Mmm...fresh goodness

Homemade Fruit Rollups

Go HERE

I think I may try this...

Mmm mmm good!

I was thinking about old dinners we used to have when I was younger and one that comes to mind is Stuffed Green Peppers. Oh, I cannot tell you how much I love these! They are SO good! We'll have to make these sometime soon...I think we have had this conversation and R doesn't like the pepper part, but he'll eat the middle...I think I have a dinner idea for next week!

Another one is stuffed shells...oh those are so easy and so good!

That's all for this post...can you tell I'm bored at work parusing the internet for some tasty food?! I'm on an 'eating better kick'...well trying to be. So far so good. I just eat way too many sweets and too much junk food...I'm just trying to kick the habit! Wish me luck...

Weekend round~up

I have had a relaxing yet busy/tiring weekend. It was mostly Saturday, but it was really a great day. I ended up watching Ava for the day. I picked her up bright and early and we headed back to our place. Ryan had to work, so it was just the girls for the day.

It was Ava's birthday this past Thursday, she is a big 6 year old now! I can't believe how fast she is growing and how smart she is, her personality is just hilarious! Ava opened some presents from me and Uncle Ryan.

She got a cool High School Musical shirt (she is in love with all those things; HSM, Hannah Montana, Jonas Bros, Camp Rock, I could go on and on...) that Uncle Ryan picked out for her. It came with a cute little guitar radio with headphones.

...and she got a cute little sun dress (which I obviously picked out!).

...and she got a Disney Radio cd/dvd. My mom had gotten her a cd walkman (or isn't it discman? Technology schmecmology!) since she loves listening to music...you know it's cool to Ava, but it great to everyone else who doesn't always want to listen to Miley over and over again...everyone wins in this situation! Anyways, Ava was listening to it in the car and singing and, bless her heart, she was so funny! She has no tone, but it was so cute how she was singing along and then mumbling when she didn't necesarily know that words. Too cute!

After that we decided to make some different cupcakes that I had seen on Kelly's Korner. See the end of this post for the outcome/directions (they're good!). Of course, I had to let Ava lick the rest of the bowl, that was the best part when you were little, at least it was for muah.

Then we Ava went swimming for about an hour. It has been so nice this weekend and kind of chilly (well, compared to the last couple of weeks) so I wasn't planning on swimming, just dipping my legs in the water. We came back home, ate some lunch and then I decided to thuroughly clean the entire apartment. After that Ava, Mason and I met Stacey, Colin and Bella (the dog) at the dog park and went for a walk there. That was so much fun too! Ava found a caterpillar just towards the end and decided to take it him. She also named him Caddy... We then went over to my mom's and I did her hair. I was so tired by the time I got home, I decided to lay on the couch the rest of the night. R was gone and I just used the time to catch up on some unwatched shows and I also watched Definitely, Maybe. It was cute!

Mason was SO tired by the time we got home too! He slept all night and didn't even really make a peep!

AND NOW...Cookie Suprise Cupcakes!!!

You pretty much pick whichever kind of cake mix you'd like and make it according to the package.

Distribute your cake mix into the muffin pans so they are half full.

Stick chocolate chip cookie dough (or any kind for that matter) down in the center of the cupcake batter. I bought the premade squares of dough. Bake for 18-20 minutes (I had to do about 22 to make sure the cookie was at least near done).

And voila! This is what you have!

Frost the tops with your favorite icing! I decided to put my icing in a plastic bag and pipe it on. Ava and I tasted one and they are SO good, very chocolatey, but SO good!

I had a nice relaxing day today that included painting my nails and watching various Lifetime movies! It's been a great weekend, I'm so sad that it is almost over! :-(

I hope you all had a great weekend too!

Some good looking recipes

This is mostly for my own good, but I suppose you all can benefit from it too! Have you ever been to Pimp My Dinner (it's a blog)? Well if not, you should visit! I have been browsing through saving recipes that I can print and bring home - you know possibilities for dinners. I always do this and then stash the paper recipe in a drawer, never to be taken out again.

So, instead of wasting paper, I'm going to link to the ones that I like and want to try out. All for my own future knowledge (and saving of the trees! ha!). Feel free to click on the named recipe below. It'll bring you right to the page.

Taco Soup
Classic Chicken Salad
Steak Marinade - 'cause we've been looking for a good one
Corn Salsa
Lovely Creamy Chicken Soup
Big Batch Vegetable Soup
Sticky Caramel Corn - mmm...homemade caramel corn?!
Carrot Stew - as the recipe states: sounds gross, looks gross but tastes great, it's worth a shot!
You-have-all-the-ingredients-truffles
Hummus
Chicken Fajitas - even better...in the crockpot...yay!

*another cool thing I learned from this blog (yet never remember to use) is, when you are cutting brownies, use a plastic knife and the brownies will NEVER stick to the knife! Pretty neat, huh?!

Stuck in a dinner rut

We are as you can see...stuck in a dinner rut. It's horrible! We can't seem to come up with anything out of the norm and if we do, it takes too long or one of use doesn't like it.

It's really bad...we have the same thing every week. I don't know what to do!






Any suggestions? We're all about quick and easy meals...considering I don't get off of work until 7:00pm. Please feel free to leave me comments!

Happy Monday

I'd like to start out by saying...the sun is shining and it is so pleasant outside! I wish ever day were like today.

Well, we had a great weekend. My Saturday felt like it was so busy! I started the day off picking Ava up at 8:00am. We went to the hotel and swapped cars with my Mister and then went back home. Per Ava's request, I straightened her hair. She was such a doll while I was doing it. She would just stare at herself in the mirror and say stuff like, "Oh I look soooo goooood!!!!" with that shriekingly loud giddy girl kind of voice. After that, I took a shower, we ate lunch and then we went out to buy some Mother's Day gifts. Then, we were on our way to babysit, for little Collie Ollie! Which was so much fun, Ava just loved it too. Then we went out to dinner for Mother's Day (a day early, yes). After that I was pooped for the day! I went home and went grocery shopping for something to make the next day for breakfast. It was actually REALLY good! Here it is and if you want the recipe, click HERE.

I took some pics on Saturday, but they are on the computer at home...and well, I'm at work, so ya'll are just going to have to wait until later when I post the pics. Ava's hair looked too cute :-) and I got her to wear a headband with it which looked even cuter! Stay tuned, I will post the pics later or tomorrow morning!

Sunday, was another wonderful day. We got up early and went and had breafast at Ryan's brother/sil's house with his mom and step dad. Afterwards, Ryan and I went to the mall. I had to get my ring inspected and while we were there, I decided to try on some more wedding bands. I'm so confused. I tried this one on

Which was not the original one that I had liked, but they didn't have that one in. I like the double sided bands, but I feel like this one took away from my setting of my diamond on my engagement ring. So we'll just have to see!

The rest of the day was just full of R&R!

Now...I just can't wait for 7:00pm to roll around so I get to go HOME!!!



I hope all of you MOTHERS out there had a fabulous MOTHERS DAY!!!

Mmm Mmm Goooood!

We got this wonderful Crockpot for a Christmas from my Uncle.
I LOVE IT!
I made a wonderful chicken din din for us last night!
I just want to use it ALL OF THE TIME!
Just thought I'd let ya'll know!




P.S. Any good recipes that you make in the
Crockpot? Please share....
pretty please?!