Pilgim Hats!

My good friend, Sarah, told me about these cute little Pilgram hat treats!

We are all pilgrims on the journey to Christ!

Fudge striped cookies

Mini peanut butter cups

white frosting

place cookies stripe-side down, on the top of the peanut butter cup, dollop a little frosting, and put upside down on the chocolate of the cookie.

Fun and easy for kiddos!

Easy Snack Mix

Easy Snack Mix

1 box of Golden Grahams

3 packages of yogurt covered raisons

(my kiddos like to pick out the raisons, so I put lots in!)

Layered Tortellini and Pesto Chicken Salad

This recipe is actually from my friend Brenda, who brought it to me when I broke my leg, it lasted all week for lunches and is such a beautiful salad to bring to potluck things!

 Layer in order given:
 5 cups torn romaine lettuce
 1 1/2 cups julienne carrots
 2 cups cooked/grilled chicken
1 cup thawed frozen peas
 1 pkg tortellini, cooked
 1 red bell pepper, chopped

 Dressing: 1/2 cup reduced fat mayonnaise 1/2 cup basil pesto 1/4 cup buttermilk For Sweetie Pie's Baptism, I did make a little extra, more peppers and peas and doubled the dressing to make sure there was enough.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

What do you do with giant zucchini? Shred it and make Chocolate Zucchini Cake!! Yummy!!!
 ½ cup butter
 ½ cup oil
 1 ¾ cup sugar
 2 eggs
 ½ cup sour milk (add 1 tsp. of vinegar)
 1 tsp. vanilla
 2 ½ cups flour
 1 tsp. baking soda
 ½ tsp. salt
 4 T cocoa powder
 ½ tsp baking powder
 ½ tsp cinnamon
 2 cups shredded zucchini
 Topping:
1 cup chocolate chips
 ¼ cups brown sugar
 Add first four ingredients alternately with milk. Add all others and mix in zucchini. Spread in a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle top with chocolate chips and brown sugar.
 Bake at 350, 40-50 minutes.
 Yummy!!! 

New Year's Cheese Ball

This recipe I got from my MIL and it is actually called "Terry's Cheese Ball". I have no idea who Terry is and my husband has no idea, so I'm going to call it "New Year's Cheese Ball" because we make it every New Years Eve! It tastes great and has so few ingredients that it is SO easy to make!

New Year's Cheese Ball

2- 8 oz pkg cream cheese

1/2 cup black olives (sliced or chopped)

Mix above well, form into a ball and roll in a mixture of

1/3 cup chopped walnuts and

1 Tbsp parsley flakes

*This tastes great with Triscuits!