HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

HALLOWEEN GHOST CHOCOLATE BARK: DIY HALLOWEEN CANDY

Here I am again...so soon...

but I am running kind of late with my Halloween posts

so you will get several of them all at once...

...this is one of the most clever ideas I have seen for Halloween candy

yet...so simple to make and I think the kids would love to help with it...

...these would be so pretty on plates at a Halloween party...enjoy!

...recipe here...

http://blommi.com/halloween-ghost-chocolate-bark-diy-halloween-candy/

CANDY FILLED BALLOON PUMPKINS

Halloween is oh so close now....

if you are still trying to decided what to give as treats to

just about anyone (other than babies and toddlers)...

here is a quick and really cute idea for you...

...some of you probably saw this on your Pinterest recently

as I did but I just thought it was so cute that I wanted to put

it on here for anyone who has not seen it or saw it and forgot to save it...

...it does work best if you have someone to help you that can hold

the balloon open while you put the candy inside...

so fun! ....I would have loved getting one of these when I was

a kid (and even now) too!

...have fun with these...

thank you Debbie for sharing...

...click here for instructions...

http://onelittleproject.com/candy-filled-balloon-pumpkins/

FREEZER MEALS

I have been seeing so many recipes for 'freezer dinners'

around the internet lately and it looked like such a great idea

so I had to make some...

....this is my first attempt at frozen slow cooker meals...

I prepared a few of them a couple of weeks ago and took one out

this morning...it looked great...well frozen in the plastic zipper bag

and even the potatoes still looked as perfect as when I cut them up

and put them in the bag...

( Tip:  if you put up meals for your freezer you probably want to add the

potatoes to the bag last as they will turn color if you do it too long

before freezing)

...here it is...I am loving it already...

I was exhausted the day I did all of this cleaning and chopping but today

I am feeling great about getting supper started at 9:00 in the morning...

we can go about our day and not worry about what to make tonight...

this is what I included in my dinners....the amounts are optional as to

how much you like of each ingredient...

Round steak

Potatoes

Onion

Carrots

Celery

....I put the bag in the microwave and defrosted it for 10 seconds and then put

it in the slow cooker....I then added 1/2 package of dry onion soup to the water

I put in...ohhh it smells so good already...

...shortly before we eat I plan to mix a package of low sodium

beef gravy into it...and some low sodium peas....

...and daa daaaaaa!

...hold on....I'm going to eat now!

ok...it was delicious....mostly healthy...and the only work involved today

was eating it and washing the slow cooker...

I plan to make up bunches of freezer meals now that I see how

wonderful they are....I will make some more with the round steak...

some with chicken (maybe with rice)...some with pork...

my head is racing with ideas...

(of course you can also pour these dinners into a pan and bake in the oven but

I love the convenience of my slow cooker)

I hope you all give this a try...I do mine using pretty simple ingredients because

that's the kind of cook I am...but if you like lots of spices and different flavors of

sauces etc. you can find many, many freezer recipes around the internet...

especially on Pinterest....

...my very first project next is to put macaroni salad ingredients in

a bag and freeze it so I can just take it out and add the mayonnaise...

I have been cooking and freezing macaroni for some time now...

I measure it out to one serving size and put in each bag...it's great and

we cannot see any difference in the taste or texture when we eat it...

enjoy!