I am going to make this delicious treat tonight :)

http://iceleephotography.blogspot.com/2011/08/avocado-ranch-and-baked-potato-chips.html

Raspberry Pie

Ingredients:

1 cup cold water

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp corn starch

2 cups raspberries

1 small package of raspberry jello

1 pie crust

Whisk together water, sugar & corn starch. Heat over medium heat until clear and thick. Once the mixture is thick, add the jello.

Bake the pie shell

Wash & rinse the raspberries

Once the jello mixture is cool, add the raspberries. Once the crust is cool, add the raspberry mixture to the crust and let cool in the fridge for 2 hours.

ENJOY!

*This recipe was given to me by Kira Dykema*

This weekend has been great! The weather is UN-believable! High 80s with a warm breeze? Yes please! And today was productive for me as well; I made 8 dinners and froze them for future use. Good golly I was a happy camper to have all that out of the way. I love finding new recipes, so if you have a good one, post it! It's so nice to come home from a long day and Matt has dinner ready for me. And usually if he is in charge of preparing dinner, we eat Mac N Cheese :) But now, we can have an awesome dinner without all the prep work.

Matt is on spring break this week...yay! He works so hard all the time, so he deserves a nice break :)






Tell me this is not the cutest face you have ever seen!

Debbie's Salsa

My mom made THE BEST salsa I have ever had the other day! Here's the recipe...

6 fresh tomatoes (seeded and diced)
1 onion diced
2 jalapenos seeded and chopped
1/4 c . fresh cilantro chopped
2tsp ground cumin
4 cloves garlic minced
1 yellow and 1 red pepper chopped
salt to taste, pepper to taste
juice from 2 limes
mix in large bowl

Of course I never follow recipes exactly, so feel free to stray and do your own thing with this awesome recipe. Happy cooking!

I am always on the look out for new recipes...and I think I struck gold tonight! I found a new website...http://www.momsbudget.com/...and it is a total WIN! A few weeks ago I made lasagna and froze a few so now we have homemade lasagna without the hassle and cleanup. I think I am addicted to the awesomeness that comes with NO CLEANUP! I am now searching for more recipes that I can freeze. While menu planning tonight, I found a yummy enchilada recipe and I'm going to make 3 or 4 and freeze them (so we can eat 1/week). Then I stumbled across the mecca of all recipe sites...http://www.momsbudget.com/! If you are obsessed with menu planning (or life planning!) like me, you'll love it!

Matt & I on Jax Beach this past December. This is where we got engaged almost 6 years ago!

I love cooking. But I don't love cooking every single night of the week. So yesterday, I made 4 lasagnas and put 3 in the freezer and ate one tonight. Food score! I got some disposable loaf pans with lids from Fry's and used this recipe...

1lb. hamburg
2 jars of spaghetti sauce
2 pkgs of cream cheese
1 pkg ricotta cheese
1 pkg shredded mozzarella cheese
1 pkg lasagna noodles
1 onion
2 eggs
4 crackers
Seasonings

Mix 2 eggs with raw hamburg in a bowl. Mix mixture with smashed crackers and add seasonings.

Brown hamburg mix and onion. Move hamburg mix to a large saucepan and add spaghetti and bring to a boil.

Layers:
Sauce, noodles, ricotta cheese, sauce, cream cheese & mozzarella (repeat if you have room)

Bake covered with foil for 50 minutes @ 35o degrees. Uncover and cook for another 20 minutes.

The loaf pans I use are perfect for 2-4 people. They are just the right size to fit everything in nicely. Now we will have 3 more home cooked meals without all the chaos of a messy kitchen. I plan on doing this a few times a month with other dishes so are lives will get a little simpler :)

If you have any recipes you'd like to share, please do!