Homemade Turtles

A friend of mine talked about these just the other day. Then I tried them at a family member's house just a few days later. Oh my! How delicious! And super easy.

- 20 pretzels
- 20 rolo chocolates
- 20 pecan halves

Preheat oven to 300. Arrange pretzels on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Place one rolo chocolate on each pretzel. Bake for about 4 minutes. While chocolate is still warm, press pecan half onto each chocolate covered pretzel. Cool completely and store in an air tight container. You've gotta try it!

Pizza Surprise

This is oh so yummy! One of my favorite things to make for a party. Serve with crackers or raw vegetables.
- 8 oz package cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup chili sauce
- chopped tomato, peppers, green onions (as much as you like)
- shredded cheese to cover

Mix together cream cheese, sour cream, mayo. Spread onto pan/dish. Cover with chili sauce, then add tomatoes, peppers, green onions and shredded cheese.

Can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge.

toddler take on chicken soup

In a toddler lunch rut, so I decided to make soup for the 'gents today. Soup seems to always take a long time, but this one was quick, made within an hour including toddler interruptions :)

I took this recipe and made some changes to suit my fridge contents:

1/4 of a small onion, chopped

2/3 c. chopped baby carrots

2 cloves garlic, crushed

tbsp of olive oil

light salt and pepper to taste

Saute in pot, med high heat until carrots start to soften, 5 mins

1/2 yellow/orange or red pepper, whatever you have

Add to pot, saute for a few more mins

Add:

2 cups low sodium veg or chicken stock

1 cup water (or more, to your desired consistency)

1 packet low sodium chicken stock (powder)

1 tbsp dried thyme

I used veg stock, so I added a packet of chicken stock to the water.

Simmer with lid on pot for 20 minutes or so.

Add 2/3 cup crushed egg noodles (I crushed them so they wouldn't be monstrous noodles for the kids to spoon in).

Simmer til noodles are soft.

Enjoy.