmallows are golden brown.  As soon as you take them out of the oven, sprinkle the remaining graham crackers on top.  Heat the frosting in a microwaveable safe dish for 20 - 30 seconds and then drizzle it over the top.  Let cool completely. 

This is what you end up with: 

SO DELICIOUS!!

Just a sidenote - I took these babies to a good friend that I Visiting Teach and they fought over the last one!  The mom told me she of course won the fight and ate it with a big glass of milk in the cover of darkness so she wouldn't have to share with anyone!

Cinnamon Bread

When I was in high school, a friend of mine's mom would make the most delicious cinnamon bread and send it on sport bus trips.  Since then I have tried and tried to make it like she used to.  I finally got the directions last fall from my friend Kinsey.  It is SO delicious and super easy to make.

doesn't it look delicious?

All you do is make your favorite bread recipe and after the dough has risen you flaten it out.  Then spread melted butter on, sprinkle with brown sugar, powdered sugar, and cinnamon.  Don't be stingy with the sprinkling either - you can't have enough of the gooiness that it creates.  Roll it up and press the seams together and then put it in the pan.  Let it rise again and then bake it as per your bread recipe instructions.

SOOO GOOD!!

My first recipe

I've never put a recipe of my own on here before but I made this soup the other night and it turned out so delicious - I thought I would share.

Vegetable Chicken Noodle Soup

1 whole chicken cooked and shredded

2 - 32 oz cartons of chicken broth

4 cups of water

1 lb baby carrots

4 celery stalks chopped up

1 small onion chopped

6 potatoes peeled and chopped

1 bag frozen broccoli

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can dark red kidney beans - drained and rinsed

2 Tbsp dried minced garlic

Salt

Pepper

Throw all of that into a big pot and bring to a boil.  Once it is boiling add a bag of extra wide egg noodles (I like to use the ones that look homemade) and simmer for 20 minutes.  That's it!

Neighbor Gifts

Peppermint Bark Popcorn

I made this yummy treat - so delicious and so so easy.  Then I took formula cans and washed them out, covered them in cute christmas scrapbook paper, made a label to put on the top, attached a card - and DONE!  They turned out really cute.  We went and delivered them last night with the boys - who thought it was a lot of fun.  I love when things turn out the way I picture them in my head.  I just hope all the people we took them to enjoy the popcorn as much as we do.

All packaged up and ready to go.