Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Halloween wreath


Need:
Wreath
Ribbon
"Boo" letters
Orange, white and purple acrylic paint.
White spider web

I got the white spider web, and ribbon from the dollar store and everything else from Hobby Lobby.
 Fall is my absolute favorite time of year...
I love the crisp air
the Carmel apples
Corn mazes
Haunted houses
Leave a changing everywhere
pumpkin carving
Thanksgiving
The fashion
& of course Halloween!

So this wreath was a year in the making...
I kept wanting to change a few little things about it and I finally have it up this year!


So here is my version of a Halloween wreath...


I first painted the "boo" orange.

Then I found some little pictures to copy onto the letters


 I didn't like how bright the letters were so I spray painted over them with a dark glazed color and it turned out perfect!






I wrapped the wreath with the white spider webb and stuck the black flowers into the wreath and wrapped the wire around the wood so it wouldn't fall out.
I ended up not using the spider
But I love that I got most of this from the Dollar Tree!

And there is my Halloween wreath!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

So my husbands family is all from Canada and Jared wanted to celebrate in some way but wanted to keep it simple and easy so we could still go to Cornbellys for our family home evening activity. So he searched online for some ideas and found this delicious meal and it was so easy I loved it!
Here was our lovely FHE/Canadian Thanksgiving meal.


What you need
1 box of stuffing
sliced turkey ( we got ours from Maceys service deli)
1 to 2 pkgs chicken gravy (depending on how much sauce you like)


Cook the stuffing as directed on the box.
Cook your gravy as directed on packet then set aside.
Then you need to grease the pan.
Next grab a slice of turkey and start putting some stuffing inside of it and roll it up like an enchilada and place it in the pan.
And repeat until the pan is full
 Then pour gravy over turky rolls and place in oven for 20 minutes at 350 Degrees
Serve with potatoes, salad and rolls.






Calzones


The hubs and I had some opened hunts spaghetti sauce and had extra pizza crust so my we had the brilliant idea to have calzones!
Jared is an amazing cook, and like I've said in a few posts he is extremely busy!
He was able to tare himself away from school work and make this delicious dinner.
Here is our version of calzones.



What you need..



It was a use what we have in the fridge kind of night.. 

(These are all approximations and you can get what you think is the right amount for you but I will give you the amounts I used)

What you need:
1 Pillsbury pizza crust (the one that pops when you open it, scares me every time haha)
1 pkg Pepperoni
Approx. 2 slices Ham
7 slices Bacon
2 C cheddar or mozzarella Cheese 
1 can Hunts spaghetti sauce (traditional)
1 can Pineapple
Parmesan Cheese
Pepper to taste

The first calzone had
Spaghetti sauce, pineapple, and lots of cheese pepperoni and a little bacon.

The second calzone had everything on it.
(My husband loves to add a bunch of things to his meals.)

So you have probably gathered that you can create your perfect calzone with whatever ingredients you want. I for one enjoy simple but Jared will experiment.


Then lastly place your calzones on the middle rack in the oven at 400 Degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.



Cut up both bacon and ham.

 Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut the dough to desired size.
(We were completely experimenting with this!
It doesn't look fancy but tasted delicious!)





Then the messy part is to fold it over and we added cheese to the top.


So good!
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Let me know what you thought.
Have a good one!